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Why SpaceX Is Joining Forces With a Tractor Company

Though an improbable pairing, John Deere and SpaceX are collaborating to equip self-driving farming machinery with satellite connectivity.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Jan 18

What a Superhero Show Looks Like During Covid-19

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier isn’t coming out next month. The CW’s DC shows won’t be back until next year. As the coronavirus pandemic continues onwards, studios have had to reckon with what shooting a superhero show in the age of social distancing even looks like. But we actually already have an example. While…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 29

Watch the Surprisingly Creepy Process of Making Blood Red Paper

You’ve got your remote cabins in the woods; your freaky laboratories; your Saw-like cellars; but the best setting for a horror movie just might be a 130-year-old paper manufacturing plant in London. This short vid shows a shadowed, moody take on how G. F. Smith produces sheets in a single hue in its Colorplan line.…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Jul 29

The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire

Wires are some of the most basic components of the modern world, which practically guarantees that most of us take them for granted. But as English Russia so kindly shows us, the process behind our messy heaps of wiring is anything but ordinary. The photos, taken by E. Golovach, give us a rare, behind-the-scenes look…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Apr 6

NI’s New Maschine Studio: A Big-Ass Controller for Your Beats

Native Instruments just released version 2.0 of its beat production software Maschine, and alongside it, Maschine Studio, a hot new hardware controller. As its name implies, this is some serious music machinery. The key advantage to the Maschine ecosystem, as with other Native Instruments products, is that it’s a focused approach. Unlike humungous digital production…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 1

Where the Most Important Part of Your Battery Comes From

Lithium’s kind of a big deal. It powers everything from our gadgets to our cars—really our entire modern world. And that’s not changing any time soon; some analysts estimate that demand could grow up to 25% over the next several years. But how does one harness the power of a metal that bursts into flame…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 2

Some New iMacs Are Assembled in the US

It seems not all of Apple’s slinky new iMacs are made in China. Apple Insider is reporting that some of the new standard-spec iMacs are labelled as “Assembled in USA”. https://gizmodo.com/apples-new-imacs-are-crazy-thin-5953775 US sssembly is usually reserved for Apple’s made-to-order machines. But already a handful of standard 21.5-inch iMacs have been spotted labelled as American born-n-bred.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 3

Today’s Greatest Rap Producer Uses a Compaq Laptop and a Magazine Mousepad

Above, if you can see through all the weed smoke, you get a scene that’s something like the aftermath of a bad LAN party—clutter, shitty laptops, and monitors everywhere. But music’s being made in this budget-tech dungeon. Alex Pappademas’ stellar NYT profile of young, stoned-to-hell beats phenom Lex Luger highlights how little he relies on…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 4

This Ramen-Making Machine Can Feed an Entire City

Manna may have come from heaven, but ramen comes from machines. In eight hours, Bullex’s Bigger Automatic Instant Noodle Production Line produces nearly a quarter million bags of noodles. Enough to feed the citizens of Springfield, Illinois two (literal) squares a day—just like instant ramen’s creator intended. https://gizmodo.com/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-5814099 Wheat flour, salt, water and kansui—a combination…

Tech News Max Behrman Jun 22

DSLRs Are In Short Supply Because of the Japan Quake

According to USA Today, many major US retailers from Best Buy and Target to B&H Photo and Adorama are out of stock of the most popular DSLRs. Furthermore, it doesn’t look like they’ll be getting a large supply anytime soon. Why? Many of the major camera companies—Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic and Pentax—produce SLRs and…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 27

This Man Is Now a Drum Machine, Whether He Likes It or Not

Fantastically weird artist/DJ/programmer Daito Manabe is at it again, this time outfitting a friend with his infamous electroshock visualizer and rigging it up to respond to music generated by playing that same friend. Like a big twitchy, fleshy drum machine. https://gizmodo.com/innovations-in-visualizer-technology-electroshock-your-5068772 The central paradox of friendship with Daito Manabe: you’re the first to get to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

A Brief 0.07-Second Power Outage at a Factory Can Cause a 20% Drop In Chip Shipments

A very, very brief power outage at a Toshiba factory forced the company to completely halt operations at the critical plant. This could mean as much as a 20% drop in chip shipments which could lead to product shortages everywhere. First, how the hell can a split second power outage do so much damage to…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 9

White iPhone 4: Delayed, Canceled, or Both

According to Reuters, the white iPhone 4 has been put off until next Spring. According to Boy Genius Report, it’s been canned altogether. Who should we believe? Honestly, it doesn’t really matter at this point. One thing both sources agree on is that we’re not going to hear another peep about the white iPhone 4…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 27

Yamaha’s NS-10: The Most Important Speaker You’ve Never Heard Of

It’s not often you can trace so much creative and artistic awesomeness back to a single piece of gear—particularly in the music industry. Meet the Yamaha NS-10: A speaker you’ve probably never heard of, but have definitely heard. Quick, pick an album you love from the 80s or 90s. Any album. Regardless of where you…

Tech News Bryan Gardiner Sep 15

An In-Depth Look at the Factory That Makes the iPhone Possible

Bloomberg Businessweek has just dropped an incredibly up-close look at controversial Chinese electronics supplier Foxconn and its founder, Terry Gou. It’s the most thorough look to date at one of the most powerful—and intriguing—manufacturers in the world. What’s most interesting about the eight-page spread, aside from the details of Gou’s own story and how intertwined…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 9

How God Makes Cheetos

“Gobs of cornmeal are fed into an extruder , which rubs the meal between two metal plates. The friction melts the starch in the corn and causes the moisture to heat up… …When it passes its boiling point, the meal “pops,” creating the Cheetos shape. The craggy bits are then spit out of the extruder,…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 25

Mythbusters becomes a television empire. Prepare to be schooled!

It couldn’t happen to more deserving geeks. The guys behind Mythbusters, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, have signed a new, multiyear contract for the show. And they’ve got a development deal with Discovery Channel to produce several new television series, too. Here’s the press release from Discovery: LOS ANGELES, CA, — Jamie Hyneman and Adam…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 24

First Run of iPads Sold Out, Ship Date For New Orders Pushed To April 12

Ooh, looks like somebody’s popular. If you tried to order a Wi-Fi iPad this morning, you might have noticed that the expected ship date has been bumped a week to April 12 and in-store pick-up has been nixed as an option. Seems like the first pack o’ Pads have all been spoken for. Just how…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 27

Gifts for Video Geeks Who Think They’re The Next Scorsese

Maybe you know someone in film school, or just some guy who really likes going to movies and cutting YouTube mash-ups? Here’s what you can buy them—and also what you shouldn’t: BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here. https://gizmodo.com/gifts-for-video-geeks-who-think-theyre-the-next-scorses-5406853/ Flip Ultra HD: We tested basically every…

Movies Mark Wilson Nov 18

Foxconn Employee Describes His Oppressed Life from Inside the Factories

Even if you don’t know Foxconn’s name, you know the products they produce. Major, beloved hardware brands like Apple and Nintendo rely on their assembly lines to make some of the most coveted gadgets in the world. More recently, Sun Danyong’s alleged iPhone suicide has outed the company’s brutal practices. https://gizmodo.com/foxconn-worker-had-16-iphone-prototypes-girlfriend-giv-5323680 Now, one employee appears…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 27

Production

Why SpaceX Is Joining Forces With a Tractor Company

What a Superhero Show Looks Like During Covid-19

Watch the Surprisingly Creepy Process of Making Blood Red Paper

The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire

NI’s New Maschine Studio: A Big-Ass Controller for Your Beats

Where the Most Important Part of Your Battery Comes From

Some New iMacs Are Assembled in the US

Today’s Greatest Rap Producer Uses a Compaq Laptop and a Magazine Mousepad

This Ramen-Making Machine Can Feed an Entire City

DSLRs Are In Short Supply Because of the Japan Quake

This Man Is Now a Drum Machine, Whether He Likes It or Not

A Brief 0.07-Second Power Outage at a Factory Can Cause a 20% Drop In Chip Shipments

White iPhone 4: Delayed, Canceled, or Both

Yamaha’s NS-10: The Most Important Speaker You’ve Never Heard Of

An In-Depth Look at the Factory That Makes the iPhone Possible

How God Makes Cheetos

Mythbusters becomes a television empire. Prepare to be schooled!

First Run of iPads Sold Out, Ship Date For New Orders Pushed To April 12

Gifts for Video Geeks Who Think They’re The Next Scorsese

Foxconn Employee Describes His Oppressed Life from Inside the Factories

Picture Perfect: Artemis 2 Returns Home After a Stellar 10 Days in Space

Artemis 2 Day 10: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

It Sure Looks Like This Is the End for the Current Era of ‘Star Trek’

Before ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Blew Up, Disney Scrapped a Pixar Movie With a Similar Vibe

‘Doomsday’ Asteroids Could Have Kickstarted Life on Our Planet

LEVOIT Air Purifier Now at All-Time Low in a Limited Allergy Season Deal, Filtering Out 99.97% of Dust, Pollen, and Dander for Less

What on Earth Is Happening With ‘Doctor Who’?

France to Ditch Microsoft Windows as Europe’s War on American Tech Rages On

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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