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You’ll Never Escape Your Cubicle Now That The Walls Can Follow You

A glimpse of a terrible but very probable future office.

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 11

New Spring-Loaded Screw Turns Drywall Into Sound-Absorbing Panels

"Sound Screws" might one day be an easy way to tune out noisy neighbors.

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 13

This Cheap Painting Technique Turns Walls Into Giant Touch Sensors

The walls of your house keep the roof up, give your family some privacy, and maybe provide a place to hang some art. But researchers at Disney and Carnegie Mellon University have come up with a way for walls to do more. A cheap paint treatment turns them into giant sensors, creating new ways to…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 2

Trump Is Getting a Wall in Ireland to Protect his Golf Course from Reality

On Thursday, the Irish government approved a permit for a golf course owned by the Trump organization to build a sea wall to prevent erosion, and—at least in the original application—to protect against the risk of sea level rise and extreme weather due to climate change. Environmental groups have long been against the wall, and…

Conservation Ari Phillips Dec 22

Melania Trump’s Twitter Just Liked a Tweet About How Much She Hates Her Husband

Melania Trump’s personal Twitter account has been dormant since election day. Once a prolific tweeter, the first lady has since transferred her activity to the @FLOTUS account—she doesn’t use it very much. But the Twittersphere lit up this evening with screenshots of a tweet that was liked from her personal account, which suggests that the…

Tech News Rhett Jones May 2

Playing Pong While Climbing a Wall Looks Like a Lot of Stupid Fun

Every work week should end with a quick game of wall climbing Pong. That is, a game of Pong that is projected onto a rock climbing wall that tracks your body parts as paddles so that the ball reacts appropriately to each hit. It looks fun because you’re actively maneuvering your body around to smack…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 16

Mark Zuckerberg Throws Shade at Donald Trump During Keynote Speech

Every year, Facebook gathers thousands of developers and business people to talk about the future of its company at a conference called F8. The event is typically used to host discussions about photos, video, sharing, and other products critical to the company’s bottom line. But this year, Facebook decided to try something different. Facebook founder…

Social Media Michael Nunez Apr 12

This Sound-Absorbing Modular Wall Lets You Build an Office Anywhere

Design company Layer has created a new modular system capable of replacing plasterboard walls and temporary partitions. Called Scale, the quick-to-assemble, environmentally-friendly system is claimed to be sound-absorbing, which could be just the ticket if you’re trying to work in an open-plan space. Scale’s made up of pressed, recycled hemp tiles that clip onto an…

Tech News Aatif Sulleyman Dec 10

Chinese Hackers Have Also Been Hacking The Wall Street Journal

Not to be left out in the old boys club of the Great Chinese Hacking Scandal of 2013, the Wall Street Journal included themselves with the New York Times as being hacked by Chinese operatives. That’s two big name dead tree media organizations getting hacked by China. Who’s next? https://gizmodo.com/chinese-hackers-have-been-hacking-the-new-york-times-fo-5980417 The Wall Street Journal said…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 31

This Projection Scale Embarrasses You Into Losing Weight

Here’s a new weight loss tool that uses public humiliation to force you to lose weight. Available from Hammacher Schlemmer, the projection scale will display your current weight on the wall … where everyone can see it. You can adjust the projection from 2 to 6-inches high if you want to conceal your weight, but…

Gadgets Kelly Aug 11

Hide Ugly Cables Inside Fake Green Vines

Hate cables that run across your wall and look ridiculously ugly? If you are into the organic look, you should check out these Florafil cable covers from Tania da Cruz. They are designed to hide unsightly cables inside a sheath that resembles the stem of a plant. It’s only a concept right now, so you…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

Cicadas like to sing. And when thousands of them gather on a six-story wall, the noise they produce is deafening. As with most ostentatious displays, these male cicadas are looking for a mate. When in full singing mode, male cicadas can reach 100 decibels at their loudest. That’s as loud as a chain saw or…

Tech News Kelly May 25

Bambi Rescued By the Jaws of Life

What do you do when you find a baby deer trapped underneath a pile of rocks? Call your local firefighters, who extract the poor creature using the largest power tool they could find—the Jaws of Life. This heart-warming animal rescue took place in Bush Prairie, Washington where an unsuspecting fawn managed to get caught under…

Tech News Kelly May 24

270,000 Lego Bricks Make Up this Great Wall of Lego

Lene Rønsholt Wille, a Denmark-based designer, made this absolutely stunning Great Wall of Lego. It took her six weeks to build! She used 270,000 pieces! Can you even imagine what it would be like to play around with 270,000 Lego bricks? Heaven, I’m pretty sure. But in actuality, it was probably hell, since each brick…

Tech News Casey Chan May 4

Display Your Favorite Magazines in Minimalist, Modernist Style

“Guidelines” turns your current magazine collection, or just your favorite covers, into a striking focal point on your wall. It’s created with two strips of powder-coated metal, bent into an attractive series of right angles. It’s available in two sizes, in black, white, or primary colors. Pricing starts at 169 quid. [fredrik roijé via design…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 31

ROCR Bot Swings Up Walls Like a Monkey

The list of places we will be safe from robot attack continues to shrink, as the ROCR robot, courtesy of the University of Utah, can now efficiently scale walls. The diminutive bot can climb over six inches per second. https://gizmodo.com/wl-16rii-stair-climbing-robot-chair-102156 The ROCR is far from the first robot to pull off a wall climb, nor…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 5

This Sith Lord Uses The Dark Side To Save The Planet, And Baby Animals

Darth Vader is doing a little image-control by sponsoring WWF’s Earth Hour. He even taped a little video confession about how he’s not really a bad guy. So turn to the “dark side” and turn off the lights. Get it? Here is the wallpaper, because you know you want it: For more goodies check out…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 11

Why Paint Your Room When You Can Get a Color-Changing Wall Instead

See this wall of colorful squares? It’s actually a concept design consisting of a bunch of small triangular panels which can be spun ’round on whim to change the way your room looks. Or to spell out naughty things. Ok, so the concept photos only spell out “S-E-X” which won’t make too many people giggle…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 8

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

If only Apple had recreated its app wall from WWDC last year, but with iPads! The 300 iPads used in this concept wall from Austraian architects would cost $149,700 if it was real. Apple could’ve afforded it, I’m sure. https://gizmodo.com/apples-wwdc-iphone-app-wall-gets-the-full-photosynth-tr-5287196 ClarkeHopkinsClarke, the Aussie architects who mocked up the above concept wall, believe it’d be the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 29

Collapse Of Berlin Wall Recreated With 1,000 Giant Dominoes

On November 9, 1989, thousands rushed through the ruins of the Berlin Wall, celebrating the unity of East and West. 20 years later, millions across the world watched as one thousand seven-and-a-half foot tall dominoes fell marking the occasion. About six months ago, those Styrofoam dominoes were sent all around to world and painted by…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 9

Wall

You’ll Never Escape Your Cubicle Now That The Walls Can Follow You

New Spring-Loaded Screw Turns Drywall Into Sound-Absorbing Panels

This Cheap Painting Technique Turns Walls Into Giant Touch Sensors

Trump Is Getting a Wall in Ireland to Protect his Golf Course from Reality

Melania Trump’s Twitter Just Liked a Tweet About How Much She Hates Her Husband

Playing Pong While Climbing a Wall Looks Like a Lot of Stupid Fun

Mark Zuckerberg Throws Shade at Donald Trump During Keynote Speech

This Sound-Absorbing Modular Wall Lets You Build an Office Anywhere

Chinese Hackers Have Also Been Hacking The Wall Street Journal

This Projection Scale Embarrasses You Into Losing Weight

Hide Ugly Cables Inside Fake Green Vines

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

Bambi Rescued By the Jaws of Life

270,000 Lego Bricks Make Up this Great Wall of Lego

Display Your Favorite Magazines in Minimalist, Modernist Style

ROCR Bot Swings Up Walls Like a Monkey

This Sith Lord Uses The Dark Side To Save The Planet, And Baby Animals

Why Paint Your Room When You Can Get a Color-Changing Wall Instead

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

Collapse Of Berlin Wall Recreated With 1,000 Giant Dominoes

Musk Changes OpenAI Lawsuit So that If He Wins the $134 Billion, OpenAI’s Nonprofit Gets It

Pro-Iran Hackers Target Critical U.S. Energy and Water Infrastructure

‘She-Hulk’ Was Apparently One of Marvel’s Most Successful Shows

The World’s First Eye-Tracking Smart Glasses Are Intriguing and Unpolished

Noah Hawley Is Remaking ‘Terrified,’ Which Shouldn’t Happen

Unprecedented Observation Reveals 2 Supermassive Black Holes Locked in a Tight Death Spiral

This Apple MacBook Pro Is Now Under $500 After 78% Off, Grade-A Refurb Deal (16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Touch Bar)

Anthropic Launches ‘Project Glasswing’ to Stealthily Spot Cybersecurity Issues for Rivals

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