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The Model 3’s ultra-streamlined dashboard design was the breakout star of last night’s big reveal: No gauges, no monitors behind the steering wheel, just a single horizontal screen to the driver’s right. And according to a Reuters story, LG is supplying that screen. Neither LG or Tesla confirmed the report, of course, but someone who…
It’s like when you’re parking your car in a parking lot and your tire bumps the curb because you went a little too far, only it’s a giant boat that’s gone too far and the curb is a dock with a bunch of people walking around. So yeah, not exactly the same. A lot, a…
Say you’re traveling in a strange new city but suddenly find yourself really jonesing for the familiar comfort of pour-over coffee and man buns. A new app will help you find such amenities in any city you visit, or, more helpfully, allow you to steer clear of them. TheWhere Is Williamsburg app, which is available…
Using stem cells, Japanese scientists have grown artificial skin that contains sweat glands and hair follicles. These highly realistic skin patches could eventually be used to treat burn victims and replace animals in the testing of chemicals. Previous efforts to develop artificial skin have been limited in terms of realism and functionality, including an absence…
The craft beer “revolution” has given us the ability to get drunk while pretending we’re doing something more high-minded. Throw enough flavors or cultural references at a beer, and it’s basically a meal. Welcome to Gizmodo’s Happy Hour. Substance abuse for nerds. At the same time, fast food has been making a sincere effort for…
When flying you probably do all you can to avoid checking a suitcase full of your belongings. So why allow baggage handlers to toss an expensive stroller around? The gb Pockit, confirmed by Guinness to be the world’s most compact stroller when folded, can actually fit under an airplane seat, or be squeezed into a…
You’re young and single and looking for love in New York City, and the usual online dating services haven’t panned out. A new matchmaking service has a crazy idea: It wants to let you choose a lover by letting you smell a bunch of t-shirt samples. I know, it sounds like an April Fool’s prank.…
The quest to build the world’s most energy-efficient buildings largely plays out in temperate regions or in big, heat-generating cities. That’s what makes this new building in Colorado so impressive: It’s located at high elevation in a location that gets about 90 inches of snow per year—yet, amazingly, it uses no central heating at all.…
There’s a moment, before all the crayons are melted and before it devolves into some sort of poisonous stew that people in the past had to eat because that’s all they had to eat, where some of the crayons have not melted and the crayons that have melted have not completely mixed together that this…
The most popular Lego sets feature high-performance supercars, epic superhero battles, and popular cartoon characters. But after watching this beautifully-shot video of a bustling miniature warehouse, you’ll be wishing Lego sold a tiny remote control forklift you could drive around. Originally posted on the Eurobricks forum by user ‘mahjqa’ the Muravi Forklift, as they’ve called…
This rear angle capturing a MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter aerial refueling from a KC-130 tanker makes it look like aerial helicopter refueling is the most dangerous thing. The helicopter blades look like they would tangle up with the fuel line and send both aircraft tumbling down. Luckily, it’s not like that! Here’s a Black Hawk…
You know what’s hard? Trying to get anyone to say anything remotely critical about the Tesla Model 3. Everyone wants it to succeed because electric vehicles are good, and affordable electric vehicles are even better. But the Model 3 cannot be the hero for the US’s energy woes if we don’t fix a few serious…
Modern knives have something distinctly badass about them. Maybe it’s the materials. Maybe its the sleek ergonomic handles. But they also seem to be missing the sense of personality and specialness apparent in the work of ancient Japanese bladesmiths. That’s why knifemaker Walter Sorrells decided to make a tanto—a type of short dagger—whose handle has…
NASA’s Opportunity rover just attempted to take on the steepest hill a Martian rover has ever climbed—and promptly got stuck there. Oh dear. Opportunity sent back this harrowing photo of the view it saw when attempting to climb a slope to reach Mars’ Knudsen Ridge. The shortest route would have taken it over a 32…
Scientifically speaking, April Fools’ Day is the worst day of the year. And as consumers we have only two options to survive the horror that is brands flogging the dead horse known as April Fools’ Day. The first is to humor them by politely chuckling at their whipping of the stallion’s corpse. The second is…
Tucker the turtle can’t swim underwater because he has an abnormal build-up of bubbles in his body. To treat his “buoyancy problem,” researchers at Seattle’s Virginia Mason hospital put him in a hyperbaric chamber, making him the first nonhuman patient to receive such treatment. Last December, Tucker was found clinging to life along the coast…
It’s been 40 years since Apple was founded, and by now, the story is a Silicon Valley legend: Two friends, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, built a multi-billion dollar empire right out of their parent’s garage. But what most people don’t know was that there was actually a third person critical to Apple’s origin. Apple’s…
When conducting CIA practice drills that involve both “explosive training material” and working school buses, it is usually a good idea to remove the material from the school buses when finished. That, however, did not happen last week in Loudoun County, Virginia. According to a report in the Washington Post, the CIA forgot to remove…
A devastating fungal disease that has killed millions of bats in eastern North America has now reached Washington State, prompting serious concern among wildlife officials. It has been referred to as the worst US wildlife crisis in recent years. Since 2007, this blight—known as white-nose syndrome (WNS)—has spread to 28 U.S. states and five Canadian…
If there’s one thing animators love, its sneaking visual references into movies, and Disney’s geniuses are some of the best at it. Some of these—like the Finding Nemo shoutout in Brother Bear—last only a couple frames. Others are so overt that after they’re pointed out you feel foolish for not noticing them sooner. But take…
