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The Simpsons and The Jetsons are two of the greatest American cartoons ever created. So it was exciting to see those two worlds collide in last night’s new episode of The Simpsons. Too bad it was so uncomfortable. The whole thing plays out as you might expect, with Bart skipping school for a Spaceball game,…
The six astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station diligently document the wonder of living in orbit around our fragile planet. Are you ready to indulge in beauty from above? Between cracking references to the Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy, Expedition 42 recorded 42 timelapses for your vicarious pleasure. At least, it was 42 timelapses…
Sure, there are a zillion licensed Finn’s hats out there that you could wear to show off your love of Adventure Time, but these new, officially licensed Boots are way cooler than any hat. I mean look at them: it’s literal Finns and Jakes for your feet. The new boots are the result of a…
No one seemed to notice him: A dark figure who often came to stand at the edge of London’s Hammersmith Bridge on nights in 1916. No one seemed to notice, either, that during his visits he was dropping something into the River Thames. Something heavy. Over the course of more than a hundred illicit nightly…
Snake-charming is old-school badassery, but Vegard Veiset is giving it a modern twist. No, his ukelele-controlled quadcopter doesn’t technically have fangs, but even with propeller guards it could still have a hell of a bite. The premise is simple; Veiset simply wrote a program that lets his computer recognize uke tones, translate them into simple…
Back in August we happened upon what quickly became our favorite browser extension: Cloud to Butt Plus. And now that we’ve had a good six months to live in a world where every instance of “cloud” on the internet is replaced with the word “butt,” we’ve amassed quite a collection of clippings. It is glorious…
Most people look down on what’s become known as ‘crazy cat people’ but it has less to do with the state of their mental health, and more about the impossible task of keeping a house full of felines clean. But what if those cats didn’t need a litter box, never destroyed the furniture, and were…
Look at this little dinosaur toy. Is he cute? Yes. Fun? Definitely. The possible harbinger of humanity’s demise? Possibly. That’s because CogniToys aren’t not normal toys. Green Dino here is powered by IBM’s Watson supercomputer, which lets it learn and adapt to your child over time, kind of like a self-aware Furby. And then maybe,…
In South Carolina’s prisons, an inmate who secretly writes Facebook posts about missing his family can be punished the same way as one who rapes a cellmate. Hundreds of inmates are being handed down indefensibly harsh punishments for using social media, including one man, Tyheem Henry, who was sentenced to over 37 years in solitary…
Ikea is one of the largest furniture company on Earth. It’s one of the largest companies on Earth. When a company this big decides to make even a slight change to how it makes or sources its products, it’s a massive undertaking. That’s exactly what Ikea is doing right now—and I got an inside look…
Last year McFarlane launched a series of construction toys based on The Walking Dead – and while they looked really cool, we had no idea just why they were Lego-compatible building sets. McFarlane just unveiled a whole heap of new toys in the line, and we’re stuck thinking pretty much the same thing. https://gizmodo.com/mcfarlane-toys-is-making-awesome-but-baffling-walking-d-1601893387 Don’t…
Styled on the iconic captain’s chair that Kirk occupied during his time in command of the USS Enterprise, this inflatable pool float will undoubtedly make you feel more important than everyone else at the pool. So while you’re lounging around soaking up the sun, you can order others to get you drinks, fetch your towel,…
While some companies try to cash in with virtual reality porn, others are thinking about saving your soul. Most churches haven’t set up outposts in virtual worlds, but some future-focused Christian leaders are already imagining how tech like the Oculus Rift could change what it means to be part of a congregation. Photo: Emilie Ng…
Washing machines aren’t sexy until you have to choose between two hours or 20 bucks to get your underwear clean. After nearly a decade of that racket, I’m not ashamed to admit I lust for laundry unit of my very own. As it turns out, science is hard at work helping my mundane wet dream…
Russian photographer Nick Lariontsev made this cool time-lapse using macro lens to show how mold grows from up close. At this zoom level, something that normally disgust us transforms into a beautiful alien universe full of life. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Apple gave The New Yorker’s Ian Parker unprecedented access to the company’s design lab this year, and what resulted was a fascinating and bizarre look at arguably the most influential designer of our age—whose reach even extends to the new Star Wars. The design studio inside Apple is “happily isolated, like a spa or a…
If the only strategy you ever really developed for Foosball involved wildly spinning your players until the ball somehow appeared in your opponent’s goal, Jet-Ball might be more up your alley. Those spindled soccer players have been replaced with a series of directional vents on the playing surface, and to move the ball around you…
It’s amazing the difference that a few keyboard shortcuts can make to your web surfing. We’ve picked out some of the most essential shortcuts for YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Outlook and Netflix to help you get more done in less time. If you already knew about all of these beforehand, then you have our everlasting…
If you’re still drooling over the C5 Corvette that Hot Wheels turned into the ultimate ride for Darth Vader, the company will finally let anyone take it for a spin. But not the original, that’s probably driven around by Hot Wheels’ CEO. The rest of us will have to settle for this remote control version…
That ‘Civilised Age’ being ‘that time where you can spend around $2-300 and get an eerily realistic doll of Sir Alec Guinness’, really. If that isn’t civilisation, I don’t know what is, frankly. Yes, it’s the turn of old Obi-Wan to get the luxurious treatment befitting the Jedi Master in Hot Toys’ line of Star…
