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Now that the fine folks at Fleshlight have made a fuckable iPad case , it’s a good time for a crash course in how to clean your, um, personal fluids off of Cyberskin. Cyberskin, yeah. That’s the official name for the stuff. I’m getting hot just thinking about it! All joking aside, Cyberskin does feel…
There are some emergencies in life that don’t leave you panicked. Like if you happen to stumble across a sunset at a gorgeous park and desperately need to picnic, or you’ve wandered into an outdoor concert and need somewhere to sit. For those moments the Matador, a nylon waterproof blanket that can easily squeeze into…
Beer may be as old as civilization itself, but modern molecular biology could teach craft brewers some new tricks. Troels Prahl, a brewer and microbiologist with White Labs, is currently analyzing the full DNA sequences of yeast from 2500 batches of beer in hopes of finding the yeast genes that explain why a lager becomes…
I’m really digging all these Guardians of the Galaxy-style trailers. This movie’s vibe is so good and fun that it can even make the Star Wars prequels look good! What is this black magic? Maybe Disney should give all the footage to these editors and re-release the trilogy as something that makes some sense. Then…
The Clapper may have been little more than a joke in its day, but it’s stuck around for a reason: Simple home automation is the basis of our Jetsons-fueled dream. And Reemo—a combination wristband, receiver, and nothing else—is pretty damn close to nailing it. While existing home automation systems can do just about anything and…
When it comes to consistently incisive commentary, The Daily Show is second to none, especially where poking fun at tech is concerned. But go back about 10 years, and—er, it was still incredibly good at mocking new tech. And for many of the same reasons we do today. Invasions of privacy? Annoying load times? Absolutely…
Welcome to User Manual, Gizmodo’s weekly internet advice column. This week we’re dealing with parents all up in your Instagram, more questions on dick pics, and stalking a date on LinkedIn. Buckle up, because we’re here to help. What should you do if you’re doing “research” about a person before going on a date with…
An origami-inspired purse sounds needlessly complex. Futzing around with folds when you’re trying to find your keys in the abyss of a bag? No thanks. But! But: The reality of this Distortion clutch, designed by tech-friendly design icon Issey Miyake, is rad. Like, I-would-definitely-carry-the-hell-out-of-this rad. Miyake has been perfecting the concept of articulating accessories for…
A small software app called Onionshare offers the most secure file sharing available. So why hasn’t anyone heard of it? Well, mostly because it was released with just a tweet from its creator, and you have to go to Github to download it. But don’t let its underground status fool you—this is a very important…
Aperture, Apple’s pro software for cataloging and editing photos, is being put out to pasture. The move is indicative of what many see as the company’s continuing drift away from robust, capable software. But there probably won’t be many tears shed for good ol’ Aperture, which always seemed to be running an uphill battle. Photos…
Metropolis is a neat movie from 1927. It has a robot and stuff. Here’s a bunch of photos from when they were making it. https://gizmodo.com/1927-magazine-looks-at-metropolis-a-movie-based-on-sc-512621005 Images: Top image is a French movie poster; The rest of the images are from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images and stuff
Going to a car dealership is notoriously fraught with anxiety. In addition to some guy in a plaid jacket trying to upsell you on hubcaps, you never know if they’re going to have the exact car you’re looking for, with the right options, in the right color. How do you know if it’s what you…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which includes the NSA, quietly posted its first ever transparency report on Tumblr this week. Complete with “Top Secret” written on the top, the three-and-a-half page document details basic statistics about the intelligence community’s actions. It’s not very revealing. At all. The report comes just a few…
Today I learned that scientists blow up 100 tons of TNT in the middle of nowhere not just for the fun of it, but to listen to the blast. The Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty Organization sets microphones thousands of miles away to listen to low frequency waves produced by these TNT explosions. The organization then uses…
Aperture long ago lost to Adobe Lightroom, and today, The Loop is reporting that Apple is ceasing development of its professional photo editing suite, and putting it out to pasture. Say goodbye to that familiar 50mm lens icon. At WWDC, Apple introduced a number of new features that would be coming to its Photos application,…
Amazon’s Gold Box is stuffed full of Sony flash storage today, including (drumroll) a rarely-discounted 16GB Vita memory card for $25. Beyond the Vita though, you’ll find SD cards, Android-compatible flash drives, and more, so be sure to check out the complete list. [Amazon] This Bluetooth keyboard will work with all of your phones, tablets,…
It was an unlikely afternoon, and I was standing in a skinny office somewhere near the Flatiron Building in Manhattan with an Oculus Rift strapped to my head. But I wasn’t really there. I was almost a hundred miles away in Yale’s rare book library. I felt a little sick, and I loved it. Among…
The largest oil rig* in the world got placed today on its drilling spot off the Russian Pacific coast, near Sakhalin Island, north of Japan. The $12 billion, 200,000-ton structure—without counting its base—will suck up to 4.5 million tons of hydrocarbons per year in the harsh subarctic conditions of the Sea of Okhotsk. Berkut is…
Way back in the day—like really way back, 400 million years ago—Manhattan was covered in a different kind of towering behemoth: Mountains, as tall as the Alps. And though those peaks are long gone, it turns out that we owe a lot to them. In fact, they’re the foundation upon which NYC’s skyscrapers are built.…
Is there any more exhilarating rush than plowing your Warthog through wave after wave of Covenant Grunts while your buddy goes to town with the onboard autocannon? There is, now that Israel Military Industries has gone ahead and built a real one. The CombatGuard is an armored 4×4 sitting atop a monster truck suspension (and…
