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Camera maintenance is a mysterious thing. Everyone tells you something different, and you are always seemingly at risk of causing damage to your equipment. Canon is here to help with a video detailing all the ways to detail your precious gear. Why trust Canon? Well, of anyone giving you advice, they probably stand to lose…
Welcome to User Manual, Gizmodo’s weekly internet advice column. This week we’re answering questions on how to tell your parents you met someone on Tinder, how to deal with an ex on Facebook, and more internet relationships follies. Buckle up, sex in the internet age is complicated. Reader David asks: How do I explain to…
Visitors to the National Radio Show at Earls Court in 1961 got a peek at the future of TV. Far from the enormous boxes that might sit on your living room floor, this TV was sleek and stylish — a preview of the TV modernist ideal that was slow to actually arrive. If the TV…
Are you prone to losing your keys more often than you’d like to admit? You just need to settle on a specific place to put them every time you get home. And to make this routine enjoyable enough so that it becomes a habit, trying to hit this magnetic bullseye when you get home every…
King’s College, a conservative evangelical college in New York City, is now accepting Bitcoin for tuition, making it the first United States university to do so. Hallelujah! The school—which is located within spitting distance of Wall Street—is also accepting the digital currency for “other expenses and donations.” Per a statement from King’s College: As the…
Now here’s a room with many views. At Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Scotland, you might come across this mirrored lookout blending into the landscape. The walls of mirrors are both framing device and invisibility cloak, reflecting an utterly unique view of the surrounding loch and trees. The Lookout is the work of…
I’ve seen many photos of airplanes and nature in my life, but very few photographers get close to Tom Dean‘s ability to capture any kind of flying bird. The action, the right mix of motion blur and crispy detail, and the sheer awesomeness of them all are simply stunning. Feast your eyes, my friends. Tom…
If you grew up anywhere other than the arctic, you have a favorite Super Soaker. You just do. It’s the best Super Soaker, and anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously wrong. So let’s get this water gun fight started. What’s the best hydrocannon out there? Drop your candidate for the best Super Soaker in the…
So, the trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Home came out the other day. It’s… interesting, to say the least. The movie is pretty to look at with the potential for a solid core story. But at the same time, it also features questionable voice acting by Rihanna and Jim Parson’s single-shtick nerd-show. Both have their lines…
30 Rockefeller Plaza is one of the most beloved buildings in New York City. Hell, there’s even a TV show named after it. Now that Comcast, majority shareholder of NBC Universal, is growing into an Earth-swallowing corporate behemoth, they are looking to erect their huge glowing logo atop the skyscraper, replacing the GE logo that’s…
This Bluetooth speaker from Philips is bigger and louder than any Jambox clone, and includes a USB charging port and built-in battery as well. $120 is the lowest price we’ve ever seen. [Philips Fidelio Bluetooth Speaker, $120] Want to see all the best deals in one place? Check out today’s post on Kinja Deals. https://theinventory.com/the-best-deals-for-june-13-2014-1590427967…
Good news, everyone! NASA has came up with an interplanetary smell-o-scope experiment, processing data from the Cassini spacecraft and reproducing the smell of another world right here on Earth: Saturn’s moon Titan. (Spoiler: It stinks.) A team led by Joshua Sebree—assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and former postdoctoral fellow…
If you thought 3D movies were only a fad that has already come and gone for good, think again. IMAX cameras have been used to shoot 3D films and documentaries for decades now, including immersive content for theme park rides. And the company has just revealed a new fully integrated dual 65mm 4K digital 3D…
You may not pay much attention to your browser’s address bar while you’re clicking around in Gmail, but each screen—from search results to individual emails—has its own unique URL. That means you can bookmark these URLs to give you quick access to searches, filters or threads you want to refer to frequently. Find your emails…
Like a tiny wooden spaceship, this two-story treehouse by the German treehouse design specialists at Baumraum is picturesquely perched over a pond, as if it’s preparing for blast off. Located near the city of Uslar, in Northern Germany, the treehouse is constructed from hemlock spruce beams (the same type of tree that surrounds the house)…
In 2003, the inadvertent brush of a tree branch against power transmission lines set off a cascade of failures that within hours grew into the largest blackout in US history, affecting more than 50 million residents of the Northeast and Canada. These flying buzz saws are here to ensure that never happens again. In response…
The iPhone has a great camera. So great, in fact, that there’s a whole awards program based on photos taken with it. The results from this year’s competition are in, and they’re simply awesome. Check out some of the winners on Gizmodo’s photography blog, Reframe, and more on Gizmodo.Es.
In the 2010 World Cup, players complained the ball was wonky, so this year has an all-new ball. NASA used smoke, lasers, and fluid boxes to test out its aerodynamics. Aside from producing some awesome photographs, the actual science is pretty cool, too. Scale model of a standard soccer ball in a water channel. Green…
Since 2007, the iPhone Photography Awards have drawn some of the coolest images from a pool of global submissions. This year’s winners were recently announced, and they are pretty spectacular. Here are our favorites. by Michael O’Neal by Melisa Barilli by Lee Atwell by Alexa Seidl by Elena Grimailo by Brandon Kidwell by Felicia Pandola…
If you’re a student who knows you’ll only be living in a cheap apartment for a couple of semesters, what’s the point of buying and moving heavy furniture? Especially when there are so many flat-packed, lightweight cardboard options to choose from, like these wonderful stools designed to look like stacks of pizza boxes, records, and…
