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The lovely drone “Individuality of Butterflies” is a series of slowly developing swells amid a light crush of white noise. Recorded by Elian, it appears as part of the recent free compilation Endless Intermission, released by the netlabel Subterranean Tide. The piece has the ebb and flow of a tide, and the warm enveloping aura…
I don’t always eat my vegetables, but when I do, I prefer to pick around the cauliflower. What? Who wants to give that albino broccoli wanna-be the satisfaction?
If you don’t walk with confidence, you’ll never cross the street. One bit of hesitation and you’re going to cause a massive scooter crash. You have to treat your body like a car. Or at least a moped. Or at least a helmet. If you don’t hit them, they won’t hit you. Or something like…
Why make your own? Because it’ll taste better than any store bought chunky or creamy crap you buy from the store and it’s not that hard to do yourself! Or at least, not that hard for an Alton Brown recipe. Just fry peanuts with peanut oil in a wok, let them cool down and then…
It pumps blood. Duh. Well, for most of history, people were unsure what the heart’s main function was. Even Leonardo Da Vinci gave up studying it and he’s probably one of the five smartest guys ever. Even now, it’s not as easy as it should be to find out how the ticker works. Don’t worry,…
The Earth seen from space is always awe-inspiring, but the view of the moon from the International Space Station caught me without words. This photo is courtesy of NASA astronaut and former International Space Station resident and Douglas Wheelock, who posted it to Twitter. Of course the view is enchanting. (You can read all about…
If you’re a cinema fan you may know part of this story but, if you aren’t, this video is a summary of how American westerns influenced the samurais of Akira Kurosawa—and how the samurais of Akira Kurosawa influenced that galactic western known as Star Wars. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…
Giant sequoias don’t take root just anywhere. In fact, these majestic trees grow only in 67 isolated groves in the Sierra Nevada—”Goldilocks groves” where soil and climatic conditions are just right. So how can these notoriously picky trees be not only growing but thriving in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California, some 175 miles…
Argon the robot got some attention from Jacqueline Tirman, an attendee of a national computer conference, at the New York Coliseum on June 4, 1979. Ms. Tirman is holding a hairbrush above Argon’s head. The robot greeted people and “has a computer, moves on an internal tracking system, and turns his head 360 degrees,” according…
Southern California may demand new techniques in fire science, but I don’t think anyone had explosives in mind when they started their research… Yet, apparently that’s exactly what a group in New Mexico is doing: putting out fires by blowing them up. https://gizmodo.com/fires-in-southern-california-are-weird-demanding-new-t-1577489862 https://gizmodo.com/holy-crap-these-engineers-are-fighting-bushfires-wit-1579763373
Watch Obama and Biden, that dynamic duo, saying really really really bad and disturbing things thanks to the unnecessary censorship and the magic of the bleeping. Beware: Some of the segments are really toe curling. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
It’s the best leather coat you will ever own. It’s your skin. And smooth or wrinkled, it tells the story of your life. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-human-body-looks-like-at-100-years-old-1576664206 The Challenge Take a photo that features skin as its subject. It can be an abstract detail shot or a larger portrait. Your call. The Technique In the simplest terms, if…
Picture this: a drought-fueled wildfire is heading for Los Angeles, and fast. Millions of lives are at stake, and water can’t stop it. When suddenly, a helicopter—armed with what can only be described as a giant cannon—flies straight for flames and BOOM. There’s an explosion, and the fire’s gone. This Michael Bay movie of a…
We’ve had a super busy, incredibly fun, and totally nutzo week at the Home of the Future: non-stop cool events, spinning chairs, telepresence robots, and lots (and lots) of high-tech Sixpoint HopTech beer. It’s been great! It’s also been exhausting. The most relaxed I’ve felt is sitting down with designer Jonathan Dorthe‘s Oblika puzzle—spreading the…
Over a century ago, the world’s greatest beachcomber prowled the ocean-washed cliffs of Lyme Regis. Top hat firmly in place, Mary Anning collected and identified fossils from England’s eroding cliffs during the dawn of our understanding of dinosaurs. Today is her birthday. Mary Anning at work. Image credit: Henry De la Beche Mary Anning was…
Congratulations on your new state fossil, South Carolina! It’s nice to know that the mammoth is charming enough to even win over creationists. https://gizmodo.com/south-carolina-and-the-mammoth-1554936545 https://gizmodo.com/a-mammoth-victory-over-creationists-in-south-carolina-1579721827
The New York-based design duo behind Extrapolation Factory hosted a pop-up workshop yesterday afternoon in our own pop-up space here—everything popping up!— at the Gizmodo Home of the Future in New York City, where a group of twenty or so participants put together visions of the domestic objects of tomorrow. The design process itself was…
The Firefly Portable Vaporizer ($270) is one of the most fun items we’ve had in the Home of the Future. (Besides the Spun Chair of course) People have been asking throughout the run of our house how it works. Here’s your answer, in video form. https://gizmodo.com/heres-every-product-we-have-in-the-home-of-the-future-1573480551 Dates: 05/17/2014–05/21/2014 Location: 268 Mulberry Street, near Houston Street…
