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After a long day of futuristic work and hydroponic farming in Gizmodo’s Home of the Future, we’re betting that one thing will stay exactly the same as it is today: you’ll want to crack open a cold one. That’s why we’ve partnered with the beer gurus at Sixpoint to brew the Beer of the Future.…
If you’ve been to NYC, Washington, D.C., or San Francisco lately, you’ve likely noticed a proliferation of people commuting via bicycle. Indeed, bike commuting has more than tripled in America’s biggest cities since 1990. But the places where people are pedaling to work in largest proportion aren’t the big cities: it’s the smaller burgs where…
Looking at this video of a great white shark biting and nearly sinking an inflatable boat, it seems that looking for them in this type of vessels is not a smart idea. Fortunately, the South African film crew on board wasn’t hurt, but the boat was seriously damaged and was sinking as it limped back…
Moog just trotted out a new version of its popular Sub Phatty synth that’s got a braille overlay to help the visually impaired. It’s hard to believe it took the legendary manufacturer this long to get around to it, especially given that it’s actually a pretty simple modification to the panel’s design. OK, so when…
Nearly a decade after the Huygens probe barrelled through Titan’s atmosphere, we’re still getting fresh looks at Saturn’s moon. This is a peek at Titan from different altitudes during the 147-minute descent on 14 January 2005, from above the clouds to landing in a soft, sandy riverbed. Images from the descent imager/spectral radiometer in the…
Flowers? Really? You should be ashamed of yourself. What mom wants is something that she can use and have a good time using. Buy one of these gifts for mom instead, and let her know that you care about the woman who incubated you in her womb for nine months. Many of these products offer…
The most common large predators you’ll encounter outdoors in North America, bears also really, really, really want to eat your food and sometimes even you. Here’s how to keep them from getting either. When I say bears are common, I mean that you’ve probably already seen one in your back yard, on a camping trip…
Flying in a hot air balloon seems lovely. But jumping out of a hot air balloon with fire-spewing wingsuits and rope swings? That’s totally badass. Where do I sign up? See the whole escapade below: SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Yesterday, we enjoyed The New Yorker’s engrossing interactive look at the strange history of NYC’s most radioactive place, an auto shop in Queens that occupies a former factory that produced radioactive thorium for the Atomic Energy Commission. Today, after months of study, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to declare the area a Superfund site. Now…
NASA has released this beautiful image of the Saturn rings, looking straight down—the outer portion of the C ring and the inner portion of the B ring. According to NASA, “the general pattern is from “dirty” particles indicated by red to cleaner ice particles shown in turquoise in the outer parts of the rings.” This…
A pretty and rather unusual selfieof an F-16 pilot as he was diving and spinning perpendicular to the ground. The dark sky contrast with the spherical view of the world on his helmet, colorized by its visor tint. The photo was taken by one of the pilots in the Turkish Air Force’s acrobatic team—the Solo…
The redesign. It’s a word that’s only entered our lexicon in earnest over the past year or two, thanks to the hundreds of products reinvented by designers who don’t work for the companies that make them. When did it become so cool to do free work for major corporations? The answer is since internet. You’ve…
We’ve been seeing a lot of great external battery deals lately, but grabbing 12000 mAh for $28 in a slim form factor is still a standout. Dual ports and 2.1A output present and accounted for. [Mpow 12000mAh, $28 with code PO12MPOW] We’ve got a slew of great discounted peripherals for you today, starting with the…
Just a few months ago, we go our first look at the 3D photo-app Seene. But now, instead of just turning photos into a parallax party trick, the app’s next update will let you make full fledged, textured 3D models. And judging from the preview below, it looks positively awesome. The app itself doesn’t require…
Russia’s ongoing attempts to stir up trouble in the West and around the world have not been limited to its Crimean shenanigans. In what could spell the start of a second Cold War, Russian military aircraft have reportedly been probing American airspace with a nuclear-capable blast from the past: the Tu-95 strategic bomber. The Tupolev…
After the viral success of tiny hamster eats tiny burritos—you’re welcome!—prepare for the onslaught of tiny hamsters eating tiny everything. Today: Tiny hamster eating a tiny pizza. Next: tiny hamster eating tiny burger, tiny hamster eating tiny eggs Benedict, tiny hamster eating tiny paella, et cetera. This hamster is not as cute as tiny burrito…
If you take public transit in a big city, especially New York City, you know the stresses of train delays. But in a perfect world, the flow of transportation is actually an elegantly coordinated system. A visualization called Travic, a collaboration between Geops and the University of Freiburg, lets you look down on the idealized…
A new supposed dummy iPhone 6 leak seems to support the return to a more curved design we’ve seen hinted at. And since it came from Sonny Dickson, a usually reliable source, it’s worth considering this is a real possibility. Of course, this is just a dummy model, so whatever we see later in the…
In 2013, Mayor Bloomberg asked designers to reimagine the city’s decrepit pay phones as internet-flinging, ad-spitting future machines. The winners were simply design concepts, never truly destined for reality. Now, the city is moving forward with the plan to retrofit its pay phones, after all. Now, the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications has…
What do you get when you combine huge horsepower buggies, Dubai sand dunes, and a camera drone? One spectacular video, that’s what. With the engine mounted in the back, these powerful, lightweight buggies can pop a wheelie even while climbing a majorly steep hill. How do these sand stunters steer with their front wheels in…
