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We love huge tunnels here at Gizmodo, whether we’re watching them being built or pondering the mysteries they unearth. So when The Telegraph got the chance to explore the service tunnel that supports The Channel Tunnel, our ears perked right up. Check it out—it’s astoundingly huge. The service tunnel runs in between the two main…
Three well-trained dogs wait patiently for the go ahead signal as their owner lays out delicious grilled hot dogs in front of them. Then she gives the signal to go ahead—but the chihuahua steals all of the food before the pit bulls react. Is the chihuahua a jerk or is it all a well-rehearsed trick?…
When we think about cities and branding we might think of a logo on a t-shirt, or perhaps a slogan that’s slapped onto banners. But a city brand now encompasses much more—it’s selling a lifestyle. The Guardian has ranked 57 global cities with the best brands. The winner might surprise you. How do you even…
GoPlug is a Kickstarter project aiming to cram backup batteries, USB charging ports, and—for the first time—a true three-prong outlet (or Euro-style two-prong, if that’s your jam) into backpacks and luggage. Sounds pretty convenient! But is it something you’d actually use? There are a lot of ideas out there that sound really convenient and useful,…
Many of us non-Angelenos think of L.A. as a fairly flat place, but it’s taken serious manpower to build this sprawling city on such rugged terrain. Among the more Sisyphean projects was the construction of Dodger Stadium—which, as Southland shows us today, required 19 earthmovers to excavate eight million cubic yards of earth.
I like many cities in Europe, but only a handful that I love dearly because they’re full of welcoming people who enjoy fine drinking and eating as much as the Spaniards do. Madrid, Gothenburg, Berlin, Rome—and the serene and magnificent Budapest, which is objectively one of the most beautiful cities in the world. If you’ve…
Time and time again, humans have proved their willingness to make the beast with two backs with a cornucopia of inanimate objects. But what happens when that inanimate object starts to, you know, animate (albeit mechanically)? Yep, it’s time to talk about robot sex. Apparently—and according to an admittedly questionable survey—one in six living, breathing…
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has launched a new website and companion mobile app that allows people who are witnesses to large emergencies can submit photo or video evidence they might have recorded. On the surface, it sounds like a good idea—but like all mass information collection, the idea has a dark side. The…
The space near Earth is crowded with all sorts of junk, everything from collision debris to spent rocket stages, dead spacecraft to paint flecks from chipped logos. While hazardous to spacecraft, the space junk is certainly pretty against an ocean backdrop with lots of sun-glint. Image credit: NASA Image credit: NASA Image credit: NASA Image…
This past Saturday, people from all over the world gathered for an event known as the Great Saunter: a 12-hour walk around Manhattan’s perimeter. The 32-mile pilgrimage in the midst of spring’s bloom brought us through 20 waterfront parks, a surprise farmer’s market, underneath historic bridges, and within parting and welcoming gazes of the Statue…
Know what time it is? Iiiiiiiit’s time for some serious daddy issues and a learning experience. I guess you can call that an adventure. Most people call it, like, clinical therapy. Then again, most people don’t get to manifest telekinetic arms and build towers into space in therapy… wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Welcome…
Causal sous-vide cooking has been on the rise over the last couple of years, and Anova’s water circulating tools are often cited as the best. Today, the company announced an overhauled, iPhone-controlled cooker that looks very promising. For those of you who don’t know, sous-vide (“under vacuum”) cooking is a method by which you prepare…
Hang out with an old-time car enthusiast, and you’re bound to hear some serious grousing about the state of modern cars. “Can’t fix ’em with a screwdriver like you used to,” et cetera, ad nauseum. Perhaps that’s true. But that doesn’t mean that a world of electric-powered, computer-controlled, self-driving cars will put an end to…
Stipa-Caproni is an Italian experimental aircraft designed by Luigi Stipa and built by Gianni Caproni in 1932. Its barrel-shape fuselage, enclosing the engine and propeller, served as inspiration of the modern jet engines. Thank you Fer! SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
You’re sitting at your computer. At work. Reading this post. Take a look around—what do you see? There’s a whole lot of wiggle room where the word “office” is concerned, and, from May 17th to the 21st, we’d love for you to come on over and get connected at Gizmodo’s Home of the Future. For…
On its own, the brick is an unimpressive chunk of clay. Mortared alongside a few thousand of its friends, though, the brick becomes a molecule in the urban ecosystem. Here are 31 photographic odes to the humble brick. Winner: UCLA This was taken at UCLA and even though there were so many other interesting things…
Another day, another fake image getting passed around as real. Today we have everything from posing puppies to sketchy satellites to underwater trains that are just too good to be true. Always remember the first rule of viral image safety: be aware before you share. 1) Is this Los Angeles during the 1994 blackout? Much…
The rule is as simple as it is ubiquitous: don’t stick aluminum foil in the microwave if you don’t want to have to buy a new microwave. Everybody knows that, right? But, turns out, that old adage might be wrong. The advent of electric refrigeration was a revolution in American gastronomy that made a huge…
When Wiley first came home last February, I was barely able to walk, desperately single and exploited at work. No more, in large part thanks to him. I didn’t actually have a huge role in Wiley’s adoption. Some friends heard of an adorable family of puppies on death row down in San Diego and rushed…
Remember that crazy-looking helicopter-drone-truck we showed you a few months ago? Now it is real and it is here. Advanced Tactics has released the very first video showing the Black Knight Transformer flying through the desert. It is, as hybrids are wont to be, slightly goofy both on earth and in the air. The spayed…
