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Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It’s called Reframe, and it’s where you’ll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuff related to the crafts of photography and videography. Here are this week’s best posts: This is a…
Rejoice, because here’s the first musical number from the new Muppets Most Wanted movie coming out in March. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Who of us hasn’t wished for their own Purple Crayon like Harold’s? While this new graphite-based piezoresistive sensor won’t make your home come alive with creatures from your imagination, it will provide an inexpensive, easily-applied means of measuring mechanical stresses. You’ll just need a pencil and paper. Piezoresistive sensors (PZRs) quantify mechanical stress by measuring…
Everybody loves pizza. (This guy, especially.) But not everyone enjoys equal access to pizza. Some neighborhoods have more pizza places than others, and, more importantly, pizza is more expensive some places than in others. What can you do about it? Educate yourself. https://gizmodo.com/this-dude-has-only-eaten-pizza-for-the-last-25-years-1533332359 NPR recently broke it down. Using data from Grub Hub, they were…
Friday’s here, and that means we’ve had a full week to round up the coolest new (or newly-revamped) apps for your smartphone or tablet. Whether you use your device for hard work or hardcore relaxin’, here’s some great new fodder for your touchscreen fingers. Multi Platform Updates The Walk This new game rewards every mile…
After watching this guy I’m really jealous. Even if it’s pretty crazy at the beginning, I’m jealous. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
This week in our time capsule news round-up we have the “other items” from that Steve Jobs capsule, some century-old photos in Oklahoma City, and a signed portrait of FDR that’s been sitting under Oregon soil since 1941. A look at what else was inside the 1983 Steve Jobs capsule The so-called “Steve Jobs time…
The Star Wars movies kind of painted the Sith as evil, unredeemable monsters. But between blowing up planets and wiping out the Jedi, even Darth Vader and the Emperor must need some R&R time, and presumably that involves the occasional BBQ where these lightsaber tongs would be invaluable. In a space station the size of…
Everyone’s an asshole deep down. We like to gossip, whine and complain, and talk shit. You’re wrong if you think I’m not talking about you, too. And, thanks to a new trend in anonymous apps, you have an outlet for all your rumor-spreading and bellyaching. https://gizmodo.com/when-in-doubt-complain-1518360825 Maybe it makes you a little bit of an…
Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill recently hiked over 200 miles through Yosemite National Park with their backpacks filled mostly with camera gear. The effort was worth it based on the spectacular time lapse video they just uploaded to Vimeo. Check out more photos and footage of Delehanty and Neill’s journey at their website. SPLOID is…
At today’s annual shareholder meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook laid the verbal smack down on conservative investors who want the company to abandon some of its progressive policies. Apple is one of the most valuable corporations in the world, and, in recent years, the company has been advancing some progressive policies, amongst them some environmental…
If you’ve ever ridden a Citibike (or any similar bike-share bicycle) you know: those suckers are heavy. And, if you’ve ever ridden up anything near an incline, you know that heavy bikes absolutely suck on hills. Wouldn’t it be great to just push a button instead? Jeff Guida thinks so. This banker-turned-inventor has launched a…
From the US Navy: “Marines assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit enter the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard.” That looks like an amazingly fun ride to me. A lot more fun than this: Sgt. George Cardenas, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary…
Admit it; you’ve thought about life in the far flung, alien future. Maybe you’ve thought about it today, whether it’s a skyscraping utopia or a scarred nuclear desert full of mobile monoliths. Artists and architects are thinking about it too, and their visions of what may come will really get your future fantasies cooking. https://gizmodo.com/tall-is-good-how-a-lack-of-building-up-is-keeping-our-1478168830…
This is pretty damn scary but, according to local media, this video allegedly shows about ten Russian attack Mi- 24 Hind helicopters entering Ukrainian air space through Crimea, the autonomous Ukrainian republic where 58.5-percent of the population are ethnic Russians. Ukraine’s government says that 2,000 Russian soldiers have already invaded their territory as the tension…
For this to actually work it requires a very specific layout in your bathroom, but the renovations could be totally worth it. Because Julia Kononenko’s ‘Two In One’ faucet is attached to an articulated arm so it can used for showering in the upright position, or for brushing your teeth when swung down over a…
The life of a freelancer or remote employee is characterized by a few day-to-day truths: a commute that doesn’t necessarily involve leaving the bed, pajamas as acceptable daywear, and stretches—kind of long to very long—with no IRL human interaction. Leaving the house is healthy—but where to go? These new sites want to introduce you to…
If you think every possible use for drones has been thoroughly exhausted, you’re wrong. This clever photographer figured out that the hovering crafts would be perfect for lighting his mysterious scenes from the sky. Benoit Paille’s work is an evocative mix of people and scenery that conveys a quiet and sometimes eery presence. In these…
Now that we know the NSA is even spying on instant messaging services, the denizens of the deep web need a new way to chat anonymously. Of course, Tor comes to the rescue. The same folks behind the Tor Browser Bundle that lets you surf the web anonymously are putting the finishing touches on an…
If you’ve solved a Rubik’s Cube so many times that it no longer offers you a challenge, maybe it’s time to try a new shape? The Marusenko Sphere puts 54 spinning and sliding pieces into a globe-shaped puzzle that comes in five different levels of difficulty. Designed and prototyped using a 3D printer so that…
