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The nuclear-fusion spaceship that may take us to Mars in three months

A group of University of Washington researchers is working on a completely new kind of spaceship that could make relatively fast interplanetary travel possible: a nuclear-fusion rocket that will shorten the time of a trip to Mars “from eight to nine months to less than three.” I hope it works in the short term. Humanity…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Google Now Is Finally As Good on iOS as Android

Google just pushed a major update to its search app that effectively makes Google Now as useful on iOS as it is on Android. That means iPhone users can finally enjoy all those cool features like Google notifications telling you who won the World Series and what time to leave your house to make that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Philips Adds a New Bulb To The Hue Lineup

The first bulbs in Philips’ color-changing, app-controlled Hue line were designed to mimic the omnidirectional shine of standard A19 light bulbs. This made them ideal for conventional lamps, but wasted a large portion of their light when installed in recessed ceiling fixtures. But today, Philips has announced the new Hue BR30 downlight bulb. https://gizmodo.com/philips-hue-lightning-review-your-lamps-not-worthy-up-5994183 The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

A UK Town Is Replacing Its Buses With Driverless Pods

It’s happening, folks. The self-driving car phenomenon is finally jumping from the test track onto public roads. And the revolution isn’t just happening in the United States—it’s happening in the UK, too. https://gizmodo.com/why-you-shouldnt-be-too-quick-to-cheer-self-driving-car-5974608 The small town of Milton-Keynes, just north of London, will soon deploy 100 driverless pods to replace its noisy, pollution-blasting bus system.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Can you see the house hiding in this image?

The Phillip Island House by Denton Corker Marshall is a beautiful home on a beautiful bay in an island off the coast of Melbourne. And it’s beautiful because you can’t really see it. The bay is the house. One of six buildings hiding in plain sight at Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/the-art-of-hiding-a-building-six-acts-of-architectural-1454259712

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12 Monumental Structures Made From Type

When architects and designers want to make a point, they certainly love to spell it out for us. So check out these buildings, statues, and sculptures made from letterforms, from Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography, a new book by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić. While carving a sign from a slab…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Happy 120th Birthday to Raymond Loewy, a Designer Who Built The Future

When visitors to the 1939 New York World’s Fair stepped into the Transportation Focal Exhibit, they got a look at the machines of the past which had made the world feel so much smaller. But thanks to a man named Raymond Loewy, visitors didn’t just get a lesson in the past — they got a…

Tech News Matt Novak

The No-Contract Phone You Should Buy On Every Carrier

No matter how you mince it, the new Google Nexus 5 is a total steal. $350 for a slab of Android hotness—without a contract. That’s especially nice because, sooner or later, everyone loses/smashes their mobile and needs to buy one outright. Here’s a roundup of all of the best off-contract deals on every carrier, and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

An Amazing Voltron Hoodie, No Assembly Required

Completing the triad of 80s cartoon and toy perfection, Voltron proudly stood alongside G.I. Joe and the Transformers as the best ways for a kid to relax on a Saturday morning after a long week of school. And since the holidays are just around the corner, if you know someone still holding a candle for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Meet the real life Tony Stark who shaped 20th century America

Today is the 120th anniversary of America’s real life Tony Stark: Raymond Loewy. Not only does he look the part but—like the movie character—he had a prodigious design mind. He shaped some of the most iconic machines and objects made in the 20th century, from cars to locomotives to even the Coke bottle. https://gizmodo.com/raymond-loewy-the-man-who-made-the-20th-century-beauti-1458724316

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China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem—So It Can Spy on People

There are lots of reasons not to love smog. It stinks. It makes it hard to breathe. It gives children cancer. And, for certain countries, that decreased visibility makes it really hard to spy on your citizens. We’re looking at you, China. Pollution is so bad in China that the massive network of surveillance cameras…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

All the new exo-planets discovered by Kepler in one single image

This image has all the new worlds discovered by Kepler. The total is now 3,538. The big balls are actually stars. The planets are the tiny black dots in front of them, shown to scale. It’s ridiculous. Ridiculous because it’s nothing: Scientists now estimate that one in five Sun-like stars have Earth-sized planets in habitable…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Raymond Loewy, the Man Who Made the 20th Century Beautiful

You may have noticed the sepia-toned Google doodle today and clicked through to find out it’s a train designed by midcentury industrial designer Raymond Loewy, whose 120th birthday would’ve been today. Even if you don’t know Loewy, I can almost guarantee you’ve come in contact with his work—which decorates everything from the Coke Bottle to…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

A 16th-Century Ice Superhighway Helped Build China’s Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in Beijing was at least partially constructed with the help of an “artificial ice path,” a 70-kilometer frozen superhighway created and maintained by 16th-century construction crews to slide huge stones into Beijing. Writing for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, authors Jiang Li, Haosheng Chen, and Howard A. Stone explain…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh

Nexus 5 Teardown: (Almost) No Glue For You

The folks at iFixit got their hands on Google’s new Nexus 5, and did what they do best — tore it apart. And they liked what they saw. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-5-review-the-best-is-still-the-best-especially-1458003288 Since Nexus 5 details have been leaking at the speed of Niagara Falls, there aren’t too many surprises here. The video gives a good look at…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

King Tut’s Body Spontaneously Combusted Inside Its Sarcophagus

The world’s most famous mummy, King Tutankhamun, may not have had quite the civilized send off that we thought: researchers are now suggesting that a botched mummification process led to his body spontaneously combusting inside its sarcophagus. A fresh new analysis of King Tut’s remains, using X-ray and CAT scans, reveals that his bones were…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Quadcopter Turns Into a Self-Balancing Rolling Wheel

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have managed to teach a quadcopter some impressive new tricks that vastly expand its capabilities past flying. Their Multi-ﬁeld Universal Wheel for Air-land Vehicle—or MUWA for short—features variable pitch propellers so the thrust can be directed in opposite directions, allowing it to balance on edge like an autonomous bike…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Flipp Delivers Circulars To Your Tablet Instead of Your Porch

Smartphones and tablets may have replaced a daily newspaper for many of us, but saying goodbye to the morning gazette also meant losing those weekly circulars and a surefire way to keep track of when dish detergent’s on sale. Thankfully, a new free app called Flipp, available for iOS today and Android early next year,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

I Bought an Apartment Just to Rent It Out on Airbnb

In 2012 I bought an apartment specifically to rent out on airbnb. I’ve been managing it remotely for the past year. This post includes everything I learned as well as some revenue numbers. Finding a Place to Buy Each listing on airbnb has a publicly visible calendar that shows which nights are booked and which…

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The Weird Math Behind Paper Sizes

Despite all the talk of the paperless office, for some reason most of us still seem to drown under piles of dead tree. But while we’re all intimately familiar with the stuff, understanding where those weird sizing conventions came from never seems to get any easier. Turns out there’s plenty of math behind the puzzling…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The nuclear-fusion spaceship that may take us to Mars in three months

Google Now Is Finally As Good on iOS as Android

Philips Adds a New Bulb To The Hue Lineup

A UK Town Is Replacing Its Buses With Driverless Pods

Can you see the house hiding in this image?

12 Monumental Structures Made From Type

Happy 120th Birthday to Raymond Loewy, a Designer Who Built The Future

The No-Contract Phone You Should Buy On Every Carrier

An Amazing Voltron Hoodie, No Assembly Required

Meet the real life Tony Stark who shaped 20th century America

China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem—So It Can Spy on People

All the new exo-planets discovered by Kepler in one single image

Raymond Loewy, the Man Who Made the 20th Century Beautiful

A 16th-Century Ice Superhighway Helped Build China’s Forbidden City

Nexus 5 Teardown: (Almost) No Glue For You

King Tut’s Body Spontaneously Combusted Inside Its Sarcophagus

This Quadcopter Turns Into a Self-Balancing Rolling Wheel

Flipp Delivers Circulars To Your Tablet Instead of Your Porch

I Bought an Apartment Just to Rent It Out on Airbnb

The Weird Math Behind Paper Sizes

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

How to Watch the F1 Japanese GP 2026 on a Free Channel

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Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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