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We dished our fair share of smack talk towards Ashton Kutcher when he was tabbed to play Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs not because he couldn’t make himself look like Steve Jobs but because we were afraid he would put too much Dude Where’s My Car into Steve. We still don’t know if he’ll…
This experimental video loop from Mauri Lehtonen needs a giffing, stat. Maybe with some fractal “Deal With It” specs. You have your assignment Internet, get to it.
After leaving most car enthusiasts wondering what’s next when it introduced the all electric BMW i3, BMW released some details about the upcoming plug-in hybrid i8. At a test track showing off the sports car, BMW revealed that the i8 will be the first car to use Gorilla Glass for its windows. https://gizmodo.com/bmws-electric-i3-all-vroom-no-gas-948723099 Specifically, the…
This week has made me reminisce about the past. A lot of it has to do with the fact that The OC turned 10. Some of it has to do with it being August and my school kid association of August as the end of something (summer, mostly). And a little of it is because…
iOS 7 is just so colorful! It’s so light! It’s so fun! But not only that, the colors all blend together in a beautiful watercolor effect. It’s like a pastel psychedelic trip. It’s like seeing the palette of an artist obsessed with Easter. I wonder where Jony Ive got the idea for that color scheme.…
One of the great mysteries of life, along with who framed Roger Rabbit and like, what’s included under the umbrella term of global warming, is why can’t we use our dang phones and other electronics on a freaking airplane. It’s as if some dimwit who was past his prime decades ago decided when cell phones…
Celibacy is the new “having sex,” trendwatchers say. All Americans are very interested in sex, winning the lotto, eating hamburgers, and not having sex, apparently. Can’t people just not have sex without other people on the Internet writing about this phenomenon? Think about it—and by “it” we mean “not having sex.” [Photo via Shutterstock.] https://jezebel.com/whats-the-big-fucking-deal-about-celibacy-1058334334
These are “the 20 science fiction moments that will make absolutely anyone cry,” as selected by io9. All of them are true tear jerkers, but the best is probably the ending of a cartoon, the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark. If you haven’t yet, watch it. It will tear your heart to pieces. https://gizmodo.com/15-science-fiction-moments-that-will-make-absolutely-an-1055589450
If you’re piloting a crazy homebrew quadracopter, sooner or later you’re going to want to be able to pilot your UAV beyond where you can see it. And for more precise tracking, your ordinary GPS receiver’s five-meter accuracy just ain’t gonna cut it. A couple of enterprising engineers have successfully Kickstarted a new receiver called…
All those billions of dollars spent on Sigmund Freud’s great invention—psychotherapy—were a complete waste. Unless you make your living as a psychologist, in which case congratulations on your new BMW. But Freud is still important even though he got nearly everything wrong. https://gizmodo.com/why-freud-still-matters-when-he-was-wrong-about-almost-1055800815
I know Gizmodo editor Ashley Feinberg in person. She’s really smart, charming, and funny. One of my favorites. That’s why I won’t remind her too much about how stupefyingly dumb is to spend $236 on extra lives and moves in Candy Crush. I couldn’t believe it until I read her own account of the facts.…
Designer Ilya Birman has come up with what has to be one of the most elegant, minimal perpetual calendars we’ve ever laid eyes on—at least compared to other creations which tend to look like hideous sudoku puzzles. Birman’s simple sheet of numbers features a sliding frame that highlights the dates for a given month. And…
With the number of newsreaders littering the mobile sphere, it’s almsot surprising that there aren’t more niche-specific versions popping up amidst their more general brethren. But that’s exactly what The Scientist is—a no-nonsense, crowdsourced newsreader to keep you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in the scientific world. What does it do? Continuously presents users…
The one tool you don’t want to skimp on when equipping a kitchen is a knife. A high-quality sharp blade can make cooking and food prep considerably more enjoyable, but so can a set of novelty kitchen knives that look like sheathed miniature samurai swords. With this $60 four blade set, which includes a bread…
Step one in any project involving genetic modification is to get the genes you want into the cells you want changed. Traditionally, this meant shooting microscopic DNA-coated bullets at the cells and hoping the DNA got inside without blowing the cells to smithereens. It sounds messy, and it is. Now, researchers in South Korea have…
While 99-percent of the ecologically conscious population could only afford a Chevy Volt, a Nissan Leaf or perhaps a BMW i3 electric car, the one-percent will feel green and speedy inside their new BMW i8, a 95 miles-per-gallon sports beast capable of doing 0-60mph in under 4.5 seconds. Here’s a preview. https://jalopnik.com/the-bmw-i8-sports-car-will-do-95-mpg-0-60-mph-in-unde-1053427858
A driver in New Zealand claims he and other motorists witnessed a bizarre spacecraft that was roughly the size and shape of a car—and it shot up from the ground and vanished into space. Only one of the witnesses have come forward, claiming the typical UFO symptoms of burning eyes and electrical disturbances. Here’s a…
Getting that perfect golden brown outer layer on a marshmallow is a fine art that occasionally comes at the expense of singed fingers or scalded limbs. And among the countless gadgets that promise to make it easier to access a campfire’s hot coals, this clever fishing rod appears to be particularly effective at keeping you…
Creepy new feature alert! Creepy new feature alert! Buried in the Settings menu of the latest beta version of iOS 7 is the somewhat unsettling ability to see everywhere you’ve been since upgrading the operating system. It makes you wonder: Who else can see these maps? The new feature was pointed out on Wednesday morning…
Your city has a beautiful skyline, and with a couple of cameras you can capture a truly unique perspective of the office towers and skyscrapers that give it its distinctive silhouette. But why stop there? For this week’s Shooting Challenge we want you to capture an image—anything you can think of—as reflected in your camera’s…
