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Sigma has just announced its new 18-35mm f/1.8 lens—the world’s first ever lens to offer a fixed f/1.8 aperture throughout its zoom range. This thing will stalk light like you would not believe. Designed for DSLRs with APS-C sized sensors, this lens is the first to achieve a maximum aperture of f/1.8 throughout its zoom…
Amazon has ponied up a cool $26 million for a company that builds a voice recognition app called Evi—yes, essentially a Siri clone—prompting speculation about a forthcoming phone from Bezos and co. https://gizmodo.com/report-amazon-is-possibly-maybe-building-a-smartphone-5969121 Evi, which runs on Android and iOS, was bought late last year, reports TechCrunch, though the deal has only just come to…
When LG showed off the first curved 3D OLED screen at CES earlier this year, it was sure exciting—but seemed unrealistic as a commercial venture. Now, though, LG has announced that it’s planning to sell the curvy TV. https://gizmodo.com/lg-curved-3d-oled-hands-on-an-imax-for-your-house-5974348 LG’s Vice President of Home Entertainment Europe, Thomas Lee, has confirmed that the curved OLED TVs…
The Financial Times is reporting that Nokia is, unfathomably, working on a large-screened smartphone whose size will rival that of Samsung’s Galaxy Note series. Sources have told the FT that the new large “5- to 6-inch” phone will form part of Nokia’s Lumia range. Also to join that range, according to the sources, is a…
When Budweiser changed its iconic all American beer can to accentuate the bow tie logo of the so called King of Beers, I was not happy. Even though I don’t really care what the outside of the beer can looks like as long as my words start slurring. Even though I don’t drink Budweiser. It…
Whoa, who would have thought that mutating hexagons could be so beautiful. It’s like watching a sheet of sentient paper origami itself into form. As Raven Kwok, the programmer behind this haunting animation—which was generated in real time in Processing—describes, 18F44 is a further study based on EDF0, the recursive structure was first extended to…
All the logos you see around you? They’re eventually going to change some day. It might be because they get outdated or it might be because of a new CEO’s quirky taste or it might because the company has some vain hope to rebrand themselves as more modern or more friendly or more whatever it…
Alison Brie, the gorgeous actress that somehow juggles Community and Mad Men without creating a black hole in the Internet, is a pretty funny fellow. Oh and she’s also really, really pretty. But funny! But pretty. Anyways, she was tasked at recreating the faces of popular internet memes (think grumpy cat and overly attached girlfriend)…
It’s nice to be a grandparent because you can enjoy spending time with your grandkids without worrying about the minutia of parenting. Plus, it’s your second go around with little rascals so you get to have fun with it. Like Steve and Jeri Wakefield, two grandparents who are having so much fun at being awesome…
I keep watching this video over and over and every time this insane guy in a wingsuit somehow manages to avoid smashing into the side of the mountain by perfectly zipping through a ridiculously narrow cave. It’s unbelievable. It doesn’t make sense. He’s flying at 155 miles per hour! Flyer Alexander Polli is the guy…
Hollywood’s streets are paved with the album inserts and broken dreams of one-hit wonders. But this ambitious music video from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis shows the Seattle-based pair has no intention of going anywhere but up. The red-hot hip-hop duo has just released the “Can’t Hold Us” single—the first since their breakout hit “Thrift Shop”—and…
Perfect for scrapbookers, teachers, or banking types who don’t think ‘rejected’ is a strong enough term, Quirky’s upcoming Pixit stamp lets you create a custom image or text by painstakingly setting a grid of pins into any design. So you’re not just going at it all freestyle, the Pixit can be repeatedly reset into a…
While lyric reading app Strophes has already been in the Mac App Store for a while, more often than not, it’s when you’re on the go that you’ll need to whip out lyrics at a moments notice. So whether want to sing along or end a friendly argument about the correct words (or lines… or…
With populations growing and cities overcrowding, space-saving designs are amassing a huge, highly lucrative following. The only problem is that they often stay just that—designs. But after being unveiled at the recent Milan Furniture Fair, at least one innovative appliance is leaving concept land to become a reality: Ecooking, a fully functional, vertical kitchen. https://gizmodo.com/the-tiny-transforming-apartment-that-packs-eight-rooms-5967622…
Role-playing board games like Dungeons & Dragons are known for their overly complicated multi-sided die. But this particular set turns the dice into the actual dungeon, letting players discover a new random challenge every time they roll. All 30 sides of the five die have different dungeon layouts with entry and exit points that let…
Behold what appears to be the trailer for Amazon’s Zombieland pilot. We’re worried that this whole Amazon making its own television idea is about to get off to a very, very rocky start. Give it a whirl, and you’ll see what we mean. A series based on the excellent 2009 movie was greenlit for an…
Google Glass are only just now being delivered, so we’re starting to see the very first videos taken with them. But this pleasant clip of a viola through Glass is our favorite use yet. Sure, the clip was put together by a guy who works at Google (the same one who made the NYC subway…
You have limited space when you go camping, so it’s not like you’re packing the entire living room. So to consolidate the essentials, say hello to this clever transforming chair. Made of duck canvas, white oak, and reinforced brass, the little guy can bear up to 350 pounds. It’s $185, but it’s basically three pieces…
As Salone del Mobile wrapped up in Milan last week, plenty of attendees commented that the best stuff at the show was found on the fringes—the Salone’s proverbial seedy underbelly, if you will. Here’s a prime example: Haze, a series by Korean designer Wonmin Park, which was apparently on view in a basement under one…
It’s a general rule that everything is better in slow motion, but at 4,700 frames a second, wasps just go from “creepy” to “still creepy.” The footage you see above is actually a .8 second clip by Cinematographer Alan Teitel that’s been slowed down over 100 times to show the individual flapping of each insectoid…
