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Watch People Get Flung Hundreds of Feet by a DOUBLE Human Slingshot Slip and Slide

Two summers ago, a giant slingshot anchored to a truck and drawn by an off-road vehicle that hurled people down a humongous slip and slide, careening them wildly into a lake. So, hey, why not make another one and launch two people at once? https://gizmodo.com/watch-people-get-flung-hundreds-of-feet-by-a-human-slin-5836237 The video’s sponsored by Vooray, a clothing company, but whatever.…

Looks like the FCC has given the T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger its official seal of approval.

Oddball 80s Chairs That’ll Make You Say Beetlejuice Three Times

Howard Meister is a fifth-generation furniture designer. His pieces have places in galleries all over the world. And in the 1980s, he was making some crazy chairs that looked like they belonged on the set of Beetlejuice. The one on the right, for example, is called Nothing Continues to Happen, and it resembles a half-smiling…

Want a constant stream of music videos on your Xbox? Say hello to Vevo TV. (This could have been you, MTV!)

Imprevionism: Where Classic Art and Digital Media Collide

Impressionism, developed by Claude Monet and his contemporaries in 19th century Paris, remains one of the most recognizable and popular movements in art. But how can such a traditionally static medium adapt to a rapidly evolving, digital world full of adorable puppy GIFs? By incorporating time-lapse video, of course. https://gizmodo.com/i-cant-stop-looking-at-this-puppy-spinning-in-a-bowl-5989929 Imprevionism, a collaboration between Vimeo…

16 Layouts Of Your Titan Toolsets

Cooking. Skiing. Magic: The Gathering. Wingsuits?? Yup. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you shared the tools of your trade (or hobby) in a single shot. The results are as wonderfully eclectic. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-tools-of-the-trade-5988940 Winner: Steel Tower I love to cook, and combining food and photography is a real joy for me. This shoot ended up being…

Our friends over at Jalopnik found some amazing Russian car nuts who hacked their Opel to be driven by an iPad.

This Is What It’s Like to Really Live on the Edge

The ordered lines of Jerome, Idaho (population: 10,000) start to disintegrate as you approach those parts of town that teeter on the edge of the Snake river canyon. Here the homes are “unregulated and unzoned”, says photographer Michael Light, who took this shot from his own light aircraft. There seems to be a tension between…

Why I Ditched the iPhone: My Very Own Protocol Droid

I’ve been a die-hard “Apple evangelist” for over twenty years – first an avid Mac user, then an early adopter of both iPod and iPhone. In the 90s, when everyone I knew used Windows, I tried to switch them to Mac. In the 2000s, when everyone had Creative-brand MP3 players, I tried to switch them…

Magic Radio Creates Streaming Radio Stations Based on Your Music Library

Internet radio is getting smarter all the time. The newest spin on streaming music comes from the folks at DoubleTwist. Just sync up your existing music library with the DoubleTwist music player for Android, and the app will create radio stations personalized to what you already like. DoubleTwist’s Magic Radio can work like all the…

Google: We Will Have a Prescription Solution for Glass

So far, we’ve only seen Google Glass in its lensless frame—not incredibly friendly for the hoards of prescription-glass-wearing nerds among us. But Google’s finally quelled their biggest fear with today’s announcement: The Glass design is modular, so you will be able to add frames and lenses that match your prescription. Unfortunately, this version still won’t…

Lego Mischief Machine Automatically Folds and Throws Paper Airplanes

You usually have to choose between passing grades and being a mischief maker in grade school. But with this brilliant Lego contraption created by NXTLOG member hknssn13, you can be both. It automatically grabs a sheet of paper from a stack, folds it into a paper airplane, and then launches it towards your target. Built…

This One-Piece 3D Printed Mini Crossbow Is Adorably Dangerous

There’s a war brewing over the use of 3D printers to make unlicensed guns and other firearms. But for the time being 3D printed weaponry is still a novelty, particularly this fully functional crossbow, which was created in a single printing pass, complete with a cleverly designed flexible working trigger. The only part that didn’t…

Who Needs Flying Cars When You’ve Got a Ford Fusion?

Everyone on the Internet has an opinion — especially car guys here on Gizmodo. That’s why when the new Ford Fusion aroused such an overwhelming commenting lovegasm it got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could bring some of those commenters — both fan-boys and negative nellies — out to sunny Southern California…

The New York Times Gets a Glorious Online Design Overhaul

The New York Times is previewing a new cleaner website design that will roll out slowly in the coming months. The centerpiece of the redesign is the article view, which as you can see in the slider comparison above is completely different. Slide the arrows above from left to right to see the Times’ online…

Report: Verizon’s Getting a Thinner, Lighter, Aluminum Nokia Lumia 928 in April

According to The Verge, Verizon is going to be getting a variant of the Lumia 920 in April, and it will be a pretty nice upgrade. The upgrades include a switch to an aluminum body, a xenon and LED flash for the 8MP PureView camera, and the comes in thinner and lighter than the relatively…

There Isn’t an ICBM Around that Can Sneak Past This Radar Array

Death by ICBM was a near constant threat to both sides during the Cold War. America’s answer: a long-range, phased-array early warning system designed to find, identify, and track these sea-launched ballistic missile threats. It worked so well, the Air Force still uses it. The United States Air Force Rome Air Development Center (RADC), with…

elBulli’s Cooking App Is Perfect

Adrià en Casa is the cooking app by the most famous chef in the world, Ferran Adrià, the co-owner of elBulli—the best restaurant in the world that sadly is no more. It is the distillation of decades of experience and cooking technique into a clever app with a perfect design. I’m on a two month…

Rein in Your Gazillion Browser Tabs With This Handy Chrome Extension

Tabs, tabs, tabs. They somehow grow like a virus in your browser window. The more squeeze in, the more you STRESS OUT. OneTab offers a simple solution. Install the OneTab extension for Chrome, and all you have to do is click the icon and all your space-taking, memory-sucking tabs will collapse into a simple list.…

11 Kickass Ways Normal People Will Use Google Glass

Much of the hype around Google Glass to date has focused on skydiving, BMX biking, and being a totally effective stalker. Those far-flung, limited-use applications don’t seem worth the hefty $1500 on. But what about the totally practical ways that us normal people could actually use them? Turns out—especially after Google’s quick Glass demo last…