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What’s lovely about this alphabet made from camera parts by London graphic design student Stefan Abrahams is that it organizes a camera’s beautiful internals as carefully as one should frame a picture. Each letter has a camera part, you can see the viewfinder as ‘D’ and the shutter curtain as ‘R’. What are the other…
Those Harlem Shake where they actually aren’t doing the Harlem Shake videos sure got out of hand really fast, didn’t they? It was the Internet’s fascination at its highest manufactured peak. I disregarded it immediately when I first saw it. I didn’t want to watch any of those videos as more came trickling in. And…
How do superheroes afford being, well, superheroes? It doesn’t seem too lucrative a gig given the time commitment and hazardous work conditions but yet every hero still seems to make ends meet. But if superheroes are struggling financially, they should totally look into sponsoring themselves. Iron Man by McDonald’s. Monster Hulk. Captain America’s What Can…
It’s hard not to notice ombre everywhere, but hopefully you’re not sick of the trend yet. Because if Werner Aisslinger’s Bikini Island chairs are any indication, it’s not going away anytime soon. Designed for Italian furniture company Moroso, the series has a dining and a swivel chair in a number of brightly hued gradients—reds, greens,…
Google showed off some new features of Google Glass at SXSW and they can be quite useful. For example, the New York Times will be integrated with Google Glass so you’ll see pop up notifications of breaking news by tiling your head a certain way. You can even peep pictures, headlines or have Google Glass…
The addition of USB ports have made power bars even more useful as of late. And Quirky’s new Pickup Power promises to now make them almost indispensable with the addition of a large rechargeable battery that can continue to top off your mobile devices when you’re away from an outlet. Designed to sit on your…
Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers debuts a week from today on BBC America. And if those words alone aren’t enough to get your motor running, here’s the official moving-picture trailer. Buckle up. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-watch-or-record-gizmodo-tv-5991137 The pilot episode will kick off on March 18th at 10:20pm EDT sharp on BBCA, right after the season finale of Top Gear.…
Sometimes your smartphone snaps don’t make you look that great. Facetune is there for those occasions when you could use some help in the appearance department. What does it do? Lets you edit photos in a simple, intuitive format. Why do we like it? There’s always a little tweaking you can do in photos to…
A crowd of lucky SXSW attendees were treated to a rare honor today as the powerful wizard Zordon agreed to address a crowd about the dangers facing the Earth and the urgent need for the Power Rangers to assemble and save the day. Actually, this is just Kim Dotcom taking questions from a SXSW audience…
If your decor choices aren’t governed by concerns over child safety, then the stark angles and pointy corners of Mirco Kirsch’s origami lamp just might land it a home on your desk. It’s another flat-pack engineering marvel that assembles in just five minutes with nothing but a few strategic folds. All of the wiring and…
Look at this awesome photo shot by amateur astronomer Mariano Ribas . That bright thingy on the right is the International Space Station transiting between the Earth and the Moon. Simply amazing. This is how it was made: For the first time in my life, today, just 90 minutes before sunrise in Buenos Aires, I…
Be careful with this snail USB drive—it’s so cute someone might try to steal it from you. The 8BG drive is $22. At first glance, you don’t even really expect it to be a tech accessory. It’s all one piece—the mouth of the critter is the cap on the drive, so you don’t need to…
We already heard that Sprint would launch BlackBerry’s (maybe) QWERTY savior the Q10 sometime this year, but the company has bee very silent about the new flagship Z10, even as each AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have all have already announced plans. Now, ATD reports that Sprint will get an all-touch screen phone that’s not the…
Hate having that “Stock” icon hanging out on your iPhone? Even if you shunt it over to its own page with all the other misfits, it’s still there and you can’t get rid of it. Well, lucky for you, there’s an app in the App Store right now that’ll let you hide it, but act…
The world got you down? Wish you could escape to somewhere calm, beautiful, and quiet? No problem! Just hop into one of these amazing one-man submersibles, take a deep breath, and propel yourself down into the deep blue sea. Serenity awaits. This is the Nordenfelt I, 1884 brainchild of Swedish inventor and industrialist Thorsten Nordenfelt…
Microsoft is updating IE 10 in Windows 8 and RT to allow Flash content to run by default tomorrow.
The last time we saw Bebionic’s V3 prosthetic hand in action was in a sterile promotional video showing it doing everything from buttering up a slice of bread, to manipulating a Rubik’s Cube. It was rather impressive, but this clip is even moreso since it demonstrates how life-changing the prosthetic hand can actually be in…
While they may look like renders for a Mass Effect 4 cityscape, these futuristic buildings actually constitute the proposed Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Arts Center. Located in Changsha, China, the capital city of the Hunan province 410 miles North of Hong Kong, and designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Changsha Meixihu is comprised of…
Finding the right camera bag for travel is a challenge because, these days, your camera gear isn’t the only kit you need to drag around the universe with you. The Pelican Progear S130 Sport Elite carries your camera gear in a conveniently sized bag and has an invincible compartment for your laptop. The camera section…
When we last saw SpaceX’s Grasshopper, it had just finished a test flight that carried the vertical takeoff/landing rocket up to 40 meters. A couple months later, it’s now hovering in at around 80 meters! Progress! And Johnny Cash! https://gizmodo.com/spacexs-grasshopper-rocket-takes-off-and-lands-vertical-5971543
