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The concept of a human-powered helicopter is surprisingly simple. The creation of a human-powered helicopter? Not so simple. People have been trying for 30 years to create a human-powered helicopter that can hover for 60 seconds, reach a height of 10 feet and stay inside a 33-foot box and no one has ever done it…
Ray Charles – Live at Montreux Yup, he’s still got it. Absolutely No Words This supercut of wrestlers snorting, snrling and, sighing will leave you breathless with laughter and a hankering for anabolic steroids. Seriously, those guys are unnaturally huge. [Buzzfeed] Tears of Steel Here’s 12 minutes of stunning Sci-fi from the Blender Foundation. It’s…
Microsoft exec Michael Angiulo had a pretty good day today: Microsoft Surface, an awesome product he helped make and introduce, opened up for pre-orders and this beyond awesome rap he did with rapper Too Short for his 40th birthday came out to the public. This guy is my new favorite technology executive. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-surface-tablets-worth-the-wait-updating-liv-5919328 And it’s…
When Charlie bit his brother’s finger in 2007, the entire Internet fell in love. It’s one of the most popular YouTube videos ever at nearly 500 million views and those adorable little boys could do no wrong. Until, well now. Five years later it looks like the family has teamed up with Ragu to slang…
The iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III are two of the very best phones you can buy right now and though Android and iPhone fans will never come to an agreement on which phone is better, there is a way to settle which is tougher: blend ’em. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-vs-android-fanboy-wars-in-one-gif-5951243 Blendtec, who has been doing this…
Here are the stats on the average Twitter user: she’s a 28 years old American girl who has an iPhone, has 208 Twitter followers while following 102 people, tweets a lot about fashion and family, likes the color purple and uses “love” quite frequently in her Tweets. Did I just describe someone you know? Beevolve,…
After the Kindle Fire proved that people wanted cheaper tablets, everybody started making them. Google made the Nexus 7, Apple is coming out with an iPad mini and now Best Buy wants to make its own cheap Android tablet: the Insignia Flex. The only difference is that Best Buy’s cheap tablet isn’t small. It’s a…
Here’s the one time a condom tearing and exploding in front of your eyes will actually brighten up your day: The Slow Mo Guys decided to wrap a condom around their heads, fill it up with water and then watch it explode in, yup, slow motion. It’s hilarious. You gotta love how it takes two…
You want to be a precise chef, and you know that a cup is not always a foolproof cup, depending on your equipment and your method of measuring. In order to be as accurate as possible, you’ll want to invest in a scale, like this one made by industrial designer Jacob Jensen. It’s no surprise…
It’s common knowledge that anything descending from above is awesome. Superman. Rainbows. Felix Baumgartner. Our future alien overlords. All inherently better because they came from the heavens. Now, thanks to German ingenuity, our shower curtains can join these esteemed celestial ranks. https://gizmodo.com/space-jump-full-video-supersonic-awesomeness-5951621 The Shower Roller Blind from Germany-based Eco Dur attaches to the ceiling and…
Remember how chairs are like Facebook? Of course you don’t! That ad was super dumb, and you bleached it from your brain just as quickly as you could. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun with other things Facebook might actually be like. Or at least, look silly next to. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-first-ad-is-facebooks-worst-ad-5948904 Here’s how…
Remember that Animaniacs song that names ever single U.S. president? The wacky cartoon’s history lesson is still clever, for both kids and adults, kind of like this American Presidents iPad app. What does it do? Gives you bios of all 44 U.S. presidents with beautiful illustrations to match. Why do we like it? It’s not…
Drones that fly for days and kill people from miles away are the future of warfare. But before they can become the present of warfare, we have to be able to able to fly many simultaneously. We’re on our way! At Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, ten weaponized drones flew together—six MQ-9 Reapers…
The more functionality you can squeeze out of a piece of furniture, the better it is for your cramped bachelor pad. So if your home life is a constant struggle with space, check out Agnieszka Mazur’s Takka stool set which serves as seating, side tables, a coffee table, and a cozy place for two to…
The new iPod Touch is so impossibly thin that in the race to get skinny, it had to get rid of a few features: specifically, the ambient light sensor that could adjust the brightness of the screen from the brightness of the room the iPod Touch was in. That’s completely gone in the new iPod…
The second presidential debate is tonight, so make sure your bullshit detector is on full blast. No matter the candidate you’re rooting for, politicians are politicians—they’re full of it. You certainly want to watch the Lehrer-directed circus with a discerning eye, which is exactly what a new site called reconstitution2012 will help you do. Conceived…
Felix Baumgartner set the record for the world’s highest free fall when he successfully jumped 24 miles from the edge of space over the weekend. But you know what he hasn’t done? Set the record for the shortest jump. https://gizmodo.com/supersonic-space-jump-full-coverage-5951563 Thankfully the Conan O’Brien Show stepped in with a sketch where a brave daredevil fell…
Sometimes dragging yourself out of bed can feel like the greatest challenge mankind has ever faced. But because of work, school, chores, or disapproving spouses, you get up anyways. However, what if there was a way to be lazy while still being productive? Surely it would change lives for the better, right? Well there is.…
Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet is gorgeous. It’s innovative. It’s without exaggeration the most exciting new gadget to come along in years. And if you buy one today, you’re a fool. If you’ve got $500 to spare (really $600, since you’ll want that fancy keyboard cover), you can preorder a Surface RT tablet today and have…
There was a period of time on the internet where everybody wanted to see expensive new gadgets get blended. It was basically cringe porn; how else can you describe taking a brand new iPad and turning it into silicon dust? The reason that Blendtec ruined so many great gizmos, however, was noble in origin. They…
