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Window sensors have long been a part of security systems, but since they all rely on wires so they can be constantly monitored, there’s the potential for them to be compromised. That’s not the case with these new wireless sensors which are invisible when installed, and don’t even require an outside power source. Developed at…
This mother of all self-portraits was shot on Wednesday by Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide while on a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. If this doesn’t make you swear off duckface mirror smartphone selfies forever, you’re beyond redemption. The EXIF data in the photo—which was uploaded to NASA’s 2Explore Flickr feed—shows that astronaut…
So you finally finished Infinite Jest. Wait, you haven’t? Well consider this an incentive1; the Infinite Atlas, with the help of Google Maps, will let you discover and explore the seemingly endless locales of the novel. The wealth of information the Infinite Atlas provides is staggering. It indexes locations of note not only in Boston,…
9To5Mac claims to have the scuttlebutt on pricing for the iPhone that Apple is going to announce next week. Unsurprisingly, the report says that the phones will cost—gasp!—the same amount as the iPhone 4S does now. The basic model (16GB) will cost $200 with a contract. From there, you’ll be able to step up to…
According to Reuters, you’re going to have to wait until November to get your hands on a shiny new Lumia 920. [Reuters]
So, Amazon doesn’t exactly highlight this, but all of its Kindle Fires are Androids on the inside. Amazon slaps a heavy skin on top, so it’s not at all recognizable, but it’s Android all the same. Great, so you get access to all of the Android apps, right? Not exactly. Amazon has strayed far enough…
Book publishers have reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over the e-book price fixing ring of which Apple was allegedly kingpin. That settlement is great news, because it means we’ll be able to buy cheaper e-books really soon. Apple was accused of teaming up with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette Book Group…
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is our military’s premiere hunter-killer platform, sniping at targets from 50,000 feet in the sky. Except instead of bullets, it shoots Hellfire missiles. And with its most recent upgrades, the MQ-9 makes other drones look about as effective as Elmer Fudd. The MQ-9 has been developed by General Atomics Aeronautical…
It seems that Nokia screwed their Lumia 920 camera demo even more than we thought. Not only they faked the video but also faked photos. https://gizmodo.com/how-could-you-screw-this-up-so-badly-nokia-5940748 Some of the images presented as taken by the Lumia 920’s new PureView camera were actually taken by a DSLR camera, as the image below shows. A DSLR on…
Not since the inclusion of stale bubble gum has there been an innovation in trading cards as awesome as what these Nuko cards are capable of. They look, feel, and flex just like regular cards, but they can be recognized by touchscreens when simply pressed against the display. The secret is a printing technique called…
The new Kindle Paperwhite has a frontlit screen. We knew it probably would. But the term “frontlit” is actually a little misleading, and the simplicity of what it does belies the considerable engineering required to pull it off. So what exactly is a frontlit screen, anyway? Other than amazing. A frontlit screen is, well, lit…
Aside from a clump of dirt, water might seem like one of the least technological things to ever exist ever. But researchers have found a way to use water droplets in such a way that they can represent 0s and 1s on a logic board and help to perform computing functions. According to LiveScience, the…
Audience, the company responsible for developing the EarSmart technology which power’s Siri, has announced that Apple is “unlikely” to use the system in the next-generation iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/why-siri-will-never-officially-appear-on-the-iphone-4-5882562 Audience actually helped Apple develop part of the A5 processor, so that it could include a digital signal processor to remove background noise and secondary voices, as well…
In case you sometimes struggle to visualize the RGB color space on a computer, American artist Tauba Auerbach has created a handy reference guide: a cubic book that shows off all the colors in existence. Measuring 8 inches in each dimension, the book illustrates the entire three-dimensional RGB color space, with each page turn showing…
These fridge magnets might not be high-minded or particularly useful, but they will turn your fridge into something that looks like a 1980s Casio digital watch. https://gizmodo.com/a-scrabble-magnet-set-is-your-excuse-to-spend-more-time-5884462 Each magnet is 0.75″ long, printed with florescent green ink and just begging to be used to spell out 5318008 or 0.7734 or whatever other childish calculator number…
BitTorrent has just launched a beta version of its new µTorrent client for Android. Available now on Google Play, it lets you download, upload and search for torrents direct from your phone. This isn’t a remote app like the previous µTorrent offering, which only offered the ability to organize downloads on some remote computer. Instead,…
Sometimes, you don’t want your technology sleek, discreet and refined: you want it big, tough and purposeful instead. So if the recent glut of streamlined soundbars isn’t to your taste, how about this burly sound box instead? https://gizmodo.com/picky-panasonic-soundbar-only-streams-airplay-tunes-5897514 Proficient Audio‘s new MaxTV MT2 speaker box is designed to have a TV sat on top of…
Apple’s allegedly slashing memory orders from Samsung to make its devices less Sammy-dependant. Grudge, much? [Reuters]
Beneath every Google map is a goldmine of data that’s hidden from the user; a series of logical statements about places and highways that help provide correct directions, can tell you when traffic’s bad, and generally makes the service so much more useful than a paper counterpart. The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal was lucky enough to…
The Gizmodo family is a tight-knit bunch. We work together, we drink together, and then we like to post the pictures of our antics on Facebook and “like” them all at once. But certainly not all work cultures are like ours, and not all bosses and coworkers as, well…fun. Do your coworkers send you friend…
