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Walmart Is Testing an iPhone Checkout System That Could Help You Escape Its Clutches a Little Bit Faster

The Apple Store and Walmart might seem like they’re on completely opposite ends of the retail spectrum. They often share one similarity though, like hellish interiors teaming with to many, sweating, breathing, sneezing, coughing, occasionally corpulent customers. Walmart’s trying out a new Apple-y, iPhone-based payment system that could make escape a little easier. The “Scan…

Tech News Eric Limer

Insanely Designed Level 10 M Mouse Finally Comes to Market

If you’re looking for something new in a mouse, something simultaneously awesome and over-designed, something different, your dream mouse may have arrived. The Level 10 M Mouse, a joint project by BMW Designworks and Thermaltake, is finally hitting shelves. The Level 10 M’s empty space-loving design isn’t just a visual thing. You can actually adjust…

Gadgets Eric Limer

DUPE: This Is a Quadrotor You Can Control With Your Mind

Physical remote controls might be nice when it comes to precision, but they’ve got nothing on mind-control when it comes to awesome. Using an EEG headset, a computer, and some serious thought-power, researchers have developed a quadrotor you can steer with your brain. Developed at Zhejiang University, the Flying Buddy 2 is controlled with a…

Gadgets Eric Limer

Barrel Lamp, Ladder Coat Rack, and More

You might be taking a vacation this weekend, but beauty doesn’t go on holiday. Thus, here are the most gorgeous things we found over the last few days. 3D-Printed Table Lamps Bloom Like Flowers Filled with Light https://gizmodo.com/3d-printed-table-lamps-bloom-like-flowers-filled-with-l-5938338 Designer Patrick Jouin uses 3D-printing digital technology-rapid prototyping and 3D printing-to create his Bloom Table Lamp. More…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Newly Discovered “Hulk” Protein Could Make You a Beefcake Without the Weights

So you want to be muscular, buff, ripped, but you don’t want to have to work for it. Who does? Well here’s some good news, researchers have identified a “Hulk” protein that could give you crazy muscle mass with no effort on your part. Grb10 is the protein in question, and researchers at the Garvan…

Tech News Eric Limer

Apple’s Secret Training Manual, The Nexus 7’s Big Advantage, The Funniest Google Street View Pictures, and More

Following the big Apple vs. Samsung blow-out, there’s been a lot of fallout: it’s a win for innovation, it may not hold up, Google’s not freaking out, and Samsung is still nabbing Appley things. Catch up on all that chaos, see some funny Street View pictures, check out the Apple Genius training manual, and even…

Tech News Eric Limer

New Backlit Keyboard Case Brings a Rainbow Rave to Your iPad

If you wish your iPad had a keyboard and frequent dark rooms, ZAGG has a case that might be up your alley. Its new iPad keyboard is not only backlit, but also changes colors. Take that, Surface. The new ZAGGkeys come in two flavors, PRO and PRO plus. Both attach magnetically to your iPad, use…

Tech News Eric Limer

Apple Taking Aim at Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note in Updated Galaxy Nexus Complaint

Apparently not content with a $1 billion verdict in its favor, Apple is trudging ever forward in its patent war against Samsung, and this time it’s taking aim at a slew of more current phones including the Galaxy Note and Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III. The move comes as an addendum to the injunction against…

Tech News Eric Limer

7 Deadly Weapons You Should Never Ever Make Out of Harmless Household Items

I write a lot about edgy, semi-dangerous scientific projects. So, I get a lot of suggestions from people who want to share their own ideas for risky home projects. I like the reader engagement, but four times out of five, the ideas are dumb, and borderline deadly. Listen to me: if it involves a pipe,…

Tech News William Gurstelle

These Researchers Know Where You Live, Pirates

Watch out pirates, you may not be as anonymous as you think, especially if you upload to the Pirate Bay. Researchers have recently published a tool that lets you get all kinds of data, including location, about some of the most prolific accounts. Finding out the IPs of people who have downloaded is nothing particularly…

Tech News Eric Limer

New Villa Savoye Set Is a Beautiful Addition to the LEGO Architecture Line

LEGO has been pumping out a lot of wonderful architecture sets this year, and today they’re launching the brand new one, Villa Savoye. At 660 pieces and standing about 3.5 inches tall, it’s a lovely little recreation of the French villa designed by Le Corbusier which become one of the most influential buildings in France.…

Tech News Eric Limer

What Laptops Looked Like Before and After the MacBook Air

A little like what phones and tablets looked like before the iPhone and iPad, laptops have been borrowing liberally from the design of the MacBook Air. The old days of giant plastic shells with a gazillion ports, even more stickers and uniform awfulness have been replaced with slick silver body and black chiclet keyboards. https://gizmodo.com/what-tablets-looked-like-before-the-ipad-and-what-they-5832749…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Stoner Channel: The One With All the Blues and Led Zeppelin Concerts

The American Folk-Blues Festival 1962-1966 vol.1 Want to know how I know our culture’s on the way out? We went from making incredible music like this to making dreck like this. The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Vol. 2 “Lightnin’ Hopkins” may well be the awesomest blues musician name of all time. The American Folk…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Rejected Pitches (Pulp Fiction)

If you haven’t seen any of Above Average Networks’ Rejected Pitches series, here’s your chance to start with one of the best: Quentin Tarantino pitching Pulp Fiction to three 80s studio execs who just… don’t… get it. It’s wonderful. The rest of this week’s top comedy videos, including a father-son chat and NBA 2k12, can…

Tech News Splitsider

This Fancy Vacuum Is Coated in Diamond Dust and Costs Literally Nothing: $0

Remember that $1,000,000 gold-plated vacuum that, weirdly, no one was buying? The one with its own worthless rap? Well, GoVacuum, the makers of that fancy vac have come out with yet another ridiculously blinged out dust sucker. That was quick. Wasn’t it? https://gizmodo.com/this-million-dollar-vacuum-cleaner-has-its-own-totally-5923379 The SEBO GV62712 GoVacuum Felix Crystallize Onyx is GoVacuum’s latest offering (a…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

American Juggalos: A Journey into the Dark Carnival

The world of juggalos—die-hard followers of the band Insane Clown Posse—is weird but super intriguing. They have a yearly festival in August, it’s weird, dark, and hard to wrap your head around, and it’s chronicled in this short documentary, American Juggalo. It takes place at the 2011 It’s kind of like a train wreck in…

Tech News Leslie Horn

An Entire House Full of Transforming Furniture Would Be Amazing (Even if It Means It Will Destroy Your Life)

Transforming furniture is amazing (this is well-documented, BTW), and when I saw Boxetti’s line of transforming modules for every part of the home, I basically made a mess of myself. There’s a couch that turns into a table and a desk. There’s a kitchen that packs into a box. A desk that pops out of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Lauryn Hill: I Gotta Find Peace of Mind

I really miss Lauryn Hill. I know, I know, you do too and everyone does and she sort of gets out to perform sometimes—but whatever. I miss amazing things like her Unplugged being semi-regular, not super rare events. Sometimes when I get like this I listen to Talib Kweli’s Ms. Hill. Sometimes I watch Dave…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Pack All Your Pals Around This Beautiful Wooden Dining Table

I just moved into a new apartment, and I have no dinner table. We are eating like savages on the couch with plates perched on our laps. So I’ve been scouring the internet for just the right piece, and right now I’m crushing on this Emerson Dining Table from West Elm. Made out of reclaimed…

Tech News Leslie Horn

GIZMODO at 2012 Smart Home—New Gadgets!

Last year Gizmodo and the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago partnered up to curate the technology for the Smart Home: Green + Wired. The exhibit recently re-opened for 2012 with new furnishings and a few our favorite new gadgets. MSI did an incredible job in 2011 creating a truly Smart Home that we wished…

Tech News Christopher Mascari

Walmart Is Testing an iPhone Checkout System That Could Help You Escape Its Clutches a Little Bit Faster

Insanely Designed Level 10 M Mouse Finally Comes to Market

DUPE: This Is a Quadrotor You Can Control With Your Mind

Barrel Lamp, Ladder Coat Rack, and More

Newly Discovered “Hulk” Protein Could Make You a Beefcake Without the Weights

Apple’s Secret Training Manual, The Nexus 7’s Big Advantage, The Funniest Google Street View Pictures, and More

New Backlit Keyboard Case Brings a Rainbow Rave to Your iPad

Apple Taking Aim at Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note in Updated Galaxy Nexus Complaint

7 Deadly Weapons You Should Never Ever Make Out of Harmless Household Items

These Researchers Know Where You Live, Pirates

New Villa Savoye Set Is a Beautiful Addition to the LEGO Architecture Line

What Laptops Looked Like Before and After the MacBook Air

The Stoner Channel: The One With All the Blues and Led Zeppelin Concerts

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Rejected Pitches (Pulp Fiction)

This Fancy Vacuum Is Coated in Diamond Dust and Costs Literally Nothing: $0

American Juggalos: A Journey into the Dark Carnival

An Entire House Full of Transforming Furniture Would Be Amazing (Even if It Means It Will Destroy Your Life)

Lauryn Hill: I Gotta Find Peace of Mind

Pack All Your Pals Around This Beautiful Wooden Dining Table

GIZMODO at 2012 Smart Home—New Gadgets!

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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