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Here’s another one of those “why the hell didn’t this exist when I was young?” products that give you yet another misguided reason to have kids. It’s a simple folding contraption that holds a couple of pieces of chalk and leaves behind a perfectly sized roadway as it’s dragged over a paved surface. In just…
With OS X Lion, MacBooks lost the ability to turn off the laptop’s screen when you connect to an external monitor. Which sucks more than you’d think. Here’s a simple way to (mostly) fix the problem. Update: Check out the improved Terminal command version at the bottom of the post. You can still run a…
If you’re paying close attention to your Twitter feed this morning you might have noticed that Twitter’s web client no longer displays how a tweet was posted to the service. Previously, if you viewed the details of a tweet it would reveal that it was posted via Tweetbot, HootSuite, or any of a host services…
Samsung may be battered after last week’s Apple patent punishments, but it’s not broken. And while it’s not one bit surprising to hear the company say that it’s going to fight back, it’s at least fun to hear them do it with such gusto. As the WSJ reports, Samsung has confirmed that it will fight…
Garmin is well-known for its intense fitness watches like the Forerunner 910XT—a big, complicated, waterproof timekeeper that’s basically designed with Olympians triathletes in mind. If you’re just a casual jogger trying to stay in shape, a watch that powerful is just intimidating overkill. Garmin’s newest fitness watch is designed for those of us who aren’t…
In a leaked internal memo published originally by unofficial T-Mobile news blog TmoNews, employees of the iPhone-less carrier are told in no uncertain terms that beginning September 21st, they will commence training to sell “against the iPhone.” https://gizmodo.com/iphone-5-the-complete-rumor-roundup-5930100 You know who doesn’t sell against the iPhone? Carriers who have the iPhone. Sorry, guys! While we’re…
It may not drive very fast (yet!), but this awesome go-kart, which can hold a grown child and seemingly also an adult, is definitely cool. It’s a veritable lego chariot! https://gizmodo.com/mit-student-builds-awesome-working-mario-kart-document-5908439 Checkout maker Eric Steenstra’s photo-documentation of the build process here. [Make]
Andrew Watson, a graphic artist and lover of fonts, hilariously created this graphic which points out “how” Microsoft created its brand spanking new logo: by using Apple’s go to font Myriad Pro and making a few tweaks. The font Microsoft uses is called Segoe and it’s lovely but it’s more funny to make this connection:…
A team of Harvard University have developed a cyborg tissue material that is a literal mesh of nanoscale electronics and cells, able to support cell growth while at the same time monitoring biological activities at the cellular level. https://gizmodo.com/smart-sutures-use-ultra-thin-technology-to-detect-infec-5937503 Among the team to device such a material are Bozhi Tian (one of Technology Review’s 35…
Apocalypse Now: Purple Haze Edition Experience the Vietnam War through the eyes of Marlon Brando. Sir Anthony Hopkins Reads Dylan Thomas That! That’s the sort of acting that will get you knighted. [Open Culture] 10 Myths About Marijuana Turns out that toking most likely won’t cause cancer or turn you into a raving psychotic. Well,…
Eoin is a poor guy who was walking while watching TV and juggling multiple things in his hands (his phone perhaps?) when he fell straight through the floor. Like, literally. A trap door in the ground was left open and he didn’t notice until he plunged completely through the hole. Everything is fine with Eoin…
Gizmodo reader Paula E. B. wrote in with a screenshot, telling us that when she tried to renew with Apple’s One-to-One customer bootcamp/training program, a notice popped up saying that One-to-One is now only supported by Safari—Apple’s own web browser. Paula is regularly a Firefox user and so found this latest rule to be rather…
A smaller iPad is supposedly, probably, maybe coming. The smoke on the rumored 7.85-inch iPad Mini is so thick now that it seems like it’s going to be a real thing by Cupertino. But with new rumors of it taking a different shape than the iPad, what would it look like? Maybe like this. https://gizmodo.com/report-apple-iphone-and-ipad-mini-announcement-will-be-5930041…
Designer Patrick Jouin uses 3D-printing digital technology—rapid prototyping and 3D printing—to create his Bloom Table Lamp. The award-winning lamp design transforms from initial bud-like position—its petal/shade drawn in—into a full bloom that releases maximum light. The single-piece print can be expanded or contracted by hand, depending on the amount of light desired. [Inhabitat]
We could all use a good self-audit on our passwords—bank accounts, credit cards, e-mails, social networks—but is it better to just let a password manager handle all of our passwords instead? Or should we still cook up a different password for each account on our own? What do you guys do? https://gizmodo.com/account-hacked-these-password-managers-keep-your-every-5876508 People swear by…
The Toadies released one album, Rubberneck, in 1994. It was so good. Then they broke up. So sad. Thankfully they’re back together touring and making music again but the new stuff pales in comparison to Rubberneck. Through and through it’s just a fantastic record—the kind of heavy guitar riffs, strong vocals, and bumping drum beats…
Oh, cool, an alarm clock shaped like R2-D2 that will roll around your room and play Star Wars music to pry you out of bed. If you need this, you’re lazy scum who doesn’t deserve the job you’re late for. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-alarm-clock-droid-youre-looking-for-at-a-p-5938133 Techie gimmick alarms are one of our species’ worst indulgences. Humans have been waking…
If you were one of the weirdos who looked at the original Galaxy Note and thought, “Oh man, I would totally buy the shit out of that huge phone if it was more huger”, you’re in luck: leaked specs of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 2 show a 5.5″ screen. That’s .2 of an inch…
Sometimes you need a swift kick in the ass to get yourself out of bed. You can have that in the form of Sleep If U Can, an Android alarm app. What does it do? Forces you to wake up by continuing to ring until you take a picture of a particular, pre-determined object. Why…
At some point in your life you’re going to reach the stage where A) you can’t stand to listen to the horrible drivel and jingles spewed forth by TV commercials and B) your failing eyesight and dexterity will make it nigh impossible to find the mute button on your remote before your show returns. So…
