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The existing Wikipedia app is fine, but there’s nothing particularly special about it. Sure it’s touch-friendly, and the interface is clean, but that’s about all it has to offer. Wikiweb, however, puts the millions upon millions of articles on the online encyclopedia into a larger perspective, by showing how they all relate to one another.…
Generally speaking, technology improves. But that doesn’t always mean that the latest computer to pop off the production line is automatically our favorite. Sometimes we look back on that older, slower, less capable device with more fondly than what we have now. For me, it was the Macintosh SE. It was hardly new when I…
This evening Major League Baseball’s brightest stars will gather for a half-hearted nine innings at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. It might not be the most exciting game of the year, but it’s the easiest way to catch all of your favorite players in one night. So while you prepare to have a few friends over…
Some of its pilots claim that the F-35 Lightning II is so easy to fly that it feels “like magic.” Reading their words, I thought they were talking about a video game instead of one of the most advanced war machines ever created. Or maybe it feels like a video game precisely because it is…
In 2010, a lake of caustic, poison mud from an aluminum manufacturing operation spilled out and destroyed a nearby town, along with much of the native life. Humans were killed and burned, property destroyed. And it still looks like Mars. Cleanup efforts have made some decontamination process, but much like Fukushima, it will be a…
This photo of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is incredible—and it looks like a lot of fun too. I imagine the helmsman pushing the rudder and whispering “wowwheeeee!” According to J.D. Levite—our intern and ex-US Navy sailor who spent nine years on one of these carriers—”it’s like a car skid, they ramp the carrier…
Carrying around a charging cable is a fact of life if you use your smartphone for more than just the occasional call. But instead of packing the bulky cables that came with your iPhone or Android handset, just slip this tiny USB adapter onto your keychain for emergency battery top-offs. In addition to a 30-pin…
After rumors suggested that Twitter’s mobile apps were due for an update, the goods arrived today, bringing a handful of substantial updates, including expanded tweets (viewing links, videos, and images inline), the ability to set notifications for individual people you follow, search autocomplete, and new discovery tools for events. The expanded tweets section is the…
Do you pay for 50 or 100 gigabytes of storage space on Dropbox? Good news! The cloud company just doubled the capacity for pro users, giving them 100 and 200 gigabtyes, respectively, at the same price. Dropbox says the updates will go live tonight, so remain calm and wait for the great expansion. [Dropbox]
The whispers and smoke and noise about the rumored iPad mini—an iPad that would be 7.85-inches in screen size—are definitely getting louder. It’s by no means real yet, but the iPad mini could very well be an actual thing. But what would it look like? Tweeter TrojanKitten points out that unlike the twinsies nature of…
There’s a lot of Lego love at Gizmodo. There’s a lot of Star Wars love here, too. And when the two things come together, we can’t help but rejoice. I think Star Wars Lego is one of the smartest and coolest things Lego has ever done. Sure beats the Space Shuttle and Wild West fort…
You might think you’re fooling thieves by choosing a colorful laptop bag that doesn’t look the part, but the added weight makes it really obvious you’re carrying precious cargo. So the React Messenger Bag from Travelon adds several layers of extra security, including the use of medieval chainmail. Thankfully, though, the bag doesn’t look or…
We’ve already seen Passbook, Apple’s new mobile wallet solution that pulls all of your loyalty cards and tickets into one spot. It will debut in iOS 6, and now the company has earned a new patent for NFC travel check-ins, which is essentially the travel portion of what we know exists. The filing describes a…
Every year Cedar Point in my hometown of Sandusky, OH has been shooting off fireworks for the 4th of July. You can get great views of them without even being at the park. I found a nice spot across the Sandusky Bay, but wasn’t sure exactly what type of shot I wanted. Luckily I was…
Body: Canon t2i Lens:Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II ISO: 100 Aperture: f7.1 Exposure: 4 seconds Focal Range: 55mm My wife and I heard that the Iwo Jima Memorial was a good place to view the D.C. fireworks without having to travel into the city and fight the crowds so we found a nice spot…
Americans sure do love blowing things up. And here are 111 amazing photos that prove it. Lead Shot: Surgery Required Safety First: Pretty standard Fourth of July backyard BBQ. Cold beers, hot meats, and bottle rockets. My friend was afraid the sparks from the rockets would burn so she threw on a dish glove and…
This picture was shot in Big Rapids MI on July 4, 2012. I use a Canon 50D with 18-55mm lens. I set the camera to ISO 100, f11, 20 seconds. I also use auto focus and take a photo of something far away at least an hour before the show to get the focus of…
I decided to go and shoot the Macy’s Fireworks on the Hudson River from Hoboken, unfortunately I got there way to late to find a good spot to setup my tripod, and Hoboken has way to many trees (who knew) that just obstructed a lot of good viewing angles. I settled on this spot because…
If you think you’re good at board games, you just met your match. Because a computer scientist has developed machine learning software that can watch your playing for just two minutes—then comprehensively thrash you. Łukasz Kaiser, a computer scientist from Paris Diderot University, has developed a machine learning algorithm that uses visual recognition software to…
Looking like a newborn version of Pixar’s famous Luxo lamp mascot, these Tiny Tim Booklights are just begging to be brought to life in an animated film. Standing just five inches tall they’re still fully articulated and presumably cast a soft glow on your reading material via a battery-powered LED bulb. For $10 they’re not…