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Gilt Taste, Echograph, and More

It’s going to be boiling hot this weekend, so if you’re planning to stay inside this round of the week’s best iPad app will help keep you cool. Whether it’s gourmet recipe ideas or a full-featured GIF maker you’re after, we’ve got plenty to offer. Gilt Taste : Eating well is not cheap, but it…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Word Lens, TVFoodMaps, and More

What’s a better way to end a disjointed holiday week than with a new edition of the best Android apps. We’ve got something for food lovers, photographers, and just about everyone. TVFoodMaps: If watching shows like Top Chef and Man v. Food makes your mouth water, this is one you’ll want to download. It maps…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Hide a Chair in Your Living Room Table for That Unexpected Extra Guest

We’ve seen tables that hide chairs inside before, but those ones had looks which ensured you’d only reveal the secret in the most dire of situations. In the case of Al-Hamad’s Little Oyster, this transforming table is beautiful enough to put to use in the most casual of situations. As cool as the fold up…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Here’s How to Blow Up Websites You Don’t Like with Bombs

I know there are times when you’re cruising down the Internet highway, looking for a laugh as your hair is being blown back by AC when you stumble upon something so annoying that you start shaking your monitor and hope that it just blows up. It happens to all of us. We never do anything.…

Tech News Casey Chan

You Can Download BitTorrent Files with Your Browser

Though torrenting files has been around forever, there has always been a relatively high barrier of entry that kept normal people from diving in. Not anymore. BitTorrent just announced Torque, a new JavaScript interface that’ll let you download BitTorrent files right from your browser. It’s going to be so easy now. Yep, no more need…

Tech News Casey Chan

Seven Insane Ways To Get Drunk Without Drinking

Some people really enjoy the feeling of being drunk, but hate having to do all that pesky drinking. Maybe they don’t want the calories. Maybe they don’t like the taste. Maybe they’re in a hurry, and the normal metabolic process is a waste of time. Regardless, the lengths to which some will go to get…

Tech News Brent Rose

An Old Prison (Now Civic Center) Rescued From Death Row

Architizer is a blog dedicated to the past, present and future of architectural design. They scour the internet finding the best/coolest/weirdest structures people crawl around in. Today they look at efforts to rehabilitate a 19th century prison into a 21st century civic center. When this elegant brick building was erected in Palencia at the turn…

Tech News Architizer

Twitter Search Now Has Autocomplete and Other Improvements

Search on Twitter has never been the most organized experience, and it’s unlikely it ever will be, but there are some new features coming to Twitter’s web client and apps that should be helpful. Autocomplete that suggests terms and Twitter accounts, for one, and spelling corrections. Searches on the web client can also sort your…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Six Designs That Would’ve Been Impossible Without Computer Modeling

After three decades on the market, Autodesk’s software has radically transformed modern architecture, science, and art. In downtown San Francisco, Autodesk exhibits a rotating gallery showing off twenty of its most impressive design feats. On a recent tour, Gizmodo saw the stunning range of the program’s capabilities. Engineers use it to plan the most the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Ignore All of Your Friends and Get Away With It

Smartphones are incredible social tools. They give us the power to ignore other people like never before. In fact, not having to ever speak to humans might just be the best part. Here’s how to block everyone, every time, without ever facing any consequences. This best part of this pocket power to push people into…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Lightning Reaction Reloaded Shocking Game Is Your Masochism-Party Deal Of The Day

Ah, the board game party. One of life’s most fulfilling evenings. Gathering together with your friends to really liven up your night with a little Trivia Pursuit and SceneIt! Maybe some Dungeons and Dragons or Magic: The Gathering for the geekier among you. Maybe that’s not your kinda party, though. Maybe you need a little…

Tech News J.D. Levite

Do You DVR Sporting Events?

Growing up, the summer tennis season was always my favorite. Beginning with the French Open, and culminating with the U.S. Open, I spent many a lazy summer day watching the likes of Pete Sampras and Roger Federer demolish opponent after opponent. As as “adult,” being in the office every day makes that less of a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Incredible World-Translating App Word Lens Is Finally on Android

Basically the coolest and most futuristic app for iOS is finally on Android. Word Lens—the augmented reality app that translates signs, newspapers, menus, and anything else from one language to another in real time—is finally out on Android. After a few minutes of testing the Android version, this initial build is decent, but very jumpy.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Explosive Fireworks Horrifically Severed and Blew Off a Paraplegic’s Leg

In a horrible July 4th accident, a paraplegic man’s leg was blown off while he was trying to light fireworks while still in his wheelchair. The fiery explosion blew the man’s leg 50 feet across the street where it smacked a neighbor’s house. That is not fun. The accident, which occurred at Hazel Park, Michigan,…

Tech News Casey Chan

Toshiba Would Like to Sell You These Boobs Gadgets

Hello there, shopper! You seem like the type who would be interested in some breasts tablets. Can we interest you in our latest Windows 8 breasts tablet, with the revolutionary Breasto Metro UI? It feels great in a sultry paid actress’s crotch the hand, and we think the message that women, yoga, anything to do…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

What Features Would You Want in an Amazon Phone?

The Amazon phone rumor mill is in full force right now, and regardless of whether they’re true or not, the idea of Amazon making phones is an intriguing prospect. But without an operating system of its own, Amazon would need to imbue such a device with features that make it stand out. If you were…

Commerce Adrian Covert

How to Make Your iPhone Charge Wirelessly (Without an Ugly Case)

Wirelessly charging your iPhone would be pretty great, but not with the dumb cases that inductive charging requires. That’s why this mod from Tanveer is so great. A regular iPhone that charges when you set it down. The future! Here’s what you’ll need, according to Tanveer, in addition to some serious soldering skills: patience a…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Watch This Guy Survive a 393-Foot Fall Like Wile E. Coyote

This video seems out of a Chuck Jones cartoon of the Roadrunner and the Coyote, but it’s real. It happened in Konakova, Russia. A BASE jumper jumped off the top of an electric post, 393 feet (120 meters) over the snow surface below. Unfortunately, his parachute failed. He probably crashed at about 106 miles per…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Port Google Now To Your Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone

With the right skills, you can port Jelly Bean’s Google Now over to your Ice Cream Sandwich Android device. If you want to try the oh-so-creepy predictive assistant, but you’re not yet running a build 4.1 operating system, you can do so following a set of instructions posted on the XDA Developers forums. User febycv…

Tech News Leslie Horn

This Ship Flips to Rise Five Stories Above the Sea Surface

In the early 1960’s, the US Department of Naval Research needed a new way to study the acoustic targeting for submarine rockets. The ship had to be silent and stable—more buoy than boat. The design that met the requirements became the world’s only vertically-flippable research vessel. Either that, or the lamest Transformer since Bumblebee. The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Gilt Taste, Echograph, and More

Word Lens, TVFoodMaps, and More

Hide a Chair in Your Living Room Table for That Unexpected Extra Guest

Here’s How to Blow Up Websites You Don’t Like with Bombs

You Can Download BitTorrent Files with Your Browser

Seven Insane Ways To Get Drunk Without Drinking

An Old Prison (Now Civic Center) Rescued From Death Row

Twitter Search Now Has Autocomplete and Other Improvements

Six Designs That Would’ve Been Impossible Without Computer Modeling

Ignore All of Your Friends and Get Away With It

This Lightning Reaction Reloaded Shocking Game Is Your Masochism-Party Deal Of The Day

Do You DVR Sporting Events?

Incredible World-Translating App Word Lens Is Finally on Android

Explosive Fireworks Horrifically Severed and Blew Off a Paraplegic’s Leg

Toshiba Would Like to Sell You These Boobs Gadgets

What Features Would You Want in an Amazon Phone?

How to Make Your iPhone Charge Wirelessly (Without an Ugly Case)

Watch This Guy Survive a 393-Foot Fall Like Wile E. Coyote

Port Google Now To Your Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone

This Ship Flips to Rise Five Stories Above the Sea Surface

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

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

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

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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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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