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Overbearing Parents, Jealous Boyfriends and Ordinary Stalkers Will Love This Creepy GPS Phone Watch

Here’s something every crazy person who has stalkerish tendencies can buy their loved ones: a GPS tracking watch that tells you exactly where the watch is at any moment. You’ll know exactly where he or she is whenever you want. It’s LoJack for people. The watch can also act as an electronic leash, if the…

Tech News Casey Chan

1931’s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future

The March 1931 issue of The Country Gentleman magazine included this advertisement for Timken bearings. With the bold headline “100 YEARS AHEAD” the ad promises that the farmer of the future may be unrecognizable — thanks to Timken bearings, of course. Our farmer of tomorrow wears a suit to work and sits at a desk…

Tech News Matt Novak

Will You Be Barbecuing with Charcoal or Gas on the 4th of July?

July 4th and BBQs go hand-in-hand like a politician and their next sex scandal. But what isn’t always certain is the grilling technique we will partake in on America’s birthday. So here’s a question for you: will you be filling up a propane tank or buying a bag of charcoal come Wednesday?

Tech News Adrian Covert

Four Words: Secret. Folding. Bookshelf. Door. ‘Nuff Said.

If you’ve managed to scrimp and save $3,000 for some much needed home improvement, forget about fixing that giant hole in the floor of the kids’ room and instead install this secret folding bookshelf door in front of your study. Because creating the illusion that you live in some kind of awesome super-villain lair is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Original Star Wars Blueprints Are Your Alderaan? I’m Not Going To Alderaan! Deal of the Day

I don’t own a TV. I don’t say that the way these celebrities do. I say it more the way an intern without a college degree and no real source of income says it. The reason I mention it is because I happened to be in front of a TV most of the weekend, and…

Tech News J.D. Levite

Facebook Adds Gay and Lesbian Marriage Icons

Facebook will now include special icons for same-sex couples who indicate that they’re married on Facebook. Just a few weeks ago, developers realized that Apple introduced same-sex couple emojis in iOS 6. The times they are a-changing. Now, users who specify that they are in a same-sex marriage will see icons featuring two men or…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

How to Mega-Troll Your Friends with iPhone Emoji

Gizmodo loves emoji more than we love some of our own family members and/or sexual partners—sometimes, it’s just the best (or only) way to express yourself. But there’s a dark side to emoji—they can be weaponized. Let’s troll. It’s simple, if a bit time consuming at first. Step one: type every single emoji into a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Are You Impressed By This Publicity Stunt?

A German heavy equipment manufacturer decided they’d impress potential buyers—or maybe just people with a fetish for construction equipment—by using a series of massive cranes to lift each other. The Inception-like stunt started with a small crane hoisting a model, that were both then lifted by a larger crane. And so forth, until four cranes…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Our Favorite Laptops, Routers, Cameras, Ice Cube Trays and More

The summer heat is here, and with it comes a an arsenal of new gear that’ll help you enjoy your summer adventures. Here are toys that take photos on the trail, keep your bike safe, and produce perfect ice cubes for your back patio drink. For the full list of Gizmodo favorites, head over to…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Making Edison’s Batteries Charge 1000 Times Faster

Over a century ago, Thomas Edison developed a rechargeable nickel-iron battery, designed to power cars. Remarkably, the technology is still used by some people to store energy from solar panels and wind turbines—but now, Stanford engineers have tweaked it to charge 1000 times faster. Edison’s original battery used a cathode made of nickel and an…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Can Ship This Stainless Steel Table In an Envelope

When buying furniture that’s easy to ship, you usually have to compromise on design, stability, and even ease of use. But Studio Toer is offering the best of all worlds with these stainless steel tables that fit inside a shipping envelope when disassembled. The Postable Table’s modular design not only lets it squeeze inside shipping…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why It Takes So Long to Fix a Power Outage

A storm this weekend knocked out power to millions of buildings in the mid-Atlantic region. About 443,000 lost electricity in the Washington, DC area, and over 200,000 outages occurred in southern New Jersey. The utilities that serve those two markets, Pepco and Atlantic City Electric—say it might take until midnight on Friday, July 6, before…

Tech News Harry Sawyers

Absolutely Everything Is Better In HD, Including Gizmodo

HD is just a better way to view anything, period. So why are you looking at Gizmodo in anything else? Just click the HD view icon sitting to the right of the eyeball and magnifying glass on the top right, and you’ll be instantly treated to big, crisp, beautiful Gizmodo in HD. The new, dynamic…

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Watch This Man Destroying a T-Mobile Shop

What did T-Mobile do to this man? Why did he come into one of its stores like a slow-motion Hulk to smash everything inside and spray it all with a fire extinguisher? I don’t have a clue, but it feels satisfying. I love the store clerk’s “yep, this is happening and I’m not doing sh*t…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Great Lines, Plenty of Light, and Absolutely Zero Moths: The House of Cedar

This timber-framed house in Osaka looks a bit like the unfinished blueprint for a Mondrian painting. And though it might appear as though it’s incomplete, that’s how it was intended. Designed by Japanese architects Suga Atelier, the House of Cedar is made up of a cross-bracing collection of rectangle and square windows, three of which…

Tech News Leslie Horn

How This One Little Satellite Could Save Life on Earth

Let’s face it, Bruce Willis is getting old. We can no longer rely on the option of simply strapping him to a rocket, shooting said rocket towards an oncoming asteroid, and hoping for the best. Luckily, the Silicon Valley-based B612 foundation is developing the world’s most advanced asteroid early warning system. Comets and asteroids fall…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Island Tiki Hut Hides A Lot of Money

You see that phone booth-sized tiki hut made of bamboo, stone and glass? That’s a specially made building that houses the only ATM in a village. On top of that, it’s completely solar powered, naturally designed for its island and holds a whole lotta cash. The Tiki Hut ATM is in Bali, fittingly located on…

Tech News Casey Chan

Spotify, Rdio or MOG: What Streaming Music Service Do You Use?

News spread this morning that MOG has been purchased by HTC/Beats Audio for $10 million, which probably was not the payout the Berkeley-based company was hoping for (disclosure: I used to work there once upon a time). And while Spotify appears destined to win the streaming music wars (as far as subscription services go, at…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How to Keep Mosquitoes Out of Your Yard

I have had it with these motherf*cking mosquitoes at these motherf*cking outdoor dinner parties. To prevent the little blood suckers from ruining the 4th of July—the biggest picnicking day of the summer—drastic measures are necessary. Here are some of the most effective (or, at least, most satisfying) methods for your upcoming insect genocide. Repel The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Your Hotel Bible Is Now a Kindle

The Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, UK, is much like any other hotel: expensive mini bar, pointless shower caps, and bed sheets that take 10 minutes to get under. Until you peer into the beside table that is, becasue, in the place of a bible, there’s a Kindle waiting to be read. Claiming to be the…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Overbearing Parents, Jealous Boyfriends and Ordinary Stalkers Will Love This Creepy GPS Phone Watch

1931’s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future

Will You Be Barbecuing with Charcoal or Gas on the 4th of July?

Four Words: Secret. Folding. Bookshelf. Door. ‘Nuff Said.

The Original Star Wars Blueprints Are Your Alderaan? I’m Not Going To Alderaan! Deal of the Day

Facebook Adds Gay and Lesbian Marriage Icons

How to Mega-Troll Your Friends with iPhone Emoji

Are You Impressed By This Publicity Stunt?

Our Favorite Laptops, Routers, Cameras, Ice Cube Trays and More

Making Edison’s Batteries Charge 1000 Times Faster

You Can Ship This Stainless Steel Table In an Envelope

Why It Takes So Long to Fix a Power Outage

Absolutely Everything Is Better In HD, Including Gizmodo

Watch This Man Destroying a T-Mobile Shop

Great Lines, Plenty of Light, and Absolutely Zero Moths: The House of Cedar

How This One Little Satellite Could Save Life on Earth

This Island Tiki Hut Hides A Lot of Money

Spotify, Rdio or MOG: What Streaming Music Service Do You Use?

How to Keep Mosquitoes Out of Your Yard

Your Hotel Bible Is Now a Kindle

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