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Alien Invaders Will Apparently Arrive In Stylish Bus Shelters

No one’s entirely sure what the aliens who will inevitably invade our planet will look like. But if movies have taught us anything, their spacecraft will probably look a lot like this stunning bus station in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Designed by Spanish architect Eustáquio Martínez, the Intercambiador Padre Anchieta—or Interchange Station Padre Anchieta—was…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Sous Vide Machines: Amazing or Overrated?

With the advent of molecular gastronomy and modernist cooking, sous vide machines have come into vogue. In short, they cook your vacuum-sealed bags of food (meats, vegetables, whatever), in a bath of warm water kept at a constant temperature. The benefit is supposed to be that your food is never overcooked, and always tender. But…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Does Google Have Any Social Skills at All?

Google revealed a lot at Google I/O: a shimmering tablet at a good price, a sci-fi home theater orb, seriously sophisticated search, and Jelly Beans. It also revealed an unsettling lack of human understanding. https://gizmodo.com/google-i-o-day-one-hardware-galore-5921803 We’ve had privacy concerns before, but could it be more? Could it be that Google just doesn’t get real people?…

Tech News Sam Biddle

If You Need to Be Reminded Your Baby Is in the Car, You Probably Shouldn’t Have Kids

In what is a sure sign that the apocalypse is nigh, a company called Baby Alert International has created the ChildMinder car seat sensor that will remind a parent when they’ve forgotten their kid inside their car. Forgetting your keys, your purse, even your umbrella when you’re exiting a vehicle is totally acceptable and understandable.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Shooting Challenge: A World Without People

Remember that scene in Vanilla Sky? Tom Cruise runs into Times Square. And it’s empty. You can’t close off Times Square yourself, but through clever photography and patience, you could duplicate the effect. The Challenge Capture a photo of a very busy space without people. There can be cars, animals, whatever…just no people. Imagine a…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Best Bike Lock

Leave a bicycle locked up on the street, and a pro with the right tool can spring it faster than you can buy a Slurpee. We’re not bike thieves—not even close—and we were able to slice through cheap locks with $20 bolt cutters and a hacksaw, on our first try. So we wanted to see…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Zmodo DVR Surveillance System Is Your Spy-Vs-Spy Deal of the Day

I am not a spy, and I’ve never wanted to be one. If I was going to be a spy, I’d be in the Get Smart universe. Maybe Inspector Gadget. I could definitely be Eddie Murphy’s I-Spy sidekick. In real life, however, I have no reason to want or need a system for surveillance. I…

Tech News J.D. Levite

This Is the Secret of the Google Glasses Skydiving Demonstration

It seems that there are some people that still just don’t get it, so here’s a photo to illustrate it. This image shows what the whole Google’s skydivers-with-eyeglass-webcam demonstration is all about: antennas. Yes, it’s a great demo for wireless Cisco routers and antennas. That’s the roof of Moscone Center. And that’s Sergey Brin. And…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How To Develop Film With Red Wine

There’s already a large community of old-school photographers who develop their shots using a mix of coffee and vitamin C instead of the usual chemicals found in a darkroom. But over at the Caffenol blog, they’ve started experimenting with a red wine-based developing solution as well. Wineol, as it’s been dubbed, mixes the aforementioned red…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How Aspirin and Ibuprofen Actually Work Inside Your Body

Poppin’ pills is a sorta magical, sorta scientific method in feeling better. When you get hurt? Pop pills. When you can’t sleep? Pop pills. When you want to get high? Pop pills. But how do those tiny little capsules actually work? This video explains how aspirin and ibuprofen makes your body feel less pain. The…

Tech News Casey Chan

Shooting Challenge: Heat

This weekend I went to Provincetown, MA for a wedding. This shot is taken in the morning at low tide. Olympus Stylus Tough – Jaclyn Breit 5D MarkIII ISO640 f/3.2 1/160 100mm Macro This shot came about on Sunday night. We decided to grill up some corn on the grill and as I was sitting…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Hide an Entire Rifle Inside Its Waterproof Stock

We’ve already showed you how to properly clean a rifle, but your first line of defense for keeping it in good working order is to just protect it from the elements. And that’s made extra easy with this collapsible version of the AR-7 rifle. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-clean-a-rifle-or-shotgun-faster-than-private-pyl-5919092 It’s actually been in production since 1959, but Henry Repeating…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Chrome and Google Drive Are Coming to iOS

Google announced at day two of I/O that Chrome is finally coming to the iPhone and iPad. If you’ve been waiting for the browser you’ll be glad to know you can download it this afternoon. It’s the same Chrome you know and love, including tab sharing, password sync, and incognito mode. It works pretty much…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Louis CK Thinks the Next iPhone Will Be Invisibly Thin And Help You Masturbate Better

Louis CK, noted technology philosopher and independent funnyman, recently gave his thoughts about the iPhone and “the cloud” and it’s just as funny as you’d think. On the iPhone, Louis CK says it’s like having “a pencil that can suck your dick”. https://gizmodo.com/louis-c-k-hates-smartphones-and-so-should-you-5856742 But where it gets awesome—and yes, it gets more awesome than dick…

Tech News Casey Chan

Google Play vs Apple iTunes: Who Wins?

Fortune writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt lays out an interesting argument in his latest piece: the most important competition between Apple and Google isn’t a hardware battle, or OS battle. Whoever wins this war could depend on who has the best digital content store. Obviously having killer apps is important, but no Google is banking on entertainment…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Strangest Wine Bottle In the World Is Also the Most Expensive One

It may look like a nuclear warhead or part of an exotic anti-matter weapon, but it’s actually a bottle of wine—a glass and metal cone containing 750 milliliters (25.3 fluid ounces) of the most expensive wine in the world sold directly from a winery. Made by Penfolds—an Australian vineyard—its name is 2004 Block 42 and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

You Can’t Beat the iPad Just by Losing Money

The most remarkable thing about Google’s Nexus 7 tablet can’t be found on its spec sheet. It won’t show up in any benchmark, and it has nothing to do with that zippy new operating system. If you want to know the true significance of the Nexus 7, all you need to look at is the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Google Glasses Aren’t Buyable Until 2014. Does that Mean Never?

BMX bikes! Skydiving! High fives! For everyone who was floored by the movie stunt-style debut of Google Glasses yesterday at day one of I/O, well, pump the brakes. They won’t even be consumer-ready until 2014, Sergey Brin told Bloomberg Television. Though devs were able to sign up for a pre-order of the explorer edition yesterday…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Try to Pretend You’re Not a Bad Date

You ask a girl out thinking you’re in for a cheap night of Netflix and second base. But she wants to go out! Take this quick survey and you could win a $100 gift card to AMC theaters. Make her buy the popcorn and you’re actually operating at a profit! To enter, email the final…

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Do You Still Wear a Watch?

Watches are, for the most part, a redundant technology. We have digital timekeepers in front of our faces pretty much all the time. And yet, the watch still persists—because of tradition, an appreciation for fashion and design, or straight up novelty. So why do you have a watch on your wrist (if you have one…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Alien Invaders Will Apparently Arrive In Stylish Bus Shelters

Sous Vide Machines: Amazing or Overrated?

Does Google Have Any Social Skills at All?

If You Need to Be Reminded Your Baby Is in the Car, You Probably Shouldn’t Have Kids

Shooting Challenge: A World Without People

The Best Bike Lock

This Zmodo DVR Surveillance System Is Your Spy-Vs-Spy Deal of the Day

This Is the Secret of the Google Glasses Skydiving Demonstration

How To Develop Film With Red Wine

How Aspirin and Ibuprofen Actually Work Inside Your Body

Shooting Challenge: Heat

Hide an Entire Rifle Inside Its Waterproof Stock

Chrome and Google Drive Are Coming to iOS

Louis CK Thinks the Next iPhone Will Be Invisibly Thin And Help You Masturbate Better

Google Play vs Apple iTunes: Who Wins?

The Strangest Wine Bottle In the World Is Also the Most Expensive One

You Can’t Beat the iPad Just by Losing Money

Google Glasses Aren’t Buyable Until 2014. Does that Mean Never?

Try to Pretend You’re Not a Bad Date

Do You Still Wear a Watch?

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