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Museum of Endangered Sounds Ensures Your Kids Will Know What a VCR Sounded Like

Its collection isn’t exactly what we’d call comprehensive just yet, but one day the Museum of Endangered Sounds could be the de-facto place to go to teach your kids about technologies of yesteryear. Or at least teach them what those technologies sounded like. Hearing Speak & Spell’s cold synthetic voice ironically still brings a nostalgic…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered by Its Own Moving Parts

Summer is soon approaching, as does the occasional blackout when local power grids can’t keep up with power-sucking air conditioners. And the next time your home loses electricity, you can at least stay entertained by reading—even in the dark—with this lovely lamp that runs completely off the grid. While most cordless lamps rely on rechargeable…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Create Custom Discs Full of New Music for Fisher Price’s Iconic Toy Record Player

If you grew up sometime between the mid-70s and 80s you probably instantly recognize these plastic discs. They played songs like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” on Fisher Price’s plastic toy record player, but if you have access to a milling machine did you know you can actually create your own custom discs? That’s exactly what…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Music Unlimited: Sony’s Streaming Service Hits the iPhone

When it comes to streaming music, you’ve got all kinds of subscription services to chose from these days—Mog, Rdio, Spotify, and more. Music Unlimited is Sony’s offering, and today its iOS app landed in the App Store. What does it do? It works very similar to other similar services. You can stream music to your…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Do Fire Flowers Still Work In This Awesome Super Mario Aquarium?

We’re completely blown away by Redditor jennyleighb’s amazing Super Mario Bros.-themed aquarium. But we can’t help but wonder why when going to all the trouble of recreating these tiny structures and characters they didn’t choose one of the underwater levels instead? Either way, their creation, which was made from custom painted Lego, is all kinds…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Predictions for Educational TV in the 1930s

Today most universities offer online courses that allow students to study and take tests without physically being on campus, but in the 1930s the distance learning technology of the future was television. Both radio and television were initially envisioned as methods for point-to-point communication, but once radio broadcasting became mainstream in the 1920s universities saw…

Tech News Matt Novak

Modernist Cuisine at Home Will Come Full of Recipes You Can Actually Use

When the six volume, 50-pound Modernist Cuisine collection came out last year, it was a beautiful and, in the eyes of some, seminal volume dedicated to the future of cooking. But it wasn’t really functional for the home chef. In October, Nathan Myhrvold and his merry band of foodies will release Modernist Cuisine at Home,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

What Is Cocaine Psychosis?

By now you’ve likely heard the horrifying tale of the naked Florida man who was shot by police while eating another man’s face. What possessed Rudy Eugene to consume 75-percent of a homeless man’s face? Drugs, obviously. It’s not totally clear which drugs Eugene was on, but police have speculated that the attack was prompted…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The 20 Movies Worth Adding To Your Amazon Prime Watchlist Right Now

A Watchlist has finally been added to Amazon Instant Video, meaning it now has a basic feature it had been sorely lacking until now. It’s basically Amazon’s version of a Netflix queue, a simple way to keep track of the movies and TV shows you want to watch to watch. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/watchlist?tag=gizmodo08c-20 The streaming video service’s…

Commerce Leslie Horn

You Can’t Make This Inspired Cookie Tray Crumple

Great objects are often overlooked or dismissed because of context. And here’s a perfect example. This cookie tray from GamaGo is inspired by the crumple-tastic disposable plastic from within most packages of store-bought cookies. Take the same design, re-make it from hand-blown glass, and BOOM—it is now an objet d’art. Of course, it could just…

Tech News Michael Hession

RIM in Crisis as a Billion Dollars of BlackBerries and PlayBooks Sit Unsold

Things are getting dire for RIM, which diffidently announced its new BlackBerry 10 platform earlier this month to an internet full of aggressive disinterest. The latest grim tiding? Trading has been halted on RIM’s stock—which is a very bad sign—on the heels of news that its stash of unsold BlackBerry phones and PlayBook tablets has…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Google Chrome OS Meta-Review: Faster and Better, but Still Falls Short

The first reviews of Google’s latest version of Chrome OS are out. Several publications took the cloud-based OS for a test drive on the new Samsung Series 5 Chromebook and Series 3 Chromebox. https://gizmodo.com/google-drops-revamped-chrome-os-on-newer-faster-chrome-5914040 The consensus so far? Chrome OS Verion 19 is fast and takes some important strides towards delivering a fully-functional, browser-based OS.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Explosion Was So Damn Close That the Shockwave Dusted Off Some Marines

These Marines are absolutely nuts. Seriously. Expand this stunning photograph to see the too-close-for-comfort explosion’s shockwave blowing off the dust from their uniforms. It’s like in the movies but like, you know, for real. Fortunately, there was no danger. Besides having something exploding right on your face, I mean. The Marines in the photo—from the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The 10 Weirdest Superhero Gadgets of All Time

One of the many lists in my new book is “Ten Crazy Items Found on Batman’s Utility Belt,” spotlighting Batman’s penchant for carrying strange gadgets within his belt. However, the gadgets within Batman’s utility belt are just a small taste of the many odd gadgets in comic book history. Here are ten of the strangest.…

Gadgets Brian Cronin

These Beautiful Artistic Photos of Space Suit Tests Were a Total Accident

Space suits are unquestionably cool. But testing them seems like it would be dreary, dreary work. Unless your test—presumably the effects of G-forces and, by the looks of it, doing the robot—turns into an avant garde photo shoot capturing the nightmarish essence of the space suit according to Lovecraft, like happened in these shots from…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Google Drops Revamped Chrome OS on Newer, Faster Chromebooks

If you haven’t paid attention to Google’s Chrome OS in awhile, you might not recognize it after today’s update: the cloud-based OS UI has been revamped and new functionality like multitouch trackpad support was added. Coinciding with that release is an updated Samsung Series 5 Chromebook, and a Series 3 Chromebox. The emphasis here is…

Tech News Leslie Horn

They’ve Finally Perfected the Ice Cream Scoop

This fine piece of gastronomical engineering could very well be the perfect ice cream scoop. And if you’ve ever battled to get ice cream out of a container with a more traditional looking scoop, you’ll appreciate the extra thought that’s gone into this one’s design. First off, the leading edge is serrated like a knife,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

These Digital Camera Binoculars Are Your Record-What-You-See Deal of the Day

The fancy optics that allow us to use glass to see far have existed forever. Pirates! Magellan! Ansel Adams! Edward Weston!-they’ve all made use of this wonderful trick. These binoculars, though, represent an astounding EVOLUTION. Your family vacation will never be the same. Remember when your stupid binoculars couldn’t record what you were seeing through…

Tech News JD Levite

Insane Time Lapse Video of the Golden Gate Fireworks Storm

Gizmodo reader Thomas Sidney McCallum sent this love video postcard of San Francisco’s Golden Gate to celebrate its 75th Anniversary, beautifully filmed with RED and Canon cameras. If you have three minutes, watch it. You will like it. The slow motion clips were shot with with a RED Scarlet at 48 frames per second. The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Taco Bell Is Officially Selling Orange Juice Mixed with Mountain Dew

Do you like orange juice? Do you like mornings? Do you like Mountain Dew? Do you like irregular heartbeats? Taco Bell’s latest concoction is the hydrogen bomb of fast food creativity. The Dew A.M. gets 20 points for a clever name and 90,000 points on the WTF How Is This Even Safe or Appealing to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Museum of Endangered Sounds Ensures Your Kids Will Know What a VCR Sounded Like

Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered by Its Own Moving Parts

Create Custom Discs Full of New Music for Fisher Price’s Iconic Toy Record Player

Music Unlimited: Sony’s Streaming Service Hits the iPhone

Do Fire Flowers Still Work In This Awesome Super Mario Aquarium?

Predictions for Educational TV in the 1930s

Modernist Cuisine at Home Will Come Full of Recipes You Can Actually Use

What Is Cocaine Psychosis?

The 20 Movies Worth Adding To Your Amazon Prime Watchlist Right Now

You Can’t Make This Inspired Cookie Tray Crumple

RIM in Crisis as a Billion Dollars of BlackBerries and PlayBooks Sit Unsold

Google Chrome OS Meta-Review: Faster and Better, but Still Falls Short

This Explosion Was So Damn Close That the Shockwave Dusted Off Some Marines

The 10 Weirdest Superhero Gadgets of All Time

These Beautiful Artistic Photos of Space Suit Tests Were a Total Accident

Google Drops Revamped Chrome OS on Newer, Faster Chromebooks

They’ve Finally Perfected the Ice Cream Scoop

These Digital Camera Binoculars Are Your Record-What-You-See Deal of the Day

Insane Time Lapse Video of the Golden Gate Fireworks Storm

Taco Bell Is Officially Selling Orange Juice Mixed with Mountain Dew

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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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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