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So much seems to go wrong for RIM that it’s almost impossible not to feel a little sorry for them. Instead, feel sorry for a swathe of over 2,000 employees who are about to be axed by the company in a desperate attempt to make the BlackBerry profitable once more. https://gizmodo.com/this-blackberry-booth-makes-me-sad-5874644 All Things D reports…
Ereaders are literally changing the way we read. But for all the efficiency and portability they offer, they lack the curious romance of reading a book in its hard, physical form—not least the charms that lie on the cover. https://gizmodo.com/1-in-3-ereading-devices-is-used-for-what-5913494 These days, Kindles start up on the first chapter of a book, so it’s increasingly…
The concept of a Facebook phone has floated around since 2010, though it’s never come to fruition. Even last year’s efforts between the Big Blue and HTC amounted to nothing more than a basic Android handset. But now the New York Times reports that Facebook is buying up phone-designing talent—which could mean Facebook phone is…
You might think you love Blade Runner—and if you don’t, you should!—but do you love it enough to track down and digitally recreate a prop that most people have never even noticed? This amazing viewer did. The recently resurfaced magazine covers, approximating the dystopian pop cultural glossies of LA in 2019, range from creepy to…
When Yeezy premiers a film, it’s safe to assume he’s not going to gather some people inside an auditorium and hit the lights. Why do that when you could commission a massive pyramid to house a seven-screen cinematic palace? Kanye’s Cannes Xanadu is probably the closest we’ll ever get to literally stepping inside the guy’s…
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a little piece of Apple history: an engineering memo penned by an unbearable teenage Steve Jobs before Apple even existed—the earliest known document the man produced. The note, stamped with Jobs’ home address and a Buddhist mantra—”gate gate paragate parasangate bodhi svahdl”—dates back to his tenure at Atari, where we know…
If you’re looking to break into Hollywood, have a style sense trapped in the 70s, and don’t mind being involved in the train wreck Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs biopic, your chance has arrived. Just reply to this sad Craigslist ad! The casting call looks like it took about as much effort as the movie, asking…
For much of the world, the Falklands War seems like a historical blip—but not if you were part of this insanely daring (or insane) attack against the HMS Broadsword, where two A-4 Skyhawks made a shockingly low run. The bombing raid was ultimately unsuccessful—one of the jets missed its target, and the other dropped a…
You never know what you’re going to find at a garage sale, but you can usually be pretty sure it won’t be an unexpected image of a dead relative from 23 years ago. This Kansas kid got just that. The Wichita Eagle reports 13-year-old Addison Logan found a Polaroid camera for only $1, and snatched…
The Warthog might be Master Chief’s vehicle of choice in the Halo games, but once he sees the amphibious Scamander, we suspect he’ll be putting in an official requisition for a new ride. The off-road vehicle was originally envisioned by Peter Wheeler, owner of British sports car manufacturer TVR for 23 years, but he passed…
A kitchen gadget is only as useful as it’s easily accessible while you’re cooking. So with that in mind, designer Chih Ching Yang created this adorable Gasper pot holder that’s designed to forever haunt your kitchen counters. When not in use, Gasper looks like a cartoon ghost floating next to your stove. But since he’s…
Boffins in Edinburgh, Scotland have discovered that a single mutated gene in male mice can inhibit the last stages of sperm development, thus inducing infertility. As a result, we are that much closer to hormone-free, reversible, and surgery-free male contraception. https://gizmodo.com/the-pill-can-lead-to-a-long-marriage-of-bad-sex-5849089 Researchers discovered the gene by inducing random mutations in the genetic code of a…
If you reached the limits of your artistic capabilities with crude flipbooks in your high school textbooks, but dream of being an animator, the Qumarion will make up for at least a little lack of talent. It’s essentially an electronically-enhanced version of those wooden mannequins that artists often use to sketch the human form. Except…
Gemballa, a renown German Porche tuner, has recently announced the ultimate way to ugly up your luxury vehicle. It’s created a sparkling paint finish made from actual crushed diamonds. Not metal flakes, not glass fragments, but nature’s most precious gemstone. Not surprisingly, Gemballa is staying mum on the pricing details, it’s presumably one of those…
Long weekends are all about maximizing your laziness before you have to return to work. And over on Wired’s Geek Dad blog, Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame, has an easy to follow tutorial on building a hovering lawn chair so you can be mobile without ever having to actually get up all weekend. All you…
We completely disagree with the notion that one day everybody has to grow up. We will never get tired of enjoying playground equipment, and quite frankly, are a little sad that this transforming seesaw bench was only designed with tiny tots in mind. Created by artist Dirk Ploos van Amstel who obviously hasn’t let his…
Slapping a dollop of ice cream between two cookies is the best thing to happen to that frozen treat since chocolate syrup. But there’s nothing quite as satisfying as the soggy chocolate wafers of an ice cream sandwich, which this brilliant machine lets you churn out by the hundreds. It might look like one of…
This week was a busy week! Whether it’s Facebook’s stock concerns, the real story of the McAfee executive on the run, Space X’s Dragon Capsule making it to the ISS or a hypothetical look at how to destroy the internet, there’s no shortage of exciting news. Here are our top stories of the week. Watch…
A Japanese dentist, of all people, has invented a sculpted pot that will automatically stir its contents as they heat up. It promises to completely revolutionize cooking, at least for the world’s laziest chefs. The Kuru-Kuru Nabe (aka the ‘Pot Round and Round’) was invented by Hideki Watanabe, who came up with the design after…
It’s pretty much summertime. It’s hot out. You want a cold drink. You need ice to make your drink cold. Here lies the best tray for slinging cubes. Ahhhhhhhhhh. This ain’t smartphone and tablet territory, boyscouts—this is primal stuff. The spec that matters most here is the ease with which you can pry those precious…
