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NSFW: Take Your Hands off Your Phone and on Your Penis

Here’s one way to reduce testicular cancer: make people choose between using a BlackBerry and examining their balls to prevent death. The choice should be clear! Not that any of you need any more encouragement to stick your hand down your pants, but this Peruvian ad campaign is pretty stellar. There’s no better way to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Do You Care How Ugly the Google Glasses Are?

The internet, it is divided! Some people are disgusted by the Google Glass look—it is pretty goddamn nerdy. On the other hand, if it actually works as well as that snazzy demo video, does it even matter? https://gizmodo.com/google-glasses-first-look-would-you-wear-these-augment-5899091 Yes and no! Presumably, Google’s computer glasses will have to look at least not-stupid enough for you…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Phones Were More Interesting in 1979

Sure, most of the handsets in this Bell advertisement are pretty hideous—but it was the late 70s, man. These were hideous times. And besides, I’ll take the wacky “Sculptura” and “Stowaway” over today’s sea of black blech rectangles. Would we buy any of these phones, even if we still had a landline? No—the “Early American”…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch a Nikon D4 Shutter Fire at 1000 fps

The new Nikon D4 DLSR is a beast. Its fires off 11 shots per second with gusto. The inner workings of such a task are hard to appreciate with the naked eye. But if you have a Phantom camera, your eye is considerably less naked. In this video, enthusiasts Jason Kolsch and Jayson Jordon used…

Tech News Michael Hession

The 1960 patent for the “pink slime” process

I keep reading articles that make it sound like the process to create so-called “pink slime” was invented in the 1990s. The process dates back to at least 1960, as evidenced by the patent filed by Chicago meatpacker Armour and Company on April 5, 1960 and approved in 1962. Patent 3,062,655 was initially intended to…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ghostly Neon Skeleton Is a Macabre Addition To Your Man Cave

A glowing neon Budweiser sign helps set a festive mood in your man cave. Unless you’re going for more of a goth-like feeling of despair and hopelessness. In that case you’ll totally want Eric Franklin’s glowing skeleton sculpture hanging over your bar. Representing over 1,000 hours of labor, Eric had to ensure that every single…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Sodastream Refreshes With Sleek New Look

The Sodastream not only reduces waste, but saves your arms the stress of lugging multiple jugs of sparkling water home from the grocery store each week. There is one area, though, where the home soda-making gadget is not helping things, and that is how it looks in your kitchen. The thing is just kinda awkward…

Gadgets Michael Hession

SwiftKey 3: Predictive Keyboard Saves You Time

It’s amazing how many ways you can screw up a short message on a smartphone, thanks to autocorrect. But SwiftKey, an Android keyboard replacement app, seeks to fix some of those mistakes before they even happen. SwiftKey 3 beta began its rollout today, but if you want to get in on that sweet keyboard action,…

Tech News Leslie Horn

HTC Evo 4G LTE Hands On: One Serious Piece of Slick

When Sprint launched the original HTC Evo 4G, in the spring of 2010, it was arguably the best Android phone money could buy. Flash forward two years, and here comes the HTC Evo 4G LTE. Once again, it might just enter the market as the best Android phone money can buy. https://gizmodo.com/htc-evo-4g-review-a-war-machine-5554198 Remember how excited…

Tech News Brent Rose

Verizon Will Force DSL Subscribers to Buy Home Phone Service. Awesome.

DSL is often the most cost-effective way to get a broadband connection at home. Not for long! It’s about to get a lot more expensive for Verizon customers. Starting May 6, you won’t be able to get DSL service without Verizon local phone service as well. Phone plan pricing varies by location, but most people…

Tech News Kif Leswing

Robot Chess Boards Let You Physically Checkmate an Online Opponent

Mobile apps let you play chess with someone anywhere on Earth, but these robot chess boards remotely connect two players over the internet. So while you still can’t stare down your opponent, you still have the pleasure of physically moving your pieces. Automated chess boards where the pieces appear to magically move themselves are nothing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Let’s Ditch Paper Tickets (So We Don’t Have to Force Our Dogs to Vomit Them Up)

Did you hear about the unfortunate man whose dog ate his tickets for the Masters? He forced his dog to vomit, then pieced back the chewed up tickets as proof of his purchase. That’s disgusting. But what can you do when a physical ticket is your only way into golf’s most iconic tournament? Or your…

Tech News Casey Chan

You Can Pull the World’s Smallest Pop-Up Camper With Your Bike

If you’re heading out on a long distance biking adventure, you’ll need to bring a place to sleep. But why squeeze into an awkward one-person tent when you can haul your own miniature pop-up camper? Kamp-Rite’s Midget Bushtrekka not only transforms into a luxurious tent and cot that keeps you off the ground when sleeping,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Lego Pirate Ship Demolished By Freak Scientific Super Wave

Scientists studying the origins of the colossal “rogue waves” that sneak up on ships in seemingly calm seas have enlisted helpless Legos in their search for answers. A research team at Australian National University have been conducting experiments in nonliniear dynamics in hopes that they’ll be able to explain killer waves that have much higher…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Cable Cutting Intensifies

Bad news for cable TV. According to a new report, some 2.65 million subscribers have abandoned cable or satellite TV since 2008 in favor of Internet and over the air delivery. Nearly half of that, 1.05 million, came in 2011 alone. Another million or so customers are expected to do so by the end of…

Tech News Mat Honan

Can You See the Man Hidden in These Pandas?

The awesome invisible man—Chinese artist Liu Bolin—is at it again. Can you see him in this toy store shelf, full of stuffed pandas. Expand the image if you can’t and check out his latest creations at [EKFineart] https://gizmodo.com/should-we-just-let-pandas-die-off-already-5841175

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This FoundersCard Membership Is Your Ball-So-Hard Deal of the Day

My wallet consists of just a few bank cards, a credit card (not colored in the shade of any precious metal), and a Korean drivers—no idea how that got there—nothing to get me in anywhere special. The closest I’ve come to a decent membership was a one month deal at the Church of SubGenius, but…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Waking Up To Braun’s Beautiful New Alarm Clock Would Make Mornings Tolerable

Thanks to Dieter Rams, Braun’s classic travel alarm clock is still considered an icon of design. And while the company’s newest digital alarm clocks might not be as revered one day, they’re still a beautiful object to wake up too. https://gizmodo.com/a-peek-inside-the-mind-of-dieter-rams-5599893 The $100 Braun BNC010 features a snazzy reverse LCD display that best suits the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Secret History of Bluetooth

Bluetooth. Think about Bluetooth. Are you thinking about 10th-century bloodshed and Danish warmongering? You should be. The same tech you use to make dorky phone calls is named after a man responsible for uniting the modern nation of Denmark. Violently. The firm itself has no qualms about its militant Viking past: Bluetooth technology was named…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Does HTC’s Face Unlock Patent Mean Android In-Fighting?

HTC has been awarded a patent for a technology that would let you unlock your smartphone or tablet with your face. However, Face Unlock is already a feature on Android that first appeared on Ice Cream Sandwich. Does this mean a war is brewing among the Android crowd? The patent covers the use of “biometric…

Tech News Leslie Horn

NSFW: Take Your Hands off Your Phone and on Your Penis

Do You Care How Ugly the Google Glasses Are?

Phones Were More Interesting in 1979

Watch a Nikon D4 Shutter Fire at 1000 fps

The 1960 patent for the “pink slime” process

Ghostly Neon Skeleton Is a Macabre Addition To Your Man Cave

Sodastream Refreshes With Sleek New Look

SwiftKey 3: Predictive Keyboard Saves You Time

HTC Evo 4G LTE Hands On: One Serious Piece of Slick

Verizon Will Force DSL Subscribers to Buy Home Phone Service. Awesome.

Robot Chess Boards Let You Physically Checkmate an Online Opponent

Let’s Ditch Paper Tickets (So We Don’t Have to Force Our Dogs to Vomit Them Up)

You Can Pull the World’s Smallest Pop-Up Camper With Your Bike

Lego Pirate Ship Demolished By Freak Scientific Super Wave

Cable Cutting Intensifies

Can You See the Man Hidden in These Pandas?

This FoundersCard Membership Is Your Ball-So-Hard Deal of the Day

Waking Up To Braun’s Beautiful New Alarm Clock Would Make Mornings Tolerable

The Secret History of Bluetooth

Does HTC’s Face Unlock Patent Mean Android In-Fighting?

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