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Just grab a few rolls of Reynolds and turn any cubicle into the Lunar Module. Extra bonus: Protection against radio-frequency snooping. Extra extra bonus: Everywhere is a good place to place your sandwich. [Stuff I Stole From the Internet] https://gizmodo.com/i-just-cant-believe-they-went-to-the-moon-in-this-thing-5820113
Universal remotes for your iPhone are old news, but the thing about them is that they’re so, well, universal: You use the same layout for all your devices. The Voomote One lets you have a different remote for your TV than your stereo. The layouts are grouped into profiles, so you can make a group…
An Anonymous and AntiSec affiliated hacker has released an alleged 8 gigabytes of data from Italy’s CNAIPIC cyber defense police squad. The dump holds data on defense, corporate, and intelligence agencies from around the world. Plus goofy personal photos. Clearly a retaliatory attack after Italian cops arrested Anon suspects earlier this month, the data cache…
The Milky Way, old news. But what the hell is this scene? A row of stone pyramids in middle-of-nowhere Nevada. Abandoned. And they’ve been derelict for over a century. The structures, now part of Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, were just that—kilns built to crisp wood into charcoal, part of a much larger town…
This tiny 6mm 4mm gun hidden inside a Zippo lighter may not be as dollhouse-cute as the small-as-matches guns from Russia, but there’s definitely a touch of James Bond to this lighter-gun. https://gizmodo.com/cute-mini-guns-as-small-as-matches-can-actually-shoot-b-5807610 Instead of a wick for lighting the flame, there’s a barrel for shooting the tiny bullets out of. And instead of the…
Science decided to be unfun this morning. Physicists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology demonstrated that a single photon cannot be accelerated beyond the speed of light. This implies that faster-than-light time travel is impossible. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU… The research team, led by Professor Du Shengwang, set out to close the debate by measuring the…
A “suspicious package” has pushed police to close the entire American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in New York. With the area completely sealed off, the bomb squad is now incoming. We’ll keep you updated. [NBC NY] Edward Russell via Flickr
Amid all the confusion surrounding last week’s horrific Norwegian domestic terror attack, one small technical curiosity: how were media helicopters able to catch the criminal at Utøya before police? Aeronautics buff David Cenciotti thinks he has an answer. Cenciotti thinks the phenomenon—although surprising—can be easily explained. Simply, news choppers are always in the air anyway,…
Almost in the same breath that RIM announced it’d purchased video editing company JayCut, it’s also said they’re letting go of 11 per cent of its employees, which equates to around 2,000 jobs. The top tier of employees is also being reshuffled, with its COO retiring—no sign of one of its two CEOs stepping down…
Announced alongside the HTC Status, the full touchscreen handset known as Salsa in Europe has been given a Chinese once-over, ditching the Facebook logo and baked-in features for Weibo support, which is China’s version of Twitter. [SinaTech via Buzzom via MicGadget] https://gizmodo.com/the-facebook-phone-review-lets-just-pretend-this-isnt-5821278
Like an iPhone 4 hidden inside an iPhone 3GS case, Facebook’s iPad app has been found in its iPhone app code. Calling it “spectacular,” TechCrunch tells that the app can also be activated now. TechCrunch’s full preview of the app can be read over on their site now, but if you want to have a…
Don’t you just love functional pieces of public art? This comb bike rack may not be as high-tech as the NYC concept bike rack, but there’s something to be said about a simple design that everyone can use. https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-urban-bike-rack-concept-that-scales-the-sides-5790600 Made at the co-op Knowhow Shop in LA and erected in Roanoke, Virginia, the bike rack…
Unfortunately, Samsung’s lost camera prototypes that appeared on their website back in May were developed for “internal purposes” only, but one of their product managers has confirmed that the boxy model was a digital medium format camera. https://gizmodo.com/the-samsung-cube-camera-too-bizarre-to-exist-5803024 Medium format is a term generally associated with film cameras, though digital medium format models do exist…
Two of the five fakie Apple stores in Kunming, China, have been shut after a thorough investigation by the Chinese authorities, despite one of the employees claiming “there is no Chinese law that says I can’t decorate my shop the way I want to decorate it.” https://gizmodo.com/fake-chinese-apple-store-looks-amazingly-real-5822918 Sorry to break it to you buddy (I…
There’s potentially a lot to dig in Sony’s TX-55: Like, it’s only 12.2mm thin and there’s a 3.3-inch OLED touchscreen. More importantly: It’ll let you snap nearly full-res photos while shooting HD video, and Sony’s promising full-res, pixel-perfect virtual zoom up to 10x. The main magic going on here? What Sony’s calling “By Pixel Super…
Toothpaste packaging is awful. Their hygiene-enhancing insides are often trapped within the most difficult of devices to decipher, the toothpaste tube, and even when you figure it out there’s always some left inside at the end. No more. Enter SavePaste. The design does this by doing away with the cardboard packaging (green!) and making the…
The poor little sap. He got miniaturized and the first thing he went and did with his new ability was interact with a deadly virus. Wait, what? This is just ADA and it’s an interactive charcoal drawing art piece? Hrm. Not quite as exciting as finding out the miniaturization scene from Charlie and the Chocolate…
Get me this DIY USB Desk Bell for my desk immediately! I plan to place it on said desk and use it to command an army of interns to do my bidding and/or a Pavlov’s Dog activity involving coffee. Actually, to be a bit more serious, this DIY project is a bit more involved than…
Electric cars may not be the vehicle du jour of U.S. roads just yet, but that hasn’t stopped their respective filling stations from spreading out like a negatively charged virus. The latest region is Massachusetts (home!), where 142 such “pumps” will be installed at 25 sites statewide. Most of the chest-high boxes will be run…
Although it’s not currently available in the iOS 5 developer beta, a new leak at 9to5Mac has indicated a curious voice control feature called Assistant could be making its way into the mysterious iPhone 5 when it launches. Sorry, “if” it launches, since there’s been nothing but rumor and rampant speculation about the next version…