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Sawing off a cast is totes normal…if you’re a doctor. Sawing off a cast when you’re not a doctor? Not at all recommended. So why oh why, Lawrence Roberts, did you saw off your son’s cast? He’s missing fingers now! Roberts, a 33-year-old man, used a 10-inch circular saw on his 15-year-old son’s arm cast.…
Like Twitter Verified accounts, celebrities are being lured to Google+ with a “celebrity acquisition plan,” which will help with promotion and cracking down on impersonations. One way Google may check celebrities’ identities? Asking them to fax their drivers licenses. Ouch. [CNN]
Iran may claim they’re only installing new centrifuges to generate power and medical radioisotopes for cancer-afflicted people, but the UN Security Council is concerned that they’re scaling up their nuclear plants to produce more uranium for weapons. [AP via PBS]
The OnStar FMV mirror gives you the benefit of their famous emergency response without buying a new car. It’s like they’re staring right back at you, keeping you safe. Creepy, sure, but effective. The add-on device provides automatic crash response, turn-by-turn navigation, hands-free calling, and the amenities OnStar has been offering up to now including…
Around 20 terrawatts of heat, which is about double what us humans use, originates from decaying radioactive materials such as potassium, uranium and thorium. The energy released from these materials is so powerful that they can move mountains, according to research undertaken in Japan and Italy. [Scientific American]
Turns out, Samsung had nothing to do with the knockoff Smart Cover. According to them, the accessory maker that made it, Anymode, didn’t receive official approval from Samsung to do so. And plus, Samsung would never steal from Apple. Samsung addressed the icky situation of Anymode, an accessory maker, stealing Apple’s Smart Cover design for…
NixVAX was supposed to be this magical vaccine that helped smokers kick the habit. Awesome, right? Yeah! Too bad it doesn’t work. In testing NicVAX, researchers found that it performed no different than a placebo. As in, it did nothing. NicVAX, a nicotine conjugate vaccine, is supposed to train a smoker’s immune system to create…
Sassy Eric Schmidt stays sassy. This time? Pinning the ongoing Samsung versus Apple versus HTC patent shit fit ad infinitum on a lack of talent. https://gizmodo.com/apple-demands-sales-ban-against-samsung-in-growing-trad-5818577 Speaking about Android in Tokyo, Google’s feisty-mouthed executive chairman remarked: “…Our competitors are responding. Because they are not responding with innovation, they’re responding with lawsuits. We have not done…
You are watching aviation history. This is the first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II ever, the first step towards a new fleet full of stealth strike fighters. It’s fully operative and combat ready. The image gallery is bee-ooh-tee-ful. Yes, no more testing units. This is the very first Department of Defense F-35, at bloody…
You can only go with the whole fuck the police ethos before they flip that creed around—federal agents landed at three New Yorkers’ doorsteps this morning, seizing computers and peripherals. I’d expect much more of this. [Fox 2]
Only 59 days until we find out exactly what damage Lucas has done to the Star Wars Blu-ray box-set! Aren’t we all excited? Until then, iOS users are being given a taster of what “extras” we can expect, via an app. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-blu-ray-set-coming-sept-16-with-days-of-bonu-5798449 The Star Wars Blu-ray: Early Access app hits the App Store Wednesday for…
Either London band The Vaccines think they’re being really clever here, or they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas. Whatever the reason, this could prove very comical, with fans asked to hashtag Instagram pics using #vaccinesvideo or upload to a site. The single they’re making this video for us Wetsuits, and they’re specifically…
Pro tip: make Photoshop millions of times faster by changing the cache levels and file handling in preferences. Dan Rubin shows how it’s done: [Make Photoshop Faster via DesignWorkLife via SwissMiss]
Imagine looking at Google Maps on your tablet, and feeling one corner grow heavier where your destination is located. Or reading an ebook on your phone, and being aware of the fatter side of the book. This innovative design by Fabian Hemmert does just that, by using a moving battery on an axis to change…
Considering this is a homemade camera knocked together with a few borrowed parts, it’s surprisingly high-tech, with the main selling-point being that it was laser-cut—and that you can make one yourself. Taking both 120 and 135 film, it can also be affixed with different lenses (one from a Konica Waiwai, the other a pinhole) and…
Co-existing with goo.gl, Google’s new URL shortener will only work with Google properties, giving potential clickers a taste of what’s to come. And the bonus? It’s viddy short, at just four characters in length (plus the unique string.) [TechRadar]
Looking exactly like the phone Nokia CEO Stephen Elop showed off recently, this Sea Ray prototype has been filmed in what’s presumably the factory, running a near-final version of Mango. What a lithe little beauty we can look forward to. [WXAP via WPCentral] https://gizmodo.com/this-is-nokias-first-windows-phone-5814774
The News of the World phone-hacking; the Citibank hacking; the hacking cough of cold and flu season fast approaching…oh yes, Colbert is worried about them all. [Gawker] https://gizmodo.com/if-the-news-corp-phone-hacking-scandal-were-made-into-a-5822114
In the usual Tokyo Flash style, if you love this watch that much, they’ll make it. Called The Right Angle, it actually has a mini/micro USB port for connecting a USB cable, and transferring data to and from. Reading the time may look much harder than usual on this one, but Tokyo Flash has been…
This is why I am not an artist. When I see pencil shavings, I scoop them up and throw them in the trash. UK artist and designer Kyle Bean, though, keeps them as raw material for a new creation. The artist collected shavings from different colored pencils and used them to create a series of…
