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It appears a lot of people must’ve liked the 14-year-old Canadian’s design for the Tokyo Flash competition, because the Japanese company has turned it into a real watch that you can actually purchase for $119. https://gizmodo.com/this-beautiful-tokyo-flash-watch-was-designed-by-a-14-y-5634629 Available in either black or white leather, the time is spelled out using words instead of numbers, making it…
Watching this video, I can see all too well how cruel the favored typefaces are for dyslexic readers. If this Dyslexie typeface from Studio Studio was used more often, particularly in education, reading would be easier—for both dyslexic and non-dyslexic readers. Just a few changes to a typical typeface could make a world of difference,…
Last month, 89-year-old apocalypse forecaster Harold Camping suffered a stroke, likely related to the cumulative stress of having failed to deliver on big rapture promises. http://gawker.com/5811167/rapture-rescheduler-harold-camping-suffers-stroke His family now confirms that the Bay Area evangelist was moved into an assisted care facility for rehabilitation. Meanwhile, the fate of his radio show — which has gone…
You’ve gotta admit that anything would’ve been better than iSteve: The Book of Jobs. Especially considering it’s the first biography to receive the actual man’s support and cooperation. Written by Walter Isaacson, it will be published on March 26th 2012. [Fortune] https://gizmodo.com/the-life-story-of-the-man-writing-steve-jobs-life-story-5790914
Oh noes, a study presented at the American Diabetes Conference suggests diet soda is as bad for you as regular soda. It can make you fat and put you at risk for diabetes, stroke and heart disease. Flipping fantastic. The statistics from this study are depressing. The researchers followed 474 diet soda drinkers for ten…
After a false start, Comex has finally let loose with JailBreakMe 3.0. This time it’s for real and not a leak. https://gizmodo.com/now-you-can-finally-jailbreak-your-ipad-2-5817651 The web-based tool works on the iPad 2 (yay!) and all iOS devices running iOS 4.3.3. So what are you waiting for, fire up your iOS device and point your mobile browser to…
Arizona was hit with a massive dust storm that turned day into night, halted flights and knocked out power to over 8,000 people. Those in the midst of this amazing storm fired up their cameras and began capturing video of the storm as it hit. Check out the footage above from Mike Olbinski and from…
Not even the home button is safe from gaudy stickers that cheapen the sleek industrial design of the iPhone. Unless you are teenaged girl, then these stick-ons are the best thing that ever happened to you in your whole entire life. Available online from Strapya, these stickers give your home button some flair with their…
The Zilch by Teva is a sport sandal for minimalists, and it lives up to its name. With a thin footbed and highly flexible design, you’ll want them mostly for casual hiking and camping. Plus you can fold them away at a whim. Don’t expect to do anything too out of the ordinary in these,…
The Terrafugia Transition Flying Car has been around for more than five years. Everyone hoped it would debut in 2009, but that never happened. Now in 2011, the car is inching closer to its first real flight. https://gizmodo.com/transition-personal-air-vehicle-to-fly-by-2009-155483 In a big step forward, the Transition has received an exemption from the National Highway Traffic Safety…
If your child’s piano recitals look like they were filmed during the Loma Prieta ‘quake and you’re too cheap to buy a tripod, you might try vReveal. It steadies even the twitchiest cam shots with military precision. The problem: A UAV’s ultralight design allows it to remain aloft for up to 24 hours but it…
Imagine how much easier life would be if we knew when we were being a jerk or annoying someone with our idle conversation. It’s sounds like something out of Star Trek, but this technology is right around the corner. Rosalind Picard of MIT and Rana el Kaliouby at the University of Cambridge, UK worked together…
In the US, we hit our copyright infringers with mammoth, disproportionate lawsuits to terrify their peers into going offline. In the Philippines, copyright enforcement requires this guy getting his hands dirty in a humungous pile of pirated media. The fellow you see here is tasked with sorting through the heap of seized DVDs and whatnot…
In a bid to remind the ignorant people of the world about the threat of global warming, artist Brian Goggin is setting out to drag a two-ton block of 100,000 year old ice from Greenland to NYC. Because breathless confusion is the first step in advocacy. Goggin likens the whole project to a quest for…
Canadian company JBI is setting the recycling industry on fire with its new Plastic2Oil plants that promise to convert non-recyclable plastics into fuel. The first plant recently began operation in Niagara Falls, NY and can process 22 tons of plastics per day. The plastic is broken down into its individual hydrocarbon gases which are collected…
Can you imagine living inside a concrete tube? Of course you can. The same way T3arc did when they designed the TuboHotel on the outskirts of Tepoztlan, Mexico. It serves as fast and affordable housing for tourists taking in the environment. I just can’t help but think this place needs a great 8-bit theme song.…
Remember Roland, the unlikely contestant for a £2,000 shopping spree, photo shoot, and modeling agency intro? Well, he won. By a lot—he was almost 66,000 votes ahead of his second place competition. We did it! https://gizmodo.com/make-this-man-the-uks-sexiest-new-model-5807799 Roland should be an inspiration—dare I say a model?—for us all, and is a testament to the internet’s ability…
All You Can Eat | Unlimited data plans are living on borrowed time at Verizon. https://lifehacker.com/act-now-to-keep-gorging-yourself-with-unlimited-data-fo-5818258 Rise of the Hacker Journalist https://gizmodo.com/rise-of-the-hacker-journalist-5818184 Milly Dowler vanished in 2002. It set off a huge sensation in the UK, similar to the Natalee Holloway case in the United States. Now, reports have surfaced that News of the World…
Call it the Google+ effect. After July 31st, Google is going to delete all private profiles. There’s no way to opt-out. If you want to keep your profile, you have to make at least your name and gender public. Don’t worry about Google deleting your profile. It won’t delete your Google account or Gmail account.…
Smartphones are finally outselling dumbphones, but not everyone’s a winner. ComScore’s latest numbers show that still aren’t looking good for RIM. https://gizmodo.com/smartphone-sales-beating-dumbphone-sales-for-the-first-5817082 After losing 4.2 percent of their market share in the US, they’re down to 24.7 percent vs Apple’s 26.6 percent. Looks like their “superphone” can’t come soon enough. https://gizmodo.com/10-inch-blackberry-playbook-not-coming-after-all-5816438 On the other hand,…
