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Is That a Sewing Machine or Bicycle Making Those Bicycle Caps?

In this slightly hipster-ish tale of a sewing machine and bike falling in love and making sweet harmonious love in the shape of bicycle caps, a shop window was turned into a mini-sweatshop for cap creation. The advertising agency Leo Burnett Iberia came up with the idea to power a sewing machine by bicycle, with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

PayPal Is Suing Google and Two Ex-Employees Over Google Wallet

While it doesn’t mention Google Wallet by name, PayPal’s lawsuit coincides with the day that Google’s NFC service was announced. Alleging that trade secrets were stolen and disclosed, PayPal’s going after Google in a big way. https://gizmodo.com/google-wallet-how-googles-going-to-eat-your-real-walle-5805879 PayPal is not only suing Google, but “two former colleagues who now work there, Osama Bedier and Stephanie…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Here Are a Bunch of Ways to Make Touchscreen Gaming About More Than Screen

Touchscreens have lessened the need for physical interactive components in devices. But sometimes, they make things, like games, better. Imagine needing to use specially shaped objects to solve a puzzle, or facing a mini-robot standing on top of your screen? Michael Knuepfel explored this concept as part of his thesis for NYU’s ITP design program,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Lego Ukulele Sounds Pretty Good

It doesn’t sound as good as one made of Hawaiian Koa wood, but this ukulele made entirely out of Lego bricks works exactly like a regular one and it sounds quite nice. In the words of its creator, Ross Crawford: Realizing I’ve never owned a uke, I decided I’d try to make one. But instead…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The LAPD’s Teched Out Cruiser

The LAPD’s got a new ride, the Chevrolet Caprice PPV. The car has a 355 hp and 384 foot-pounds of torque engine. But this isn’t just some Ford Crown Vic LEE with a fancy new body kit; this cruiser is packed with cutting-edge technology. The front of the vehicle is equipped with a Forward looking…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

HTC Will Unlock The Bootloaders on Its Android Devices

HTC finally gets it. The Taiwanese company will no longer lock the bootloaders on its Android devices. Rooting and flashing will be available to all. This news comes straight from CEO Peter Chou who made the following statement, “There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I…

Tech News Kelly

GhostTown App Plays Any Searchable Song on the Web for Free

GhostTown is a music aggregating app that’s definitely worth a peek—assuming it doesn’t violate some part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that the RIAA would inevitably use to destroy it. A lot of the appeal is in its simplicity. Just search for the artist, song, or album, and GhostTown sifts through the interwebs looking…

Tech News Max Behrman

A New Netflix Update for Android is Here

Ooh, a new version of Netflix landed in the Android Market today. The update enabled streaming on the LG Revolution, Motorola Droid and Casio G’zOne Commando. Don’t shake your head in disbelief, you read that list correctly. The Commando really did get the update before the flasghip Motorola Xoom. [Android Market via Android Central]

Tech News Kelly

Would You Give Up Your Sense of Smell Before You Gave Up Tech?

In a survey of 7,000 16-to-30-year-olds, a not-entirely-surprising 53 percent chose tech over their sense of smell. Most of us here at Giz picked tech, since we’d obviously be massively unemployed without it. When we put the question to you on Twitter, most of you agreed with us, though our readers might not be the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Will the iPad 3 Have an AMOLED Display?

Some reporters from The Korea Herald claim Apple may ditch its IPS LCD display, snub its nose at a new high-resolution Retina display for tablets and adopt AMOLED for its next generation tablet. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-2560×1600-screen-is-the-first-retina-display-f-5801451 Tim Cook is rumored to be talking with Samsung about slapping an AMOLED in the iPad 3. Cook supposedly made a…

Tech News Kelly

Apple Patents Non-Exploding Batteries

Apple products are really pretty, so it’s quite a shame when they explode. More than once. So I’d say this patent for non-exploding batteries is definitely a move in the right direction. https://gizmodo.com/uk-girls-ipod-touch-explodes-did-apple-offer-hush-mone-5328609 When a battery is exposed to direct sunlight or intense heat, gas buildups can occur and cause the battery to swell or,…

Tech News Max Behrman

Lion Steals and Chomps on GoPro While Filming

Having your face eaten by a lion probably looks a bit like this. Some wildlife photographers thought they’d lost their GoPro camera while tracking some lions—instead, those lions had made off with the camera, licking and chewing it. And it survived! Quite a product. It’s unclear whether the lion’s parental instincts kicked in, and it…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Hand-Holding Robot Teaches Novice Surgeons to Move Like the Masters

It takes hundreds upon hundreds of practice hours for surgical students to develop the hand-eye coordination and muscle memory needed to handle complex operations. This new system aims to speed that process by literally holding the surgeon’s hands. RoSS (Robotic Surgical Simulator) employs the da Vinci robotic surgical system in conjunction with HoST (Hands on…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

A Computer Error Released 450 Prisoners with “a High Risk of Violence”

Computer system errors accidentally released more than 450 inmates with “a high risk of violence” from California prisons. What might be even worse is that no attempt has been made to return any of them back to prison. The prisoners were accidentally placed on ‘non-revocable parole’ which means they don’t have to report to any…

Tech News Casey Chan

Hound for iPhone, Android and iPad

Hound is an app that’s like a reverse Shazam. Made by SoundHound (a Shazam-like app), it’s a voice recognition app where you say a song title or artist and Hound will gather all the relevant details in one tidy page. What is it? Hound, Free, iPhone, Android & iPad. Say you already know a song…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is the Best Time Warner Cable Takedown Yet

>Is making fun of Time Warner Cable like beating a dead horse? Maybe, if the horse were still alive and twisting your life into a waking nightmare. So when comedian Eugene Mirman gets out the whoopin stick, it’s so very extra-satisfying. Mirman placed the full-page advertisement (excerpted above) in the New York Press and Greenpoint…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Idiot Vigilante Umpire Hunts Down and Beats Up Falsely Accused iPhone Thief

When New Jersey little league umpire Carl Ippolito couldn’t find his iPhone, he did the completely reasonable thing: went into a rage, used Find My iPhone, and started personally tracking someone who he assumed had robbed him. Didn’t end well! While Ippolito was on his iPhone warpath, he passed another man—Brent Johnson—who happened to be…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fight Over the Next Generation of Batteries

Patent Trolls have been around nearly as long as patent infringement itself. Bottled Lightning by Seth Fletcher takes a look at one scientific-disagreement-turned-nasty fight over the batteries that power our cordless tools and someday, potentially, our cars. https://gizmodo.com/patent-firm-attacks-apples-heart-developers-5801675 A central battle in the lithium wars began in the early 1990s, a few years after John…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Shave Yourself, Play a Game, Plant a Tree

Not necessarily in that order. But if you click here and play It’s a Jungle Out There—an, ape-centric personal grooming themed game developed by Philips Norelco—you could win one of the daily prizes, either one of their Ultimate Bodygroomer Pro or their Vacuum Stubble and Beard Trimmer Pro. It’s a clever story: you choose an…

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Is That a Sewing Machine or Bicycle Making Those Bicycle Caps?

PayPal Is Suing Google and Two Ex-Employees Over Google Wallet

Here Are a Bunch of Ways to Make Touchscreen Gaming About More Than Screen

This Lego Ukulele Sounds Pretty Good

The LAPD’s Teched Out Cruiser

HTC Will Unlock The Bootloaders on Its Android Devices

GhostTown App Plays Any Searchable Song on the Web for Free

A New Netflix Update for Android is Here

Would You Give Up Your Sense of Smell Before You Gave Up Tech?

Will the iPad 3 Have an AMOLED Display?

Top Stories: Thursday, May 26, 2011

Apple Patents Non-Exploding Batteries

Lion Steals and Chomps on GoPro While Filming

Hand-Holding Robot Teaches Novice Surgeons to Move Like the Masters

A Computer Error Released 450 Prisoners with “a High Risk of Violence”

Hound for iPhone, Android and iPad

This Is the Best Time Warner Cable Takedown Yet

Idiot Vigilante Umpire Hunts Down and Beats Up Falsely Accused iPhone Thief

The Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fight Over the Next Generation of Batteries

Shave Yourself, Play a Game, Plant a Tree

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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