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A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies

Not only is Jeroen Verhoeven’s Virtue of Blue lamp functional, it’s also incredibly gorgeous—500 tiny butterflies were cut from photovoltaic cells, soaking up the sunshine to light up the lamp. I only hope it’s not a lamp/bug-zapper. [Mocoloco]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nook Simple Touch Reader Impressions: Your Hands Will Love It

The Nook Simple Touch Reader can rest comfortably in your hand for hours on end. It’s noticeably lighter than the Kindle, and the contoured back coupled with the rubberized matte finish gives you a good grip. More hands-on impressions ahead: https://gizmodo.com/the-new-barnes-and-noble-nook-the-cheap-kindle-has-a-c-5804989 As you can see, the back is hollowed out, which not only makes the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Get Perfectly Sexy Stubble with the Latest in Stubble Tech

The ability to create and maintain the perfect stubble is a daunting prospect. But, with the power of the latest technology from Philips Norelco, you’ll be dashing, mysterious, and zexy in no time. Their Vacuum Stubble and Beard Trimmer Pro is cordless, and is the only trimmer to boast an integrated vacuum system that captures…

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Prosthetic Hand Isn’t Electric, But Performs Just Like It Is

I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realize that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s prosthetic hand is a worthy alternative. Awarded a place in PopSci’s 2011 Innovation Awards, Stark’s prosthetic hand combines three of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Wired and GQ iPad Subscriptions Are Available Today, Will Cost You 20 Bucks a Year (Updated)

Like we expected, Wired’s iPad subscription is 20 bucks a year (or 2 bucks an issue). The subscriptions are available today. If you already subscribe to Wired, you get access to the iPad version for free. [iTunes] https://gizmodo.com/wired-gq-and-new-yorker-subscriptions-are-coming-to-th-5799505 Updated: GQ rolled out their iPad subs too and it’s the same deal: $20/year, $2/issue, current subscribers…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Giant Hunk of Metal That Keeps the Bay Bridge From Slipping Into the Sea (Updated)

When the Eastern Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is replaced in mid-2013, it will be the world’s longest self-anchored suspension bridge. To hold the cables that hold the road, crews have just installed a gargantuan 450-ton cable saddle. The cable saddle is what holds the main suspension cables in place: basically a 900,000…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Court Tells Samsung to Show Apple Five of Its Unreleased Phones

Is there any danger of Apple cribbing ideas from Samsung, who was ordered in the patent-infringement case to show them five unreleased phones and tablets? Nah, I doubt it—but it’s a strike against Samsung, for sure. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-follows-through-on-apple-lawsuit-threat-5794785 Sometimes, companies’ products are so similar to one another, it’s like they peeked at them during the development…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, we cover Maker Faire Bay Area from modular electric guitars to wooden suit ties, chekc out crazy ass bike helmets, amphibious houses, robots and more. Maker Faire!! Trash Amp Turns Junk Into “Ridiculously Loud” Speakers Trash Amp is transforming everything from soda cans to Chinese take-out boxes into speakers for your…

Tech News Max Behrman

Read This QR Code Art For Videos of the Musicians Whose Faces Make Up the Art

As well as being able to compare prices of stuff in the shops with a quick scan of the barcode/QR code, you can create artworks, as artist Scott Blake has shown with his series of famous faces. A big artwork of Elvis’ face comprised of QR codes can be read by a smartphone, linking the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The New Barnes and Noble Nook: The Cheap Kindle Has a Challenger

Barnes and Noble’s new, second-gen Nook isn’t a bigger, iPad-sized device. Nor is it a hybrid reader with dual, E-Ink and LCD screens. Instead, it’s a small, cheap E-Reader…with a touchscreen and a battery that lasts TWO MONTHS on a single charge. Updating live… The second-gen Nook weighs 7.5 ounces, has a 6-inch Pearl display,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Very Expensive Bang & Olufsen EarSet 3i Headphones Only Look Sorta Expensive

Super-mega luxury electronics purveyor Bang & Olufsen has a new headphone set out—and it’s got an i-suffix, so you know who they’re trying to grab! The EarSet 3is have a microphone, phone/volume controls, and are moderately shiny. They don’t pack any audio improvement over their predecessors, but sport a brushed aluminum and rubber mix that…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Opera Mini 6 Is Available on the iPad

Opera Mini, the fast-ish browser previously available for the iPhone, has finally made its way to the iPad. The speed dial, ‘tabbed browsing’ and trademark zippiness of Opera Mini is all there. The official release, Opera Mini 6.0, has also been updated for the iPhone 4 and both versions (iPad and iPhone) have received a…

Tech News Casey Chan

You Can Now Stream Music From Mog on Your Sonos at 320kbps

Spotify may’ve launched on Sonos a while back, but considering the US is still awaiting the streaming service, it might be worth giving Mog a shot—you can listen to 11 million songs on-demand and ad-free, around your house. https://gizmodo.com/go-fiddle-with-your-sonos-set-up-using-your-android-pho-5759155 SANTA BARBARA, Calif and BERKELEY, Calif – May 24, 2011 – Sonos, the leading developer of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: New Nook Is a Stripped-Down E-Ink Touchscreen Reader

Oh gosh, this is awkward. Please no one tell Kobo that their first actually interesting product—an E-Ink ebook reader with a touchscreen—is about to get blasted out of the water by a new Nook that does the same thing. https://gizmodo.com/i-wish-this-kobo-touchscreen-e-ink-ereader-was-the-next-5804729 That’s the rumor over at CNET, whose tipster says that the next Nook—being announced about…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Would You be Able to Earn a Boy Scouts’ Photography Merit Badge?

Believe it or not, but the photography merit badge—awarded to Boy Scouts who showed they’d studied and completed the tasks required—turns 100 this year. The requirements have been updated along the years, and are surprisingly complex: This is the current-day requirements needed before a boy scout earns his badge: Explain how the following elements and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Beautiful Video of the Arctic Midnight Sun Will Make You Miss the Sun Even More

New York has been miserable for the past few weeks, with sodding rain and low grey clouds every day. It feels like bloody London and makes everyone miss the Spring sun. This beautiful video will make you miss it even more. It shows a summer day in the Arctic Circle, where the Sun never sets.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Verizon’s Motorola Droid 3 to Have 4-Inch qHD Screen and Dual-Core Innards?

Expected around June on Verizon Wireless, the Motorola Droid 3 will be a smart-snappin’ 8MP handset with 960 x 540 qHD screen resolution, dual-core processor, and HDMI-out port. The jury is still out on whether it’ll be LTE-compatible, however. https://gizmodo.com/yep-the-motorola-droid-3-looks-like-a-4-incher-5796949/#comments Meanwhile, Motorola has said that the Android Gingerbread update is headed Droid X, Droid Pro,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Well That’s Terribly Disappointing

The Adamo was not a perfect computer. But it was striking, thoughtful, and terrifically unique (a horrifyingly rare attribute for computers these days). Dell tried. That’s what counted. So I was hoping this XPS 15z would something special…er. https://gizmodo.com/dell-finally-kills-the-adamo-laptop-5755914 It’s not bad. Not for starting at $1000. Some vitals: 15 inches, 5.5 pounds, 2.3GHz Intel…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Meet an Honest-to-Goodness Nigerian Scammer

The Nigerian scam (aliases: the 419 scam, the Spanish Prisoner scam, the Letter From Jerusalem) dates back to the 1700s, but email has made it as commonplace an inbox nuisance as penis-enlargement ads or forwarded jokes from your mother’s second-cousin. Just who are the confidence men behind the broken English? Are they even Nigerian? And…

Tech News Seth Abramovitch

Finally, a GTA San Andreas-Style Game is Coming to Android

Games on Android kinda suck. I’m forever scrolling through the Market or reading our Android apps round-ups, hoping for something—anything!—to whisk me away from Words With Friends hell. Upcoming GTA San Andreas-clone 9mm, from Gameloft, definitely looks hopeful. It takes on the baton from Gangstar Miami Vindication HD, which you can probably tell by its…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies

Nook Simple Touch Reader Impressions: Your Hands Will Love It

Get Perfectly Sexy Stubble with the Latest in Stubble Tech

Prosthetic Hand Isn’t Electric, But Performs Just Like It Is

Wired and GQ iPad Subscriptions Are Available Today, Will Cost You 20 Bucks a Year (Updated)

The Giant Hunk of Metal That Keeps the Bay Bridge From Slipping Into the Sea (Updated)

Court Tells Samsung to Show Apple Five of Its Unreleased Phones

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Read This QR Code Art For Videos of the Musicians Whose Faces Make Up the Art

The New Barnes and Noble Nook: The Cheap Kindle Has a Challenger

Very Expensive Bang & Olufsen EarSet 3i Headphones Only Look Sorta Expensive

Opera Mini 6 Is Available on the iPad

You Can Now Stream Music From Mog on Your Sonos at 320kbps

Rumor: New Nook Is a Stripped-Down E-Ink Touchscreen Reader

Would You be Able to Earn a Boy Scouts’ Photography Merit Badge?

This Beautiful Video of the Arctic Midnight Sun Will Make You Miss the Sun Even More

Verizon’s Motorola Droid 3 to Have 4-Inch qHD Screen and Dual-Core Innards?

Well That’s Terribly Disappointing

Meet an Honest-to-Goodness Nigerian Scammer

Finally, a GTA San Andreas-Style Game is Coming to Android

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