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What Is This?

This intricate metal structure is functional and flexible. Could it be a new kind of industrial skin, with wide-ranging real-world applications? The surface to a Borg Cube? Simple scaffolding? None, actually. It’s far more comfortable that any of those. It’s a XXXX_sofa, designed and assembled by Yuya Ushida. There’s also a stool version, and both…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Brain-dead Simple Delivereads Beams Compelling Content to Your Kindle Automagically

Gizmodo friend Dave Pell wrote us today with a cool new project called Delivereads. More than a play on words, this project will deliver (get it?) daily curated content to your Kindle with almost zero effort. What kind of content can you expect from the service? Funny you should ask. That very question is asked…

Commerce Jack Loftus

15.6-Inch Dell Ultra-thin Laptop Rising from the Ashes of the Adamo

Back on February 9, we reported that the Adamo, Dell’s sexy-yet-lacking ultrathin laptop, was no more. That didn’t mean Dell was done with the genre, however, as it seems there’s a new sexy, svelte model on the horizon. https://gizmodo.com/dell-finally-kills-the-adamo-laptop-5755914 The rumored 15.6-inch model, unnamed, will reportedly arrive with Intel Core i5 and i7 processor configurations…

Tech News Jack Loftus

LTE-Free “Backup Plan” iPhone 4S Could Land This September

If and when an iPhone update arrives this year, it may do so with a small suffix and some new carrier friends. Mainly, you can expect an “iPhone 4S” in September, with support for Sprint and T-Mobile. The details, as they are wont to be, are scant and come from an analyst’s recent research note.…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn’t Have

We love both Android and iOS, but the open nature of Android just means it can do things others just can’t. Here are our favorite Android apps and features that you won’t find on its Apple-clad brethren.… [Lifehacker]

Tech News Lifehacker

Microsoft-Backed E-Reader Tablet Loves to Share with Others

Few e-readers are as intimate as this prototype from Nicholas Chen. Look how they communicate in that video! The only caveat it’s backed by Microsoft Research. We all know what happened the last time they teased something like this. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-cancels-innovative-courier-tablet-project-5527442 For the video adverse, the clip—after we navigate the unique intro—shows Chen demoing his e-reader,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Soldiers May Soon Be Able to Control a Herd of Robots With Their Heads

A new Army program, called Heads-Up Display for Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles, is said to be developing an “eyeglasses-like display” that projects live video feeds from robots on the ground. That’s no breakthrough. But what is new is that our soldiers may even be able to drive these robots—using only the natural movement of…

Tech News Davey Alba

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: The SEAL Who Killed bin Laden

When you’re part of an elite special ops team, extreme discretion is a way of life. Unless you’re the guy who killed Osama bin Laden. Because at that point, let’s face it, the world owes you a wicked bender. The full video, with some NSFW language and well-deserved partying: The rest of the week’s top…

Tech News Splitsider

Triple Decker Oreo Signals Man’s Progress Toward Superhuman Destiny

What would it take to make the Oreo—perhaps the most architecturally perfect dessert, ever—look like garbage? Another layer of cookie. The Triple Double Oreo, out this summer, is the cookie version of the 2001: A Space Odyssey monolith. Oh, but you poor fool, it’s far more than just another layer of chocolate cookie. Is your…

Tech News Sam Biddle

1080p Mobile Screen Slaps Retina Display in the Mouth

The iPhone 4’s screen looks delicious—pixels, away with ye! But Ortus Technology’s got an even dreamier looking display, packing a 1920×1080 resolution into a scant 4.8 inches. That’s 458 pixels per inch, as opposed to the iPhone’s 326. Now roughly five inch display—though the world’s smallest 1080p—is in awkward place. It’s way too big for…

Tech News Sam Biddle

OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 Here: New Finder Graphics and Who Knows What Else

OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 is out. We’re not totally sure what all is new yet, but some early stuff spotted by MacStories includes: “A new boot animation, new graphical elements in the Finders toolbar, new desktop wallpapers and the Reading List, now enabled in Safari.” We’re getting close, people. Interactive screensavers! Castles in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Today’s Best Gadgets

Next iPod Nano to Run New Software With Games? https://kotaku.com/next-ipod-nano-to-run-new-software-with-games-5801522 Not only is Apple’s next iPod Nano said to bring the camera back, but it’s also going to run new software for games. Not just Klondike and Vortex, last seen in the fifth-gen model, I’m hoping. More » Tron-Esque Curtains Not Only Cancel Out Noise, They…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

A Soul-Crushing Computer Glitch

This is how the State Department informed 22,000 people they were not, in fact, eligible for a special US visa program after a computer glitch bungled the lottery: We regret to inform you that, due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dropbox Told Us Our Files Were Encrypted and Private. Turns Out They Aren’t?

Security researcher Christopher Sogohain believes Dropbox is lying in claiming that they encrypt uploaded files and keep them from employee eyes. So he filed an FTC complaint against them. According to Wired, the complaint alleges that the lack of encryption means that your files could be involved in possible government searches, copyright infringement lawsuits, or…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Monkey AIDS Vaccine Holds Promise for Us Humans, Too

While this is by no means a quantum leap for HIV treatment in humans, any AIDS progress is great AIDS progress. Especially when the progress is in our furry monkey relatives, who are responding terrifically to a new AIDS vaccine. The vaccine, consisting of a genetically altered form of cytomegalovirus (CMV), prevented infection in 13…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How to Grind Meat for 240,000 Burgers in One Hour

I love cheeseburgers. But people like Eric Schlosser and Upton Sinclair have to ruin everything, forcing me to consider where my burger came from. So I had to ask: What’s the most powerful meat grinder in existence? Depending on who you ask, you may get different answers. But the 5,251-pound Dominator 14 grinder by Weiler…

Tech News Max Behrman

Build Your Own Laptop Bag Over and Over and Over Again

This laptop bag, made by Unit Portables, is only sold by a single retail shop in Stockholm. But its modular system—letting you add as many pockets as you want, where you want—is too good not to nerd out over. It’s simple, technical, and most of all, functional. And being referred to as 01, 02 and…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Digital Skeleton Scares New Yorkers into Heeding Speed Limit

How do you encourage drivers to stay safe on the road? STARTLE THEM WITH SKELETONS! At least, thats New York City’s plan, which is deploying a fleet of new speed limit signs with a speed-activated skeleton warning. Drivers who cruise by the new signs will see the standard sideways-walking-pedestrian-guy turn into a LED skeleton if…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What Is This?

Brain-dead Simple Delivereads Beams Compelling Content to Your Kindle Automagically

15.6-Inch Dell Ultra-thin Laptop Rising from the Ashes of the Adamo

LTE-Free “Backup Plan” iPhone 4S Could Land This September

Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn’t Have

Microsoft-Backed E-Reader Tablet Loves to Share with Others

Top Stories of the Week

Soldiers May Soon Be Able to Control a Herd of Robots With Their Heads

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: The SEAL Who Killed bin Laden

Triple Decker Oreo Signals Man’s Progress Toward Superhuman Destiny

1080p Mobile Screen Slaps Retina Display in the Mouth

OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 Here: New Finder Graphics and Who Knows What Else

Top Stories: Friday, May 13, 2011

Today’s Best Gadgets

A Soul-Crushing Computer Glitch

Dropbox Told Us Our Files Were Encrypted and Private. Turns Out They Aren’t?

Monkey AIDS Vaccine Holds Promise for Us Humans, Too

How to Grind Meat for 240,000 Burgers in One Hour

Build Your Own Laptop Bag Over and Over and Over Again

Digital Skeleton Scares New Yorkers into Heeding Speed Limit

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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