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While it might look like designer Yuan Yuan got a little carried away when shaping the steel legs of his chair, it’s actually been shaped to do a multitude of Tai Chi exercises with. Come, I’ll show you: The perfect chair to kickstart that New Year’s diet? Somehow I think I’d only end up assuming…
I just wanted to let you in on a secret. The secret of the future. Yes, that’s right, the future: The next 365 days of life in this beautiful pale blue dot are in this video. https://gizmodo.com/the-world-would-be-better-if-everyone-watched-this-vide-5513783 Yes, yes, the time lapse is from 2009, but no matter how many wars, natural disasters, sickness, elections,…
This Dassault Rafale—a 4.5 generation twin-engined delta-wing jet fighter—was flying over Sion Air Base, Switzerland, when Niels Boswinkel captured it with his Canon 500D. I don’t know where he’s located but, even with zoom lens, it’s too damn close. I mean, anything is too close when it can fly at Mach 2. The image is…
After reinventing the scissors, Fiskars has taken a look at the watering can, scoffed, and come up with the Easy-Pour can. The second handle is second-only to the garden hose in plant-watering efficiency. Just $20. [Fiskars via Core77] https://gizmodo.com/fiskars-cuts-more-will-make-your-other-scissors-look-so-5687712
Armed with gloves, a backpack, and a healthy appreciation for the deadliness of the third rail, urban historian Steven Duncan and videographer Andrew Wonder explore the Undercity. This is the hidden New York. And it’s beautiful. Wonder shot the compilation of urban explorations—appropriately titled Undercity—on a Canon 5d Mark II. The journeys range from sewer…
Steve wants a porn-free world, but he doesn’t seem to care much about a drug-free one. After all, he’s a flowerpower LSD kid at heart and, technically, the Roll Your Own iPhone app doesn’t promote any drug use. Nossir, it doesn’t. http://gawker.com/5539717/ The app just shows how to master five rolling techniques with step-by-step videos…
So Daddy’s got a prize sportscar, but Junior wants a run-around of his own? Give the apple of your eye this limited edition (seriously, there’s only seven out there) Nika Zupanc Konstantin Beta car. What’s $2,560? [Babble via BornRich]
Hey, look: Vizio’s Android smartphone and tablet, which share the same “Via” name, have gone all official, and are unsurprisingly compatible with Vizio TVs and Blu-ray players—meaning these Via products will act as remotes for Vizio’s Google TVs. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-debuts-via-tablet-via-phone-devices-in-run-up-to-5722970 Full specs are yet to be revealed, but you can check out the details in Vizio’s…
Fire up Wikipedia and Jimmy Wales‘ face is still grimacing at you—but he should be disappearing soon, as they’ve raised over $16 million for their Wikipedia donation drive. $22 was the average donation made, apparently. [PC Mag]
I will begrudgingly admit that Samsung’s ultra-lightweight 3D glasses don’t look as bad as generic active shutter specs, but that’s not saying much. Noses and ears, breathe a sigh of relief: they weigh just 28 grams. [Samsung Tomorrow via OLED-Display]
The last time Toshiba tried its hand at a Tegra 2 tablet, it stank. Will this mysterious 10.1-inch Android tablet do any better? Probably not. It will run on Android Honeycomb, however. Updated: Hands On https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-folio-android-tablet-official-details-5628539 We were able to feel up one of the (non-operational) tablets, and although it couldn’t turn on, our hands…
You can spare 24 seconds for an insanely cute 8-bit Tron: Legacy fan-made clip, can’t you? Especially once you hear there’s even an 8-bit Daft Punk soundtrack? [YouTube – Thanks, Pierre!]
Lacking I may be in the domesticity gene, I can’t help but want this latest Dyson vacuum cleaner. That’s no surprise, though—I want everything Dyson makes, even this dog-vacuumer. I have a cat. https://gizmodo.com/why-bother-vacuuming-the-floors-when-you-can-just-vacuu-5681284 The Digital Slim DC35 is Dyson’s latest cleaner, which goes on sale in the UK this week, for £200. Best Buy’s…
After German hacker group fail0verflow showed they’d hacked the PS3 to run pirated apps and games, another hacker has published the PS3’s root key online, which allows precisely that. [Geohot via Kotaku and PSX-Scene—Thanks, Affan!] https://kotaku.com/the-ps3-may-have-just-had-its-front-door-kicked-in-452571548
According to the WSJ, Google is in talks with publishing houses for a “digital newsstand” Android app, for selling daily mobile newspapers and magazine subscriptions through. But what about Amazon’s Android Kindle app, which already does that? https://gizmodo.com/kindles-android-app-now-has-newspaper-and-magazines-for-5714491 Presumably Google wants a slice of that revenue pie itself, which is why it’s been touting itself…
What started as an unsure experiment has blossomed into a solid lineup of tweener PCs. There are four ThinkPad Edges now, each packing second-generation Intel Core processors. And the E220s and E420s might actually make you forget they’re business machines. https://gizmodo.com/thinkpad-edge-review-a-murky-middle-ground-5438775 The aesthetic improvements on the 12.50-inch E220s and 14-inch E420s are small but important…
Intel’s follow-up to last year’s Core processors hasn’t exactly been a closely guarded secret. But even though the specs leaked months ago, what’s clear now about Sandy Bridge is that Intel’s taking direct aim at content. https://gizmodo.com/intels-sandy-bridge-processors-coming-early-next-year-5636772 The new batch of Core i3, i5, and i7 processors—twenty new products in all, including chipsets and adapters—look…
Nanotechnology! Wonder science, right? Will solve all of life’s problems, eventually. Yeah…probably not, but it could make palladium easier to come by in the future. One problem, potentially solved! The way nanotech will do this is by a process that nebulizes (combines) rhodium and silver. Usually these two compounds are like oil and water when…
Hate the buzzer alarm clock, as I do? Radio station alarm mode not up to the task? Maybe vibration will get you out of bed. Since vibrating beds are expensive and a bit tacky, check out this Analarm wristwatch instead. It’s certainly not cheap at $450, but for those of us looking for a trendy,…
Well that didn’t take long: One day after a Vizio executive cheekily pawed at a mystery tablet device during the Rose Bowl, the company has confirmed the existence of a Via line of devices featuring a cellphone and a tablet. https://gizmodo.com/unnamed-vizio-tablet-sneaks-into-rose-bowl-coverage-5722783 The big reveal appeared in the Wall Street Journal this evening, coming complete with…
