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Geeky Restaurant Puts Their Menu Inside a Periodic Table

What’s more nerdy? The fact that the restaurant is called the Miracle of Science Bar & Grill or that their menu is re-fashioned into a Periodic Table or that I really want to take a road trip to eat there? The Miracle of Science Bar & Grill is in Cambridge, MA and wait, I’m going…

Tech News Casey Chan

Sushi Restaurant Uses Sushi Robots and Control Centers to Cut Costs

Kura, a sushi chain, focuses on efficiency and turning a profit. So much so that they’ve eschewed traditional sushi chefs for sushi robots, a large staff of waiters for conveyor belts and restaurant managers for a control center with video link. When Kunihiko Tanaka opened his first Kura restaurant in 1995, he used conveyor belts…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Things That Get Dropped on New Years Eve

If you thought dropping Snooki was weird, you haven’t seen the rest of America. Some cities drop really weird things on New Years Eve. How weird? How about bologna, sausage, a drag queen, a bag of chips and a possum? If you’re from any of these cities, well, congratulations for surviving the weirdness around you:…

Tech News Casey Chan

Airport Security Officers Compete Against Each Other to Earn Cash Bonuses

The Washington Post wrote an interesting article regarding the TSA and the private security firms seeking to replace them. The Post found that workers of the private firms compete against each other in airport security-related games to win cash. It’s a sort of office “March Madness”-style tournament and the rewards are quite lucrative. One private…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

What Tron Needed Was More Pussy…

Olivia Wilde was good ‘n all, but how much better would Tron: Legacy have been with this Catron? I think 698 per cent, on average. [Buzzfeed via Make]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

21 National Monuments Under Construction

Lady Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge—they didn’t just appear there one day. Here’s a look at what some of America’s greatest monuments looked like before they became the iconic images we know today. Need an extra does of famous cityscapes and historic landmarks? Watch the evolution of the New York skyline, get a glimpse of…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The Best Science of the Year

2010 was a great year for Science. NASA’s space plane (and the Dolly lineage) were resurrected while a secret laboratory Neturino observatory was built under the South Pole. Check out our best science stories of the year! 1. The Real Story Behind NASA’s Resurrected Space Plane Why did NASA quietly move two long-grounded X-34 space…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

This is How We Smoke Meat in My Century: iGrill

Fresh-smoked New Year’s Ham! Yum! I smoke a lot, have about every thermometer available, but for tonight’s dinner, I’m trying something different: iGrill, the iOS-enabled meat thermometer. So far it’s tons better than sitting in my yard staring at the smoker. Updated So, I can’t really tell you much about the experience yet—because my pork’s…

Tech News Joe Brown

Bitmap Balaclava: The Perfect Disguise For Bank Robbers

In the past week we’ve seen robberies with giant sticks, muskets and crossbows, but thanks to CCTV their identities were easily-discovered. Here’s how to use Photoshop and a hacked knitting machine to create a bitmap balaclava. [Craft] http://gizmodo.com/5721694/robbery-with-a-giant-stick-is-way-funnier-than-it-should-be

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Shooting on Film Is One of the Most Frustrating Experiences, Yet I Won’t Stop

I got three rolls of film processed today, and have been sobbing ever since. Why? Because only 17% of the shots came out. You might say it’s my own fault for using film in a digital world, but you’re wrong. I guess it is my fault, though. While I’ve been using Lomography’s toy cameras for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Stay Connected In Over 200 Countries

DROID PRO by Motorola, the first Android™-based smartphone optimized for business use, is global-ready, allowing you and your employees to enjoy wireless voice service and data coverage in more than 200 countries. The built-in connectivity features of the DROID PRO from Motorola include a 3G Mobile HotSpot which lets you connect up to five other…

Tech News Gawkercreative

World’s Most Needlessly Complex Timekeeping Device

[Workers test the Times Square New Years Eve Ball—the one that drops right before you blackout and wake up the next morning naked, straddling one of the lions in front of the Central Library. Image via Getty.]

Tech News Adrian Chen

The Year In Illegal Downloads

Whether you disapprove of illegal downloading, or are happily BitTorrenting Hot Tub Time Machine right now, there’s no debating that BitTorrent’s Zeitgeist 2010 makes for an interesting read. Find out what the 100 most searched-for phrases and keywords were, below. It’s worth noting this list might not be entirely accurate, as there are literally hundreds…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC’s 4G Thunderbolt Phone Could Be Dual-Core With 1080p

If these specs are to be believed, the Thunderbolt will be HTC’s first dual-core phone (with a 1.2GHz MSM8960 processor), and will contain an 8MP rear-facing camera and 5MP forward-facing camera. https://gizmodo.com/htc-thunderbolt-coming-to-verizon-lte-5720771 The leaks supposedly came from a German retailer’s system, and suggest the phone will be stocked by O2, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone. If…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Bill Murray’s Great Big Anti-Tech Rant

My-oh-my! Bill Murray has quite a few issues with technology, trends, and innovation. Just listen to him go on and on in this little rant from a TV promo filmed in the 1980s! [BoingBoing]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Images From Bell Labs in the Sixties—It’s Like Nerdy Mad Men

Beehives, flower power, and really, really large computers. Looking at these photos taken at Bell Labs in the 1960s is like traveling back in time. Was working at Bell Labs totally “groovy”? Although I always imagined Bell Labs dominated by men, the photographer sure did manage to capture a lot of the ladies. More photos…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Robbery with a Giant Stick Is Way Funnier Than It Should Be

If you were a convenience store clerk faced with a robber wielding a comically large stick as a weapon, you probably wouldn’t think it was too comical. But after the fact, the security camera footage is pretty ridiculous. Click to view So, this robber has apparently decided to use an entire tree as a weapon.…

Tech News Adrian Chen

What Is This?

My guess: An alien beacon recently discovered at Llano Chajnantor, 16,450-feet high in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. In reality, its name is APEX, and it’s a galactic vacuum cleaner. APEX—the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment—is a collaboration between Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Onsala Space Observatory and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Gold and Wood iPhone Case Goes Perfectly With Your Smoking Jacket

If you want to dress your iPad up in the finest case money can buy, you needn’t look much further than this: Gresso’s African Blackwood, 18k gold jacket. It smells distinctly of excess. It’s the same look and feel as Gresso’s $3,000 iPhone 4 case, and while the iPad version doesn’t have a price listed…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Clear iSpot Discontinued

Sad news, folks: Clear’s iSpot WiMax hotspot is apparently being discontinued already—barely five months after being introduced. https://gizmodo.com/clears-ispot-is-a-wimax-hotspot-for-iphones-and-ipads-5604201 If you’re desperate for a unit though, check around Clear retail stores as some may still have a few remaining. [Clear via Engadget]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Geeky Restaurant Puts Their Menu Inside a Periodic Table

Sushi Restaurant Uses Sushi Robots and Control Centers to Cut Costs

The Weirdest Things That Get Dropped on New Years Eve

Airport Security Officers Compete Against Each Other to Earn Cash Bonuses

What Tron Needed Was More Pussy…

21 National Monuments Under Construction

The Best Science of the Year

This is How We Smoke Meat in My Century: iGrill

Bitmap Balaclava: The Perfect Disguise For Bank Robbers

Shooting on Film Is One of the Most Frustrating Experiences, Yet I Won’t Stop

Stay Connected In Over 200 Countries

World’s Most Needlessly Complex Timekeeping Device

The Year In Illegal Downloads

HTC’s 4G Thunderbolt Phone Could Be Dual-Core With 1080p

Bill Murray’s Great Big Anti-Tech Rant

Images From Bell Labs in the Sixties—It’s Like Nerdy Mad Men

Robbery with a Giant Stick Is Way Funnier Than It Should Be

What Is This?

This Gold and Wood iPhone Case Goes Perfectly With Your Smoking Jacket

Clear iSpot Discontinued

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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