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An iPad App To Help Disabled Kids Speak

Victor Pauca has a genetic disorder that makes his speech development slower than other kids. So his father, Paul Pauca, along with his students at Wake Forest, made an iPhone and iPad app that helps Victor speak. It’s rather inspirational. The VerbalVictor app lets Paul—and other parents/caregivers—record phrases that are played back when Victor presses…

Tech News Jason Chen

8mm App Is Basically Hipstamatic for iPhone Video

No need to be sheepish about it: your iPhone shots look cooler after you run them through some scratchy vintage filters. That’s just the way it is! And now, with 8mm, you can do the same thing your iPhone video. Cribbing Hipstamtic’s camera within a camera UI, 8mm lets you shoot clips with a handful…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

These Simple Conductive Pins Make Any Winter Gloves Touchscreen-Friendly

Problem: Cold weather necessitates winter gloves, which keep you from fawning your favorite touchscreen gadgets as you numbly stumble to and fro. Solution: Digits. A $14 set of four conductive pins that you can easily attach to any gloves’ fingertips. They’re genius! And they’ll keep you from holding your right glove between your chapped lips…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Monuments Under Construction Gallery

The Statue of Liberty under construction in France. [Oobject] The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, almost completed. [Oobject] The Disneyland Castle under construction. [Oobject] Mount Rushmore, minus a few famous faces. [Oobject] The Twin Towers under construction in New York City. [Oobject] An image of the now submerged side of the Hoover Dam. [Oobject] The NASA…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

And the Winners of Our Holiday Photo Contest Are…

Recently we asked you to help us choose the winners for our Holiday Photo Contest and now we want to share the results of your votes. The winning photos are by Jonathan Meyers and Logan Edwards. Congratulations and enjoy your new Chrome OS notebooks, folks! https://gizmodo.com/we-need-you-to-help-us-decide-who-should-win-a-chrome-o-5717245 The winning photos are above, but if you want…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

App of the Day: 360 Panorama for iPhone

360 Panorama’s a nifty app for shooting 360-degree images with your iPhone wherever you happen to be. It just got better with an update that lets friends view those panoramas by spinning their own gyroscopically-capable iPhones around wherever they are. What is it? 360 Panorama, iPhone, $1. A panorama photography app for the iPhone with…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

This Is China’s Secret Stealth Strike Fighter

Unlike their Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark—a copy of the Russian Sukhoi Su-33—the new Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter seems to be a copy of the American stealth fighters, with some lambda wings attached. It was secret. Not anymore. https://gizmodo.com/this-new-combat-jet-is-actually-a-cheapo-chinese-copy-5590796 The 70-feet Chengdu J-20 seems to use Russian 32,000-pound thrust 117S engines with vectoring abilities. It looks…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

10 Classic Sci-Fi Toys

If you grew up in the 60s or 70s, you grew up with the futuristic creations of Gerry Anderson on the TV. These toy replicas of his designs are screaming to be zoomed across the kitchen table and into the air. It’s toy time! Check out toy robot commercials from the past to the present,…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Need Corporate-Level Security on Your Smartphone?

Don’t let your business flounder in insecurity—check out the business-optimized features of the DROID PRO by Motorola, and get to know the smartphone that meets employers’ and employees’ needs with corporate-level connectivity and security. The built-in security features of the DROID PRO from Motorola include AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPN integration, remote wipe of device and…

Tech News Gawkercreative

This Is the Smallest Season’s Greetings Card In the World

This Season’s Greetings card is only 200-micro-meters wide by 290-micro-meters tall, the smallest in the world. Created by a team at the University of Glasgow, this nano-fabrication technology could be used in bio-technology sensing, optical filtering and light control components. To give you an idea of its ridiculous size, u¡if you printed them over a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Gizmodo Looking For Star Tech Writer In NYC

Hey guy/gal reading Gizmodo instead of working: We’re hiring a tech writer in NYC. You need between 1-5 years experience, but more importantly you should be able to write like mad and know and love/hate/understand technology. Full-time Responsibilities include: • Writing morning posts. Fast, thoroughly and creatively. • Taking meetings with companies. Quickly! More quickly…

Tech News Brian Lam

A Different Kind of Christmas Story

I was sitting in a storefront on the coldest night so far this year, light snow coming down, waiting for a Chinatown bus to New York that was already a half-hour late. Not where you’d expect to buy an iPhone, but… The only other guy in the place was an older dude in a torn…

Tech News Lucas Remick

Deals of the Day

Forget to buy someone a present? We have deals on a 15″ Dell laptop, an iPhone 4 (refurbished), a free Arby’s Jr. Shake, and more. Oh and don’t bother ordering me a tv; I am waiting for this. https://gizmodo.com/lg-preparing-mammoth-72-inch-3d-lcd-for-ces-5718943 Top Deals: • 15.6″ Dell Inspiron i15R-2646MRB Core i5 2.53GHz 6GB RAM 640GB HDD Laptop for…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

This Is How You Build a $7000 Camera

There’s only one digital camera I haven’t shot that I’m dying to get my hands on: the Leica M9. This is how Leica puts the $7000 digital rangefinder together. Watch closely for the artsy dust. [YouTube via A Continuous Lean] https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-leicas-m9-and-x1-fine-art-for-a-price-5355540

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Watch 20 Hours of Blizzard in 38 Seconds

How much snow has really piled up in the last 24 hours? Michael Black left a camera, a clock, and a meter stick in his backyard to find out. Watch it reach snowglobe status in a matter of seconds. [GawkerTV]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Keep The Snow Out Of Your Brain With The Sony MDR-EX1000 Flagship Earphones

Seems a bit of a shame to spend $799 on something no one will ever see because it’ll spend most of its life rammed down your ears, but if you need higher-end earphones, the MDR-EX1000 will do the job. The Asia-only flagship earphones are available on import through Audiocubes, so if you’d like your audio…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

The Best of the Year in Rants

There was plenty to be angry about this year; the Gulf Oil Spill, assaults on net neutrality, Mark Zuckerberg winning Time’s Person of the Year. Check out the best rants from our most irate writers in 2010. 1. Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook – May 5th Facebook privacy policies keep going down the…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Life Through the Eyes of a Sword

These guys duck-taped a GoPro Hero camera to the tip of a broadsword and filmed themselves doing some crazy moves. The results will make your head spin. Bonus: Steve Jobs’ doppelganger doing his Braveheart bit at the end.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Network Data Encoded in Flickering Office Lights

Thinking you’re receiving a message from a flickering light is usually a sign you need to up your Valium dosage and take a break from the internet—but thanks to Minnesota-based LVX System, light-based data transmission is now real. Six buildings in the town of St Cloud, Minnesota, will soon be fitted with the Visible Light…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

Northeastern Giz readers—your house is very possibly buried underneath a considerable amount of snow. But don’t worry—housemaster extraordinaire Bob Vila has some handy tips on picking out the right snowblower. Time to liberate that front yard. [Bob Vila]

Tech News Sam Biddle

An iPad App To Help Disabled Kids Speak

8mm App Is Basically Hipstamatic for iPhone Video

These Simple Conductive Pins Make Any Winter Gloves Touchscreen-Friendly

Monuments Under Construction Gallery

And the Winners of Our Holiday Photo Contest Are…

App of the Day: 360 Panorama for iPhone

This Is China’s Secret Stealth Strike Fighter

10 Classic Sci-Fi Toys

Need Corporate-Level Security on Your Smartphone?

This Is the Smallest Season’s Greetings Card In the World

Gizmodo Looking For Star Tech Writer In NYC

A Different Kind of Christmas Story

Deals of the Day

This Is How You Build a $7000 Camera

Watch 20 Hours of Blizzard in 38 Seconds

Keep The Snow Out Of Your Brain With The Sony MDR-EX1000 Flagship Earphones

The Best of the Year in Rants

Life Through the Eyes of a Sword

Network Data Encoded in Flickering Office Lights

Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

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

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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