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This French gym is so bizarre looking, it might compel you to do a few laps out of curiosity. But it’s also highly functional—enormous windows provide lighting during the day, with a solar panels juicing bulbs at night. The attractive compound, designed by French architect Jean Marc Rivet, also features a rooftop garden, and interiors…
According to this video made by TiPb, all iPhone 3G users who suffered slow-downs after updating to iOS 4 may see their iPhone’s performance considerably boosted after they install the incoming iOS 4.2. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-brickgate-lawsuits-only-good-point-we-need-e-5680981 iPhone 3G’s hardware isn’t as fast and it’s RAM is literally a quarter of iPhone 4’s but it did a decent…
Astronomers Jay Anderson and Roeland van der Marel at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, have made a weird and wonderful discovery using Hubble: Stars appear to move as a bee swarm dancing inside a beehive. They have measured the stellar movements in Omega Centauri, a massive cluster in the Milky Way packed…
Just like last year, Google is paying the Wi-Fi for people flying to meet their relatives—or run away from them—during the holidays. You just need to fly the right airline. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-get-free-inflight-wi-fi-this-holiday-season-5430453 Pick AirTran Airways, Delta, and Virgin America, and Google will pay all your Wi-Fi traffic from November 20 to January 2, 2011 on all…
Jobs may’ve once called the iPhone a “computer for your pocket,” but when it’s docked to a computer keyboard it’s more of a computer for your keyboard for your computer. If you catch my drift. The WOWKeys keyboard is from Omnio,and has actually been Apple-certified so you can dock (and charge) with the quiet knowledge…
Evernote, the feature-rich cloud-based scrapbook, is rolling out a big update to its Android app, bringing faster and more streamlined searching, a refined note-browsing interface, a Google search widget, and offline note viewing for premium Evernote users. [Evernote]
The sinkhole that opened the Gates of Hell in Guatemala is nothing compared to the astonishing landslide that destroyed Manaus port, on the Rio Grande riverside. Land liquefied and the river ate it all, humans and their industry included. https://gizmodo.com/the-gates-of-hell-just-opened-in-guatemala-5551916 This CCTV video shows the catastrophe that happened at the Brazilian port on October 17.…
Motorola’s wacky Droid Pro—almost a Blackberry/Android hybrid—is now officially up for pre-order tomorrow, landing the 18th. The Droid Pro is a global phone, and yours for $180 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two year contract. [Verizon] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-pro-its-like-a-blackberry-impregnated-b-5656551
This simple pixel diagram displays the human death toll of the Iraq war. Blue pixels are “friendly” deaths (U.S. and coalition forces), green ones are “host” deaths (Iraqi government), gray are “enemy” deaths (insurgents) and orange, well, those are civilians. It’s interesting to see how the distribution of the causalities changed in the diagram on…
The same Chinese company that took hammers to an apple-shaped ice-sculpture is claiming they have the first color ereader using e-ink, due in China in March. Bet the battery life’s far greater than the color Nook’s, which uses an LCD. https://gizmodo.com/chinese-company-with-ipad-rival-smashes-up-apple-logo-i-5542360 Hanvon’s ereader has a 9.6-inch e-ink display, and will go on sale in March…
Remember the iPhone recurring alarm DST bug that affected Australians and Europeans, making them oversleep? Well, I didn’t. It just happened to me and I’m sure it has happened to you too. If it did, write to us in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-have-an-iphone-you-may-oversleep-when-daylight-5659087 The United States changed to Daylight Saving Time yesterday. Apple’s iOS has a…
A nerdy night-light for the art buff, Dolce Press‘ glow-in-the-dark print was made in a run of 100, so get in quick if you want a limited-edition well-wishing print for the wall. They’re $48 each. [Dolce via InspirationalGeek]
As you check Twitter on your iPhone 4, passersby will think you’re utterly insane, inspecting the back of the phone so intently. Little do they realize you’ve actually got an iOS 4 homescreen decal on the back… [Etsy via NerdApproved]
The very same Toshiba SSDs that Apple uses in its MacBook Airs are now being offered to other companies who may or may not be green-eyed with envy at the slinkiness of the Airs. Available in 64GB and 128GB capacities (both measuring 2.2mm in height) and a 3.7mm tall 256GB option, the Blade X-gale SSDs…
We might still be waiting for the first paper plane to carry a human from A to B, but a German-made paper boat has floated successfully down the London Thames, with the suitable name of “HMS Origami.” German “artist” Frank Bolter cheated in some way, as the paper he used wasn’t normal construction paper you…
Hey, would you look at that—November 8th, and three WP7 phones have gone on sale in the US as promised. T-Mobile’s got HTC’s 4.3-inch HD7, whereas AT&T has the slide-out speaker-toting HTC Surround and Samsung’s thin Focus. https://gizmodo.com/htc-hd7-hello-all-4-3-inches-of-windows-phone-7-5660613 T-Mobile is selling the HD7 for $200 upfront on a two-year contract, or for $500 minus a…
It was inevitable that a manufacturer would one day stop cramming camera guts into a phone, and instead squeeze phone components into a camera. This is what LG did with the L-03C, which has specs to rival your own point-and-shoot. Ok, so maybe not your favorite compact. Maybe just the one from a few years…
It’s logical for Google to launch Gingerbread with the Nexus Two. After all, the Nexus One was first with Froyo. But if the Nexus One receives the Gingerbread update first, does that mean the Nexus Two is delayed? https://gizmodo.com/rumor-nexus-two-will-be-announced-november-8th-same-d-5675727 A tweet from a Twitter user by the name of Alvaro Fuentes Vasquez (who apparently works…
They are filming Mission Impossible 4 in Dubai right now. Our friend and local Dubai photographer Gerald Donovan took this photo of none other than Tom Cruise jumping off the Burj Khalifa, formerly known as the Burj Dubai: https://gizmodo.com/dubai-skyline-sunset-time-lapse-provokes-inevitable-ooo-5434624 They’ve been busy filming stuff for Mission Impossible 4 on the Burj Khalifa for the last…
Remember Epic Citadel and the “Project Sword” combat demo shown by Epic Games? That game’s official name is Infinity Blade. Its unofficial name is Fucking Hell Gimme This Game On My iPad Now Now Now. NOW, goddamnit. Here’s the new trailer. https://gizmodo.com/that-gorgeous-epic-citadel-iphone-demo-you-can-downloa-5627714 The trailer looks as amazing as the demo. The game was developed by…
