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There are scattered reports of a fire at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen. It sounds like the company attempted to keep news of the incident silent, but supposedly some reporters who happened to be outside the facility spotted the firetrucks. Based on vague reports and rumors, about a dozen workers may have been injured and…
In 1910, two expeditions, one led by an adventurer, the other by a scientist, raced to become the first to reach the South Pole. Only one of the teams had the equipment and experience necessary to make it back alive. These historic expeditions are the subject of a new exhibition at the American Museum of…
I trust Google with a lot of things, but when in doubt I always fall back on good-old common sense. Lauren Rosenberg did not. She walked onto a highway because Google told her to and got hit by a car. Rosenberg, who apparently takes things very literally, was reading the directions on her Blackberry and…
This might be the best month ever for Android. We’ve seen Android 2.2, the future of Android and even Google gleefully mocking Apple. Oh yes, and there were a ton of awesome apps. https://gizmodo.com/android-2-2-froyo-review-its-sweet-5549260 If you’d like to view the following gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/the-months-16-best-android-apps-5550981 Mint: You know Mint, right? Pretty…
Skype 2.0 for iPhone has finally arrived, bringing with it the 3G calling that’s been promised for months and months. But get your calls in quick—there will be a “small monthly fee” for Skype-to-Skype calls after August. https://gizmodo.com/skype-iphone-app-will-make-calls-over-3g-soon-5463565 That’s an unpleasant surprise, definitely, but at least for the summer you’ll get the 3G Skype-to-Skype action…
It’s getting hot and you desperately need a little fan to fit onto your desk. You could either go buy one or you could finally do something with that old PC of yours and tear out its power supply fan. Apparently some fellow discovered that the quickest way to “make” a fan is to take…
According to a report by Bloomberg, Amazon will release a thinner Kindle this August, with a crisper, more responsive screen. But e-ink fans looking forward to the full-color, mulittouch mega-Kindle will have to wait a while longer; this week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told shareholders that a color Kindle was still “some ways out,” adding,…
Czech site superiphone.cz reportedly got their hands on a next-gen iPhone and did what any self-respecting iPhone superfanatics would: put it under a microscope. Up close and personal with those pixels, they confirmed the rumored 960 x 640, IPS dipslay. https://gizmodo.com/rumored-iphone-4-specs-960×640-display-front-facing-c-5504935 After the most recent iPhone leak in Vietnam, far-flung iPhone appearances seem more credible…
People probably use the word “epic” too often. But I can’t think how else to describe GamingMill’s 11-minute review of Forklift Truck Simulator 2009. Maybe “utterly ridiculous.” That’ll work. Either way, watch! You owe it to yourself. [The Daily What]
This flying greenhouse is the latest project from La Machine, a French street theater company famous for their grandiose creations. The future of gardening: one part Up, one part Wild Wild West, and two parts, um, plants. [Wired, Jordi Bover] https://gizmodo.com/image-of-the-day-what-glorious-machine-are-these-frenc-5148319
I don’t know what the point of making a skirt with panels that light up when facing north is, yet I just can’t help but smile while watching the garment’s creator hop and dance around with happiness about the design. Ok ok, maybe I do know what the point of such a skirt might be.…
There are plenty of super yacht concepts that I’ll never touch, much less own—such as ones with three level designs or impossible masts—but I’m still happy that a design finally includes a built-in garage. And a super car. https://gizmodo.com/infintas-yacht-spoils-you-for-life-on-land-with-three-l-5326847/ The Strand Craft 122 design is a crazy 38 meter beauty that comes with room for…
“This isn’t just another frozen product — this is a frozen product that happens to be extremely good.” Remember Push Pops? Well, Sushi Poppers use the same basic concept: Each Sushi Popper includes eight pieces of precut sushi and a bit of wasabi wrapped inside an airtight tube. After opening the top of the tube,…
This is Kevin Murray. When multimillion dollar corporations want to smoke out espionage, he’s the man they call. And this? This is his gear. The latest issue of Wired takes us inside Murray’s arsenal: an array of cameras, analyzers, and detectors that look straight out of Mission Impossible: 8. Good to know: all it takes…
This is an 8-month-old deaf baby having his Cochlear Implants turned on for the first time. In other words, he’s hearing sound for the first time. I challenge you to not get the warm and fuzzies from this. [Reddit]
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I know this will come as a shock, but as admittedly awesome as this armadillo-inspired concept may be, nobody wants to steal your moped. [themarkswork via INewIdea via OhGizmo!]
Sure, you could take the DIY route to turn your SIM card into a MicroSIM and vice versa or you could simply purchase Cut My SIM, a clever, glorified hole-punch. https://gizmodo.com/make-your-own-microsim-5532572 Cut My SIM is available for preorder and supposedly is a mistake-proof way of chopping up your SIM card. As a bonus, the clean…
Steve Jobs dreams about “freedom from porn,” but there are some who actually enjoy naughty content. A few of them even decided to demonstrate their disagreement with Jobs’ squeaky clean vision by dirtying up iPad ads in Berlin, Germany. http://gawker.com/5539717/steve-jobs-offers-world-freedom-from-porn Ad-busting, as these folks are calling it, isn’t exactly a new practice. It’s a term…
That white thing on the wall is the Splash radiator, by Italian company Runtal. But who cares. I just want to go live there and enjoy the view. [Runtal via Trendir via unplggd]
