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To have been a child of the 80s is to have been bred by lovers like these—feel every bit as lucky as you are. [killefet via Nerdcode via Dangerous Minds via boingboing]
A Subterranean Mansion. Let that sink into your mind. Subterranean. Mansion. With a water slide that goes from the master bedroom to a swimming pool with waterfalls. The best three million dollars you could ever spend. And that’s not all: Probably the most daring & innovative house ever built – ‘The Subterranean Mansion’. Entrance hall,…
It’s the ultimate height in personal travel, inspired by Mercedes-Benz’s R-Class car series. Unlike their sportscars though, this helicopter can carry eight people in style and has a TV, fridge and requisite cup holders. It’s got wooden floors but the seats can be upholstered in custom shades—or even your family’s coat of arms, I’m guessing.…
We’ve already ascertained that iPads are suitable for melting and blending, but skateboarding? I can’t see an iPad replacing Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse any time soon, but click over to see what happens after two seconds of standing on it. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-microwave-an-ipad-5530062 Kids—don’t try this at home. Especially not on an iPad 3G. [Fuel TV via Recombu]…
Never have I got so excited about blobs of silicone before. These pebbles can be used as phone cradles, stuck under laptops for added height, or even be glued to car dashboards for comfortable smartphone resting. They’re the work of a Korean design company, and while “Your Pebbles” aren’t available outside of their home country,…
Intel’s new Z6XX chips under the Moorestown banner will be used in devices running Android or MeeGo, Intel and Nokia’s new OS that’s sprung from Moblin and Maemo’s loins. https://gizmodo.com/intel-gives-umpcs-24-hour-battery-life-with-moorestown-257922 Other OSes will likely be seen sporting Z6XX chips, but for now Intel’s only talking about the two more recent platforms. We can expect to…
Firecrackers, cardboard boxes, and clocks are among the items remaining after a bomb failed to explode in New York Times Square. The device was a dangerous Rube Goldberg contraption and for once such a setup wasn’t cartoonish or amusing. This time instead of giggling and staring, we’re left in terrified awe of the parts this…
Need a place to gossip about that shiny gadget you saw earlier? Just wanna have some off-topic conversations with fellow Gizmodo readers? Head to #whitenoise and join the conversation. https://gizmodo.com/almost-everything-you-could-want-to-know-about-commen-5465437
It’s shameful, but I still haven’t managed to properly program my universal remote. Instead I visualize a chart like this and fumble around with three remotes controls just to watch a movie. [The Selby via Unplggd]
After dating crazed Apple fanboys, I can tell you that they’re tough to catch. You have to carefully lure them in with shiny gadgets and naughty whispers about Steve Jobs underpants. Or just look on Apple fanboy dating site Cupidtino. https://gizmodo.com/why-you-should-think-twice-before-dating-an-iphone-user-5397528 Cupidtino—that’s a combination of Cupid and Cupertino—is a website for all those special boys…
Turns out the rumors about a 14-inch and 17-inch HP Envy have held up: today HP’s expanded their higher-end consumer notebook line to include the Envy 14 and the Envy 17. And the big boy’s got some juice. https://gizmodo.com/biggie-sized-hp-envy-17-on-its-way-5435488 The Envy 17 has the familiar laser-etched design of the current 15-inch model, and houses up…
HP’s got plenty of products out there using their TouchSmart software, but now it’s finally hit their consumer-focused line of notebooks with the Pavilion dv6. It’s also part of a broader, metal makeover for the Pavilion line. The Pavilion line in general has graduated to etched metal casings not unlike you’ll find in HP’s Envy…
A fellow from Zedomax spotted something curious at the Web 2.0 Expo’s Adobe display: Some kind of Android multi-touch tablet prototype. Not many details about the device, but Zedomax claims that it “runs Adobe’s Flash and Air apps flawlessly.” [Zedomax]
Lie and your brain will send more blood to the ventrolateral area of your prefrontal cortex. fMRI scans can tell when this happens by measuring blood-oxygen levels in the brain. Soon such brain-scanning lie detectors may be used in courts. fMRI scans aren’t exactly perfect when it comes to showing when someone is lying—in some…
Oh yes! The Dropbox app for Android is finally out of beta, there’s a BlackBerry app coming this summer, and we’re getting a new mobile API that’ll allow third-party apps to integrate the file-syncing service. https://gizmodo.com/file-syncing-service-dropbox-finally-getting-android-ap-5499476 The API, Dropbox Anywhere, is what has us particularly excited as it could mean the end of lousy file-syncing…
Okay, okay, so it’s Star Wars Day. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than watching a two-minute version of the original trilogy told entirely with stop-motion Lego. Other than watching it twice. As much as I enjoyed the extended Lego light saber battle from March, I much prefer this condensed full story.…
Click to viewIt seems that Apple doesn’t like—or simply doesn’t understand—the extremely complex, layered satire presented on the Ellen Degeneres Show: The company supposedly bullied poor Ellen into apologizing for spoofing an iPhone commercial. Geez. I don’t get half of Ellen’s jokes either, but I’m not exactly demanding an apology for it. [Ellen via Eric…
Seagate’s GoFlex storage system consists of external hard drives and accessories which can be matched so that you can connect to almost anything. The system is also the first one with which Seagate will include NTFS drivers for Macs. While being able to access the drives from both Macs and PCs, you’ll be able to…
According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer’s market share in April was 59.95%, an F+ in total world browser domination. The last time it was that low was in 1999 when Microsoft’s latest and greatest browser offering was IE4. What gives? In a word: Chrome. Google’s scrappy browser continued to climb in market share last month,…
A three volt battery pack may not be enough to power Iron Man’s armor, but it’s all the juice you need for this incredible home-made arc reactor. And if you don’t believe me, just check out the instruction manual. Granted, it’s a bit more involved than your average DIY project—even your average arc reactor project—but…
