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Form, meet function. The 42-story Strata Building—also known by its much cooler nickname, “The Razor“—will get 8% of its energy from three wind turbines built into its façade. Hope no one builds a 43-story building next door. Fortunately, the Strata looms over its current neighbors with enough clearance to take full advantage of the 35mph…
We’ve known some of the major details about the FCC’s sweeping National Broadband Plan—namely 100Mbps broadband in 100 million homes—for a while now, but today they’ve made it official. It’s a sweeping proposal, with six main long-term goals: https://gizmodo.com/fcc-wants-100mbps-broadband-in-100-million-homes-5473034 Goal No. 1: At least 100 million US homes should have affordable access to actual download…
What many feared (or briefly thought about without much emotion either way) has turned out to be true: Microsoft PR has confirmed that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be the only source for Windows Phone 7 apps, meaning that you can’t sideload apps, and that Microsoft will be the sole gatekeeper for all apps on…
You need to look at these photos. The 167 entries in this week’s “Monotone” Shooting Challenge are of a completely humbling, professional quality. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-monotone-5490286 Lead Shot “My Bokeh and Blue painting… This is actually just a macro shot of some left over paint from this weekend’s home improvement episode. I used 1 SB800 and 1…
Computed axial tomography scan—CAT Scan—is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing. And cats’ groins. That’s what inventors thought at the beginning, anyway. Then they got rid of the cats. [Julia Segal via Richard Blakeley]
This $50 electric burner by Deni doesn’t use fancy magnetic induction tech. But covered in knobs and stainless steel, it looks like a piece of high end stereo equipment that will absolutely rock your Campbell’s chicken and stars soup. [Deni] https://gizmodo.com/cooking-with-magnets-an-intro-to-induction-5348493
This is an unexpected treat: Windows Phone 7‘s SDK came out today, and apparently it includes DivX support up through DivX6. That means no DivX7, but it’s still a lot more than you can find on the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-sdk-available-now-free-5493741 While the move decidedly puts Windows Phone 7 way ahead of the iPhone in terms of…
You have more of your memories stored online than all of your ancestors ever left behind. The future of memory is already here. When I take picture of a really delicious chocolate bread pudding that I’m about to eat, I might upload it to share with tens, or thousands, of people. That photo, the memory…
We’ve got some spectacular deals today. The discounted 55″ Toshiba will go nicely with a console copy of the on sale Battlefield, and take a break after the savings by gambling away some virtual bucks on the card drop app. Top Deals: • 55″ Toshiba REGZA 55ZV650U LCD HDTV (1080p, 240Hz) for $1339.44 plus free…
Two runners down…two to go! One Repo Man is already $15K richer. Join the hunt and track the two remaining fugitives and retrieve their artiforgs for a chance to win up to $15,000! Two runners are currently at large in the U.S. These fugitives are harboring artificial organs owned by The Union. Your job is…
We’re teaming up with our friends from Epilog and Adafruit to offer up two free iPads to you folks out there who think you can create the coolest/most embarassing designs to be etched in their backs. So here’s the deal: we have two 16GB Wi-Fi iPads courtesy of Epilog to give away, and Adafruit is…
You can download the Windows Phone 7 SDK right now from this link. Make us some good stuff, programmers. [Windows Phone Developer]
Here’s the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7. Keep in mind, it’s technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this. Now: Read more on Windows Phone 7 Apps in our mega guide. [MIX] https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-everything-you-need-to-know-5493569
Bodum wouldn’t dare call their upcoming Bistro line of appliances “rugged,” but wrapped in rubber and dotted with grippy nubs, they feel like power tools re-imagined by a toy company. And I mean that in the best possible way. Fondling Bodum’s latest product line at the International Home+Housewares Show, I become enamored not just with…
The makers of the Chocolate Inhaler have done themselves one better. The Le Whif Coffee Inhaler, a lipstick-sized tube that contains a “breathable coffee powder,” gives you a nice caffeine fix without all that drinking and swallowing messiness. How nice? https://gizmodo.com/le-whif-chocolate-inhaler-lightning-review-5262537 Oh, just 100mg of caffeine. To give you some perspective, that’s somewhere between a…
Harvest shows what Xbox Live gaming will be like on Windows Phone 7, and it’s pretty damn impressive. Achievements, explosions, and glorious gamerpoints. Leaving your house officially no longer means stalling your gamerscore. UPDATED. They’re also showing off Goo Splat and Battle Punks. What’s curious is the mention that Goo Splat, an internal Microsoft game,…
Click to viewSo this is how apps are going to look on Windows Phone 7: visually captivating, great animations, 3D transformations. It’s a very distinctive look and feel from iPhone apps, and may be just what Microsoft needs to establish themselves. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-everything-you-need-to-know-5493569 It’s a good move to show the Associated Press clip in action: it…
My Bokeh and Blue painting… This is actually just a macro shot of some left over paint from this weekend’s home improvement episode. I used 1 SB800 and 1 SB600 at +1 EV in TTL bouncing off ceiling which helped create the bokeh and shadows. Camera: Nikon D300 Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture: f/8.0 Focal…
AP worked with Microsoft on a rich news reading experience to serve as a launching point for AP Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series this year. A panoramic user experience incorporates news, social networks and photos as a way for people to select the newsmakers that interest them. “Battle Punks” is a proof of concept…
Windows Phone 7 Series: It’s a thing! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month’s announcement, though, left a lot of questions. Questions which are answered here, in Gizmodo’s live updated coverage of Microsoft’s MIX 2010 keynote. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now-5471805 https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-what-we-know-what-we-dont-5472235 How exactly will multitasking work? What about those incredible cross platform game demos? Whither WinMo…