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I’m sure plenty of you have seen the amazing “Ataque de Panico!” video from Fede Alvarez by now, but here’s how it paid off. His $300 video landed him a $30 million contract with Ghost House Pictures. That (understatement)very lucrative(/understatement) contract is with Sam Raimi’s studio. That’s right, a $300 video on youtube and a…
In a very special episode of Remainders, we’ve got: A Verizon-iPhone quote from somebody who would actually know something (Verizon exec!), the anti-COFEE tool DECAF revealed as a hoax, Xperia X10 at the FCC, and (no lie) Three Walrus Moon. Verizon iPhone Rumor From a Non-Analyst (Whaa?) Analysts can blah blah blah about the Verizon…
This cute fifth grader is named Mackenzie. She types at a rapid 119 words per minute and makes the rest of us look pathetic. I’d be happy to just plain stop making typos and maybe type a little bit faster, but Mackenzie won’t rest until she reaches a 200 WPM pace. Geez, these overachieving kids…
It took 300 people to construct a 400 square foot model of the USSR’s capital city back in 1977. Today you can buy that super-detailed, scaled-down version of Moscow for a mere $3 million. Stunning, isn’t it? Apparently every single of the itty-bitty windows in the model can be lit up and there are effects…
The Washington Post has this bizarre Final-Four style bracket to determine the “most influential person of the decade,” and with President Bush’s defeat of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, all the tech figures are now out of the race. Lame. Previously, Osama Bin Laden knocked out Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and President Obama defeated Steve Jobs,…
In 1999, the world met Aibo, the $2,500 robotic dog from Sony. The following year brought quite the litter of less expensive mechanized pups. Real dogs, however, had mixed feelings about their cyber counterparts. There was the immobile singing Poo-chi by Tiger Electronics, a company that also made the i-Cybie, which could lift its leg…
Once upon a time, I wanted to be an evil mastermind and take over the world. My plans were foiled because I knew nothing about the inner workings of nuclear reactors. Oh, if only io9 linked these charts back then. https://gizmodo.com/know-your-nuclear-reactors-with-illustrated-wall-charts-5429963 Those are my favorite charts in the bunch (and probably the most useful ones),…
New Kinetic has an RF attachment accessory for the iPhone that gives it all the power of a universal remote, except way, way better. This is the universal remote we want. https://gizmodo.com/all-giz-wants-a-real-universal-remote-331711 The accessory plugs into the docking port on an iPhone (or presumably iPod Touch), and includes features like an extensive library of IR…
When I first saw this picture, I thought that the guy had gotten frustrated with some kind of weird do-it-yourself exercise equipment and was about to toss it into the woods. I was only right about the DIY part. This strange contraption is a DIY plenoptic camera. Still don’t know what that is? I didn’t…
Normally, I don’t find humidifiers exciting, but this one makes for an exception. https://gizmodo.com/stadler-form-fred-ufo-humidifier-for-sickly-aliens-5422539 It even throws LED ground effects when producing steam. Seriously, even if you aren’t drying up from the weather, it might be worth the $108 price tag to gut it for a PC case. [Japan Trend Shop via 7Gadgets]
Yes, bravery and all that goes with it are a requirement for all Gawker Media interns as you’ll be thrown into our crazy communities and expected to keep them clean. If you think you’re cut out for a gig, read on and apply: Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to work in comments and…
I really like my Droid, but have had the same loose battery door problem as everybody else; it usually slides off while being removed from my pocket, which makes the otherwise-heavy-duty-feeling phone feel weak. Verizon’s solution? Also weak. Apparently Flickr user Anticitizen took his Droid to a Verizon store to see what could be done…
Whoops! These photos of ad agency Crispin Porter’s Job Manager shows dates for Windows Phone ad campaigns as going “live” January 4th and 8th. Crispin Porter Co-Chairman Alex Bogusky (profiled here) posted the shot to demonstrate CP’s massive real-time job management system, which clearly lists two ad campaigns, on January 4th and 8th, for “Windows…
The Coffee + Tea Maker from designer Naoto Fukasawa makes the morning that much more bearable while you wait for that first sweet hit of caffeine. It filters water through a double activated charcoal filter in less than ten minutes, and can produce up to six cups of tea or coffee. The Coffee + Tea…
In this week’s tragically undersupported app roundup: Unicorns, summoned! Bing, Bunged! Human beings, shot to death! Fancy cars, fancily raced! Food quanities, measured relatively! Everything, copied and pasted! Keyboards, questionably revolutionized! And more… https://gizmodo.com/at-t-has-spent-less-on-network-construction-and-capital-5428717 The Apps Honorable Mentions Raytheon: This is a company that’s actively developing iPhone apps for military field use; that they’re making…
Nick Falzone at Bit-tech has created the Chiaroscuro PC. Made of wood and inspired by the Beijing Digital building, this computer is a true thing of beauty. Absolutely amazing, in fact. The best thing: You can do one yourself. Seriously, I wish all computers came like this from the factory. Or at least mine. Check…
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Looking back at vintage advertising can be a sociological horrorshow. It could never be printed now. But it also seems inevitable that some of today’s tech ads will eventually seem utterly backwards, too. The question is, which ones? I’m not talking about obvious screwups like Microsoft whitewashing their Polish advertising campaign (which they apologized for),…
This video has it all: tesla coils! The Zelda theme song! Lightsabers! Balloons that explode in flame! A pretty serious mustache! It doesn’t get much better than this. [YouTube via Geekologie]
I don’t know if my girlfriend would allow me to get Bart Lens’ gargantuan XXXLamp—the world’s largest lamp in production—but I really like the idea of it covering the entire bed, and having it close like a cocoon. The only problem is that, at 13-foot in diameter and 5.25-feet high, I doubt it will fit…
