KABLOOIE | When homebrew anti-aircraft systems go wrong
https://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-happens-when-your-improvised-missile-truck-5791604
Air Traffic Controller Sleeps as Medical Plane Tries To Land
https://gizmodo.com/air-traffic-controller-sleeps-as-medical-plane-tries-to-5791721
For the third time in almost as many weeks, reports have surfaced of an air traffic controller falling asleep at his post. This time, in Reno, a medical plane carrying a sick passenger had to land without tower assistance in the early hours of More »
Support the Campaign to Build a Life-Size, Operational AT-AT!
https://gizmodo.com/support-the-campaign-to-build-a-life-size-operational-5791600
What a name: AT-AT for America. Says it all, really. The project is due to make an appearance on Kickstarter next week, when you’ll have your chance to throw some money behind the good cause. More »
10 Tools to Help Run Your Way Back Into Shape
https://gizmodo.com/10-tools-to-help-run-your-way-back-into-shape-5791629
If your winter was anything like mine, then you spent it lazing about indoors while eating everything in sight. And that’s totally cool, but you probably gained a few unwanted pounds as well. Now that the weather’s getting warm, and you can no longer hide beneath More »
Where to Buy Cheap Flips Before They Go Extinct
Flips! Dead, killed, gone, and murdered by smartphones. But that doesn’t mean they’re bad little buggers. Hell, for the right discounted price, Flips can still be awesome little video recording machines. Here are the cheapest places to score a Flip before More »
https://gizmodo.com/the-flip-camera-is-finally-dead-your-smartphones-got-bl-5791203
The JawSaw Is Equally Equipped for Tree Grooming and Zombie Defense
https://gizmodo.com/the-jawsaw-is-equally-equipped-for-tree-grooming-and-zo-5791588
The chainsaw, unwieldy as it can be, is a simple enough design to take for granted. The Worx JawSaw, on the other hand, is both cleverly formed, and incredibly formidable looking-whether you’re looking chopping dead wood or undead. More »
Pictures Recently Taken with Expired 50-Year-Old Film Look Like They’re 50-Years-Old
https://gizmodo.com/pictures-recently-taken-with-expired-50-year-old-film-l-5791577
When I saw these pictures I assumed they were at least 50 years old. Nope! Amazingly, the photos were actually shot this month! How come they look so old then? Well, because the pictures were taken with More »
Braun’s Watches are Straight Outta the Dieter Rams Design Books
https://gizmodo.com/brauns-watches-are-straight-outta-the-dieter-rams-desig-5791537
Relaunching the watches line they created with Dieter Rams back in the ’70s is possibly one of the greatest ideas Braun will ever have. Designed by Zeon, they’re actually very Apple; almost like tiny iMacs strapped to your wrist. More »
WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery: On the Seventh Day, You Drink
https://gizmodo.com/williamswarn-personal-brewery-on-the-seventh-day-you-5791429
Truth: I’ve always wanted to be a brewer. Part cook, part scientist, part lush-it’s really everything I ever wanted out of life. And while there are some home brewing kits that at least give me a glimpse into the experience, none of them holds a candle, it seems, More »
