January 2012
GymPact Charges You for Being a Lazy Bum (and Pays... →
If you have a gym membership, there’s a good chance you’re just throwing your money away. It’s not because gyms are bad places. It’s because you’re a lazy slob who signed up…
What Is a Hangover? [What Is] →
Yippee! Let’s poison ourselves with beverages that will make us violently ill! It was your battle cry last night, and today you’re paying the price. But what is that hangover…
Stay As Warm As a Wookiee In This Hoodie [Star... →
Given he only ever wore a sash, I’m assuming Chewbacca’s coat of fur keeps him plenty warm. So it stands to reason that a hoodie made from Wookiee fur would do the same, even if…
December 2011
Vote for the Gadget of the Year: Championship... →
Just two gadgets are left standing in our melee to determine the most important gadget of the year, but there can be only one. See what made the cut, and cast your vote for the…
The Best Image Caches of the Year [Video] →
This is probably one of the most beloved features of Gizmodo: image cache. It’s where we put the most beautiful, the most striking, the most most images and videos of the web….
Man Miraculously Saves His Life As Satellite... →
Andrei Krivorukov got a wonderful Christmas gift today: his very own life. He saved it after a titanium ball from a Russian communication satellite crashed right into his house,…
Nerf Guns Provide the Cutest Way to Pull Your... →
Videos of semi-terrified kids having their teeth yanked by others in crazy ways are a dime a dozen. That’s why we love this fearless and adorable kid who yanks his own tooth…
Now This Is How You Take a Family Christmas Card... →
In most Christmas card portraits, everybody in the picture seems simultaneously bored and haggard, likely because they spent the last three hours getting prepped, groomed, and…
This Magical Time Lapse of Los Angeles Inside a... →
Hi folks. You might think Los Angeles is filled with Starbucks sippin’ celeb wannabes who are fake, plastic and vapid. Whatever. I think of Los Angeles as home. And since I’m…
Here's Where Some of the 1-Percent Live... →
“Located on the 25th floor, the open air Terrace Lounge represents the height of urban elegance […] high above the canyons of Wall Street.” Reading the promotional captions of…
Glittery Gifts for the Mystifying Girly Girl on... →
You love your girly girlfriend (friend, sister, cousin, who needs labels). But you do not at all understand the girly-girl accoutrements. They’re a glittery, flowery,…
PotatOS Kit Turns a Portal 2 Gag Into a Science... →
It’s not going to guarantee you an A+ like showing up with a working portal gun would. But you can still wow your teachers by building your own version of Portal 2’s …
Sweden Gives Full Control of Official Twitter... →
You wouldn’t think Sweden, land of beauty and prosperity, would have trouble attracting visitors. But the tourism status quo wasn’t working, it appears, and the country is now…
Check Out Roku's Remote App For iOS [Ios Apps] →
Roku owners: Get psyched! You can now control your media streamers with a new, official iOS app with what looks like a sweet interface and gesture controls. More »
Newbie Teen Drivers Are Even More Useless Than... →
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has used hidden cameras to prove what everyone already knew: most newbie teen drivers are pretty bad drivers. As their videos show, they…
Bonjour Turbo Whisk Review: Fluff. Froth. Fun.... →
The staff over at Food Republic spend their days obsessing about all the delicious things that go into our stomach. So it makes sense they’d know what gadgets are best suited to…
What Would Really Happen If Scientists Invented... →
You see, the thing is that, in order to make the future happen, you need to have people in the present to work on it. So if you happen to invent machine-induced hibernation, just…
Like Jennifer Aniston, Google Translate Is... →
This is really weird. Apparently Google Translate seems obsessed with Angelina Jolie. Which, mind you, it’s completely understandable. Try the following: More »
Party Vest Straps an 8-Inch Subwoofer To Your Back... →
The Christmas party season is in full swing, and if you really want to make a great impression with your boss and co-workers you’ll certainly be noticed if you wear this…
4-Year-Old Girl Winning a Ball With the Santa Claw... →
I can’t believe the incredible joy this little girl experiences when she wins a ball from Gizmodo Gallery’s Santa Claw. DON’T WORRY LITTLE GIRL! SANTA CLAW WILL SEND YOU A…
Another $50 Tablet Stand Designed For a Device... →
For every person who buys a tablet to use as a media consumption device, there’s another who buys one with intentions of transforming it into a full blown laptop or desktop PC via…
Double-Amputee Solider Skydives with His War Dog... →
I was ready to face the possibility that the war dog well ran dry—no further awesomeness of fur and daring could be extracted. I was wrong. This prosthetic-legged warrior …
Your Spam Filter is Helping Tackle HIV [Video] →
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Using This Vibrating Mouthpiece Could Result In... →
It’s arrived for too late for those who’ve already endured the agony of orthodontics, but a new daily treatment using a vibrating mouthpiece could halve the amount of time…
This Is How You Rebuild One of the Nation's... →
The Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland my not be as iconic as the Golden Gate but it’s a vital traffic artery nonetheless. So how do you reconstruct the span without…
Does an x86 Ice Cream Sandwich Port Spell Future... →
Google made good on its IDF keynote promise and announced that is has ported Android 4.0 to Intel’s x86 architecture. What does that mean? Could be that Intel tablets are on the…
This Carbonite-Frozen Han Solo Is the Only... →
Here’s the official Carbonite-Frozen Han Solo Chocolate Bar just because I love you. George Lucas has no shame. And sometimes I don’t care. This 4.5-ounce dark chocolate measures…
November 2011
Is Spotify About to Open Its Doors to Other Apps?... →
Spotify will be holding a press conference tomorrow to announce some special goodness. But what? Some are speculating that Spotify plans to make its huge music library…
All the Cyber Monday Deals We Know So Far [Cyber... →
So you survived Black Friday. (We hope.) Congrats! But it’s not over yet: from Friday’s smoldering rubble comes Cyber Monday and another pack of deals to kick your bank account in…
Price Check by Amazon: Make Sure You're Really... →
Tomorrow’s Black Friday. In the future, Thanksgiving will be known as Black Friday Eve. Families will condition their bodies to consume large amounts of poultry and starches to…
A Guy Accused Tom from MySpace for Being the... →
When a couple goes on Maury aka the most electrifying daytime talk show on television to prove who’s the father of a baby, it’s usually a sordid tale of lying, cheating and…
56 Images That Are Better Out of Focus [Shooting... →
Most of the time, we want our photos perfectly in-focus. We spend thousands on better lenses and millions in R&D to pull off the feat. But some of the time? This week’s Shooting…
How to Weigh a Million Dollar Bills Without a... →
In physics, approximations are important. Developing a predictive model for how something will move/behave/react based on information from another object or scenario can…
Steve Wozniak Grabbed His Shiny New Galaxy Nexus... →
You gotta hand it to Woz, he’s his own man. When there’s a new toy he wants, it doesn’t matter if there’s an Apple on it or not, he’s going to get it. He’ll go straight to Google…
Romo Smartphone Bot Is as Easy To Build as... →
It’s not the first robot kit to harness the processing power and capabilities of your smartphone, but Romotive’s Romo is as easy to assemble as plugging in your headphones, which…
The Only Hidden Knife That'll Make You Look Like a... →
If you’re going to carry a knife, you’ve got to make a decision: Do you want to be the guy with the scary stabby knife that makes you look like Bear Grylls crossed with a Hell’s…
That's No Moon, It's a Light Up Shirt With Sound... →
Mixing Star Wars with those ‘“I’m with stupid” tees, this latest addition to the ever growing list of electronically enhanced shirts features the Death Star firing its…
Camera+: "VolumeSnap Is Back!!" [Apps] →
Three months after being booted from the App Store for employing, “iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way”, the popular Camera+ app is once again—volume button functionality…
Steve Jobs Considered Using Wi-Fi to Crush... →
According to wireless guru John Stanton, he and Steve Jobs repeatedly discussed the feasibility of creating a “synthetic carrier” over Wi-Fi connections—thereby squeezing out…
This 24-Hour Dubai Timelapse Is So Beautifully... →
Our friend Gerald Donovan set his camera in front of what the inhabitants of Dubai call “The Center of Now”. After watching this video, I completely understand why they call it…
Robot Polar Bear Is Gentler Than Your Spouse,... →
A pillow to the face is a good way to silence the snorer you sleep with. Unless you’re the snorer. In that case you’d probably prefer to share a bed with Jukusui-kun, a robot…
New Muppets Bollywood Trailer Is Making the Wait... →
Even after they’ve promised there won’t be another, Muppets parody trailers keep popping up, including this new Bollywood version that Empire has brilliantly dubbed …
Squids and Octopi Change From Invisible to... →
Squids and octopi are mesmerizing creatures when you can get a look at them. But that’s not so easy thanks to their magical invisibility and camouflage powers. More »
Light Paint Can—Photographic Vandalism for a... →
Unless your name rhymes with “Anksy” or you’ve got the chops to do burners like this, you might want to consider a less…permanent means of expressing yourself in the public…
Bros of the World, Rejoice: Bud Platinum Packs... →
The word platinum connotes luxury, influence, perks, the lifestyle of a jetsetter. And now, the crash of a beer pong table flipped over, drowning out the vomit-moans of the girl…
Mechanical OutRun Reproduction Only Lacks a Pocket... →
When it was released back in 1986, SEGA’s OutRun had some of the most cutting edge features in an arcade game, including a moving cabinet, force feedback steering wheel and…
With Blinds Like These, Who Needs Windows?... →
Winter’s quickly approaching and that subterranean studio apartment of yours won’t be getting brighter any time soon. So, instead of knocking out walls for an impromptu Sun room,…
School to Change Its Name to Steve Jobs [Steve... →
Move on Lenin. Steve Jobs is in town. The town of Plovdiv, the second largest city of Bulgaria. There, kids want to change the name of their technical school from Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The Life of a Modern Day Knife Maker Who Still... →
Made By Hand, a documentary series of people who still, um, make things by hand, recently featured Joel Bukiewicz, a modern day knife maker who started Cut Brooklyn, a…
If Only More Gadgets Looked Like iHome's iP4... →
Combining old school inspiration with a stark design full of sharp lines and a matte finish, iHome’s iP4 boombox simultaneously makes nods to the outlandish, button crazy gadgets…