Sometimes you don't need a sound synthesizer to create rhythms and music. When you have talent and a video editing software, anything can be your instrument. Including balls. All kinds of them. [Thanks Eduardo Lozano!] More »
Arts - Electronic - Music - Video - Synthesizers and Samplers
The iPad accessories are flying in thick and fast, with the Quirky Cradle being the latest replacement for...your lap? It features a circular plate which rotates the iPad; certainly a nice touch and makes the $52.50 a lot more reasonable. More »
Recreation - Collecting - Transportation - Arts - Online Writing
The US military is gonna need some new fighter jets at some point, probably after 2025. It's never too early for Boeing to start pitching for their business! More »
Fighter aircraft - Aviation - Recreation - Military - Experience Flights
The XM25 is the deadliest hand weapon in the army arsenal. Why? Because it can fire 25mm rounds that explode at any distance set by the soldier, killing people protected behind walls or trenches. Here it is in action. More »
You're looking at the first integrated circuit. The heart of every gadget and computer around you. This crude blob of components and germanium was created by Nobel Prize winner and Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby. But it wasn't his idea. More »
If you don't know the name Shane Mahan, that's your loss. He's the real Tony Stark, the practical effects wizard leading the team who constructed the actual Iron Man suit for the Iron Man movies. And he's a great interviewee: More »
Part dreamcatcher, part lamp, part nocturnal flower: that's Morning Glory, a project by Wendy Legro recently showcased in Milan. During the day, it allows natural light to flood in. At dusk, it unfolds to brighten the night. It's beautiful. [FastCompany] More »
Measuring just three-inches, that strange plastic doohickey the woman is holding there can detect 3,000 different viruses in under a day. This bio-detector could end up saving your life, in other words. More »
You might think that fresh air would be essential for a sewage treatment plant, but some bacteria cannot stand the stuff. These bugs could clean waste water so efficiently that the process could generate power rather than consume it. More »
Comments are temporarily off. It's nothing personal, tech's just ironing out some bugs that you may have noticed on Gizmodo today. (OK, I lied. It's also totally personal, but I wasn't supposed to tell you that. Don't you dare rat me out, either. We're supposed to be friends and you know I have dirt on you, too.) More »
The iPad Camera Connection Kit may be selling itself short with its name; turns out you can also use it to hook your iPad up to an external hard drive. Here's how it's done. More »
First, it was the wide-mouthed can. Then, it was a can that changed color when it was cold. Most beers, most companies, most icons, heck, most gods would've stopped by now. But Coors Light went and changed the world again. More »
This man, former TSA screener Rolando Negrin, apparently has a tiny penis. It was revealed to his TSA coworkers by the TSA's fancy electronic no-hands strip searcher. They mocked him for nearly a year. Then he snapped. More »
I know! Why don't we all spend our money printing free information off the internet, bind it in covers and clutter our bookcases with it? Wouldn't you like to own books with titles such as "Toasters," "Penguins" and "Antidisestablishmentarianism"? More »
According to a Times' report, Nintendo's boss Satoru Iwata now says that Nintendo should treat Apple as "the enemy of the future." According to him, they won against Sony, and their new nemesis is the iPhone and iPad maker. [Times] More »
See, a guitar made up of phones isn't just about the music. It's about bringing people together. And by "people" I mean mobile operating systems. Presenting two Android and WinMo devices and an iPod Touch, united to play Cracklin Rosie. More »
Windows Mobile - Android - IPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds
The Black Dwarf reminds me of those old 3.5" floppy cases from the 90s. Except it uses eight 2TB hard drives. 16 terabytes. RAID 5. 266 megabytes per second reading. 88 megabyte per second writing. All custom-made. Good. God. More »
Storage - Hardware - RAID - BlackDwarf - Hard Drives
The Borders-backed Kobo eReader is officially on pre-order to be delivered by June 17. It's not as flashy as a Kindle or nook, but the barebones platform is only $150. Drop that price to $99, and Borders may find itself a market. [Borders] More »
Borders - Scotland - Shopping - Walls - Home and Garden
This oil catastrophe off the coast of Louisiana is seriously bad news, something they'll be forced to deal with for years. Who is to blame?! We need some scapegoats, and fast! More »
Gulf Coast of the United States - Louisiana - United States - Mississippi - Gulf Coast
