Google is quietly rolling out the ability to share live video in YouTube with ten of your "closest" friends in a Google+ Hangout. While it's fairly complicated right now, Google hopes the streamline the process so you can pop in on your friends midstream. [Mashable] More »
Category Archives: Futurist
Imagine Life Inside This Castle Made of Human Hair [Design]
It would probably be rather itchy. Agustina Woodgate, in her "I Wanted to Be a Princess" series really took the Rapunzel story and ran with it. This first work, called "Tower," uses 3,000 bricks made out of human hair. More »
What Kind of Doll Can Make the Police Destroy a Car? [Wtf]
You're a police officer. You've just gotten a call that a baby's trapped in a hot locked car. The only reasonable thing to do is the break in to save the baby's life, right? Except when it's a doll. Embarrassing! More »
Start the Day With an Nice Cold Glass of Whiskey [Alcohol]
Imagine pouring these into your morning bowl of cereal. Genius! Titled "Ecohols" by designer Jorn, I can see this turning into a whole new food group. [Fubiz] More »
How Driving On the Moon Made Us Care About Space Again [Video]
Back in 1969, the Apollo 11 mission put mankind on the moon. It was a massive accomplishment. Two years later, though, people were getting bored. 40 years ago today, it become the moon buggy's job to make space fun again. More »
Icelanders Write the First Web Constitution, Trolls Surprisingly Get No Amendments [Government]
After what I'm sure was an enormous editorial process, Iceland finally finished drafting their constitution, the first ever to be written on the internet. And I am shocked to see that there is nary a dick pic in sight. More »
YouTurn Brings Car-Style Turn Signals to Bicycles [Gadgets]
If you're a "biker" you probably know what hand turn signals mean and use them daily. But if the people behind you don't know them, they're essentially useless. That's where the YouTurn turn signaling glove comes in. More »
Feeling Old? Let a Snail Crawl On Your Skin [Wtf]
Fashion is a fickle beast, but it gets strange when putting snail slime on your face becomes a thing. Come again? Apparently, snail goo is being marketed in such places as South America and South Korea as the best thing for your skin. More »
First Pictures of the Next Generation of Jet Fighters [Planes]
New pictures just popped up at the AirVenture symposium showing off two pics of what the Air Force hopes will eventually wage air war in the years to come. More »
The ASUS Eee Pad Slider Slides Its Way Out [Tablets]
Remember the Eee Pad Slider from way way back? We certainly do. Which is why it's excellent to see it finally come out, in all its full QWERTY keyboard, Android 3.1-having glory. More »
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Why Did This F-16 Crash? [Video]
Looks Like Batman Hired Puma to Make Him Some Sneakers [Shoes]
Apparently Bruce Wayne needed some shoes to go with his business-casual wardrobe. But when your business is being Batman, even "casual" has to be intense. More »
Why An Amazing Surf Director Thinks FCP X Should Be Called Final Cut Amateur [Video]
Cyrus Sutton is a surfer. And he's reviewing Final Cut Pro X for Gizmodo. Why? Because he's one of the best surf flick directors in decades. His movies exude a summertime vibe I wish I could bottle up for winter. More »
Anonymous Fires Back at NATO with FBI Hack, Releases 400MB of Their Data [Hacking]
Despite the recent spate of arrests on their side, Anon released 400MB of NATO data courtesy of big-time cybersecurity firm ManTech last night. This is their way of making good on a promise and reiterating that they "aren't scared anymore". More »
Watch This Pizza Lover Demonstrate a Pizza Breakthrough In His Cramped New York Apartment [Video]
Continuing the ongoing saga that is outstanding pizza box engineering, Scott Weiner discovered a pizza box from Eataly that does it all: it keeps your pizza piping hot; it has vents for air flow; and it's completely recyclable. Awesome. [Boing Boing] More »
How to Enable NFC Payments On Your Current iPhone 4 [NFC]
Nexus S users think they're so cool with their built-in NFC chips, but now there's an easy hack that anyone can do to enable NFC Payments on an iPhone 4 (among others). More »
Porsche’s Compass Watch Makes Me Wish I Needed a Compass More Often [Desired]
The compass-in-a-watch concept isn't exactly a breakthrough in functionality, but my goodness is Porsche Design's P'6520 compass watch pretty. Its black titanium case splits in two, with the Swiss movement timepiece on the top half and a removable liquid compass on the bottom. More »
This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: The Dark Side of Being a State Farm Agent [Video]
You know those State Farm commercials, the ones where all some sad sack has to do is sing the jingle and their insurance agent pops up out of thin air? Man. How miserable if you're that agent. More »
NASA’s Space Shuttles Helped Advance Salmonella Vaccine Research [Video]
Having suffered Salmonella poisoning before, I can definitively say it is not fun. And that's why I'm pleased to hear that research on Salmonella and MSRA vaccines has been helped along by the now-defunct NASA Space Shuttle program. More »

















