The venerable Star Trek tricorder, often imitated but never actually shown 100% emulating the one demonstrated in science fiction, could net an inventor $10 million if they're able to produce the real thing. More »
Javier Maya's Pave bicycle store in Barcelona is, at first glance, an art gallery for cycling buffs. The walls are all backlit, the lines incredibly clean. The thing is, everything's for sale. More »
A site that's made a name for itself as a leaker of legitimate Apple prototypes and near-complete devices has done it again, leaking an iPhone 5 case that shows a bigger screen and a different flash location. More »
This intricate metal structure is functional and flexible. Could it be a new kind of industrial skin, with wide-ranging real-world applications? The surface to a Borg Cube? Simple scaffolding? None, actually. It's far more comfortable that any of those. More »
Gizmodo friend Dave Pell wrote us today with a cool new project called Delivereads. More than a play on words, this project will deliver (get it?) daily curated content to your Kindle with almost zero effort. More »
Back on February 9, we reported that the Adamo, Dell's sexy-yet-lacking ultrathin laptop, was no more. That didn't mean Dell was done with the genre, however, as it seems there's a new sexy, svelte model on the horizon. More »
We love both Android and iOS, but the open nature of Android just means it can do things others just can't. Here are our favorite Android apps and features that you won't find on its Apple-clad brethren.… [Lifehacker]
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If and when an iPhone update arrives this year, it may do so with a small suffix and some new carrier friends. Mainly, you can expect an "iPhone 4S" in September, with support for Sprint and T-Mobile. More »
Few e-readers are as intimate as this prototype from Nicholas Chen. Look how they communicate in that video! The only caveat it's backed by Microsoft Research. We all know what happened the last time they teased something like this. More »
Over two years ago, Air France Flight 447 crashed midway through a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Paris, France. It took weeks to find any trace of the Airbus A330 plane, and to this day, investigators are unable to determine with 100% certainty what caused the crash. More »
Know why I love living in California? The. Beach. However! There aren't many plugs out there. That's where the Eton Soulra XL iPhone/iPod speaker dock can come in. More »
We love superlatives—and right now USB 3.0's super speed is a great one. Also nice? Anything world's smallest. That's what PQI is claiming of their newest flashdrive. But is this thing even relevant anymore? More »
In an obvious attempt to hasten the destruction of mankind, a team of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin built a neural network and promptly induced in the system a state of digital Schizophrenia. The DISCERN neural network was created, in part, to test a hypothesis that schizophrenic symptoms are a byproduct of the sufferer's inability to efficiently ignore stimuli — they can't forget information as easily as the average person. The team mimicked this effect by programming DISCERN to learn natural language — storing information based on the relationship of the words and sentences. As the team increased the system's rate of learning, DISCERN could not properly parse the data, resulting "language abnormalities that suggest schizophrenia," according to one researcher. DISCERN eventually started putting itself at the center of delusional stories, even going so far as to claim responsibility for a terrorist bombing. More »
Sure, Osama bin Laden was finally taken down under President Obama's watch. But that doesn't mean former President George W. Bush didn't have his own accomplishments to celebrate this week, too! And honestly, anything that gets Will Ferrell back doing his Bush impersonation is all right by me. More »
TV in a Card is a very literal business. Although not exactly what I'd consider "card" sized, it is a card-shaped document with an embedded video screen that automatically plays when you open it. Does society need this? Maybe! More »
One of the many, many amazing bits of photo and video being run in The Atlantic's powerful package on nuclear testing in the US is this shot. More »
These are the Outlier Feit Supermarines. They cost $260. Wait! Before you finish that spit-take, let me explain. More »
That HTC is touting the stylus for its Flyer tablet as a wonderful feature is risible on its own—outside of those with very specific uses, nobody should ever need a stylus in 2011. But the price is insane. More »
A teenager has been arrested in Saskatoon, Canada, after he was caught giving a murder confession. How was he caught? The cops bugged an Xbox 360 game. More »
Dave Arnold is the Director of Technology for the French Culinary Institute—basically, he develops the gear that makes the craziest chefs' most ridiculous dreams come true. And this is his burger of the future. More »
