In this week's Gizmodo University: Discover Electronics, we're diving headfirst into the principle theories of electronics. The second of four classes in this series, "Volts, Amps, and Ohms" is presented in conjunction with Sparkle Labs. More »
Fall is here and the weather is slowly getting colder. What does that mean? It's time to stay inside, get warm and play some video games. Here are the best video games available right now. More »
There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are 50 absolutely essential apps. More »
If you want fake blood done right, you've got to turn to the professionals. And I'm pretty sure the "I wish this blood were real/yours" look in this man's eyes qualifies him as professional. More »
What? Why? How? Answers to these questions, AND MORE, in Gizmodo's ultimate jailbreaking guide for iPhones, iPods and iPads. More »
It's Friday night and you're bored? Head over to #whitenoise and enjoy a few laughs with the folks there. They'll even show you how to make the world a better place using Folding@home. (To learn more about that, head to this commenter-maintained Google Doc.) More »
Awkwardly-coiffed magician Penn Jillette is an inventor. His greatest triumph: a "hydro-therapeutic stimulator" for women with jetstreams directed to "stimulation points (e.g., the clitoris) of the female user when the female user sits in the seat." Meet the Jill-Jet. More »
Jeff and Ashley Sierzenga recently took it upon themselves to bring to life the flesh-eating nanobots from Jeff Carlson's bestselling series Plague Year. Here you can see their entire project, from schematics to the final model. More »
Based on my experience, the Pad and Quill cases are the toughest of all the gadget cases which imitate Moleskine notebooks. And now there are finally Kindle 3 and Nook versions. More »
Sixteen year old Jessie Bauguess is in jail. Not for bullying, not for underage sexting, not for shoplifting—no innocent teen follies at all. Rather, he's behind bars because he detonated a bomb-rigged pen at school. More »
Without fanfare, Microsoft now offers Zune fans an all you can eat yearly subscription for $150 (previously, you were limited $15 month-by-month access). Like the incremental plan, you'll still be able to keep ten tracks per month. [Ars Technica] More »
Happy news for Samsung Moment users: Sprint is pushing through an update which will fix the "911 call restrictions after modem crash related to airplane mode and data lockup." Basically this means that now your phone shouldn't prevent you from making calls after you toggle its Wi-Fi off. [MobileCrunch] More »
There are 18,000 parking lot attendants in the U.S. with college degrees. There are 5,000 janitors in the U.S. with PhDs. In all, some 17 million college-educated Americans have jobs that don't require their level of education. Why? More »
Android: Itching Thumb is an Android task manager that displays running tasks (in a fashion similar to the alt-tab function in Windows) with live preview and enables gesture-based application launching. More »
Kick off the weekend with a sweet selection of free and heavily discounted apps. You've earned it. More »
