Pending confirmation by the folks at Guinness, a group of students at DeLaSalle high school in Kansas City will be able to say they've built the world's most efficient electric car, a see-thru, F1-style racer that gets 300mpg equivalent. More »
Olympic stadiums have a short shelf life. They're oohed and aahed at during the games, but after the festivities, they're forgotten and left to rust. China is trying to prevent that by re-inventing the beautiful Water Cube as a theme park. More »
Sure, hubless bicycles aren't exactly new, but it just trips me out seeing a guy riding his hubless bicycle around. It's like watching something that's not supposed to happen, happen. More »
Here's a picture of a guy proposing to his girlfriend in a photobooth. It makes me bubble inside and I never bubble inside. Just look at her, she goes from a simple smile to pure elated joy in under 4 pictures. More »
George Lucas announced today that all six live-action Star Wars movies will be released on Blu-ray in Fall 2011. Along with seeing every strand of Chewbacca's hair and Princess Leia look pretty in HD, the box set will also include documentary features and previously unseen footage. Pricing hasn't been announced yet. More »
The NFL wants to insert a tracking chip into footballs so that it can give players fair and accurate spots. The new system could cut down on human error and solve many potential arguments during a game More »
I'm sure when I was younger I wanted to live in a McDonald's playground forever. Now, thanks to the imaginative Japanese, I can. These Reversible Destiny Lofts in Tokyo are basically an adult-sized playground masked as housing solutions. More »
The new Conair BaByliss Pro Volare hairdryer packs an "engine" built with Ferrari's team using real Ferrari parts. I'm just hoping that if I use the Volare my hair will ooze Italian sex appeal. More »
If I told you there's a website that posted pictures of people feeding food to inanimate objects, what would you say? Yeah, I'd want to see it too. There's something awesome about a balloon drinking coffee and a girl eating door. More »
Some guy's e-mail address is 345 characters long. Mine's only 17 characters long. Damn, he's way bigger than me. Here's his elongated e-mail address in all its glory. More »
For me, paper towel dispensers fall under things I never thought needed improving. The imaginative folks at CLEANCut think differently—they've created an automatic paper towel dispenser and cutter that's sleek, touchless and probably totally unnecessary. More »
The Mercury News is reporting that Paul Shin Devine, a midlevel Apple global supply manager, has been arrested and accused of accepting $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories. He allegedly sold confidential information. More »
Sure, you could add a faux leather skin to re-create the classic Leica feel but why do that when you could just print out a picture of a Leica Camera and tape it to the back of your iPhone 4? More »
PayPal is reportedly in talks with Google to add PayPal as a payment method to Android Market. I guess they're hoping to make paying for apps as easy as possible so that Android users might start paying for apps. More »
In order to create a renewable carbon economy, you can use solar power to split carbon dioxide. Combine the resulting carbon monoxide with hydrogen and you have the beginnings of a solar fuel that could one day replace oil. More »
The second ever 4G phone has added pressure to be better the first. Aldrin was better than Armstrong at punching skeptics in the face, for example. So is the Epic 4G better than the EVO? In almost every way. More »
Windows: If you like the look and feel of Mac OS X but prefer to stick with Windows (whether it be for gaming, or because you just don't like Apple), freeware Snow Transformation Pack will make Windows looks like OS X. More »
Funky, futuristic wrist pieces are a dime a dozen on Gizmodo, so it's completely refreshing to see one so manually operated and backward-thinking in its design. Look closely though. That's not the time it's giving... More »
