Jacques Cousteau showed audiences undersea life like they had never seen it before. But just as remarkable as the seascapes he photographed are the vehicles he used to access them: repurposed battleships, saucer-like subs, and of course, the aqualung. [YouTube] More »
Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Business - YouTube - Business Services - Émile Gagnan
The Eames Lounge Chair is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful pieces of furniture ever designed. But as shown by this lovely photo of his "do nothing machine," Charles Eames was as much a tinkerer as a designer. More »
Charles and Ray Eames - Business - Charles Eames - Technology - Home and Garden
The U.S. vs. England World Cup match is about to start. Watch it online so you'll know what everyone on Twitter is talking about for the next few hours. [Lifehacker] More »
FIFA World Cup - Sport - World Cup - Soccer - Competitions
The HTC Evo, with its 4.3" display, is a humongous phone. But next to the forthcoming Motorola Droid X, which reportedly also sports a 4.3" screen, the Evo looks positively reasonable. Yeah, the Droid X is gonna be large. More »
Droid - Smartphone - Motorola - Android - Handhelds
Sure, coral reefs are pretty, but they also have creepy almost alien-like superpowers: An entire reef can be regrown from a tiny chunk of coral. More »
Coral reef - Biology - Ecology - Ocean - Aquatic Ecology
No, Android fan boys and girls, you're not imagining it. We'll be rounding up the best new Android apps every two weeks from here on out. This week, apps that make you smarterer. More »
Android - Handhelds - iPhone - Sport - Smartphones
You may not have the guts to try it yourself—I certainly don't—but wave photography as it's done by Clark Little, surfer and photographer extraordinaire, is awe-inspiring. Check out our interview with him to read about his awesome techniques. More »
Business - Photographer - United States - California - Clark Little
This app's been available for a month now, but I'm willing to bet few of you had heard of the darned vuvuzela horns before the weekend just gone. If FIFA actually bans them, here's your free app replacement. More »
iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - South Africa - Vuvuzela
41 per cent of you may not be bothered about the AT&T iPad security breach, but for the remaining 59 per cent of Giz readers who were either outraged or slightly laissez faire about it all, this is for you: More »
Security - IPad - Apple - Consultants - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Backstage at the Fern Gully acid trip spectacle that was Microsoft Kinect's (nee Project Natal) coming out party, we got to see Kinect up close. It's elongated black and shiny plastic, like a PS3 accessory. Take a look. More »
Xbox - Microsoft - Project Natal - Xbox 360 - Video game
Well, the leaks were right. At tonight's E3 kick-off party, Microsoft officially pulled the curtain off Kinect, formerly known as Project Natal. Kinect! Like "connect" and "kinetic" and "Kin." Among the first games to be shown off: Kinect Star Wars. More »
Project Natal - Microsoft - Xbox - Kinect - USA Today
A large mineral deposit worth an estimated $1 trillion has been discovered in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials revealed today. The find could change the nation's economy, alter the war, and contains vast amounts of lithium—found in many of today's batteries. More »
Afghanistan - Asia - Batteries - Shopping - Pentagon
Arduino modder Matthew Garten took his previous watch, a stingray hide "Biopunk Edition," and wrapped it with pseudo steampunk. It's an acquired taste, to be sure, but a temperature-sensing watch is handy if you're dealing with heat (or steam!). More »
Arduino - Watches - Jewelry - Business - Shopping
If you're lucky, one day you may have a near-death experience that will make you appreciate the joy of life in the most powerful way imaginable. If you are a Red Bull Air Race pilot, those experiences look like this. More »
Red Bull Air Race World Championship - Pete McLeod - Red Bull Air Race - Aviation - Recreation
