Part dreamcatcher, part lamp, part nocturnal flower: that's Morning Glory, a project by Wendy Legro recently showcased in Milan. During the day, it allows natural light to flood in. At dusk, it unfolds to brighten the night. It's beautiful. [FastCompany] More »
Measuring just three-inches, that strange plastic doohickey the woman is holding there can detect 3,000 different viruses in under a day. This bio-detector could end up saving your life, in other words. More »
You might think that fresh air would be essential for a sewage treatment plant, but some bacteria cannot stand the stuff. These bugs could clean waste water so efficiently that the process could generate power rather than consume it. More »
Comments are temporarily off. It's nothing personal, tech's just ironing out some bugs that you may have noticed on Gizmodo today. (OK, I lied. It's also totally personal, but I wasn't supposed to tell you that. Don't you dare rat me out, either. We're supposed to be friends and you know I have dirt on you, too.) More »
The iPad Camera Connection Kit may be selling itself short with its name; turns out you can also use it to hook your iPad up to an external hard drive. Here's how it's done. More »
First, it was the wide-mouthed can. Then, it was a can that changed color when it was cold. Most beers, most companies, most icons, heck, most gods would've stopped by now. But Coors Light went and changed the world again. More »
This man, former TSA screener Rolando Negrin, apparently has a tiny penis. It was revealed to his TSA coworkers by the TSA's fancy electronic no-hands strip searcher. They mocked him for nearly a year. Then he snapped. More »
I know! Why don't we all spend our money printing free information off the internet, bind it in covers and clutter our bookcases with it? Wouldn't you like to own books with titles such as "Toasters," "Penguins" and "Antidisestablishmentarianism"? More »
According to a Times' report, Nintendo's boss Satoru Iwata now says that Nintendo should treat Apple as "the enemy of the future." According to him, they won against Sony, and their new nemesis is the iPhone and iPad maker. [Times] More »
See, a guitar made up of phones isn't just about the music. It's about bringing people together. And by "people" I mean mobile operating systems. Presenting two Android and WinMo devices and an iPod Touch, united to play Cracklin Rosie. More »
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The Black Dwarf reminds me of those old 3.5" floppy cases from the 90s. Except it uses eight 2TB hard drives. 16 terabytes. RAID 5. 266 megabytes per second reading. 88 megabyte per second writing. All custom-made. Good. God. More »
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The Borders-backed Kobo eReader is officially on pre-order to be delivered by June 17. It's not as flashy as a Kindle or nook, but the barebones platform is only $150. Drop that price to $99, and Borders may find itself a market. [Borders] More »
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This oil catastrophe off the coast of Louisiana is seriously bad news, something they'll be forced to deal with for years. Who is to blame?! We need some scapegoats, and fast! More »
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Nokia sued Apple again today, claiming that the iPad and iPhone infringe on five of its patents. The two companies have been throwing lawsuits back and forth for months, making this just the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter feud. More »
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Has saving energy ever sounded so exciting? No! And it's never looked as cool, either, as it does with Bugplug, a little monster of a device that uses sensors to switch your electronics off when you leave the room. More »
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Here's a brief history of the internet's infatuation with the idea of a Web OS tablet: First we heard that HP was buying Palm. Interesting! Then we heard that the Windows 7-running HP Slate was canceled. Very interesting. Now, a post on the Examiner citing "industry insiders" says that a WebOS tablet dubbed "Hurricane" could be arriving as soon as Q3 of this year. It certainly seems like HP would try to get such a product out as quickly as possible, though there's nothing in this report that's substantial enough to get too excited about. Still, I want to believe, and so I will. [Examiner via Engadget] More »
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Yahoo's reportedly ponying up $85 million for an upcoming ad campaign—nearly twice as much as they spent on advertising in all of 2009. But as this chart shows, Yahoo's wager looks puny next to Microsoft's massive ad spending. More »
Once we run out of fossil fuels and our society devolves into a violent, resource-hoarding dystopia, the audiophiles of the world are going to have to get creative with their set-ups. This looks about right. More »
Doctors aren't hopeful about their prospects for separating the fledgling fan, which was born recently in Germany and is named Double Circulator, but it seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered: More »
If you thought seeing Conan with a beard was weird, wait until you see Conan with a beard razzing Google VP Vic Gundotra. Really weird. Also really funny. The full, 48-minute clip includes bonus Andy Richter action—watch it! More »
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