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Hiromi: I've got Rhythm
May 06, 1:00AM
Hiromi is a big deal Japanese jazz pianist who's getting pretty famous in the U.S. now, too. She's been touring around the world for awhile and her compositions are really great. Oh and her playing is totally badass.
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A Coat Rack That Just Makes Good Sense
May 06, 12:00AM
Sometimes when people try to push design forward it takes more of a step backward. Things get more complicated without seeming worth the hassle. But I could really get on board with this coat rack, reCOVER, from Italian houseware designer Teracrea.
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Getting Robots To Pick Things Up Is Actually Really Hard
May 05, 11:00PM
Our hands are a pretty major feat of evolution (opposable thumbs! dexterity!), and it's hard to artificially replicate everything they can do. Especially when it comes to super fine motor skills like picking up very flat, thin or small objects. As part of DARPA's ARM program, iRobot and collaborators at Harvard and Yale are working on versatile robot "hands" that can bear significant weight while also producing subtler gestures.
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Unexpectedly Gory Stop Motion At Its Tiniest
May 05, 10:00PM
You're driving along a country road at a very safe speed. You don't want to hit any deer. And when you see one crossing the road your reflexes kick in! You slam on the breaks and stop just shy of your woodland friend. But boy would a bloody deer head hood ornament look nice . . .
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The World's Tallest Chair Swing Is Actually Quite Tall
May 05, 9:00PM
Stockholm's 130-year-old amusement park, Gröna Lund, just opened the tallest chair swing in the world, and it's 397 feet tall. For context the tallest steel roller coaster in the U.S., Kingda Ka, is 456 feet at its tallest point. So yeah, for a humble chair swing this thing is pretty lofty.
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A Partial Eclipse Step By Step
May 05, 8:00PM
On April 25th photographer Tamas Ladanyi took consecutive exposures of the first partial lunar eclipse of the year. Shooting from Tihany, Hungary near Lake Balaton, Ladanyi captured the 27-minute solar event. The next partial lunar eclipse will take place from May 9 to 10 and will be visible from Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. [Tamas Ladanyi via NASA]
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Barley Trades Creative Control For Ridiculous Ease Of Use
May 05, 7:00PM
You might be building a website because you want to. You have a vision. You're in the zone. But you might be making a website because you need to, even though you have no idea what you're doing. Services like WordPress and Weebly offer prefab options for this basic user, but even then it's easy to get lost in the weeds.
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Do You Still Rely On Free Paper Products For Random Things?
May 05, 6:00PM
Earlier I caught a spider in my apartment by trapping it in a glass, slipping a takeout menu under the rim to cover the opening, and then tossing the spider onto the fire escape. Last week I needed to fill space in a package I was mailing so I got some copies of a free altweekly and balled up the pages. And, you know, sometimes you just need a pamphlet to put your gum in.
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Universally Accessible Energy Will Be Worth The Cost
May 05, 5:00PM
Millions of people live without access to electricity or modern fuel for cooking and heating, but the problem can seem too daunting to tackle. How much would it cost to bring rural communities or countries with limited infrastructure onto the grid?
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SNL Knows That Google Glass Is Going To Be A Struggle
May 05, 3:30PM
Glass can do a lot of cool stuff, but on a number of levels it's just a blooper reel waiting to happen. If iOS's autocorrect could produce that many tumblrs, a face-mounted, voice-controlled smart camera is just an accident waiting to happen. Weekend Update's tech correspondent Randall Meeks is certainly having some issues . . .
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The Night Sky In Death Valley Is Extra Beautiful When Time Lapsed
May 05, 3:00PM
We really take the night sky for granted these days. Between light pollution and Top Gear reruns it's hard to remember that the stars are out there all the time. But they are and in Death Valley you can see them looking badass whenever you want.
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A Morse Code Clock Makes Everything Seem More Official
May 05, 2:00PM
Honestly reviewing morse code is a little unnecessary. We're kind of done with that whole telegraph as the primary form of communication phase. On the other hand, it never hurts to know numbers in different systems. Roman numerals come in handy every now and then, right? Sometimes?
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This Guy Got Swallowed By A Hippo And Survived
May 05, 1:00PM
Look, a lot of people have crazy life stories to tell. They bought a used car formerly owned by Bob Saget or they were on a camping trip, peeing behind a tree when a bear walked by. Quality stories all. But this South African tour guide was, and I can't emphasize this enough, actually in the mouth of a hippopotamus. So, yeah.
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The Onion Explains Exactly How Much Your Social Media Cred Is Worth
May 05, 1:38AM
With some characteristically sharp little jabs, The Onion makes it clear exactly how much all your online friends are worth with this great clip. And still, I have to admit I'm a little jealous of Wasserman's follower count. I mean, damn.
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Weezer: Ruling Me
May 05, 12:03AM
It's pretty well established that Weezer's first two albums were also Weezer's best two albums, and I'm not here to disagree. Whatever your personal favs are (COUGHCOUGH Undone, El Scorcho, Why Bother, No One Else COUGHCOUGH), those records are chock full o' great tunes. The rest? Maybe not so much, but "Ruling Me" is a diamond in the rough.
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How the NYPD Hunted Down an iPhone Thief in an Awesome Subway Chase
May 04, 11:17PM
The subway is a prime place for phone theft. Snatch, grab, run. Whether you're getting on or getting off, you'll make a quick escape from your target. It doesn't always work, though. The NYPD managed to catch someone who tried exactly that trick by using Find My iPhone and following along on the ground in a righteous chase.
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Finally, Drones That Deliver Beer
May 04, 10:35PM
We've seen tacocopters and burrito bombers, and though those will probably be real someday, neither is going to be really delivering anything any time soon. These beer drones, on the other hand, might actually be delivering real beer to real people. In South Africa. Maybe.
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The Great California Cycleway That Never Was
May 04, 9:37PM
Bikes are a great way to get around, and before cars, they were even more crucial. They were so popular, in fact, that in the late 1890s, plans were put in place for a grand bicycle highway that would take riders from Pasadena to Los Angeles, but it was never able to make it to its destination.
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What Is the Prettiest Gadget You Own?
May 04, 8:01PM
Even the prettiest gadgets can still suck. But that said, there's something to be said for devices that are just easy on the eyes, and if they're good too, that's a bonus. Show us the prettiest gadget you've got hanging around. Or, if you're living in a trash-heap or something, what's the prettiest one you aspire to someday own?
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Yet Another Big Twitter Account Has Been Hacked
May 04, 7:05PM
There was McDonalds, and Jeep, and then CBS and the AP. Now E! Online has joined the illustrious club of Twitter accounts that have been hacked. The account has been suspended, but not before claiming that Justin Bieber came out as gay.
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How Iron Man Destroyed $5.86 Million In Cars Alone
May 04, 7:00PM
Tony Stark is a man of wealth and taste. He likes cars that are obscenely fast and ludicrously expensive, like the Audi R8 and the Saleen S7. But when he dons his Iron Man suit, cars get blown up. Specifically, his cars. And other people's cars. Also military equipment, aliens, and his enemies, but especially cars.
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Mysterious Ancient Orbs, The Fountain of Youth in Your Brain, And More
May 04, 6:00PM
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Everything You Should Know About the History of Typography
May 04, 5:00PM
Lettering is everywhere and chances are that you, dear Gizmodo reader, have at least some idea of what font it's all written in. But the typographical arts have a long, rich history, full of subtle changes and evolutions. And the devil's in the details.
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Watch Boeing's X-51A WaveRider Scramjet Blast Off to Mach 5.1
May 04, 4:00PM
Boeing's X-51A WaveRider Scramjet has had its share of bad luck. While its first test flight in 2010 went fine, the two that followed ended with unsatisfactory plops. Now, the USAF has just completed the fourth and final test, and the result was a screaming 370 seconds of scramjet glory and literally hypersonic speeds.
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How to Embrace Anime and Never Look Back
May 04, 3:00PM
The rise of the Internet has come hand-in-hand with anime's explosive growth in popularity and reach. A genre that just a couple decades ago was only available stateside through informal networks trading VHS tapes—the original fan-subbers—has gone mainstream, winning Oscars, breaking box office records, and fostering a rabid online fanbase.
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