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Step Inside the U.S. Military's Advanced Weapons R&D Mini-City
Dec 03, 4:00PM
Picatinny Arsenal is considered its own municipality by the New Jersey State government—which makes sense, given its 6,500 acre property. The difference between it and a normal town is that, inside Picatinny, nearly 2,500 engineers and scientists work with advanced weapons systems, military-grade 3D printers, and enough ammunition for multiple branches of the U.S. military. Gizmodo got inside.
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The Fukushima Earthquake Actually Changed Earth's Gravity
Dec 03, 3:45PM
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake, which caused the tsunami behind the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, disrupted more than man-made structures. The European Space Agency's GOCE satellite, measured a significant change in Earth's gravity after the earthquake before falling out of the sky on November 11th.
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Autopsy Robots Can Spot Abnormalities That CSI Techs Can't
Dec 03, 3:20PM
The thought of having to automate a morgue to keep up with the demand is a little depressing, but researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland have developed a robotic system that can help with at least part of an autopsy by spotting physical abnormalities on a body—giving pathologists as much data as possible for determining the cause of death.
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How Two Guys Figured Out The Number of Pools in Los Angeles
Dec 03, 3:00PM
Anyone who's flown into Los Angeles can see them: the tiny, irregular-shaped turquoise gems that dot the residential landscape. It's incredible, really, how visible L.A.'s backyard pools are from the sky. You might have even found yourself counting them as you began your descent into LAX.
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This Funhouse Mirror Can Reflect Back a Smile When You're Frowning
Dec 03, 2:40PM
Promising to revolutionize the amusement park funhouse as we know it, researchers at the University of Tokyo's Hirose-Tanikawa lab have created a remarkable mirror that does more than just make someone look overly thin or tall. It's actually able to change the emotion on someone's face, replacing a frown with a smile, or anger with glee.
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The First Artificial Hearts Were the Size of a Hot Dog Stand
Dec 03, 2:20PM
It might look more like something a street vendor would serve up food from, but, believe it or not, this is one of the first ever artificial hearts.
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Elaborate Buddhist Temple Made From Discarded Amazon Boxes
Dec 03, 2:19PM
And you thought breaking down your Amazon boxes for recycling was creative—Japanese gamer and amateur modeler Upuaza Touryou just trashed the competition, turning his stack of old flimsy cardboard into an insanely elaborate Buddhist temple.
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If you buy a Kindle Fire HDX this week through smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate $20 to the chari
Dec 03, 2:18PM
If you buy a Kindle Fire HDX this week through smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate $20 to the charity of your choice instead of the standard 0.5 percent. A nice little bonus for everyone involved.
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How 3D Printers Are Cranking Out Eyes, Bones, and Blood Vessels
Dec 03, 2:01PM
At the dawn of rapid prototyping, a common predication was that 3D printing would transform manufacturing, spurring a consumer revolution that would put a printer in every home. That hasn't quite happened—-and like so many emerging technologies, rapid prototyping has found its foothold in a surprisingly different field: Medicine.
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Listen to This Year's 100 Top-Streamed Spotify Tracks Right Here
Dec 03, 2:01PM
If all your favorite playlist is missing is everyone else's playlist favorites, fear not! Spotify has released its 100 most-streamed songs of the 2013, both in the US and globally. The results? The most agreeable mix you'll hear all year—and a whole lot of Rihanna.
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Gawker Train Engineer Was "Zoned Out" or Sleeping Before Deadly Crash: Report | io9 Ditch your frien
Dec 03, 1:44PM
Gawker Train Engineer Was "Zoned Out" or Sleeping Before Deadly Crash: Report | io9 Ditch your friends. Science says they're making you lazy. | Jalopnik Westboro Baptist Church Assholes Plan Paul Walker Funeral Protest | Jezebel Miss USA Hopeful Sues After Pageant Recruiter Requests Blow Jobs
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How a Pill Filled With Bacteria Could Actually Make You Better
Dec 03, 1:20PM
Usually, you knock back pills packed with drugs; cocktails of chemicals which have been painstakingly proven to help make you better. Soon, though, you might be swallowing tablets filled with something you might not expect: bacteria.
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Beware This Simple But Incredibly Effective Point-of-Sale Skimmer
Dec 03, 12:20PM
Card skimmers are getting way more common, to the point that they've even started appearing on point-of-sale card machines. And, boy, if this thing is anything to go by, they're getting better and better.
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These Are Some of the Best Microscopic Images of the Year
Dec 03, 11:40AM
Every year, GE Healthcare runs a competition to find the best microscopic cell images of the year—and here are some of our favorites from the shortlist.
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Manners and Cursing, Mapped
Dec 03, 11:00AM
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WhatsApp has just received its long-overdue iOS 7 update--including a lot of tweaks, and one hell of
Dec 03, 10:37AM
WhatsApp has just received its long-overdue iOS 7 update—including a lot of tweaks, and one hell of a flatter interface, too.
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The Sunlit Edge of Saturn's Largest Moon Is Hauntingly Beautiful
Dec 03, 10:20AM
This ghostly image shows the sunlit edge of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Captured by Cassini, it's unilluminated atmosphere provides a hazy yet breathtaking view.
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There's a Naturally Occurring Nuclear Fission Reactor in West Africa
Dec 03, 9:30AM
In May 1972 in a uranium enrichment plant in France, scientists examining ore from a mine in Gabon, West Africa, discovered that a natural nuclear reactor had spontaneously manifested in that region in the Earth's primordial past, churning out approximately 100 Kw worth of energy continuously for a few hundred thousand years about 1.7 billion years ago.
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New Malware Can Jump Air Gaps Using Inaudible Sound
Dec 03, 8:59AM
A team of computer scientists has developed a new breed of malware, which can leap between devices using inaudible audio signals—then covertly transmit passwords and other sensitive data without a network connection.
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Google Play Music has officially arrived on Glass, so those ahead of the curve can now, um, listen t
Dec 03, 8:39AM
Google Play Music has officially arrived on Glass, so those ahead of the curve can now, um, listen to music.
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You can buy the real Han Solo DL-44 Blaster used in Star Wars
Dec 03, 5:09AM
Do you want to buy a house or a piece of Star Wars history? Would you like a Ferrari or the DL-44 Blaster that Harrison Ford used? A college education or a toy gun? The answer is obvious right? It's Han Solo's DL-44 Blaster every time. The blaster pistol made famous by Han Solo is up for auction and it's expected to fetch more than $200,000. Let's pool our money guys.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Buff Dog Workout Video
Dec 03, 5:00AM
Ve're gonna pump *bark* you up!
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Super stealth MIT camera can take 3D images in complete darkness
Dec 03, 4:04AM
Anyone with a smartphone knows how impossible it is to take pictures in the dark. At best you get a picture that looks like a pile of dark to darker grains of sand. Researchers, however, have come up with a better way. They've been able to take 'ultra sharp images' with little to no light. Basically, it's creating clear 3D photos from what looks like nothing.
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Spin around a mountain in super speed like Superman
Dec 03, 2:37AM
Things that usually spin really, really fast: a top, the wheel of fortune wheel, other wheels, circular objects, knobs and other things of that nature. Not a mountain! Well, unless you're Superman and can fly around it. Newsflash: we're not Superman. However! Kevin Parry and Andrea Nesbitt of Candy Glass Productions might be. They created a mountain spinning flyby effect in a sick hyperlapse of Mt. Hood.
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These museums are actually unbelievable gingerbread houses
Dec 03, 2:04AM
Anyone trying to make a gingerbread house for the holidays this year can pretty much give up right now. Just eat everything instead because no matter what you do, you can't possibly top the artistry of these gingerbread museums. Designed by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves for Dylan's Candy Bar, they capture the world's most famous museums in all their delicious beauty.
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