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You Can Actually Browse the Web on a 27-Year-Old Mac Plus
Dec 15, 4:00PM
Jeff Keacher wanted to get his Mac Plus, now well into its third decade, online. It had been on BBSes and text-only Lynx via dial-up back in the day, but Keacher wanted to go full TCP/IP. And it worked. He even loaded Gizmodo for us!
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Japanese Christmas Light Displays Are Simultaneously Absurd and Calming
Dec 15, 2:23PM
In south Japan, Mie prefecture is rocking 7 million LED Christmas lights. Hence the awesome light tunnel above. "Illuminations" or Christmas light displays have been a big deal in Japan since the 1980s. But there's something a lot more contemplative about these lights compared to some of the spectacles in the U.S..
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This is what the Universe would look like if it were a tiny model
Dec 15, 6:54AM
The observable Universe is a 92-billion-light-year sphere—a place so big that it's impossible to imagine its dimensions. But what if the Universe were as small as a scale model train? Then the Horsehead Nebula would look something like the above.
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Video Of China's Jade Rabbit Rover Rolling On to the Moon's Surface
Dec 15, 2:53AM
One small rollout for a rover, one giant leap for China National Space Administration.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual Sale
Dec 15, 2:00AM
Victoria's Secret is having its big semi-annual sale. But wait, didn't they just have one? Like, not that long ago? What the hell does semi-annual even mean? Better not waste any time though — it sounds like the sale is ending soon.
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Flight of the Conchords Shows Us How Robots Will End Mankind
Dec 15, 1:00AM
You knew this was coming, but we had to do it. With all the talk around Google and Boston Dynamics, plenty of folks are wondering what the future will look like. Flight of the Conchords have already peered into our robot-led destiny, and things don't look good for us.
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Magic Color-Changing Camo Blends In No Matter The Season
Dec 15, 12:00AM
Camouflage only works when it's got the same color and pattern as your surroundings. When the foliage takes on a different hue, you don't want to be caught wearing last season's color. This magical new camouflage solves that problem with temperature-sensitive dyes to keep your sporting wear fashionable year-round.
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If You Could Have Any Boston Dynamics Robot, How Would You Use It?
Dec 14, 10:00PM
Today's big news is Google buying Boston Dynamics. Lazy writers, myself very much included, spent the day making tired old jokes about the dawn of the machine uprising. But there's gotta be an alternate fantasy, where the robots do something more awesome than overthrow their creators. Let's dream one up together!
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This week in tech reads, a deeper look at privacy, money, and the way that design affects how studen
Dec 14, 9:00PM
This week in tech reads, a deeper look at privacy, money, and the way that design affects how students learn.
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Wrapping Your Mac Charger, Squirrels, And the Bad Side of Gluten Free
Dec 14, 8:00PM
This was a great week of learning on Gizmodo! We discovered the right way to store your Mac charger, the wrong way to pave a Russian road, looked at why a gluten-free diet could be bad for you, and debunked nine of the internet's most popular and fictitious "fun facts." Let's review.
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Twitter's oft-rumored Nearby function, a timeline showing tweets based on your current location, has
Dec 14, 7:52PM
Twitter's oft-rumored Nearby function, a timeline showing tweets based on your current location, has been seen in the wild, according to The Wall Street Journal. Twitter wouldn't comment except to say they're always testing new stuff. [WSJ via AllThingsD]
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Interstellar Trailer: A Brief History of Flying
Dec 14, 7:04PM
Christopher Nolan's next epic movie is called Interstellar. It's about space travel. It comes out a year from today. That's everything we learned about the movie from this trailer, and we're dying to know more.
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An incredible photo of a colonial base in an alien world called Earth
Dec 14, 6:33PM
This otherworldly photo is so amazingly weird and exotic that you may think it comes from a secret colonial base in the Jovian moon of Europa. In reality, it's the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica as photographed by Antony Dubber, the chef of the British Antarctic Survey.
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A Closer Look at Google's New Robot Army
Dec 14, 6:00PM
We learned today that Google has purchased Boston Dynamics, the lab of mad scientists behind some of the most awesomely scary robots ever seen. What exactly did Google get out of the deal? An army of jaw-droppingly capable robots that can walk, run and climb through seemingly any terrain. Let's meet the team.
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This Crazy Pneumatic Tube System Will Deliver Burgers at 87 MPH
Dec 14, 5:20PM
Waiter service too slow for you? How about a pneumatic tube that spits out sliders at 87 MILES PER HOUR? C One Espresso, a cafe in Christchurch, New Zealand, has concocted just such a plan to deliver mini-burgers straight to your table via pressurized air.
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How to Get Your Luggage Back When the Airline Loses It
Dec 14, 5:00PM
You've just arrived in Orlando for a holiday with the in-laws, and your bags are on vacation as well—in South Dakota. Here's how to get your worldly possessions back and get on with your relaxing.
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China's Rover Has Reportedly Landed On the Moon
Dec 14, 4:00PM
China's state-run television network is reporting that the unmanned Yutu lunar rover has successfully soft-landed on the moon. The rover, which touched down a few minutes after 9PM Saturday night Beijing time, is the first object to be successfully soft-landed on the moon since 1976.
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Google Just Bought Crazy Walking Robot Maker Boston Dynamics
Dec 14, 2:48PM
Google confirmed yesterday that it has acquired Boston Dynamics, maker of creepy walking humanoids and creepy running animal bots. Talk about a power couple.
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Okay, Sure, Let's Watch a Real-Life Laser Gun Destroy Raw Pork
Dec 14, 2:00PM
What do you like to do in your free time? Play boardgames? Watch Netflix? Cook quinoa? These are all perfectly normal ways to while away your days—but German hobbyist Patrick Priebe builds laser guns. This is a perfectly awesome way to spend your free time.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Mondo Taurobolium
Dec 14, 5:00AM
Taurobolium, the ancient Roman practice of bull sacrifice, gets a subversively psychedelic re-imagining in animator Galen Pehrson's video for Avant-folk singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart's latest work.
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A Crazy Thin Backup Battery You Can Probably Also Use as a Bookmark
Dec 14, 3:00AM
You know the drill. Your smartphone's battery rarely lasts a full day, but carrying around a clunky external backup sounds like a hassle coupled with a burden. Unless you've opted for Vorson's Bookmark which packs a 2,500 mAh battery into a remarkably thin housing that's just 4.7 millimeters thick. There are magazines thicker than that, so this should easily disappear inside your bag.
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Reinforced Dress Shirts Let You Safely Open Twist-Off Bottlecaps
Dec 14, 2:00AM
Twist-off bottle caps are supposed to be easy to open with your bare hands. But there are still some sharp metal edges to deal with, which usually has thirsty people reaching for something to protect their hand, like their shirt tails. Finally, there's a shirt that's designed specifically to be up to the challenge.
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This Magical Table's Electromagnetic Field Turns On Nearby Light Bulbs
Dec 14, 1:00AM
Hold a fluorescent light bulb near this table, and the filament will suddenly flicker on. It looks like magic, but it's simple science: An embedded circuit produces an electromagnetic field that acts on the mercury gas inside the bulbs, making them glow as if they're plugged in.
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Now Available: Oppo N1 in the U.S.
Dec 14, 12:20AM
The Oppo N1, a funky swivel-camera smartphone from China, hit U.S. shores this week. If you want to basically guarantee you'll never see another person carrying your phone's twin, this is probably the phone you want.
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How To Make a Terrifying, Spinning, Ferrofluid Buzzsaw
Dec 14, 12:00AM
There are almost as many fascinating ferrofluid videos on YouTube as there are clips of kittens being cute. So it's rare to come across one that offers anything new and interesting. But CrazyRussianHacker has done just that with this simple trick that turns ferrofluid into some kind of nightmarish liquid metal spinning saw blade.
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