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Survey Shows Hacking Is a Bigger Concern For People than Tracking
Dec 22, 4:33PM
According to a November survey of 1,000 voters, people are more creeped out by the possibility of a person or group ascertaining their personal information, than the idea that someone might be following their online movements and habits.
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A Professional Short Shot on a Video Girl Barbie
Dec 22, 3:16PM
When Video Girl Barbie came out in 2010 it seemed like a pretty weird idea to jam a camera into a doll's décolletage. And at 1.2 MP and 240p, the specs didn't exactly make it worthwhile. But flash forward to 2013 . . . and it still seems super weird.
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There's Finally an iOS 7 Jailbreak
Dec 22, 1:51PM
If you asked Santa for the chance to get favorite jailbreak features back on your iDevice this year, your Christmas miracle has arrived. The Evasi0n team just posted an iOS 7 Jailbreak.
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Crossword Puzzle: What Did We Learn About the NSA This Year?
Dec 22, 1:00AM
We've certainly learned a lot this year about the surveillance state. Thanks to the cache of intelligence documents leaked by Edward Snowden, as well as the hoards of legal records we liberated through our Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, we've had immense amounts of new information to consume and process. But how many of the details do you remember? It's time for a pop quiz.
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Team SCHAFT Sticks It to Competition, Wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
Dec 21, 11:54PM
After two days of competition, Tokyo's team SCHAFT has won the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Miami. With 27 out of a possible 32 points in eight challenges, SCHAFT pulled out a decisive victory. IHMC Robotics (20 points), Tartan Rescue (18 points), MIT (16 points) and Robosimian (14 points) round out the top five. We can't wait for the final competition to come in 2014.
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Relive Man's First Launch to the Moon, 45 Years Ago Today
Dec 21, 11:00PM
On December 21st, 1968, three men left earth and became the first humans to orbit the moon. Their entire journey was legendary, and even 45 years later watching Apollo 8 launch is almost heart-stopping.
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Overstock.com Will Accept Bitcoin, Immediately Exchange for Dollars
Dec 21, 9:50PM
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne made waves in the imaginary money world when he announced the retailer will start accepting payment in bitcoin sometime next year. In interviews, Byrne made his confidence in the cryptocurrency seem rock-solid. But if you look a little closer, it seems he's not really buying in at all.
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Bot Cameras, Lidar Eyes, and the Driverless Racetrack of the Future
Dec 21, 9:01PM
Gizmodo's coverage of the DARPA Robotics Challenge continues with day two at the Homestead Speedway south of Miami. The weekend has arrived and the crowds are here with their kids, cheering on the bots.
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Snapchat's Update Lets You Replay One Snap Per Day
Dec 21, 8:20PM
Snapchat just rolled out a big update with a bunch of new features, the most important being Replay. Now, every day brings a one-time chance to review the most recent message in your stream. If that makes you think twice about what you've been Snapchatting, maybe it's time to reevaluate your life.
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Half-Cow, Half-Machine Artificial Heart Implanted in First Human
Dec 21, 7:40PM
This week, French surgeons implanted a Carmat artificial heart in a human patient for the very first time. The device, which combines mechanical components and heart tissue derived from cows, is the first artificial heart designed for long-term use up to five years.
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Tunnel Trouble, Chuck Norris, Every Android Phone Ranked, and More
Dec 21, 6:00PM
This week was all about big stuff, whether it was big, unidentified objects blocking Seattle's tunnel, or big air in the form of extreme stunts. Also, there's a really yucky picture of a hand surgically attached to an ankle at the very end of this article. You've been warned.
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Watch the DARPA Challenge and the Future Of Robotics Live Right Here
Dec 21, 5:20PM
We've seen countless videos of ATLAS and other advanced robots strutting their stuff, but now it's officially time for all of them to put their money where their mouths are (wait, do robots have mouths?) as the DARPA Robotics Challenge officially gets underway. And you can watch a live stream of the events as they unfold right here.
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How The Ruins Of Europe Built A Major Road In America
Dec 21, 5:00PM
To say Europe was in ruins after World War II would be using understatement. Cities were destroyed. Villages were obliterated. Societies themselves would take decades of rebuilding. Out of all that rubble, though, emerged one road in New York that's often overlooked: the arterial FDR Drive.
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How to Take Holiday Photos That Don't Suck
Dec 21, 5:00PM
Holiday family gatherings are the ripest events of year for photo-documentation. Rather than leaving the task to Aunt Edna, take those reins yourself. You can capture the finest damn pictures this family has ever seen!
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In the run-up to the holidays, smart folks all around the internet were talking robot ethics, fake j
Dec 21, 4:15PM
In the run-up to the holidays, smart folks all around the internet were talking robot ethics, fake job references, bitcoin, comics, and how streaming music supported and squashed cover bands. It's all in this week's Tech Reads:
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Chris Hadfield Answers Your Spacewalk Questions on Twitter Right Now
Dec 21, 3:16PM
Astronaut and space-tweeter Chris Hadfield has been chatting with followers about today's ISS spacewalk all morning. Head on over to his profile while you watch NASA's video live feed of the spacewalk below.
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The Fascinating Century of the Crossword, the Original Mobile Game
Dec 21, 3:00PM
Look around at the people on a train, at a bus stop, or in an airport. Chances are, lots of them are playing some kind of game on their smartphones. But in any crowd, you'll likely see someone poring over a different pocket diversion — the crossword puzzle, still going strong today on its 100th birthday. It's been a fascinating century.
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This Spacecraft Fairytale Will Make Anyone Excited About Outer Space
Dec 21, 2:00PM
Rosetta is traveling to unknown lands. Her voyage has gone on nearly a decade. With her lander Philae, she's mankind's most intrepid explorer, headed for a mysterious destination called Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It's not a fictitious fairytale. It's science.
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Watch Today's ISS Spacewalk Live, Right Here, Right Now
Dec 21, 12:24PM
It's no lazy Saturday on the International Space Station: astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins have just begun the first of three spacewalks to fix a faulty cooling loop on the outside of the ISS. And you can watch it live.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Beat It Tonight (NSFW)
Dec 21, 5:00AM
No see, the three supa-hawt party girls getting naked and drunk represents the itch of his addiction—that itch, that unyielding, nagging itch—the Molotov cocktail, his determination to conquer it.
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Super fun holiday Rube Goldberg machine is a Christmas miracle
Dec 21, 1:00AM
Happy holidays everyone. Enjoy the time with your family and friends and the days off you might get. Here's a holiday Rube Goldberg machine from Quirkology, it starts a little slow but then grows bigger and basically becomes a wonderful Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) miracle. Have fun! Stay safe!
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Most Beautiful Items: December 13 - 20, 2013
Dec 21, 1:00AM
It's nearly Christmas so everything is beautiful, from the lights decking every inch of your neighborhood to the fact that you're about to get a little vacation. But we also had plenty of things to show you this week, from our favorite Instagram accounts to a tunnel to the sky in a Manhattan train station, and so much more. Here are our favorite, eye-popping posts from this week:
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Movies are pretty corny when you only hear their punchline
Dec 21, 12:00AM
You might not want to admit it but your favorite action movie is pretty corny. But it's okay! Because they're fun and they're ridiculous and there are explosions and they're quite wonderful at wasting two hours. But when you only see little bits of the movie? Especially just the punchline? It gets quite embarrassing. Just watch this supercut of the punchline of 100 action movies. It's great.
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Designer Mods a Pioneer a DJ Deck to Look Like the Millennium Falcon
Dec 21, 12:00AM
Designer Jesse Dean has made a career out of modding out DJ equipment like turntables in all kinds of nerdy ways. His latest, though, might be the most profound geek mod he's ever done.
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This Week in Time Capsules: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Capsule
Dec 20, 11:42PM
This week's top time capsule stories from around the world include an abundance of riches in Florida, a surprise capsule found by some rather patient people Down Under, and the old question of tech obsolescence at a school in California.
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