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Sony A7s: Sony's Compact Full-Frame Camera Gets a Video Overhaul
Apr 06, 10:11PM
Just a half-year after Sony announced the dopeA7 and A7r full-frame compact interchangeable-lens cameras it's pushing out a new iteration of the mirrorless shooter. This one's build around video. It does 4K—Sort of. It's not what people were expecting but it might be incredible anyway.
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This Mystery Man Took Hundreds Of Photobooth Self-Portraits—But Why?
Apr 06, 10:00PM
We don't know the identity of the mystery man in these photos, but, starting in the photobooth boom of the 1930s, he began snapping black-and-whites of himself. Thirty years later he had hundreds of nearly identical shots, and now the entire collection is being shown to the public for the very first time. This is some Amélie-in-real-life biz, and hoo-boy it's fascinating.
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Desperate for Some Midday Shut-Eye? Google Naps Has You Covered
Apr 06, 9:00PM
It happens to the best of us: You stayed up late getting down on a Tuesday night (read: re-watching True Detective and eating Seamless until 5am), and come Wednesday, you can barely keep your eyes open. Desk napping is far too risky, so what's a comatose professional-about-town to do? Why, pull up Google Naps, of course.
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Here's What Tetris on the Side of a 29-Story Skyscraper Looks Like
Apr 06, 8:02PM
Last night, hundreds of people crowded around the 29-story Cira Centre building in downtown Philadelphia to fulfill every classic Game Boy lovers' dream—playing Tetris on 100,000-square-foot screen for all the world to see.
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Not the kind of tweets you want to see from NORAD...
Apr 06, 7:13PM
About half an hour ago, NORAD sent out an ominous looking tweet with the words "NORAD jets intercept..." and a link. The only problem? If you clicked on the link it brought you to an FAA error page with no more information.
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Giant Portrait Shows Drone Operators That People Aren't "Bug Splats"
Apr 06, 6:47PM
From where a drone operator's sitting, one blurry blob of pixels looks almost exactly like the next blurry blob of pixels, which is how the term "bug splat" worked its way into modern military slang as a way of referring to a kill. Now, though, a giant art installation in Pakistan wants to show drone operators that its people are anything but anonymous white blobs—and that that "bug splat" belongs to an actual human being.
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Amazing trick will distort your vision and make you hallucinate
Apr 06, 5:40PM
This is the most incredible visual trick I've ever seen, one that will make your entire reality melt—literally deforming everything in front of your eyes, shrinking and expanding objects around you. It's mind-glowingly trippy (WARNING: Don't try this if you are epileptic. It may cause seizures.)
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A Rare Trip On The Floating Train Yard Of Hudson Harbor
Apr 06, 5:00PM
The only two options that freight trains have for accessing the east side of the Hudson River are to cross a bridge in Albany—140 painstaking miles North of New York City—or to ride a rail barge across the Hudson through the highly efficient marine-rail operation run by NYNJ Rail in Jersey City.
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From Sexting to Sacraments: How Mobile Apps Are Taking on Religion
Apr 06, 4:00PM
At this point, our entire lives could be boiled down into a series of apps. Schedules, diets, friends, family, play—it's all there in a set of brightly colored, easy-to-digest icons that have come to define the way we see ourselves. And though it may be hard to reconcile, even religion is no more than a Google Play or App Store click away. The salvation of your eternal soul is now downloading.
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Microsoft's New "Windows in the Car" Concept Takes on Apple's CarPlay
Apr 06, 3:05PM
Microsoft's no stranger to in-car entertainment systems; it's been powering a number of auto-makers' interfaces for years. But now, Microsoft is getting serious about its own, Windows Phone-centric car integration system—and it looks an awful lot like Apple's own CarPlay .
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Your Coffee Shop's Wi-Fi Speeds Are About to Triple
Apr 06, 2:19PM
If you've ever tried to get work done at a coffee shop during rush hour, you know that even something as simple as a Google Search can be soul-crushingly slow. Thanks to a new Wi-Fi technology from Qualcomm, though, all that may be about to change.
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The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire
Apr 06, 1:00PM
Wires are some of the most basic components of the modern world, which practically guarantees that most of us take them for granted. But as English Russia so kindly shows us, the process behind our messy heaps of wiring is anything but ordinary.
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Babies trying lemons for the first time in slow motion
Apr 06, 3:31AM
Someone got a brilliant idea: Let's give babies lemon wedges for the first time— just like every single parent does in the privacy of their home—and record their reaction in slow motion so the entire world can laugh and go aaaaawwwwwww at the same time.
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Listening to In Utero on the 20th Anniversary of Kurt Cobain's Death
Apr 06, 12:30AM
The official report says Kurt Cobain died on April 5th, 1994. It's an estimate—Cobain's body wasn't found until April 8th, and questions and conspiracy theories still linger about the circumstances of his death. But today feels as fitting as any day to look back on In Utero, Nirvana's last studio album.
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Do Not Let Super Mario Out Of Your Sight, He'll Destroy Your House
Apr 05, 11:30PM
Ever wonder what Super Mario does when he's not running across your screen kicking Koopa Troopas? Filmmaker John Huffnagle shows us what everyone's favorite plumber might do if left alone in your house. Long story short: Don't let Mario out of your sight.
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Tomorrow's Cancer-Blasting Wonder Drug Could Come From a Tobacco Plant
Apr 05, 10:30PM
Australian researchers published findings this week on a newly-discovered plant compound that destroys cancer cells, but leaves healthy cells unharmed. They found it in possibly the last place you'd look for a cancer cure: the family of plants that brings us cancer's number-one culprit, tobacco.
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A Striking Animated Short Made With Nothing But Sticky Notes
Apr 05, 9:30PM
You don't need amazing computer graphics, bowel-jiggling surround sound, or eye-popping 3D effects to make a powerful film. In fact, all you really need is a tall stack of yellow sticky notes and a black pen. And a whole lot of talent. Luckily, the 15 animators who helped make this short film had all of those in abundance.
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Oh Good, Yelp Now Suggests Businesses Based on Emoji
Apr 05, 8:30PM
Emoji is strangely useful, whether you're recapping wildly popular TV shows or sending your friend a smiling pile of poo when real words fail you. Until now, this lexicon was probably inscrutable to machines. Those days are over: Yelp's mobile app now suggests businesses when you type tiny pictures in the search bar.
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This week in Tech Reads: coal, animal actors, wasteful government spending, and more!
Apr 05, 7:00PM
This week in Tech Reads: coal, animal actors, wasteful government spending, and more!
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Reframe Roundup: This Week's Best Photography Posts
Apr 05, 6:50PM
Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It's called Reframe, and it's where you'll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuff related to the crafts of photography and videography.
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Report: Android TV Will Be Google's Next Big Set-Top Box Push
Apr 05, 6:41PM
The Verge just revealed that Google may venture into set-top TV devices with the as-yet-unannounced Android TV. Quoting internal documents, the report indicates Google is planning a device like Roku or the new Amazon Fire TV to put Android in your living room.
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Captain America, Amazon Fire TV, World's Strongest Man, and More
Apr 05, 6:00PM
A lot of stuff happened this week, whether it was new streaming TV devices being revealed or a new superhero sequel's debut. From a tearjerker time capsule story to a day at the World's Strongest Man competition, we've gathered our best stories of the week right here for you. It's a Saturday brunch buffet of the week's best writing!
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Shipping Container Tailgate Party Is the Pinnacle of Pop-Up Design
Apr 05, 5:00PM
Football season may be months away, but that doesn't mean we can't daydream about tailgating. Forget about the rickety old camp grill and cooler in the back of your van: the future of tailgating is boxGATE, a brilliantly overkill pop-up party that unfolds from a shipping container. It's the Transformers of tailgating!
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Make the Switch from Windows XP
Apr 05, 4:00PM
As of Tuesday, the venerable Windows XP operating system is going kaput. Microsoft is pulling update support for the OS, leaving it vulnerable to rapidly mutating cyber threats. There's precious little time to make sure your computer isn't left to the wilds of the Internet. Here's how to make the jump to the modern era of personal computing.
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The A-10 Warthog looks especially cool in this photo
Apr 05, 4:00PM
It must be the combination of the steel grey palette, the black accents, and their patches and rivets, but these two A-10s look especially cool and futuristic to me in this photo. Like they can be piloted by this guy:
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