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Fake Camera Commercial Shows How Dumb Today's Tech Will Someday Look

May 03, 11:00PM

The Walley POS-86 is "the most advanced camera ever built." It's impossible to ignore all the power packed in its svelte 25-pound frame. And if you've watched a promo for any kind of consumer technology product in the past 10 years, you'll get a chuckle out of this parody, because they nailed it.

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FlaskScarf Protects Against Chilly Breezes and Sobriety

May 03, 10:00PM

FlaskScarf Protects Against Chilly Breezes and Sobriety

Who among us hasn't wished for a fashion accessory that's also a secret booze stash? Wish no more. FlaskScarf is here to literally hang your hooch around your neck. Like a Saint Bernard, with style.

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There's tons of talk about fitness trackers, but do any of them live up to the hype?

May 03, 9:00PM

There's tons of talk about fitness trackers, but do any of them live up to the hype? Where did the internet phrase "me IRL" come from? What's the internal pressure of a decomposing whale? Answers to all this and more, in this week's Tech Reads.

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Want to edit a Google Drive document from your mobile device?

May 03, 8:19PM

Want to edit a Google Drive document from your mobile device? Now you'll need not one, but three apps: Google just removed editing capabilities from the Drive app. You'll have to install Docs or Sheets to get your editing powers back. [Android Police via TechMeme]

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What Are Fractals, And Why Should I Care?

May 03, 8:00PM

What Are Fractals, And Why Should I Care?

Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you've already heard of fractals, you've probably seen the picture above. It's called the Mandelbrot Set and is an example of a fractal shape.

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Reminder: Apple vs. Samsung Is Just a Professional Fanboy Fight

May 03, 7:05PM

Reminder: Apple vs. Samsung Is Just a Professional Fanboy Fight

Yesterday, a verdict came down in the long, long line of Apple vs. Samsung patent disputes. But before you go thinking this is some huge deal, it's important to note that nothing's really solved and nothing will change. And that's fitting, since this is just a giant fanboy fight.

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Pyramids, Tunnels to Nowhere, Gizmodo's Home of the Future, and More

May 03, 7:00PM

Pyramids, Tunnels to Nowhere, Gizmodo's Home of the Future, and More

What a week it's been! We tested out strange new shaving implements, strolled through NYC's newest subway tunnel, and learned how to win every single game of Rock, Paper Scissors. We also announced Gizmodo's Home of the Future. What's that? Read on and see.

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How to Fly a Prizewinning Racehorse to the Kentucky Derby

May 03, 6:00PM

How to Fly a Prizewinning Racehorse to the Kentucky Derby

When the crowds and hats and bourbon descend on Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, all eyes will be on the thoroughbred racehorse—horses that have traveled thousands of miles for the two-minute race. How do elite racehorses fly? Well, let us ascend into the world of equine air travel.

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How to Set Up a Remote Desktop and Control Your Computer from Anywhere

May 03, 4:00PM

How to Set Up a Remote Desktop and Control Your Computer from Anywhere

Desktop computers aren't just antiquated behemoths quietly gathering dust in your parent's house. They also offer an often overlooked processing resource for mobile users and a viable alternative to cloud-based storage. All you need is a means of accessing it remotely.

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Natural Disasters, Locks, Tires: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

May 03, 3:00PM

Natural Disasters, Locks, Tires: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

On this week's What's Ruining Our Cities: Locks are the key to Paris's downfall and tires are popping up in the most unexpected places in Detroit. Plus, a new exhibition is focused exclusively on ruined cities—and the designers that work to save them.

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Developers, Developers, Developers...

May 03, 2:39PM

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Scientists Have Confirmed the Heaviest Metal Ever Observed: Ununseptium

May 03, 2:00PM

Scientists Have Confirmed the Heaviest Metal Ever Observed: Ununseptium

An international team of researchers has just published a paper confirming the existence of element number 117—ununseptium. It's the heaviest element ever created, with an atom of ununseptium outweighing an atom of lead by 40 percent. Make some room on your periodic table, there's a new metal in town.

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Awesome Ski Jump Video Will Make You Wish for Winter

May 03, 1:00PM

Awesome Ski Jump Video Will Make You Wish for Winter

Pro skier Chris Benchetler and pro snowboarder Kimmy Fasani like to go out and play in the snow in British Columbia. Lucky for us, they wear GoPros when they do—and they capture some sick jumps. You can almost feel the snow hitting your face.

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Passenger films one of his airplane's engines on fire

May 03, 9:23AM

Passenger films one of his airplane's engines on fire

Here's one horrible nightmare: Sitting on your airplane and seeing one of the engines on fire. That's what happened to Brad McCoy's BAE 146 airliner on his way to Barrow Island, Australia, the guy who took this video. Fortunately, the pilot was able to make a successful emergency landing at Perth.

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This wave looks like one giant comfortable mattress

May 03, 8:00AM

This wave looks like one giant comfortable mattress

An impressive image of surfer Sean Woolnough on top of a wave, taken by Stuart Gibson in Namotu Island, Fiji, for the Red Bull Illume photo contest. Frozen in time, it looks like a comfy place to lie down and enjoy the sun. Looking for airplane tickets right now.

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Solar jet fuel has been created for the first time

May 03, 4:12AM

Solar jet fuel has been created for the first time

Maybe we won't suck up all of Earth's resources and destroy our planet just yet. Scientists say that they have created solar jet fuel using just sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for the very first time. That's basically creating fuel from thin air.

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Further Proof that Kanye Makes Everything Better (or Maybe Worse)

May 03, 4:00AM

The formula is simple: take one or more already successful intellectual properties, shamelessly rip off some sick beats remix the soundtrack using an existing Kanye West joint, then just sit back and wait for the shitstorm of Kanye fanbois and haters to eviscerate one another's musical tastes in the discussion section. Hairless cats and maniacal laughter optional.

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This one-cent stamp is 'The Mona Lisa of stamps' and worth $20 million

May 03, 2:42AM

This one-cent stamp is 'The Mona Lisa of stamps' and worth $20 million

There is art in everything. Value in trash. Millions in the tiniest of things. Take this stamp. Known as the One-Cent Magenta from British Guiana, it's 158 years old, hasn't been seen in public since the mid 1980's and is considered to be the Mona Lisa of stamps. Oh and Sotheby's expects it to sell for $10 million to $20 million which would make it the most expensive stamp ever sold.

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Another verdict has been reached in another Apple vs Samsung patent battle in the courts.

May 03, 1:21AM

Another verdict has been reached in another Apple vs Samsung patent battle in the courts. This time Samsung was found to have infringed on two Apple patents and owes nearly $120 million to Apple. Apple, on the other hand, infringed on one Samsung patent but only owes Samsung $158,000.

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Tree takes revenge on guy chopping down the tree by throwing him off

May 03, 12:52AM

Tree takes revenge on guy chopping down the tree by throwing him off

Well, that's not how it's supposed to work. A guy cutting down a tree branch gets caught in a gnarly spill when the branch he was cutting down falls and takes him down with it. Nature isn't too kind when you're chopping her off, I guess.

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These ads explain why books are always better than movies

May 02, 11:20PM

These ads explain why books are always better than movies

Everyone with wrinkles on their brains knows that the book is almost always better than the movie. The book can do so much more! Your personal vision is only limited by your imagination! The little details and subtleties are allowed to breath better! These ads explain it rather perfectly saying, "a big part of the story is lost when it becomes a movie".

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Reframe Roundup: This Week's Best Photography Posts

May 02, 11:03PM

Reframe Roundup: This Week's Best Photography Posts

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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The Powerful Flower Lobby Is Gaining Ground In the White House

May 02, 10:40PM

The Powerful Flower Lobby Is Gaining Ground In the White House

In the hallowed halls of our nation's capital, a shadow war that pits conventional, imported flower arrangements against a powerful cadre of American floral tycoons who just won't take "no" for an answer is being waged.

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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

May 02, 10:20PM

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It's the weekend. And it's getting spring-ish out there! You worked hard all week, and so did your smartphone. Time to kick back and relax, and treat yourself—with apps.

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Which Came First, The Invention or the Sci-Fi Prediction?

May 02, 9:55PM

Which Came First, The Invention or the Sci-Fi Prediction?

There was an interesting infographic making the rounds yesterday tracking the number of years it took for different sci-fi dreams to become reality. It looks beautiful, but unfortunately there are quite a few problems with it. Anytime you're dealing with claims to "first!" —whether in fiction or reality — you're just asking for a spirited nerd debate.

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