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Here are 7 facts about the X-Men that you might not know
May 20, 11:36PM
Excited about X-Men: Days of Future Past? Yeah, we are too. Would you be as excited if the movie was called The Merry Mutants: Days of Future Past? Probably not as much! That was the name Stan Lee originally wanted to call the X-Men until Marvel put the kibosh on that. Yeah! Marvel's great! But they totally ripped off the idea of the X-Men from DC's The Doom Patrol. Oof. Well, at least Wolverine's cool right? Absolutely.
This Developer Is Rebuilding Your Childhood Bedroom For Oculus Rift
May 20, 10:00PM
What happens when you use technology from the future to rebuild the world of past? Nostalgic developer Roy Lazarovich is trying to figure that out with a new project called MemoRift. Put simply, he's building a bedroom from the 1980s that you can explore using Oculus Rift.
This Love Machine Was the OKCupid of 1955
May 20, 9:45PM
Twentieth century science was particularly obsessed with finding new ways to approach love — or in some cases, lust. During the 1920s, technology magazines insisted that you'd be able to find the perfect partner through a series of highly scientific tests . By the 1950s, mechanical computers and love-automats were the future of finding Mr. or Mrs. Right.
This Company Uses Earth's Magnetic Field To See Inside Buildings
May 20, 9:20PM
In some ways, it's an ominous pitch. By measuring the "magnetic fingerprint" of any building in the world, the Finnish company IndoorAtlas can conjure up a startlingly precise indoor map of any building. It's technology that sci-fi has dreamt of for decades. But instead of surveillance, it's being used for shopping.
120-foot bowling strike is possibly the longest bowling strike ever
May 20, 9:02PM
These guys decided to see if they can get a strike 120 feet away from the pins, all the way from the door of the main door of the bowling alley. It probably took a few dozen tries, but they finally succeeded, achieving what perhaps is the longest bowling strike ever.*
A Guillotine On a Stick That Lets You Play Caesar With Slugs
May 20, 9:00PM
If you're tired of your local snail and slug population undoing all the hard work you've put into your garden, there's finally a tool that lets you choose between getting rid of them humanely, or turning them into ironic compost to help your flowers and vegetables succeed.
Scuba diver almost gets swallowed by 49-foot whale
May 20, 8:41PM
This 49-foot (15 meter) Bryde's whale came close to accidentally swallowing diver Rainer Schimpf off the coat of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The whale appeared right under Rainer, going up mouth open, swimming at full speed to catch as many fish as she could.
The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don't Smoke Weed
May 20, 8:40PM
The FBI has a problem. The agency needs to hire hackers to build out its cyber crime division, but it also will not hire anyone who's smoked weed in the past three years. And guess what? A lot of hackers like to smoke weed.
These Adorable "Robot Tortoises" Were the Roombas of 1949
May 20, 8:24PM
Watching our small family of Roombas tidy up has been one of the biggest hits at Gizmodo's Home of the Future this week. They're just! So! Damn! Adorable! But in 1949—long before the sweet little guys were making our floors dust-free—a British neurophysiologist and roboticist named Dr. William Grey Walter invented a mini-gang of early autonomous electronic robots; the Roomba's long-lost, distant great-grand-relatives.
Good news: Twitter has backed out of talks to purchase SoundCloud, thus avoiding ruining one of the
May 20, 8:18PM
Good news: Twitter has backed out of talks to purchase SoundCloud, thus avoiding ruining one of the best services on the internet. Sounds like Twitter listened to our plea . [WSJ]
The World's Smallest Nanomotor Spins as Fast as a Jet Engine
May 20, 8:00PM
A team of engineers at the University of Texas at Austin recently created the world's smallest, fastest nanomotor. Designed to power microscopic machines that could deliver medicine or fight cancer, this thing will fit inside of a human cell . And boy can it purr.
On This Day in 1899, The First Speeding Arrest Happened—At 12 mph
May 20, 7:40PM
If you think Manhattan traffic is slow today, consider that Jacob German was arrested on this day in 1899 for driving at the blistering speed of 12 mph. The speed limit he blasted past? Eight mph between streets, and 4 mph around corners.
The joy of a girl learning to ride a bike for the first time
May 20, 7:30PM
Watching Summer ride her bike without training wheels for the first time brings me great memories. When it seems like she has everything under control, she suddenly bumps into a pole. It's like the pole had a magnetic attraction she couldn't resist. The same happened to me with a tree and I was fine afterwards too.
Scenes from Gizmodo's Home of the Future Opening Night Party
May 20, 7:25PM
Our Home of the Future is in full swing, and we kicked off the week with an opening party on Friday where guests got to experience the home and see its kinetic computer desk, spinning hydroponic towers, and telepresence robots in action.
Report: The Surface Mini Existed But Microsoft Killed It
May 20, 7:14PM
While all the rumors suggested Microsoft was going to announce a teeny-tiny Surface RT today, but instead we got a big (and promising) Surface Pro 3 . What happened to the mini? According to a report by Bloomberg it was a thing, and then Microsoft nixed it.
"Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass" Used to Be Literal
May 20, 7:00PM
When someone is "blowing smoke up your arse" today, it is a figure of speech that means that one person is complimenting another, insincerely most of the time, in order to inflate the ego of the individual being flattered.
The Least Crossable Streets in America
May 20, 6:20PM
In the Boston suburb of Burlington, Massachusetts, the AMC movie theater is right across the street from the Burlington Mall. But if you're planning to travel between these two destinations on foot, you're in for quite a hike.
Yes I Unfriended You. Don't Take It Personally.
May 20, 6:00PM
Facebook is boring, it used to be great now it's boring. I used to have 200 friends now I have 1500. There is no way I know 1500 people. Draconian measures must be taken to save my relationship with the social network. The unfriend button is my path to making Facebook an enjoyable experience once again.
Wake-Up Lights, Cheap Car Upgrades, 3D Printer, Smartphone Accessories
May 20, 5:45PM
If you still haven't picked up a wake-up light, Amazon has a couple coupons today. The tried-and-true HF3500 can be yours for $60 after clipping the $10 coupon, or the step-up HF3510, featuring more wake-up sounds, is only $85 after a $15 coupon. These things will change your life . [Philips HF3500 Wake-Up Light, $60 After Coupon / Philips HF3510 Wake-Up Light, $85 After Coupon]
Minnesota Just Became the First State to Ban Anti-Bacterial Soap
May 20, 5:40PM
If you've ever washed your hands with anti-bacterial soap, there's a good chance you were rubbing yourself down with a chemical called triclosan—a chemical that's been proven to be harmful in humans in recent years. Now, Minnesota has become the first state to officially ban it. And yours could be next.
The Ten Most Bizarre Ideas For Using Nuclear Weapons
May 20, 5:30PM
When you're a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. And if you have several thousand nuclear warheads just lying around, it seems a shame not to put them to good use. Here are ten of the most bizarre proposals for nuclear bomb use over the decades.
Microsoft Finally Surrendered To the iPad. Good!
May 20, 5:30PM
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is many things. It's thinner, it's faster; it's all of the superlatives that come when you out a New and Improved version of anything tech. It, along with the absence of a Surface Mini, is also a white flag. Microsoft has finally accepted that Surface can't take on the iPad. But it might just be able to take the MacBook Air.
The Mysterious Disease Traveling Across the Pacific in the Wind
May 20, 5:25PM
For decades, doctors have been unable to answer the most basic question about Kawasaki disease: what causes it—a virus, a chemical, a fungus? Whatever it is, it provokes mysterious swelling and rashes in infants. Doctors now think they have finally figured out what causes Kawasaki—thanks to an analysis of the wind.
This bridge over the San Gabriel River outside of L.A. was built in 1936 but devastating floods wash
May 20, 5:20PM
This bridge over the San Gabriel River outside of L.A. was built in 1936 but devastating floods washed out the canyon and the road to it was never completed. The popular "Bridge to Nowhere" hike is nine miles round-trip and on weekends, hikers are greeted by the screams of bungee-jumpers. [@ZachBehrens, KCET]
Playing Pranks With Robots: A Real-Time Update From the Future
May 20, 5:00PM
This is a look at what's happening right now at the Home of the Future: our very own Jesus Diaz has taken control of the telepresence robot and is (unsurprisingly) screwing with people. Come visit, and you, too, can play robot tag with your Gizmodo pals.
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