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The curious story of why the Jedis are called Jedis
May 21, 11:18PM
If you're a cinema fan you may know part of this story but, if you aren't, this video is a throughout summary of how American westerns influenced the samurais of Akira Kurosawa—and how the samurais of Akira Kurosawa influenced that galactic western known as Star Wars.
Shooting Challenge: Skin
May 21, 10:00PM
It's the best leather coat you will ever own. It's your skin. And smooth or wrinkled, it tells the story of your life .
This Is the Closest We've Ever Come to Recreating Shark Skin
May 21, 9:40PM
Shark skin is famously sleek and dragless, the envy of swimsuit designers. Perhaps less famous is what shark skin's oddly rough surface looks like up close: an eerie matrix of microscopic tooth-like scales. Now, scientists are 3D printing artificial shark skin in hopes of unlocking its swimming secrets.
It's 6pm—Do You Know Where Your Drone Is?
May 21, 9:26PM
Someone lost their pet in Palo Alto. pic.twitter.com/K4n4IUeSIT
— Liz Gannes (@lizgannes) May 21, 2014
Using Explosives to Put Out Wildfires Is Actually a Great Idea
May 21, 9:21PM
Picture this: a drought-fueled wildfire is heading for Los Angeles, and fast. Millions of lives are at stake, and water can't stop it. When suddenly, a helicopter—armed with what can only be described as a giant cannon—flies straight for flames and BOOM. There's an explosion, and the fire's gone.
Playing With This Wooden Puzzle Will Chill You Out Immediately
May 21, 9:00PM
We've had a super busy, incredibly fun, and totally nutzo week at the Home of the Future: non-stop cool events , spinning chairs , telepresence robots , and lots (and lots) of high-tech Sixpoint HopTech beer .
A Coloring Book For Those Who've Mastered Staying Inside the Lines
May 21, 9:00PM
Remember how your parents and grade school teachers kept chiding you to make sure you only colored within the lines? And you wondered why it was so important? Well, here's your answer. Peter Deligdisch's Between The Lines is a coloring book for experts that will put all of your colored pencil and crayon skills to the ultimate test.
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May 21, 9:00PM
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Why exactly does the melting of the West Antarctica ice sheet matter?
May 21, 8:40PM
Why exactly does the melting of the West Antarctica ice sheet matter? (Hint: look at that image.) What's the secret to seamless driving in Google's automated car? Why are we racing slime molds? Catch up in this week's Landscape Reads!
Designing Future Objects for the Home with Extrapolation Factory
May 21, 8:20PM
The New York-based design duo behind Extrapolation Factory hosted a pop-up workshop yesterday afternoon in our own pop-up space here—everything popping up!— at the Gizmodo Home of the Future in New York City, where a group of twenty or so participants put together visions of the domestic objects of tomorrow.
Nest Is Recalling Over 400k Protect Smoke Alarms
May 21, 8:05PM
A little more than a month after Nest announced it would halt the sale of its Protect smoke and CO alarm , the company has announced the official recall of every alarm sold thusfar. A report filed on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission website announced the recall.
Finding, Treating, and Beating the Most Survivable Forms of Cancer
May 21, 8:00PM
Being diagnosed with cancer is often compared to being kicked in the gut—by a Clydesdale. But if caught soon enough, many of the disease's 200 iterations offer more than even survival rates, five years down the line. It's by no means a clean bill of health, mind you, but there several forms of cancer that modern science has beaten back
This is what Game of Thrones would look like if it were a Disney movie
May 21, 7:46PM
Fantastic work by Brazilian animators Fernando Mendonça and Anderson Mahanski, recreating the Game of Thrones universe as if it were designed by Disney artists. Their interpretation is spot on.
Turn an NYC Subway Map Into an Augmented Reality Adventure
May 21, 7:20PM
Riding through New York City's subway can be a surprisingly solitary pursuit. Waiting on the platform is even worse. That's why creative technologist William Lindmeier built Tunnel Vision, an augmented reality app that uses the subway map as a canvas for displaying public data about the city's residents.
The Tiniest Buildings of the Year
May 21, 7:00PM
The rest of the world may think of the US as a nation full of oversized people living in oversized houses, but the AIA Chicago wants to change the perception that American architecture is always too big. Its Small Projects Award (tagline: Not Everyone Needs a Skyscraper) focuses on something most other award programs neglect: Tiny buildings.
First glimpse of one of the sets and creatures from Star Wars VII
May 21, 6:31PM
This video released today shows director J.J. Abrams on the set of Star Wars VII in Abu Dhabi, where he has just announced a competition to win a chance to travel to London and appear in the new film.
Here's the official logo for the new Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice
May 21, 6:26PM
The new Batman v. Superman movie is called Dawn of Justice and here is the official logo. The title is obviously playing upon the announced Justice League movie follow-up, so we can assume that the initial brawl between the two characters will end (fairly) well.
Are Colorized Photos Rewriting History?
May 21, 6:00PM
There's been an explosion in the number of colorized photos lately. People find old black-and-white photos online, and meticulously add color to give us a new perspective on history. But recently one colorized image caught my eye after it was tweeted by the notoriously inaccurate HistoryInPics. It's a stunningly colorful view of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1940. But the photo is a lie.
Ikea's Selling an Electric Bike To Help Get All Those Boxes Home
May 21, 6:00PM
As far as large corporations go, Ikea genuinely strives to be as environmentally responsible as it can. It stopped selling incandescent bulbs in its stores ages ago, there's not a plastic bag to be found, it's wholeheartedly embraced solar power for its buildings and many products, and soon it will be officially selling an Ikea-branded electric bike.
Build Your Own First Aid Kit, It Might Save Your Life
May 21, 5:56PM
Commercially available first aid kits suck. But, it's cheap and easy to build your own, creating something that might just save your life. Here's how.
A Real PS4 Discount, $100 Chromebook, Ice Balls, Battlestar Galactica
May 21, 5:45PM
The Xbox One has seen its fair share of deals, but here's one of your first chances to get a PS4 on sale. We don't expect this one to last long. [PlayStation 4 Console, $370]
Quantum Positioning Could Be a Radically New Sub Navigation System
May 21, 5:40PM
We take GPS so much for granted on land that it's easy to forget where GPS doesn't work—like deep underwater, where only strange sea creatures and submarines roam. Enter the bizarre new world of quantum positioning, where supercooled atoms could be the future of navigation.
Extremely scary video of car driving right across a forest fire
May 21, 5:24PM
This incredible Russian dash cam footage shows a car driving through a forest fire while the drivers wonder if they are going to die or not. Around the minute 1 mark it looks like they are crossing hell itself. Fortunately they managed to scape alive from this mayhem.
Hackers Broke Into a Public Utility Control Room By Guessing a Password
May 21, 5:15PM
In a rare gesture of transparency, the Department of Homeland Security just announced that hackers recently targeted and compromised a public utility's control system. They didn't say exactly where, but it happened inside United States borders. And it doesn't sound like it was even that hard.
How to Pour Wine Without Ever Removing the Cork
May 21, 5:10PM
By now you've heard a lot about the gadgets and tools at Gizmodo's Home of the Future—but here's one more that knocked our future-socks off: Coravin's Wine Access System 1000, which uses argon gas to extract wine out of a bottle without actually popping the cork.
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