Gadget News
The Head of Homeland Security Stays Secure by Not Using Email, At All [Cybersecurity]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 20:30
If you're super concerned about cybersecurity and keeping your information and personal rendezvous private, there are plenty of measures you can take. If you're super hardcore, you can do the same thing Department of Hom...
This Gargantuan Slingshot Crossbow Is Taller Than You Are [Video]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 23:30
Slingshots aren't just child's play, especially when they have a draw-distance greater than the height of several small children. Joerg Sprave is no stranger to crazy slingshot cannons, but he's really outdone himself th...
New Apple Patents Hint At Upcoming Camera Features [Apple]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 22:40
With iPhone 5 announced and released, designers are back to the grindstone. In fact, they probably already have been for a while. A few new Apple patents filed just a few days ago provide some hints at what Apple cameras...
This Is How Graphene Will Grow the Flexible Semiconductors of the Future [Video]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 19:30
As you should already know, graphene is the super thin, super strong, transparent, conductive, self-repairing material that's poised to revolutionize the future by not only by super-charging batteries but also by giving ...
Californian Students Are Getting Some Free Digital Textbooks [Ebooks]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 18:30
On top of tuition, room, alcohol, board, and alcohol, one of the big costs of going to college is paying for your own personal library of expensive textbooks, whether they're digital or physical. Californian students can...
Will.i.am and Simon Cowell Are Bringing You an X Factor for Tech Whether You Want It or Not [Television]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 17:30
If you thought judge-critiqued and/or audience-voting-based reality TV shows were getting old, you'd be right, but that doesn't mean they're going away. X Factor's Simon Cowell and the Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am are repo...
What Is the Hottest Temperature Anything Can Be? [Video]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 16:30
Everybody knows about absolute zero, but what about the other end of the spectrum, absolute infinity, as it begs to be called? As you might be able to guess, there's a lot more room to go hotter than there is to go colde...
This Crazy Steve Jobs Sculpture Is Supposedly Made with a Touch of Jobs' Stolen Trash [Wtf]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 15:30
You may remember the Steve Jobs action figures that were introduced and then canceled earlier this year. Now there's a new Steve Jobs figure on the horizon, one that supposedly contains a weird and creepy ingredient: tra...
Devil's Playground: Amish Kids Know How To Party [Movie Night]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 03:00
When you think "Amish" chances are your mind goes to somewhere closer to "straight-laced" than to "party animal." The fascinating 2002 documentary Devil's Playground shows that the two aren't mutual exclusive, and they c...
The Canadian Government Accidentally Ran a Bunch of Ads on the Pirate Bay [Piracy]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 01:00
The Pirate Bay tends to be a website that national governments aren't particularly fond of. That being the case, it'd be surprising if a national government ran ads on the site, advertising an Economic Action Plan, right...
This Crazy Baggage Roller Coaster Takes Your Bags For a Record-Breaking Ride [Video]
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2012 00:00
For the most part, traditional conveyor-based baggage-delivery systems work just fine, but they are pretty slow, which can throttle your throughput. That's suddenly not a problem if you treat your bags to a kart-based ro...