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Dragon Con Day 2: Heroes, Monsters, and Gods Await You
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 19:30
The humidity is high and the party is rocking at Dragon Con in Atlanta. Here's a sample of the fantastic cosplay we saw while wandering the hotel floors and crowded streets on Saturday.
MyLifter - Lifting Items Upto 100 Pounds Just Became Easy
The Gadget Flow - 6 Sep 2015 08:00
Lifting heavy items can strain your back but not if you have the myLIFTER. It gives you the power to lift and lower items that weigh upto 100 pounds. Additional installation is required to get the device up and running. ...
BlackBerry bids farewell to its hardware past by acquiring Good
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 03:09
If you had any lingering doubts that BlackBerry's days as a hardware-first company are over, they've just been eliminated. BlackBerry has acquired Good Technology for $425 million, giving it one of the better-known names...
This is Why Everyone Should Study Geology
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 23:00
Welcome to Reading List, a weekly collection of great science and technology stories, assembled by Gizmodo, just for you. This week, we'll ponder the incredible age of the Earth, walk the streets of Atlantic City, search...
LG is making a phone with a secondary ticker display
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 22:40
Every now and then, smartphone makers try building devices with secondary, ticker-like displays in the hopes of reeling you in with more at-a-glance info -- witness Samsung's Continuum or Galaxy Note Edge. And it's LG's ...
Fine Dining May Solve Puerto Rico's Invasive Iguana Problem
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 22:00
Puerto Rico is overrun with green iguanas, and they're wreaking havoc on the island's ecosystem and its economy.
This is the smartwatch that luxury brands should be making
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 22:00
A short walk from the sounds and screens of Sony's heaving IFA booth, a handful of the company's employees have a small stand of their very own. On it, they're showcasing the Wena Wrist, a smartwatch side-project the sma...
So You Want To Join The Empire: Arm Up, Part II
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 22:00
After last week's misadventure with a couple of components, it's time to get back on track with finishing out the arms for the Stormtrooper. This week, we're finishing up the arms.
This is the Oldest Galaxy We've Found So Far
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 21:00
Astrophysicists at Caltech say they've detected the oldest, most distant galaxy known so far. It's 13.2 billion years old -- just over half a billion years younger than the universe itself -- and the discovery may change...
Archaic Bell System Pitch Video Offers Topical Branding Advice
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 20:02
All week, the internet has been on fire over Google's bold decision to transform its logo by axing those pesky and decidedly old-fashioned serifs. Guess what? Telephone companies figured that out decades ago.
Buddy the robot wants to be your modern-day Rosie
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 20:00
Personal companion robots have been around for ages, but they've never really been able to live up to our expectations. Everybody wants Rosie from The Jetsons, but we seem to always wind up with Paulie's Robot from Rocky...
Polar Bears May Survive by Hunting Caribou as Arctic Ice Melts
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 19:00
Polar bears are the furry poster children for the impact of warming Arctic seas, but new research says they may be able adapt and survive the loss of Arctic sea ice by foraging on land.
Explore The Galaxy Far, Far Away With This Interactive Map
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 19:00
The Star Wars universe is loaded with hundreds of planets. Now, design agency nlcud has put together an interactive map that'll allow you to explore the galaxy, planet by planet.
Astronomers Want to Watch Comets Slam Into Distant Planets
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 18:00
If a massive comet struck the Earth, the oceans would boil and the air would catch fire (don't worry, this isn't about to happen ). But to alien astronomers studying our planet from afar, humanity's brutal demise would l...
In Space, Yesterday's Coffee is Today's Coffee
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 18:00
Do you still wish you could be an astronaut after watching the lung-flattening launches and bone-crunching landings ? Has the eyeball-oscillating gimbal failed to dampen your spirits? What if we told you that coffee, the...
A time capsule of ridiculous video game box art
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 18:00
Nostalgia is a weird, powerful thing. It's the force of nature that resurrected Captain EO at Walt Disney World and turned a children's cartoon about living robot cars into a blockbuster movie franchise. For me, it's als...
These are the guts of Panasonic's new Technics turntable
Slash Gear - 6 Sep 2015 17:17
Panasonic will be bringing a new Technics turntable to the market soon - until then, here's its guts. Inside the first (of many) Technics turntables for the modern world is a new Direct Drive motor, ushering out the firs...
Sunday's Best Deals: MacBook Pro, New iPhone Cases, Cheap Jackets, and More
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 17:09
Here are the best of today's deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us...
China Cleaned Up Beijing's Smog For Its Military Parade, But Of Course It Didn't Last
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 17:00
It's no coincidence that the China's capital city had clear, sunny skies for the country's huge military parade last week, or that Beijing's dense smog returned the very next day. The Chinese government took extreme meas...
After Math: The price of doing business
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 17:00
This week on the After Math, we're all about the benjamins. Between four major corporations shelling out $413 million over an employee anti-poaching scheme, the feds spending $133 million to protect victims of the OPM br...
Mark Whatney Lists All The Ways Mars Can Kill Him A New Martian Teaser
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2015 17:00
A new teaser for The Martian has hit the web, and in it, Matt Damon's Mark Whatney lists off all the ways that the Red Planet can kill him: suffocation, implosion, starvation, etc.
4K is boring and other musings on the failures of innovation
Engadget - 6 Sep 2015 16:30
The cardinal rule of technology is simple: It must never, ever, under any circumstances, be boring. The engine that motivates consumers to spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on a device that's not essential to f...