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Wavegarden Engineers the Perfect Wave (Science)

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:34:00 GMT

# science Click here to read Wavegarden Engineers the Perfect Wave Traditional surf pools force large quantities of water over a hump to create their swells. Problem is, waves fall apart the further they travel, making for a less-than-gnarly curl. So the Wavegarden builds a better wave, mechanically. ...

Holy Crap a Monster Magnet (Monster Machines)

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:30:00 GMT

# monstermachines Click here to read Holy Crap a Monster Magnet Florida is more commonly known for the new and interesting reasons its citizens get themselves arrested for. But no longer! The 27th state of the union now possesses the world's most powerful split magnet! Wait, what's a split magnet? More » ...

The Race To the Bottom of the Deepest Sea Will Be the Awesomest Ever (Adventure)

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:47:00 GMT

# adventure Click here to read The Race To the Bottom of the Deepest Sea Will Be the Awesomest Ever The Atlantic has a great story on the journey of three teams into the Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the known world. Sir Richard Branson, James Cameron, and Bruce Jones (Yeah, you don't know him) ...

Porsche's Compass Watch Makes Me Wish I Needed a Compass More Often (Desired)

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:00:00 GMT

# desired Click here to read Porsche's Compass Watch Makes Me Wish I Needed a Compass More Often The compass-in-a-watch concept isn't exactly a breakthrough in functionality, but my goodness is Porsche Design's P'6520 compass watch pretty. Its black titanium case splits in two, with the Swiss movement ...

This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: The Dark Side of Being State Farm Agent (Video)

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:00:00 GMT

# humor Click here to read This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: The Dark Side of Being State Farm Agent You know those State Farm commercials, the ones where all some sad sack has to do is sing the jingle and their insurance agent pops up out of thin air? Man. How miserable if you're that agent. More »

You Wouldn't Believe Paintball Guns Could Make Art Like This (Video)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:40:00 GMT

# watchthis Click here to read You Wouldn't Believe Paintball Guns Could Make Art Like This If you can ignore the blatant advertising (DO THE DEW DUDES), you'll see the masterful skill of painting ball art, I mean, paintball art. It's amazing, the guys literally fire paintball guns to create astonishingly ...

Ratings Will Ruin Wikipedia (Wikipedia)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:17:00 GMT

# wikipedia Click here to read Ratings Will Ruin Wikipedia Did you know you can rate pages on Wikipedia now? It's new. And it's meant to get you involved, with the ultimate goal of increasing the site's accuracy, diversity and completeness. It won't work. More »

Cozy Up to the Gizmodo Staff (Promotion)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:05:00 GMT

# promotion Click here to read Cozy Up to the Gizmodo Staff You love us, right? Come on, it's okay to admit it. Well even if you don't love love us (which you totally should), you at least like us, don't you? Of course you do. More »

Libratone Live AirPlay Speakers: Gorgeous and Probably Prohibitively Expensive (Speakers)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:00:00 GMT

# speakers Click here to read Libratone Live AirPlay Speakers: Gorgeous and Probably Prohibitively Expensive Despite having been out for quite some time now, AirPlay still isn't in as many sound systems as I'd hoped. So it's encouraging to see such a beautiful piece of audio gear. And dispiriting to ...

Let's Settle This Once and For All: What Exactly Is Sexting? (Sex)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:42:00 GMT

# sex Click here to read Let's Settle This Once and For All: What Exactly Is Sexting? It goes like this: horny teenagers have always been horny. Then they got cellphones, and used them to exchange raunchy pics with each other. Horrified parents demanded an explanation, and "sexting" was born. But what ...

Paraplegic Built a DIY Elevator for His Apartment Building (Amazing)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT

# amazing Click here to read Paraplegic Built a DIY Elevator for His Apartment Building When Dmitry Bibikow, a paralyzed 32-year-old man from Russia, bought his apartment, the building owners promised to build an elevator for him. They lied. Dmitry waited six years and with no elevator in sight, decided ...

T-Mobile Is Offering Micro SIM Cards So Their Customers Can Use the iPhone 4 (Tmobile)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:18:00 GMT

# tmobile Click here to read T-Mobile Is Offering Micro SIM Cards So Their Customers Can Use the iPhone 4 In order to use the iPhone 4 on T-Mobile you have to jailbreak it, unlock it and then annoyingly cut your fatty SIM into a Micro SIM. Annoying! T-Mobile is making it a little easier by giving Micro ...

How Do You Move a Space Shuttle? This Thing. (Monster Machines)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:30:00 GMT

# monstermachines Click here to read How Do You Move a Space Shuttle? This Thing. Since the Space Shuttle couldn't very well fly itself to the launch pad, NASA had to figure out how to get $1.7 billion worth of spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building the the Launch Pad. Their solution: the 2700-ton ...

These Australian Waterfalls Are Running Upwards (Video)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:20:00 GMT

# watchthis Click here to read These Australian Waterfalls Are Running Upwards Winds are now so strong on the southern coast of Australia—74.5mph (120km/h)—that waterfalls are running upwards. The water is just being blown up from the bottom. The situation's crazy, especially for those commuters in ...

Dear Apple, Can You Just Buy Hulu? Please? (Desired)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:11:00 GMT

# desired Click here to read Dear Apple, Can You Just Buy Hulu? Please? Hulu needs owners who aren't ancient and terrible. Apple needs a streaming video service that isn't ancient and terrible. So based on those unconfirmed reports that Apple is interested in buying Hulu, I have only one demand: DO ...

The UK Would Deprive Us Our Manimals (Science)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:00:00 GMT

# science Click here to read The UK Would Deprive Us Our Manimals The UK Academy of Medical Sciences is singlehandedly protecting us from a future of subservience to hyper-intelligent animal-human hybrids that will inevitably band together and usurp humanity from its seat of hegemony. Or something. ...

How Long Does It Take for Coke to Go Flat? (Video)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:06:00 GMT

# watchthis Click here to read How Long Does It Take for Coke to Go Flat? There's few things worse than a glass of flat Coke. OH WAIT, a glass of Pepsi is far worse. But anyway! An incredibly bored person wanted to find out exactly when Coke went flat so he timed it. More »

Google Gives Android Fragmentation a Giant Thumbs Up (Android)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:04:00 GMT

# android Click here to read Google Gives Android Fragmentation a Giant Thumbs Up One of the most immediate (and valid) of the Android bonanza is its fragmentation problem. Too many versions! It's confusing! So what could Google do to rein in the software panoply? Allow multiple versions of apps? Hmm. ...

Reading the Borders Goodbye Email Is Like Watching Old Yeller in Slow Motion (Farewell)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:00:00 GMT

# farewell Click here to read Reading the Borders Goodbye Email Is Like Watching Old Yeller in Slow Motion Just when the snarkbot in me wanted to giggle at Borders like a great big jerk, they go and send this genuinely heartfelt farewell message. In summary: they got their butts kicked, ...

Real Chinese Customers Very Pissed at Fake Chinese Apple Store (Apple)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:31:00 GMT

# apple Click here to read Real Chinese Customers Very Pissed at Fake Chinese Apple Store While the staff of the Kunming make believe Apple Store have no problem at all with their illegitimacy, their customers aren't taking it in stride. In fact, they're pretty angry, Reuters reports. More »