gadgets
Hamilton Nolan · 06/18/15 01:49PM
Who Gives a Shit Whether It's Called the 'iPad 3' or the 'iPad HD?'
Hamilton Nolan · 03/06/12 10:53AMNow You Can Use an iPhone to Conduct Your Own Levitating Orchestra
Matt Cherette · 09/22/11 03:08AMPoietic Studio is a London firm that describes itself as "a multidisciplinary practice with backgrounds in interactive & spatial design, art & engineering." But after seeing this video of its new Floating Orchestra product—which lets you use your iPhone to conduct 19 levitating spheres, each its own instrument that increases in volume as it physically rises—I'm more inclined to say it's one hell of a badass invention company and just leave it at that. [via BuzzFeed]
Technology Is Ruining Your Life
Hamilton Nolan · 05/23/11 11:35AMSocial Networking Cigarettes Are Like the Facebook of Sadness
Adrian Chen · 05/11/11 09:57AMThis Is How You Will French Kiss in the Future
Max Read · 05/03/11 06:22PMWondering how you will kiss your significant other in the future? Well, you, specifically, will be alone for the rest of your life, but the rest of us will be frenching non-stop over the internet via this little gadget.
Wiping Up Condiments Has Never Been So Much Fun
Matt Cherette · 03/27/11 10:11PMDon't you hate it when you're squirting out some ketchup or mayonnaise or whatever and you misfire, thereby spilling the flavorful gooeyness all over your table? If so, then this little condiment-wiping (scraping?) contraption will help! It'll also amaze you.
Stephen Colbert Really Wants the New iPad
Matt Cherette · 03/07/11 11:50PMAndy Rooney Hates E-Books
Matt Cherette · 03/06/11 08:55PMWatch a Computer Win $1 Million on Jeopardy!
Matt Cherette · 02/16/11 07:37PMTonight brought us part three of the ultimate Jeopardy! challenge, with an IBM-created computer, Watson, battling all-time show favorites Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In the end, Our New Robot Overlord was victorious, taking home $1 million for "his" charities.
Is This the Biggest Video Game Freakout Ever?
Matt Cherette · 02/12/11 09:33PMHere's a video of a guy playing StepMania, which is like Dance Dance Revolution for computers. Standard, right? Nope! Shortly after he starts, our future Anger Management student begins freaking out over his mistakes—that's when things get good.
Chevy Now Offers a Car That Reads Facebook Status Updates to You
Matt Cherette · 02/06/11 08:14PMThis Dog Is Perplexed by the iPhone
Matt Cherette · 01/26/11 03:02PMMeet Maru. No, not the famous cat—Maru the puppy (a Shiba Inu, actually). In this short, sweet, and inarguably adorable video, Maru watches a video of another dog on his owner's iPhone. It confuses him—quite a bit.
Watch Oprah Winfrey Give Away $1 Million Worth of Laptops
Matt Cherette · 01/20/11 04:52PMJon Stewart Celebrates the Arrival of the Verizon iPhone
Matt Cherette · 01/11/11 11:24PMThis Ketchup-Dispensing Robot Just Doesn't Give a F*ck
Matt Cherette · 01/10/11 04:11PMAnd Now, a Cat Battling a Washing Machine
Matt Cherette · 01/05/11 04:14PMGuy Who Turned Water Gun Into Flamethrower Is the Bravest Idiot Ever
Matt Cherette · 01/03/11 05:26PMDo you have some kerosene, birthday candles and a water gun sitting around your house? Did you ever want to make your own flamethrower? Then watch this video to see how—with absolutely engulfing results! (Don't really do it.)
Watch a Machine Fill Cups of Beer From the Bottom
Matt Cherette · 12/24/10 05:01PMUh, holy crap. That's all I have to say about this video, which depicts a concession stand worker using a machine to fill up cups of beer from the bottom. That's right—the beer comes in THROUGH THE BOTTOM.