Get 46% off the Micro Drone 2.0 with Aerial Camera
Want in on the drone craze? The self-stabilizing Micro Drone 2.0 is a good place to start. It can fly up, down, laterally, flip, and perform all sorts of other agile mid-air stunts. It's the ONLY micro drone in the world with a built-in camera, and Gizmodo readers can grab one for $74.99 – over 45% off.
It's Mel Gibson's Birthday, Let's All Watch Braveheart
Today is Mel Gibson's 59th birthday! Happy Birthday Mel. 2014 was also the year that Scotland decided it didn't want FREEDOM after all. As such, Braveheart, directed by and starring Gibson, is quite clearly the ideal film to be watching tonight.
Giant Gummy Bear + Liquid Nitrogen + Shotgun = Magic
Because sometimes you have a World's Largest Gummy Bear, some liquid nitrogen, and a 12-gauge all in the same place at the same time, and you're just crazy enough to see what happens when you combine the three. And you're also clever enough to film it for YouTube viewers 'round the world.
This January Marks 50 Years Of Britain's Best Band
There's a lot of good, scientific, fact-based arguments you could use to persuade someone that The Who is Britain's greatest gift to music. Or, you could sit them down with a beer and their 50-year-old original singles, and make your job a damn sight easier.
Doctors used to harvest penicillin from piss
Despite all the wonderful advancements in medical science, humanity does forget about a clever technique from time to time. Case in point: we used to recycle non-processed penicillin from patient's urine, and now we don't anymore.
New Years Resolutions: 45% Off The Fusion Fitness Band + Smartwatch
Made a commitment to get in shape for 2015? Obviously, you'll want to pick the right gadget to help. The Striiv Fusion, normally $100, is on sale for a little while to Gizmodo readers for $55 – the all time low price.
Apple, Please Make This iPod Classic Cover A Reality
Apple uncerimoniously killed off the iPod Classic a few months ago, and the internet, as it is wont to do, basically exploded with consumerist anger. Although the iPod Classic probably won't be coming back any time soon, this concept, if it were to become real, would make it all ok.
Russia's Universal Combat Platform Is Based On This Shadowy Super Tank
As part of its military resurgence, Russia plans on rebuilding its mechanized forces around a single 'Universal Combat Platform' that will replace a whole slew of disparate tracked vehicles, some of which have been in service for many decades. At the center of this one-size-fits-all armored strategy is the shadwoy…
It Looks Like Netflix Is Cracking Down On VPN 'Pirating'
It's one of the internet's open secrets that if you don't live in the US, but wish you did because of the better Netflix offerings, you can use any number of Chrome extensions or VPNs to get around the geo-blocker. However, it looks like the free ride might be coming to an end, as Netflix is starting to crack down on…
This Website Could Be The Ultimate All-In-One Torrent Machine
As I recently discovered whilst trying to teach my roommate about torrenting — educationally, of course — downloading illegal stuff off the internet still isn't the easiest thing in the world. Bitport is a website that's trying to change all that: it will find, download, and stream your torrents to you, all with a…
Flappy Bird Is Probably The Perfect Smartwatch Game
Smartwatches are good for certain things. Music. Notifications. Fitness monitoring. Social alienation (kidding!). But one activity they have consistently sucked at, ever since calculator watches first spelt naughty letters, is playing games. A proper version of Flappy Bird for Android Wear could change all of that.
A Bad Bing Update Took Out Yahoo Search Yesterday
News from the land of unloved search engines: yesterday, both Bing and Yahoo had an outage (don't worry, I didn't notice either), caused by a coding booboo from Microsoft.
Polar's A300 Is a Solid Fitness Tracker You Shouldn't Buy
Polar has come a long way since its first fitness tracker, the Polar Loop, launched in 2013. Just months ago the Finnish company released the Polar M400, a lovely and capable GPS running watch with 24/7 fitness tracking capabilities. It was sweet enough to earn a coveted spot on our Best Fitness Trackers list. Today,…
Acer's Chromebook 15 Is Honkin' Huge
Chromebooks just got big. Acer's new gargantuan 15.6-inch Chromebook 15 is leading off its suite of releases for this year's CES, and it's sweeping up the award for Biggest, Cheapest Chromebook right off the bat.
Watch The Space Station Go Flying Past The Moon
Thanks to the internet (and just a tiny little bit of math), Israeli photographer Gadi Eidelheit managed to get himself in position to see something quite unique: the International Space Station flying in front of the moon. Even better, he caught the whole thing on video.
Sony Is Giving PSN Users Gifts To Make Up For The Hacking
Over Christmas, the self-styled group of lulz-seeking lowlifes known as the Lizard Squad DDoSed the shit out of PSN and Xbox Live, ruining Christmas for untold numbers of 8-year-olds, and by extension their parents. Law enforcement is slowly but surely bringing them to justice, but now Sony is also trying to make…
If Your Robot Buys Illegal Drugs, Have You Committed a Crime?
A group of Swiss artists recently set a bot free on the darknet, allowing it to purchase whatever it could with Bitcoins. Among other weird things it bought were a few ecstasy pills and a fake Hungarian passport. Now an attorney asks whether the artists could be arrested under the law as it currently stands.
What it's like being inside an artist's sketch book
I'm imagining this animation by Minhyuk Jang called Rocketboy as a glimpse into the note book from the kid in the back of the classroom. It's a little dark mixed with a lot of imagination and is sketched in a way that reminds me of those outside of the margins doodles that we all made. Only this time, they're moving…
The fine line that separates normality from disaster in one single photo
It seems that, every time the heavy rain season comes, some Austrians live in a permanent situation of impending disaster. Just look at these homes right next to a flood protection wall that seems about to burst and destroy everything.
Video: Amazing balanced stone sculptures that seem to defy gravity
Artist Michael Grab has been making amazing balanced rock sculpturesfor years. His secret: Steady hands, slow breathing, a big dose of patience, and lots of practice. The following video is a compilation of the work he made in 2014.
Clever animation shows how we hide our true feelings to the world
Elena Rogova's Appearance and Reality is a clever short story that tackles something we can all relate to: the difference between the feelings we show to the world and our hidden true feelings. It's like as we grow up, we put on a mask to suppress our feelings to look cool or appear strong or whatever. Screw that.
Watch the almighty Kim Jong-un allegedly flying a plane "by himself"
To celebrate the New Year, the national North Korean television network has broadcasted this footage of the supreme leader flying a plane.According to local media, the almighty Kim Jong-un piloted and landed the aircraft by himself—with the help of his two assistants. All hail Kim!
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