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Friday, May 8, 2015

Gizmodo- Australia


REVIEWS 

Apple Watch: Australian Review 

The next big thing from Apple turns out to be very small, very comfortable and a very smart way of making an iPhone way cooler to use.
GEEK OUT 

Albert Einstein's Handwriting Has Been Turned Into An Amazing Font 

Forget Myriad Pro, Helvetica or Futura. The only font you’ll ever need is designer Harald Geisler’s “Albert Einstein”, painstakingly crafted to match the “clear rhythm, even flow and soft curves” of the theoretical physicist’s handwriting. But Geisler wants to take the font even further, adding letter variations and upping the quality and hence, he’s fired up a Kickstarter for funding. 
GADGETS 

Tesla's Gigafactory Isn't Big Enough To Make Its Preordered Batteries 

As Elon Musk revealed in an earnings call earlier this week, heaps of people preordered Tesla’s new batteries — over 50,000 Powerwall units were reserved. Now some interesting maths, courtesy of Bloomberg: The 465,000 square metre Gigafactory planned outside of Reno probably isn’t big enough to make them all.
GADGETS 

What's Wrong With Electric Bicycles 

A new electric bike — the Koben, from Karmic Bikes — promises to fix what ails the electric bicycle industry. We spoke to its designer to find out what those problems are and how he thinks he’s solved them.
GEEK OUT 

X-Ray Photos Reveal Child Being Smuggled Was Hidden Inside A Suitcase  

This is crazy. An eight-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast was being smuggled into Spain while being hidden inside a suitcase. Apparently, the boy’s father had paid a 19-year-old girl to carry the boy in the luggage from Morocco to neighbouring Ceuta, a Spanish city in Africa. This was a bad plan that could have ended horribly for everyone.
SCIENCE 

The Future Of Energy Is Hidden In The Guts Of Insects 

This presentation from Berkeley Lab scientist Javier Ceja-Navarro hints at a strange new future for agriculture and energy production. I’m willing to bet it’s like nothing that you ever imagined.
GADGETS 

Samsung Gear VR For Galaxy S6: So Close I Can Almost Taste It 

The final Oculus Rift is coming next year. But why wait? If you’ve got a shiny new Galaxy S6, you can get a glimpse of the virtual reality future today. I’m talking about the new Gear VR headset, which turns your phone into a far clearer VR viewer than any you could buy to date.
CARS 

Let's Find Out What Apple's Doing With These Self-Driving Cars 

This Dodge Caravan snapped in Orlando this morning certainly looks like one of Apple’s supposedly pre-autonomous minivans that are currently swarming the country. Have you seen one of these things? Help us figure out what’s happening here.
GEEK OUT 

I Can't Handle This Insane Parkour Run On Top Of A Really Tall Building 

Video: This video of a crazy guy running and jumping and doing that parkour thing across a building ledge only lasts 15 seconds, but I’m pretty sure I’ve threw up 15 times, cried enough tears for 15 years, broke my knees in 15 different places from trembling too hard and destroyed my ability to emotions for the rest of my life. This dude is nuts.
COMPUTING 

Windows 10 Will Spell The End Of Patch Tuesday 

Since Windows 98, the second Tuesday of every month has seen Microsoft issue a slew of updates to eager users. With Windows 10, those days are going to come to an end: Microsoft will become a 24/7 update machine.
SCIENCE 

Wait, Is This River Floating? 

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted this photo yesterday, that he took from aboard the International Space Station. You can see the Bighorn River, which stretches through Wyoming and Montana… and, wait, why does it look like it’s floating?
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