Pre-Order Exclusive: 55% off the Black Hawk Drone W/ HD Camera
Drones
are usually playful things, painted in bright colors to attract the
excitable kid in us all. Not so with BHD's limited edition Black Hawk
Drone with HD Camera, which is the quadcopter equivalent of a stealth bomber. Gizmodo readers can get a pre-order discount of 55% off a Black Hawk Drone + Free Shipping.
Celebrate 25 Seasons of Treehouse of Horror By Watching The Simpsons
Quick! Stop what you're doing (including reading this), and go watch television history. The Simpsons will be airing the 25 installment of a now national Halloween tradition known as Treehouse of Horror at 8pm ET on Fox.
What Are Tech's Biggest Blunders?
With
great reward comes risk, and tech companies are probably pretty
familiar with that sentiment. Each product, service, or device is a
gamble on whether it will resonate, successfully separating us from our
discretionary income, or languish on stockroom shelves, untouched.
Report: Fitbit Surge Is a $250 Fitness-Focused Smartwatch
We got an exclusive look last week at Fitbit's refresh of the Fitbit Force fitness tracker with the Fitbit Charge and Fitbit Charge HR, but that appears to have been only part of what the company has in store. The Verge reports that Fitbit will also be launching its own smartwatch, known as the Fitbit Surge.
Droid Turbo Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know
The Droid series of smartphones is the long standing hardware love affair between Motorola and Verizon (which became official last year)
to bring high-spec'd devices to the carrier. Droid devices aren't
subtle. They often scream the word "premium," and the companies' newest
collaboration, the Droid Turbo, is no…
Report: Microsoft May Be Launching a Wearable in the Coming Weeks
According to Forbes,
Microsoft is planning to counter Apple and Google's wearable ambitions
with its own device in the coming weeks. Forbes says that the device
will be a smartwatch "that will passively track the wearer's heart rate
and work across several mobile platforms."
To Save Modern Medicine, Scientists Hunt for New Antibiotics
Happy Sunday fellow Gizmodo readers. Lots of techy tech stuff happened this week. Google let us see the brave new Nexus future and Apple had a few new toys to showcase
before 2014 wraps up. But in between and among these big events, lots
of great stories filtered through the web. Here are great long form
pieces from …
This Audi RS7 Just Drove Itself Around A Track At 150MPH
Audi showcased its new Audi RS7 piloted driving concept prior to the finale of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) by having it circle the Hockenheimring without a driver at high speeds.
Watch Live As a Mountain-Sized Comet Zooms By Mars
Siding
Spring sounds like such a tranquil name for a massive comet. After
traveling millions of years at the leisurely pace of about 33 miles per
second, the comet will fly by Mars at around 2:25pm EDT or so, passing
only 138,000 kilometers from the red planet. This is a little bit more
than one-third the distance of…
This Leak Gives Us a Good Look at Verizon's Droid Turbo
Posted earlier today via Evan Blass (evleaks),
this image gives us the most detailed look at Verizon's upcoming
superpowered smartphone. It would appear that the Turbo definitely has
the looks to match its high-powered guts. We expect to hear more about
the Turbo at an upcoming Verizon event on October 28th.
The Sony Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet May Also Get PS4 Remote Play
Last month at IFA,
we heard that Sony's new waterproof line of flagship devices, the Z3,
Z3 Compact, Z3 Tablet Compact (and eventually even Verizon's variant,
the Z3v, pictured above) would all be able to stream video games via the
PS4. Now, a Sony slip details that the last generation Z2 and Z2 Tablet
may also get…
11 Awesomely Terrible Movies You Should Watch Right Now
Who
doesn't love great films? But it takes a certain sort of person (and a
certain sort of patience) to appreciate, and even love, films that may
never be considered cinematic greatness. But we love them all the same.
Google's Nexus Player Receives FCC Certification
Engadget reports that Google's Nexus Player
has received the required FCC certification it seemed to pass over
before its launch. It's uncertain if this tiny legal hiccup will cause
any problems with the Nov. 3rd release date. [Engadget]
This Discounted Receiver Is Your Home Theater's Ticket to the Future
Home theater receivers aren't cheap, so when you buy one, you want to
be sure it's future-proof. That's certainly the case with this Yamaha RX-A830, and today you can get it for just over half its usual price.
Robots May Join the Fight Against Ebola in West Africa
Robots
often find themselves in dangerous situations, and their distinct lack
of biology makes them perfectly suited for battling infectious disease.
Next month, a simulcast workshop will determine if and how they'll join
the West African fight against Ebola.
This Short Film Explains Our Fascination With Talking to Computers
Using
names like Siri, Cortana, and Google Now, advanced algorithms and
technologies that would have baffled engineers and scientists half a
century ago now rest in the palm of our hands. Talking with technology
is the future of computing—mainly because that's the way we're built to
communicate.
Snapchat's First 'Non-Creepy' Ad Is For A Horror Movie
Snapchat
recently announced that it was getting ads, and it's followed through
on that promise, with the first paid-for ephemeral advertisements
landing this weekend. However, I'm not so sure that Snapchat's made good
on its promise for its ads to be 'non-creepy', since horror film Ouija was the first subject.
Remember The Best Of WWII Films With A Bridge Too Far
Brad Pitt's new WWII tank thriller Fury seems
to be taking cinemas by storm this week. But before chisel-jawed tank
commanders with unfeasibly good hair did the Second World War, there was
A Bridge Too Far, an unsurpassed epic that represents the absolute best of the foolish-British-people-getting-slaughtered war-film…
Tim Minchin's Storm Is Your Saturday Night Dose of Cynicism
Since discovering yesterday that there's a homeopathic vaccine for Ebola
that involves using an actual sample of the virus, I've been
re-listening to Tim Minchin's incredible nine-minute song/beat poem Storm, one of the best and most concise refutations of bad hippie science that you're ever likely to witness.
Scattering Your Ashes Into The Stratosphere Is A Very Final Sendoff
Short
of having your body shipped off on a flaming longboat, there aren't
many more spectacular ways to be sent off than having your ashes
scattered into the edge of the atmosphere. At least, that's the thinking
behind Mesoloft, a company that will do exactly that, and provide a
GoPro video to immortalize the moment.
Don’t Get Too Excited – No One Has Cracked Nuclear Fusion Yet
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin's announcement this week that it could make small-scale nuclear fusion power a reality in the next decade has understandably generated excitement in the media. Physicists, however, aren't getting their hopes up just yet.
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