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Friday, May 22, 2015

Gizmodo Australia


ENTERTAINMENT 

Netflix Movie Night: 10 Mammoth Monster Mayhem Flicks 

It’s going to be a wet, cloudy, windy, horrible couple of days across most of Australia this weekend. Stay indoors, rug up, and settle in with some all-out monster madness — here are 10 of the best monster movies that Netflix Australia has to offer.
ONLINE 

How Much Of This Gen-Y Internet Slang Do You Understand? 

I’m used to much of my slang falling on baffled, deaf ears. But how confusing is Gen Y internet slang really? 
SCIENCE 

Three Important Things You Probably Don't Know About Diabetes 

When we think of diabetes, we tend to think of rich people with poor lifestyles. A chronic disease linked with obesity, heart disease and worse outcomes for some infectious diseases, diabetes tends to be associated in our minds with wealth, excess and over-consumption. 
GEEK OUT 

This Is Furthest Flight Ever Flown On A Real Life Hoverboard 

Video: The Guinness World Records says that Catalina Alexandru Duru just pulled off the farthest journey ever travelled on a real life hoverboard: 275.9 metres. You can see him rise up on the board and start cruising through the air over a lake with nothing but invisible underneath him in the video below. 
CARS 

How To Survive A Car Crash 

Driving is the most dangerous thing most people do. It’s also something for which they likely have no or minimal training. Before you hit the road this weekend, let’s look at how to make it more survivable. 
GEEK OUT 

See How SpaceX Astronauts Could Survive A Failed Launch 

Two weeks ago, SpaceX successfully tested the launch abort systemfor its new commercial crew capsule, which is designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017. The company has just released a first-person view video recorded by cameras mounted on the Dragon capsule, so you can take a virtual ride on the capsule as it accelerates from 0-160km/h in 1.2 seconds during the first critical pad abort test. 
GEEK OUT 

Google's Designed An Intelligent Robot Teddy Bear That Can Recognise You 

Google’s hoping there’s a market for sophisticated artificial intelligence voice assistants you can hug. The company’s most recent patent design for an anthropomorphic voice assistant/toy reads like someone dreamt it up after watching an AI and Ted double-feature (and had obviously never seen Child’s Play). 
SCIENCE 

This Is The Star That NASA Has Nicknamed The 'Nasty One' 

While this star was discovered decades ago, it’s the first time researchers have seen it up close — and it’s brought with it some surprises. But none of that explains why NASA chooses to call it Nasty One. 
ONLINE 

What Kinds Of Apps Will The Kids Of Tomorrow Use After Snapchat Dies? 

Today we learned that the only person in the office excited about Microsoft’s Outlook updates was one of the youngest amongst us. Who can predict what the kids today will be into? More importantly for our purposes, what will the youth of tomorrow be using social tech for?
CARS 

Watch A Kawasaki Motorbike Beat A Bugatti Veyron And McLaren MP4-12C In A Drag Race 

McLaren and Bugatti produce two of the most powerful supercars on the planet. So imagine their embarrassment when Kawasaki’s Ninja H2R wipes the floor with them in a drag race.
CARS 

America's Trains Suck Because Most Americans Don't Ride Them 

Last week’s horrific Amtrak crash surfaced new concerns about the US’s neglect of its rail infrastructure, with blame falling on Congress for failing to allocate enough money to upgrade the system for safety. The truth is that trains would be the safest way to travel in this country — if more Americans embraced a future on rails.
MOBILE 

Skrillex Made Some Expensive Phone Cases With Google 

Skrillex and Google have “teamed up” to bring a new line of Live Cases that juice your phone with new features.
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