Posts Tagged ‘environment’

54 Awesome Action Sequences [Photography]

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

33e77b13df50lead 54 Awesome Action Sequences [Photography]What happens when Gizmodo readers capture action at 3-5fps? Why, the results of this week’s Shooting Challenge: Action Sequence Photography. Read on for the winners.

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The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

5ed24e1a2elaptop The Two Wrong Ways To Make a TabletTablets today are thought to be prefabricated in one of two ways: Upsizing a smartphone or downsizing a laptop. Many of these new tablets are decent, but both methods render something less than the perfect tablet.

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15 Reasons To Live For The Next 10 Years

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

7fe7c76d42lander 15 Reasons To Live For The Next 10 Years The 2000s left us feeling battered, but the 2010s are looking awesome. Thanks to recent scientific research and an explosion of cultural interest in science fiction, there are at least 15 brilliant reasons to stick around for another decade.

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The Physics of Space Battles

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

cb3a2064c8big 01 The Physics of Space BattlesJoseph Shoer is a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering, studying how modular spacecraft could be assembled, and hoping that they will be the telescopes and human exploration vehicles of the future, and not for crushing the dreams of Martian colonists.

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let’s talk about jumping

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

0801435a62sktop1 lets talk about jumpingYou press a button; a character on the television screen jumps. You press the same button again, while the on-screen character is in the air; the character jumps again.

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Google Chrome First Official Screenshots

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

7b9bf146aeenu 01 Google Chrome First Official ScreenshotsHere are the first images of the much awaited Google Chrome. Light and spartan, and it seems touch friendly. Enjoy.

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Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

5220dd9853intnew Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she’s at a disadvantage to a swimmer who’s an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater?

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Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords With Wireless Charging

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

cabf46fdb2latz8 Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords With Wireless ChargingSomeone at Dell must have tripped over some wires and after cleaning up the bloody gash came up with the $2,000 anti-cord Latitude Z: It has wireless charging and wirelessly connects to displays too.

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Zune HD TV Interface Makes It a Media Center For Your Pocket

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009


You’ve already seen the player hands-on; the final reveal for the Zune HD was how well it handled when docked on a high-def TV. As you can see in this video, it blows away anything else in its class.

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So Long Desktop PC, You Suck

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

0dbd9fc52eead 01 So Long Desktop PC, You SuckDesktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower’s death spiral is underway—and we’re not too broken up about it.

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