Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - Page 2
Gadgets

The 2010 Gizmodo Gift Guide: TVs

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Sure, you’re probably not going to buy your nanna a 65-inch behemoth. But your gift to your family might be the gift of a big screen. Here are our suggestions.


DoubleTwist Adds Slickest Wireless Sync Solution We’ve Seen For Android

Windows/Mac and Android: Just a few hours after Winamp released its own wireless sync solution, media management app doubleTwist comes out with a smooth, seamless solution for getting music, videos, and photos to and from your Android device. And it looks nice.


Cars

Co-Pilot Nearly Crashes Plane By Adjusting Seat While Pilot Is In Bathroom

While a pilot took a mid-flight bathroom break, his co-pilot decided to adjust his seat. In the process of that, he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge. Things almost didn’t end well.


A Museum With Wings

Watch me figure the Zayed National Museum out: its metallic sails are obviously supposed to represent the wingtips of some enormous super-insect whose head happens to be burrowed underground while it’s taking a nap.


Meet The People Who Doodle Your Google

If I had known growing up that there was such a job title as Chief Doodler, all my aspirations would have pointed that direction. Michael Lopez is the man in charge of Google’s logo doodles. And this is his team.


Cameras

How You Can Make Time Lapse Videos With Your DSLR

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Gadgets

Tech Cynicism Has Never Been So Hilarious (Or Sadly True)

Tech is great! Tech makes everything better! Except when it doesn’t, as depicted by the extremely funny, brilliantly sick comics of Andy Rementer. His comic, Techno Tuesdays, paints technology (and those who use it) rather morbidly. But he’s sorta right?


Cameras

Vote In the 2010 Australian Gizmodo Awards: Best Camera Category

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2010 was a HUGE year for technology. To recognise all the awesome gadgetry we’ve seen and played with this year, we’re planning on recognising the best of the best with the inaugural Australian Gizmodo Gadget Awards. And voting is officially open… Now!


Online

I Hope This Gets To You: A Viral Love Letter

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Stop whatever you’re doing right now, watch this video and send it to your friends. Actually, you don’t even have to watch the video – though it’s amazing – you just need to pass it on. Here’s why.


Science

Mad Scientist Uses Cadaver Legs To Understand Torn ACLs

Like any ordinary orthopaedist, Mark Drakos treats patients, performs surgeries and prescribes medicines. But if you catch him in his lab, you might be surprised by what you’d find: the doctor twisting dead human legs until they snap.