Posts By Mark Wilson

Science

Give $1 To Stop Terminators. Seriously.

3:00AM April 1, 2011 | Mark Wilson

There’s nothing you can do to prevent another Terminator movie. But if you have a buck, you can do something to stop real Terminators…or at least ensure that they’ll like us when they show up. More »


News

Did Your Donation Really Reach Japan? (Probably Not.)

10:12AM March 12, 2011 | Mark Wilson

Twitter is full of anxious donors, retweeting to text REDCROSS to 90999 to make $US10 donation. Now, there’s nothing wrong with this donation: The American Red Cross is a superb organisation. But Japan hasn’t actually asked for help just yet. More »


Cameras

No Shooting Challenge This Week

6:05AM December 30, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Given that no one likes to work over the holidays, our intrepid Shooting Challenge participants can take the week off to focus on making particularly lofty, soon-unfulfilled New Year’s resolutions related or completely unrelated to the art of the snapshot. But don’t go soft on us; we’ll announce a new challenge, as usual, next Wednesday. More »


Cameras

14 Reader Family Portraits

6:00AM December 29, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Some of you, dear Gizmodo readers, have lovely families who celebrate the holidays with Hallmarkian rigor. Others…don’t you realise that duct tape wasn’t meant for lips? More »


Science

The Church Of The Sacred Hologram

2:00AM October 29, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Will you tell of your hopes and your dreams and the goodness you have seen? Or will you tell them of the darkness you’ve created with your own hands? More »


Science

Turning Welch’s Juice Into Wine In 48 Hours

2:00AM September 26, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I’m taking the last sip of home-brewed purple liquid. It’s sweet yet balanced, fizzy yet quenching, smooth yet these words look a bit blurry. It tastes like a dangerously well-mixed drink. And just 48 short hours ago, it was Welch’s. More »


News

Farewell Gizmodo, Sort Of

1:00AM August 3, 2010 | Mark Wilson

After four years, thousands of posts and countless phallic puns, I’m leaving one of the world’s greatest jobs in attempt to pioneer new projects. And I’d love it if I could coax a few of you to come along. More »


The Explosions Of Every Nuclear Bomb To Date

10:20AM July 31, 2010 | Mark Wilson

This video, by artist Isao Hashimoto, charts every nuclear detonation from the US’s tests in 1945 to the modern era. Even if you’re versed in history, it still offers a perspective that’s tough to entirely grasp in numbers alone. More »


Gadgets

Finally, A Hole Punch For Beer

3:40AM July 31, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I think I can speak for everyone here when I say there’s nothing worse than not drinking a bottle of brewskie through a crazy straw. More »


Geek Out

Five Years Of An Ant Colony Stuck In A Scanner

3:00AM July 31, 2010 | Mark Wilson

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François Vautier built an ant farm into a scanner, then he proceeded to scan the farm every day for five years. The ensuing clip? Just as wonderful as you’d imagine, though I wish I could see it uncompressed. More »