accidents
Vehicles
Your Move, Captain Sullenberger
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Hudson River water landings? That’s so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there’s a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation, crash landed his plane in a lava field. More »
Random Stuff
UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe At Home
9:16AM Jesus Diaz | On one side I’m happy that Falcon Heene—the boy who allegedly was flying uncontrollably inside a homemade, spaceship-shaped helium balloon—was actually safe all the time, hiding at home. On the other, I just want to bitchslap him. Repeatedly.
Vehicles
Six-Year-Old Boy Flying Away In Homemade UFO [Updating Live]
6:05AM Jesus Diaz | This may sound funny, but it is not: A six-year-old boy is floating away without control in a homemade UFO, made with lots of tin foil and balloons full of helium. More »
Random Stuff
Large Insect Crashes Air Force Missile Truck
5:09AM Jesus Diaz | Surprisingly, this is not the first time a US Air Force missile truck has crashed this year. However, it is the first time they probably needed to call SHIELD or The Avengers to fight the crash culprit: “a large insect”. More »
Random Stuff
Texting While Driving Results In Death, Seven Misdemeanor Charges
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Utah’s getting harsh on texting while driving, but it looks like Florida may be among the first states to issue some serious punishment: A 17-year-old man is facing a second degree felony and seven first-degree misdemeanor charges. More »
Vehicles
POV Video Of Two Trains Colliding Head-On
7:20AM Adam Frucci | Yikes. Here’s a video taken from the front of a freight train as it barrels head-on into another freight train. No one was killed, thankfully, but you can see a dude bailing from the oncoming train right before it hits. More »
Robots
Computerised Train Runs Over Local Man For “Unknown Reason”
3:45PM Dan Nosowitz | We here at Gizmodo are anything but fearmongering sensationalists. We’re analytical, skeptical, and rational at all costs. That being said, this robot train ran over some dude in Miami and everyone in south Florida should run for their lives. More »
Phones
Elderly Woman Rams Mobile Phone Store, Palm Pre Connection Questionable
11:27AM Jason Chen | Although the NBC Chicago News credits the elderly woman for being slightly too eager to get the Palm Pre, there doesn’t seem to be any actual evidence that she actually wants a Pre. Nice try Chicago. [NBC Chicago via Palmpre.org] More »
Gadgets
Fear the Pant Zipper
5:20AM Jack Loftus | My childhood was active enough. I was as fearless as any toddler. I frolicked in the mud and climbed on now-banned metal jungle gyms. I was rambunctious. Then I met the pajamas with the feet. More »
Phones
