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Random Stuff
Giz Service Announcement: Fireworks Can Blow Up Your Face
2:30AM Jason Chen | Hey everyone, just checking in to make sure your holiday is kicking off with a bang. Bu that you haven’t blown your face off with some giant aerial fireworks. Happy July 4th everybody! [CPSC] More »
Cameras
Spectacular Night Photography of London Causes Awe, Vertigo
11:00PM Jesus Diaz | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/Spectacular_Night_Photography_of_London_Causes_Awe_Vertigo/'; Jason Hawkes has a very difficult, expensive, and spectacular kind of work: he takes pictures from the sky. And while it may not sound very difficult, obtaining these crystal-clear shots while hanging out of the door of a twin-engine helicopter, everything vibrating like in an earthquake because of the rotor blades, and shouting orders at your pilot over, it’s a very challenging job that requires the best technology you can get your hands on. We talked with Jason about how is it done in this new Gizmodo section that we like to call “How Is It Done.” More »
Weapons
Giz Service Announcement: Fireworks Can Blow Up Your Face
1:59AM Benny Goldman | Hey everyone, just checking in again to make sure your day is going well. And you haven’t blown your face off with some giant aerial fireworks. Because believe me, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission: If you act like the mannequin (manikin?) in the clip above, the last place you’ll end up is in a hospital emergency room. Happy 4th everybody! [CPSC] More »
Gadgets
Pneumatic Antenna Launcher is Not for Dribblers
5:20AM Haroon Malik | Getting an antenna into prime position is often a little challenging. Well, not anymore; checkout this awesome antenna launcher mod. Powered like a regular air pistol, it depends on pressurized gas to generate force, which then enables it to shoot a light line over a tree. More »
Vehicles
Plasma Thruster Powered, Cigarette Sized, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Take to the Skies
2:00PM Haroon Malik | Cigarette-sized unmanned aircraft, utilising plasma thrusters for power, may sound like something out of the pits of science fiction’s B-rate movie bin to us, but we aren’t DARPA. That’s right the guys at DARPA are actually working with boffins at Oklahoma State University to make the vision a reality. More »
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