Apocalypse

Gadgets

Bleeding Zombie Target Dummies: Essential Apocalypse Preparedness

3:20AM December 21, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Shooting paper targets will improve your aim, but they don’t quite capture the experience of emptying a shotgun into a zombie’s chest. Not like these lifelike — or should I say undeadlike — zombie targets that bleed like real flesh. More »


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Porn Studio Building Opulent Underground Sex Bunker

8:05AM September 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

You might be familiar with Pink Visual, a major porn player. If and when the world ends in 2012, they don’t want all that sexy time to stop. So let’s built a bang bunker. More »


Science

Gizmodo Taste Test: Is Surviving The Apocalypse Worth Eating This?

7:00AM June 24, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Everybody’s dead. Maybe it was nukes. Maybe it was zombies. There’s nothing left to eat. Except this stuff. Thousands of servings of freeze-dried food, designed to last for years. What’s it taste like? Is it worth living anymore? More »


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Tactical Sandwich Lives (Almost) Forever

8:46AM May 24, 2011 | Mat Honan

In this post-rapture world, you need food. ThinkGeek’s Tactical Sammich will last up to two years in your emergency kit (or pantry) and tastes way better than human flesh. It comes in two flavours, and costs a mere $US6. More »


Gadgets

All The Essential Gear You Need For The Rapture

6:00AM May 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle and Adrian Covert

The world is ending today. Maybe. Odds are, if you’re a Gizmodo reader, you’ll be stuck down here with the rest of us sinners – pick up this apocalyptic hardware beforehand. More »


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New York City’s Apocalypse Manual

7:40AM February 16, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

New York City just published a 75-page document outlining some legal guidelines to be observed in the event of a major terrorist attack, chemical contamination or zombie outbreak. Basically, when the government declares a state of emergency, they can legally do all sorts of things to keep shit under control. More »


Science

The Best Science Of The Year

8:40AM January 1, 2011 | Gizmodo Staff

2010 was a great year for Science. NASA’s space plane (and the Dolly lineage) were resurrected while a secret laboratory Neturino observatory was built under the South Pole. Check out our best science stories of the year! More »


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Ominous Abandoned Six Flags Is A Few Zombie Hordes Short Of The Apocalypse

7:00AM November 5, 2010 | Sam Biddle

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/m4DmNf251CA&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); A video adventurer was daring enough to infiltrate this abandoned Six Flags outside New Orleans—derelict since Hurricane Katrina—and record footage. The environs are haunting, to say the least—and we watched with the expectation of some zombie cameos. More »


25 Ideas Show How To Survive Climatic Disasters

12:00AM May 7, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

When the apocalypse hits, how do you plan on surviving? A German exhibition is exploring ideas from 25 artists, the best of which are below – take your pick of how you’re going to continue existing. More »


iRobot Makes First Version Of T-1000 Or Number Six

9:49AM October 14, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Gizmodo’s bullpen five minutes ago. Me: “Holy f—k. Check this.” Matt: “We’re all dead.” Me: “We’re so f—ked.” Wilson: “Soft robotics. That’s a scary phrase.” Jason: “You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots.” Wilson: “Now, jamming skinMore »