electricity
Gadgets
NEC’s New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
12:51AM Jesus Diaz | It will be some time before it reaches couch potatoes’ hands, but NEC’s new TV remote prototype promises eternal power and no battery changes. Ever. How so? It doesn’t use any. How is this sorcery possible? More »
Gadgets
PowerZoa Would Be Great To Remotely Turn Off Your Stove
9:19AM Sean Fallon | Why? Because you could use the device to remotely cut power to any gadget that is plugged in to an outlet. More »
Robots
Say Hello To Your New Local Power Guy
2:28AM John Herrman | Helmeted workers in cherrypickers or precariously tethered to high voltage lines are as much a part of our power infrastructure’s aesthetic as towers and transformers. In the next few years, these iconic silhouettes will become a little more… mechanical. More »
Peripherals
Rotating Outlet Solves The International Outlet Smorgasbord
5:20AM Adam Frucci | We know that every country has its own plug, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. But this spinning outlet is a pretty elegant solution to that problem. More »
Gadgets
3:20AM John Herrman | OK, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who’s ever travelled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! More »
Why Every Country Has A Different F#$%ing Plug
3:20AM John Herrman | OK, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who’s ever travelled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! More »
Vehicles
Nimbus E-Power Is World’s First Commercially Available Electric Boat
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Our quest for green energy has taken to the high seas with the 8m-long Nimbus E-Power. Despite being fuelled by electricity, it manages a respectable top speed of 27 knots and a range of 20 nautical miles on a 4-hour charge. More »
Random Stuff
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Against All Odds
4:20PM Rosa Golijan | We seldom post about books at Gizmodo, but if this story of a self-taught Malawian boy using junkyard parts to build windmills and bring life-changing electricity to his village doesn’t make you misty-eyed, then you must be one cold-hearted bastard. More »
Science
So, This Is What Those High Voltage Danger Signs Mean
11:10PM Jesus Diaz | Remember kids, never plug your head in a high voltage capacitor. On the other side, watermelons are fine and fun. More »
Design
This Is What 400,000 Volts Looks Like Applied To Film
8:40AM Adam Frucci | Hiroshi Sugimoto applies electrical charges to film using a 400,000-volt Van De Graaff generator, and the results are downright stunning. More »
Design
