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Lighting A Grill With Liquid Oxygen Is The Opposite Of Safe
10:00AM Adam Frucci | Don’t try this at home: In this video, crazyperson Theo grey lights a grill with the help of some liquid oxygen. Suffice to say it’s a bit of overkill, but just the kind of overkill we like. [Instructables via PopSci]
Peripherals
10:38AM Nick Broughall | Remember back in 2006 when lithium batteries were exploding left, right and centre? I don’t know about you, but my laptop became a notebook overnight when I realised what an exploding battery might do to my manhood. Australia Post has had a similar epiphany, albeit three years later, and are now refusing to ship anything with a lithium battery by air. More »
Forget About Air Shipping Lithium Batteries Via Australia Post
10:38AM Nick Broughall | Remember back in 2006 when lithium batteries were exploding left, right and centre? I don’t know about you, but my laptop became a notebook overnight when I realised what an exploding battery might do to my manhood. Australia Post has had a similar epiphany, albeit three years later, and are now refusing to ship anything with a lithium battery by air. More »
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Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into The Air, Not At Your Mom
11:00AM Jason Chen | Here’s another clip from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that proves, once and for all, that it is not okay to point fireworks at family members. Happy July 4th everybody! [CPSC] More »
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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 »
Gadgets
Giz Service Announcement: Fireworks And Watermelon Don’t Mix
2:00AM Jason Chen | Hey, we here at Gizmodo, together with Nancy Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, want to remind you to have a safe 4th of July. Don’t use illegal fireworks for anything dangerous. Like blowing up an M-1000 inside of a watermelon. In slow motion. Happy 4th weekend everybody. [CPSC] More »
Entertainment
Rocket Sled Attempts to Pancake a Car, Fails Gloriously
10:57PM Mark Wilson | In what must be the most incendiary Mythbusters test to date, the show’s crew tried to flatten a car…using a 1,125kph, two-stage rocket sled. More »
Entertainment
Mythbusters Explosion Breaks Windows, Tosses Women Off Couches
7:20AM Sean Fallon | The Mythbusters’ passion for explosions got a little out of hand earlier this week when they detonated 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate a mile outside of Esparto, California. Perhaps two miles would have been better. More »
Cameras
10:00AM Nick Broughall | That’s right, these people are blowing up a bus for science. In particular, they’re testing out new forensic cameras that are disaster-proof. In other words, cameras that can withstand the impact of being blown up in a bus, or other natural disasters like flooding and volcanoes. More »
Americans Blow Up A Bus For Science (And Fun!)
10:00AM Nick Broughall | That’s right, these people are blowing up a bus for science. In particular, they’re testing out new forensic cameras that are disaster-proof. In other words, cameras that can withstand the impact of being blown up in a bus, or other natural disasters like flooding and volcanoes. More »
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