factories
Weapons
12:30PM Rosa Golijan | Is this the entrance to Jason Chen’s secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with swine flu? What on earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard? Ah! The floor has the answer. More »
What Is This?
12:30PM Rosa Golijan | Is this the entrance to Jason Chen’s secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with swine flu? What on earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard? Ah! The floor has the answer. More » 
Vehicles
5:11PM Nick Broughall | Sitting in the safety dojo at Toyota’s Altona manufacturing plant, my fingers dancing across the keys as I rapidly pumped out yesterday’s Hybrid Camry post, a zip-lock bag appeared in front of me. “Camera and phone please” was the order – and it was an order, no matter how nicely the Toyota PR rep said it. I was about to get a tour of the factory floor, where Toyota manufactures their Camry and Aurion lines, including the upcoming Camry Hybrid. More »
The Toyota Altona Factory Tour: Cars, Robots And Muzak
5:11PM Nick Broughall | Sitting in the safety dojo at Toyota’s Altona manufacturing plant, my fingers dancing across the keys as I rapidly pumped out yesterday’s Hybrid Camry post, a zip-lock bag appeared in front of me. “Camera and phone please” was the order – and it was an order, no matter how nicely the Toyota PR rep said it. I was about to get a tour of the factory floor, where Toyota manufactures their Camry and Aurion lines, including the upcoming Camry Hybrid. More »
Random Stuff
11:00AM Nick Broughall | Taken at Sony’s new BD disc factory yesterday. It’s so good, it almost doesn’t need a caption. But go nuts anyway… More »
Caption Contest: Quick! Press The Red Button!
11:00AM Nick Broughall | Taken at Sony’s new BD disc factory yesterday. It’s so good, it almost doesn’t need a caption. But go nuts anyway… More »
Entertainment
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Yesterday Sony opened a brand new Blu-ray disc plant in Huntingwood, NSW. Could this mean cheaper Blu-ray discs for the masses? More »
New Blu-Ray Disc Factory Opens In NSW
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Yesterday Sony opened a brand new Blu-ray disc plant in Huntingwood, NSW. Could this mean cheaper Blu-ray discs for the masses? More »
Toys
How Lego Bricks Are Made: The 80s Version
12:30AM Jesus Diaz | I wish I knew about this 80s video before I visited Lego to show you how it’s made. But then, I would have missed the secret Lego vault and the cathedral-sized storage buildings. [Thanks Kooberz] More »
Random Stuff
A Tour of McDonald’s Horrifying Mechanized Meat Factories
7:36PM John Herrman | If you’re curious about large-scale meat-processing machinery and sanitation procedures, definitely watch this video. If you ever, ever want to eat at McDonald’s (or for that matter, beef) again, don’t.
Gadgets
A Peek Inside A Gadget Recycling Factory
5:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Our favourite electronics aren’t always the easiest items to recycle, but Wired took a tour of a factory where they’re stripped down to their essential parts so manufacturers can reuse the good bits. More »
Random Stuff
How Peeps Are Born
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Peeps taste like the foam rubber inside a Temperpedic mattress, but enough people devour the marshmallow birdies that they’re reborn every Easter. The Tribune shows us the industrial womb they’re born in via photogallery. [Tribune] More »
Vehicles
Robot Army Building Cars Show the Lazy Future of Humanity
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | I thought nothing would impress me more than the Lego factory’s interior and its breathtaking 65-foot-high storage cathedrals. And then, I saw this video of BMW’s Munich assembly line, with almost no sign of humans. More »
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