Orbit

Entertainment

Alcatec Orbit: Pocket Sprocket Speakers

12:20PM May 4, 2011 | Brian Barrett

The Orbit Stereo might not be the most powerful laptop speakers in the world, but they’re sleek, unobtrusive, and they’ve pretty much gotta be an improvement over the tinny noise that’s coughing out of your keyboard about now. More »


Science

Twilight Discovery

11:00AM February 28, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Yesterday, ISS denizen Paolo Nespoli snapped this photo of the space shuttle Discovery on approach to the station. More »


Entertainment

The Best Of The Year In Space

8:20AM December 28, 2010 | Gizmodo Staff

It’s been a big year for the space sciences. The first privately-held spacecraft orbited our world, the blackest material in history was created, researchers expanded the list of possible sources of life threefold; and that was just in December. More »


Science

Where There’s Water…

10:00AM November 1, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, aboard the ISS, snapped this nighttime photo of the Nile as he shot over it on Saturday. The contrast between where there is life and there is not is striking, to say the least. [Astro_Wheels via defcon_5] More »


Entertainment

Shooting People In The Face With Fruit For Fun And Profit

10:20AM October 13, 2010 | Joel Johnson

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Sure, it’s a commercial for Orbit gum. That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy smiles being fruvigorously faceblasted – periodontry by pericarp. More »


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Orbit Looks Like A Brain-Liquefying Rollercoaster

5:40AM April 1, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

It looks like a vomit-inducing, brain-liquefying rollercoaster, but sadly it’s a new London landmark to be built by steel conglomerate ArcelorMittal for the Olympic Park. Called the Orbit, is almost as tall as the Great Pyramid of Giza. More »


The Earth’s Satellites, Visualised By Nation

2:00PM January 31, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

As data visualisation has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good ones. Here he shows the satellites orbiting our planet. More »


Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker Drops The Batteries, Grows A USB Tail

10:55PM September 8, 2009 | John Herrman

Some interestingly sideways gadget evolution from Altec Lansing today: The ultraportable Orbit speaker, which originally called for a child’s fistful of batteries, is now powered directly over USB. Which is great, for some people. More »


Science

Korea Reveals its First Orbit-Capable Rocket

8:44PM October 20, 2008 | Kit Eaton

Seems like rockets are in the news a lot recently, and now South Korea has joined in by unveiling its first space launch vehicle, cunningly named the KSLV-1. Looking pretty much like rockets do, it’ll be capable of putting Korea’s first satellite—a “Science and Technology” one—into orbit, and the 7.7m-long upper stage has just been completed by Korea’s own Aerospace Research Institute. Sure, the 25.8m main stage is actually Russian, but it’ll still represent quite an achievement when it goes aloft. Sadly this won’t be until April-June next year due to technical cooperation problems with Russia. [FarEastGizmos]

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Altec Lansing’s Redesigned Speakers and iPod Docks Get Retro, Manly Look

3:20AM September 12, 2008 | John Mahoney

I must say I’m digging Altec Lansing’s new design approach with their consumer audio gear. In these Expressionist Bass speakers and new inMotion iPod docks, we see A-L ditching white plastic tubes and glossy piano-black slabs in favour of vaguely retro, almost steampunk industrial designs with big screws, black, chrome and brown colour schemes, prominent grilles, and a new logo. Check out a few more retro-fabulous shots and another, bigger inMotion dock post-jump.

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