Science

Pretty Soon, Your Gold Wedding Band Can Be Any Colour You Want

Researchers have figured out how to use a specific engraving technique in order to alter the frequency of light a metal—any metal—absorbs or reflects. How? By carving tiny rings, smaller than the wavelengths of light.


October 6, 2010
Gadgets

The Rube Goldberg Marriage Proposal

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Marriage can be complicated. Everyone knows that. But marriage proposals can be complicated too – just ask Robert, a Gizmodo reader who constructed an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine to deliver his girlfriend’s engagement ring. Watch the big moment zip-line in.


September 30, 2010

People Actually Get Married With Those Lego Rings

No, Giz editor Jesus Diaz didn’t get married again. ut the rumours are now confirmed: There are real humans who use these Lego rings to tie the knot, for real.


September 17, 2010

I’d Like My Ring Samurai Style

Despite a lifelong fascination with the pinkie ring and a brief flirtation with a Livestrong bracelet, I’ve never actually worn jewellery. I might have to revise that stance, though, for this ring forged by samurai swordmaking technique.


August 20, 2010

How To Make Your Own Engagement Ring

Matt Katz is the fiance every DIY girl dreams of. Here he explains how he painstakingly constructed a gorgeous engagement ring: bending the band, setting the gem and polishing it all off. Think of it as “I Do-It-Yourself”.


August 17, 2010

Do Not Propose With This LCD Ring Box

Imagine the look on your girlfriend’s face as you pull out this ring box. Extreme happiness, segueing into extreme disgust, as she realises you went to the trouble of presenting your proposal on video, shown on the inbuilt 2-inch LCD. [Gadgeteer]


July 21, 2010

Projector Wedding Ring Will Make You Look Highly Unromantic By Comparison

Not content with your run of the mill giant rock, soon to be award winning husband Luke Jerram teamed up with a local jewellery designer to create a custom mini-projector wedding ring. And a chorus of 10,000 Awwwwwwws rang out.


July 14, 2010

A Nerdy Wedding Ring (Full Of Memories)

Ray Arifianto, a software development engineer at Microsoft Game Studios, is getting married. He’s got the nerdiest wedding ring to prove it.


February 2, 2010

Working Gear Ring Geared Towards Gear Heads

Sometimes, and only sometimes, a piece of geek jewellery can rise above being tacky and unwearable to become tacky and borderline wearable. Steve Wozniak’s nixie tube watch is one such example. This ring with working microgears might be another.


November 21, 2009

The Polaroid Ring

Diamond rings, Lego rings or Polaroid ring? As long as it’s not the horrible teeth rings, you will be OK.