Stories

The Price Of Perfect Reception: Collapsing Apartment Building

6:20AM August 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Good reception is hard to come by, especially in New York City, but five bars won’t do much good when you’re dead. Some New Yorkers are convinced that the AT&T and T-Mobile antennas on their roofs are bringing the building down. More »


The Spiderpodium Gadget Stand Is Unnecessarily Freaking Me Out

1:43PM March 15, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

The Spiderpodium is pretty self-explanatory: It’s a gadget-stand/tripod (well, an octo-pod, technically) shaped like an arthropod. Lacking much to explain, I’m going to tell you the origins of my arachnophobia. Everyone take a seat. It’s about to get real. More »


Software

A Love Story, As Told By An iPhone

2:00AM February 13, 2010 | John Herrman

Have you ever woken up one morning, rolled over to an empty bed and wondered what went wrong? Well, maybe you should ask your phone. More »


Gadgets

Magazine Story to Reveal Itself During One Thousand Years

11:00AM May 20, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Forget about electronic ink. This month Opium Magazine’s cover is showing a story that is not there now, but will reveal itself over a thousand years, word for word, thanks to a specially-formulated ink.

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Cameras

US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs

7:40AM January 31, 2009 | Mark Wilson

When we recently posted a Vietnam-era Bolex camera with a rifle stock attached, we thought the concept was a little nuts. Then Army Reserve Staff Sgt. and wartime photographer Jeffrey Duran set us straight.

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Gadgets

LeapFrog Tag Junior: You Know, A Frog Who Teaches Your Toddler How To Read

11:15AM January 27, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Tag Junior book pal, LeapFrog’s newest Tag reading system, is now kid-friendlier with its chunky, ubercute, small-hands-friendly design, so you can start neglecting your children even earlier.

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Gadgets

Dad, Where’s the Digital Photo Frame?

1:30PM December 28, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

I love my parents. My dad is tech savvy, my mum isn’t, but both are equally bedazzled by technology and their reaction to certain gadgets is funny. Some parents, however, are not so impressed.

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Geek Out

My Kindergarten Niece Tells Me About Her Mum’s ‘New Phone’

5:30AM December 23, 2008 | Mark Wilson

“My mum got a new phone,” my niece tells me out of the blue. “Neat, what kind of phone?” “A button phone,” she replies. “A button phone?”

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