By day, Rachel Meyer is a plant evolutionary biologist researching crop genomics at NYU. But, by evening and weekend, she is on a mission to get more botany into your cocktail—and she’s shared an exclusive new drink recipe with Gizmodo to show how.
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It helps if you’re born Luckey, but if you also work hard at building Oculus Rift, the rewards are apparently somewhere in the ballpark of $2 billion dollars. Not Dr. Evil levels, to be sure, but you could certainly equip a school of dolphins with…
Recently, Taco Bell sent out 1,000 free phones to "social influencers" to promote its unholy bastardization of what it means to be a breakfast taco. Unfortunately for one unwitting participant, his gift also came attached to bill collectors, court orders, and one charge of truancy.
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This week we have an incredibly old glass capsule that was smashed open in London, a grunge-era capsule unearthed at a Washington McDonald’s, and a huge new capsule in Florida that may shock you.
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The exterior of this brick home in Amsterdam was transformed by Studio Wessels Boer into a large-scale curio case to commemorate its role as one of the original Dutch "dime buildings," an early, 1870s-era attempt at cooperative housing. Each of the custom-made cut-outs tells a story about either the history of the place or a personal narrative from a current resident. [Lustik]
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Amazon won’t be launching a free streaming TV service next week, despite reports that it could ditch the subscription fee to raise its game against Netflix and Hulu, the online … Continue reading
Play-Doh’s all well and good when it comes to entertaining a toddler. But when you grow up, you need science to deliver something a bit more captivating. And what could be a better way to waste away the hours at work than with a handful of crystal clear putty that looks like liquid glass?
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When we first booted up the new HTC One, we were greeted by a “Powered by Android” logo near the bottom of the screen; Samsung has done the same thing with the Galaxy S5. At first this may not seem like a very big deal, but thanks to some internal…
Of the many schemes to make the government more efficient, this is probably the only one that involves typography. A middle schooler in Pittsburgh has calculated that by simply switching the typeface used in government documents from Times New Roman to Garamond, it would save taxpayers $400 million in ink.
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We use our phones to communicate with the world at large. Friends, family, and coworkers that are far away can talk to us with crystal clarity. If your phone has a front-facing camera, you can even see them through video chat. We’re already glued to these devices, and have phantom buzzes when we think our phone is going off, only because we’re always expecting an incoming message or alert.
Smartwatches have been trying to become a ‘thing’ for some time now, and while they haven’t taken hold just yet, there are a myriad of options out there. For those who would rather have a wrist communicator on, there is the Rufus Cuff. This is about the size of your smartphone, and sadly costs about as much as well.
This is a wrist cuff that has a 3” capacitive touchscreen, runs off of Android Kit Kat, and sports a ~1000mAh battery. Not only will you be able to take calls, answers texts, emails, play games, and do video chat on it, but it can track your exercise, and play music as well. It can either work in tandem with your smartphone, or on it’s own. This costs $279+, and while it is a neat idea, it’s too big to be practical for any occasion. If you really like the wrist-mounted device idea, there are some really interesting options out there to make holsters for your phone.
Available for crowdfunding on Indiegogo
[ The Rufus Cuff is an overgrown smartwatch copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
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