Since finding a perfectly dark sky is rare in our electrically-powered world, we at Gizmodo like to highlight the areas
that still remain and the photography projects that explore them. This week’s photo series comes from the Altiplano salt flats (Salar de Uyuni) in Bolivia, where a team journeyed to the site and captured some amazing images.
Sunflowers may look like the sun if you squint your eyes a bit, but they also do this weird thing where they turn to face the sun, hence the name. But how and why these plants move over the course of a day has stumped scientists for over a century.
Studio Ghibli’s films are legendary for multiple reasons, one of course being the gorgeous animation, much of it hand drawn. Even in the 21st century, when most studios were using CGI to create feature-length films, Hayao Miyazaki, for example. went back to traditional styles for his 2008 film Ponyo.
DIY your own TIE. TIE Fighter bookshelf that is. This fun bookshelf was made by Instructables contributor Ashley. it’s simply perfect for your Star Wars DVDs, books and comics.
If you want to make one for yourself she has provided instructions and a list of the materials that you will need. It is a pretty simple project if you have made built things with wood and know your way around a paintbrush.
It is pretty cute and perfect for a kid’s room. If you scaled this design up, it would make for an awesome bench too. Or a stand for all of your Star Wars action figures.
China’s ancient flood myth may be more fact than fiction, a new study suggests. According to the story, China was hit with a massive, cataclysmic flood about 4,000 years ago that lasted for more than two decades and ultimately helped shape the first part of Chinese civilization. Though the story is grand, it has thus far lacked evidence and as … Continue reading
QuakeCon 2016 is officially underway, and Bethesda has kicked it off by making a pretty big announcement. The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Bethesda’s effort to capture some of the massive audience drawn in by Hearthstone, has entered open beta on PC. The game was previously available as part of an invite-only closed beta, but now Bethesda has opened the floodgates, letting … Continue reading
Bluetooth speakers are usually a mixed bag. If you want something portable enough to slip in your pocket, chances are you have to accept middling sound quality. If you’ve got space in your backpack, then you can step up to decent audio reproduction, but typically there will be a compromise on battery life. And then there’s the Braven XXL. Unlike … Continue reading
The Wacom Cintiq 27 QHD Touch is what I expected the high end of the digital illustration device world to be. It doesn’t feel as “magical” as the iPad Pro, but it’s a whole lot more powerful – and professional. It feels like a real professional piece of equipment, something that’s been perfected over several iterations – a tool that … Continue reading
As of today, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been rolling around Mars for four years. To coincide with that, NASA has released a new side-scrolling game called Mars Rover for iOS, Android, and desktop that takes players to the Red Planet…a version of it, anyway. The game tasks players with operating the rover as it finds and identifies substances like water … Continue reading
Overwatch, as some of you may already know, has turned out to be one of the most popular releases of the year thus far. With the rabble created over the game’s open beta shortly before launch, there wasn’t any question that Overwatch was going to be a hit upon release, but today we’re finding out just how much of a … Continue reading
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