http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:24:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You might not recall, but when the BlackBerry PlayBook came out last year it was close—oh, so close—to being a respectable iPad competitor. But the omission of native email, calendars and contacts was a fatal flaw, both for reviewers and the buying public. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/blackberry-playbook-os-2-0-review-a-beautiful-desert/ If Robert van Embricqs worked in Ikea's design and engineering department, the company wouldn't have to worry about creating instructional videos for assembling its furniture. All his Rising Table needs is some heavy lifting and the pull of gravity. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/ikea-could-learn-something-from-this-self-assembling-rising-table/ Climate change scientist Peter Gleick has admitted on The Huffington Post that he lied about his identity to acquire information about a movement to deny climate change. Way to do more harm than good for your cause, jerk. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/lying-is-the-wrong-way-to-raise-awareness-about-climate-change/ We know that Einstein always has the last laugh, but this is hilarious: the faster-than-light particles that could have wrecked his relativity theory are no more. It was a mistake in the test results caused by a loose cable. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/loose-cable-caused-the-magic-faster-than-light-particles/ You've seen a thousand videos vaguely similar to this one—at least in the way it starts—but just be patient. Give it two minutes. There's an unexpected payoff. A money shot, if you will. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/this-dell-fart-art-video-must-be-a-hoax/ If you generate a lot of excess body heat—and there's no shame in it—then it would make sense to put it to good use. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/your-sweaty-ass-could-soon-be-charging-your-phone/ Earlier this week we showed you Jeb Corliss' brush with death, as he hit the side of Table Mountain while attempting a wingsuit jump. Now, the footage from the cameras mounted to his helmet is available—and it looks terrifying. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/this-is-what-you-see-when-you-crash-into-a-mountain-at-120-mph/ Someone built a Facebook timeline with the life of Steve Jobs. It's quite nice to go through it and look at his life in this format, rather than having to suffer through Isaacson's rushed out prose. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/watch-steve-jobs-life-in-a-facebook-timeline/ If you suck at guitar, there are plenty of solutions. Give up, practice more, or maybe just join a punk band where nobody will notice. Whatever you do, don't get a pneumatic guitar like this one to play for you. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/a-pneumatic-guitar-is-the-worst-kind-of-air-guitar-video/ If you've ever played sports, you've always wanted to measure your athletic ability like the pros. How fast can you run? How high can you jump? Are you any good? Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/the-next-nike-is-a-futuristic-sensor-that-brings-the-power-of-nikes-research-lab-to-your-shoes/ If you've ever stuck your fingers together with super glue, you know pain. But imagine sticking them together with glue that bonds materials at the molecular level: that's real pain. It's also what scientists are doing, with the help of flesh-eating bacteria. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/insanely-strong-molecular-glue-inspired-by-flesh-eating-bacteria/ It doesn't include that oh-so-catchy theme song, but as a deskcessory this Tetris lamp is thankfully not just a cheap cash grab tie-in to the famous puzzle game. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/tetris-lamp-lights-up-when-stacked-instead-of-disappearing/ We're about to deploy a loaded word. The word is "whimsical". That means Sir Benfro's Brilliant Balloon isn't your standard gaming fare. Rather, it's a delicate journey through an imaginary world, spotting fantastical creatures from afar. Delightful music and graphics, yes. Pumping adrenaline, no. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/sir-benfros-brilliant-balloon-for-iphone-and-ipad-the-life-aeronautic-without-steve-zissou/ If you thought space was a peaceful vacuum, think again: scientists have discovered the fastest winds ever observed on a stellar-mass black hole, and they reach an incredible 20 million mph. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/the-20-million-mph-cosmic-hurricane-tearing-through-our-universe/ Ever wondered how you put a skeleton back together? The Museum of London’s Mike Henderson shows you how in this amazing, yet creepy stop motion video of how an osteologist puts a skeleton back together. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/how-to-put-a-skeleton-back-together/ The Apple Store in Charlotte's Northlake Mall is presumably like any other: clean, crisp, tidy. But underneath the pristine veneer, an unidentified employee spent nearly six weeks this winter stealing iPhone after iPhone from the Genius Room. Twenty-five handsets, to be precise, worth more than £12,700 retail. Steal different! Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/bad-apple-store-genius-stole-over-12000s-worth-of-iphones/ The next time you're out stargazing with your children, please make sure you shield them from Orion and his glowing member. Or at least bring a little loin cloth you can hold up to the sky. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/why-the-orion-nebula-is-nsfw/ LG’s let out a video of its Galaxy Note rival, the Optimus Vu before its official showing off at MWC. In it you’ll get to see the wonders of its 5-inch IPS screen; some finger writing action, and a close up of its camera – how I managed to contain myself I just don’t know. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/lg-optimus-vu-flashes-for-the-camera/ The ongoing joke that Ikea's flat-pack furniture is confusingly complicated to assemble might be rendered moot now that the Swedish company is rolling out video assembly instructions that look considerably easier to follow than its printed manuals. Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/ikeas-video-assembly-instructions-vastly-increase-your-chances-of-success/ ABC News' Nightline program delivered what they claimed would be an unprecedented look inside the Foxconntroversy: its TV crew would have unfettered access to facilities and people. So what did it expose? Continue reading »]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/inside-foxconn-tv-crew-enters-apples-factories-for-the-first-time-ever/