http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/heathrow-closed-down-as-ba-flight-suffers-double-engine-failure-over-london/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/heathrow-closed-down-as-ba-flight-suffers-double-engine-failure-over-london/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:36 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168593 So this is scary. Around 9AM this morning, a British Airways flight from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow after both its engines suffered damage of some kind, causing one engine to catch fire. Both of Heathrow’s runways were closed for the landing, but the Airbus 319 landed safely [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/heathrow-closed-down-as-ba-flight-suffers-double-engine-failure-over-london/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-incredible-full-scale-lego-x-wing-is-the-largest-model-in-history/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-incredible-full-scale-lego-x-wing-is-the-largest-model-in-history/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:33 +0000 Jesus Diaz http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168471 This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It’s as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker — and Porkins. As you can see in these exclusive Gizmodo images and video, it reproduces the official £40-odd Lego 9493 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-incredible-full-scale-lego-x-wing-is-the-largest-model-in-history/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-origins-of-a-bunch-of-british-insults-yes-most-of-them-are-dirty/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-origins-of-a-bunch-of-british-insults-yes-most-of-them-are-dirty/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:23 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168316 Swearing is an art form, and us Brits are blessed with a vocabulary of curses, cusses and put-downs more well-stocked than most. But did you know that calling someone a berk should be much more offensive than it really is, or that the incredible ‘nincompoop’ is actually a legal word? Buzzfeed has a fascinating look [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-origins-of-a-bunch-of-british-insults-yes-most-of-them-are-dirty/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-all-the-nerdy-details-you-dont-know-yet/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-all-the-nerdy-details-you-dont-know-yet/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:04 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168168 You saw the news yesterday. The Xbox One was everywhere, and everyone talked a lot about it. But when a new console hits, often we’ll latch onto the biggest, shiniest new baubles. Now though, having slept on it, let’s dig into the real nerd porn. It’s worth a look.   Architecture and Operating System Oh [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-all-the-nerdy-details-you-dont-know-yet/feed/ 31 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-suncream-works-and-why-youre-wrong-about-it/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-suncream-works-and-why-youre-wrong-about-it/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:56 +0000 Andrew Tarantola http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167776 Your skin shouldn’t look like a package of pork cracklins after spending the day outdoors; that’s why we invented suncream. However, there’s a right way and a wrong way to slather on your protection — screw it up and you could get burned. It’s not the visible light from the Sun that causes your skin [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-suncream-works-and-why-youre-wrong-about-it/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/accidental-architectural-patterns-from-all-over-the-world/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/accidental-architectural-patterns-from-all-over-the-world/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168067 Photographer Jared Lim has an knack for capturing colourful patterns around the world, and they make for some eye-catching photos in his series Urban Exploration. As he told MyModernMet, the project is a work in progress that’s spanned many years. The Singapore-based Lim travels for work, and over the course of his trips, he’s culled images from [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/accidental-architectural-patterns-from-all-over-the-world/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/galvani-electric-bike-review-commuting-but-less-sweaty/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/galvani-electric-bike-review-commuting-but-less-sweaty/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:54 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159476 Bikes are great — cheap, light, easy to use, and super-duper-eco-friendly. But they’re also tiring. I mean, all that pedalling. It’s exercise. It sucks. So an electric bike, which gives you a subtle helping hand, would seem to be the best of both worlds.   What is it? A £1,450 electric bike, that combines the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/galvani-electric-bike-review-commuting-but-less-sweaty/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kinect-2-full-video-walkthrough-the-xbox-sees-you-like-never-before/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kinect-2-full-video-walkthrough-the-xbox-sees-you-like-never-before/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:30:06 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167797 The new Kinect is kind of awesome. Just by the numbers, it’s a huge upgrade. You can see (most of) the full walkthrough we saw just a bit ago here at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in the video above. Parts are jaw-dropping. The demo is of a live action Kinect unit, which will be included with the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/kinect-2-full-video-walkthrough-the-xbox-sees-you-like-never-before/feed/ 25 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-new-console-updating_/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-new-console-updating_/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:04 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167710 It’s been eight years and nine days since Microsoft showed the world the Xbox 360 on May 12th, 2005. Today, we see what’s next. The Xbox One. We’re on-site in at Microsoft’s Xbox HQ in Redmond, Washington, to check out the new Xbox. You can watch the livestream here. New consoles are exciting in a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/xbox-one-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-new-console-updating_/feed/ 92 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-the-new-xbox-launch-live/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-the-new-xbox-launch-live/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:31 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167694 Microsoft’s dropping the new Xbox 6PM tonight (hopefully literally, that’d really liven proceedings up), and this being 2013, you can of course watch a live stream of proceedings. We’ll also have live updates coming in a breathless fashion straight from the event, so set the corn to pop, stick yer feet up, and get ready [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-the-new-xbox-launch-live/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-xbox-everything-we-think-we-know/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-xbox-everything-we-think-we-know/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:05 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161072 We’re finding out all about the new Xbox later today. But that doesn’t mean we have no idea what’s coming. Here’s a rundown of everything we know, or think we know, about the next Xbox.   The Specs We are pretty sure we know what the guts of the new Xbox look like. It’ll have [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-xbox-everything-we-think-we-know/feed/ 48 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/flashback-how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/flashback-how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:35 +0000 Mat Honan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167222 In the wake of Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught—and gutted—another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger than [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/flashback-how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet/feed/ 19 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-unsettling-reminder-to-water-your-plants/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-unsettling-reminder-to-water-your-plants/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:39 +0000 Lily Newman http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167042 Keeping flowers or plants in your house is supposed to make things more beautiful, not chaotic. But this vase is only balanced when the flowers have water. If too much liquid evaporates, the counter-weight pulls one side of the vase down. “Water Balance” was designed by Risako Matsumoto, who is part of the design collaborative [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/an-unsettling-reminder-to-water-your-plants/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/drinks-on-with-the-worlds-biggest-baddest-bartending-robot/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/drinks-on-with-the-worlds-biggest-baddest-bartending-robot/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:49 +0000 Brent Rose http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166880 At the Google I/O after-party the other night, there was one bartender in particular that stood out. It wasn’t the drink he made, or the friendly chatter. It was more than he weighed several tons and could break you with the flick of the wrist. Meet the Makr Shakr. Makr Shakr was designed MIT Senseable [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/drinks-on-with-the-worlds-biggest-baddest-bartending-robot/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-your-brain-thinks-these-dots-are-a-dog/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-your-brain-thinks-these-dots-are-a-dog/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:06 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166845 Look at the adorable GIF above. What you’re seeing is nothing more than a blob of disconnected, alternating smaller blobs. So why do our brains tell us that we’re looking at a trotting dalmation? It’s all because of a little trick our brains are playing on us known as the Law of Closure. Closure, a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-your-brain-thinks-these-dots-are-a-dog/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/a-tour-through-the-us-armys-largest-simulated-battlefield/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/a-tour-through-the-us-armys-largest-simulated-battlefield/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:35 +0000 Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166886 How does the Army train soldiers for guerrilla combat in cities and villages they’ve never visited? By building replicas of those villages, training a force of fake “insurgents,” and hiring actors to populate the scenes. Welcome to Fort Irwin, a 1,000-square mile Army Base where many soldiers train before deploying overseas. As part of their [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/a-tour-through-the-us-armys-largest-simulated-battlefield/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-dummys-guide-to-android-rooting-everything-you-need-to-know/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-dummys-guide-to-android-rooting-everything-you-need-to-know/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:31 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166668 Although we do our best to write comprehensive guides to rooting various Android phones, there are more handsets out there than we ever thought humanly possible. So, to give you a good starting point, we’ve put together a more general guide and jargon-buster, so that when some dick insults you on a forum, at least [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-dummys-guide-to-android-rooting-everything-you-need-to-know/feed/ 37 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-new-photo-features-hands-on-fun-but-unreliable/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-new-photo-features-hands-on-fun-but-unreliable/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:37 +0000 Brent Rose http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166626 Amongst the slurry of updates Google announced yesterday at I/O was a new feature set for Google+ designed to make your photos better, prettier, and more fun, without you really having to do anything. It’s ambitious, and it sounds cool. Unfortunately, in its current implementation, it’s hit and miss.   Auto-Backup Auto-backup is an option [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/google-new-photo-features-hands-on-fun-but-unreliable/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/8-objects-that-signal-a-new-industrial-revolution/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/8-objects-that-signal-a-new-industrial-revolution/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:40 +0000 Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166491 Are we on the verge of a third industrial revolution? The editors at The Economist certainly think so. But while rapid prototyping and the open source movement have been around for decades now, we had yet to see anyone take a truly comprehensive look at the transformation in manufacturing. That is, until the New Museum’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/8-objects-that-signal-a-new-industrial-revolution/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-google-tried-to-kill-at-google-io/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-google-tried-to-kill-at-google-io/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:08 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166288 Google just dropped a metric ton of Google on us. Sorting through it all, it’s clear that the company’s not just trying to put new goodness into the world; it’s trying to blow plenty of existing products and services out of the water. Here are all the things Google’s looking to unseat and uppercut into [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-google-tried-to-kill-at-google-io/feed/ 14