http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/photoshop-proves-once-and-for-all-that-shakespeare-was-a-hipster/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/photoshop-proves-once-and-for-all-that-shakespeare-was-a-hipster/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:41 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164291 Photoshop has changed the world, but it’s not content with just the future; it’s going back to grab the past too. These digitally modernised portraits of historical figures were put together to promote History TV’s new series, the Secret Life Of…, and will make you wonder if maybe you’ve passed a modern-day Shakespeare on the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/photoshop-proves-once-and-for-all-that-shakespeare-was-a-hipster/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/archaeologists-uncover-hundreds-of-mysterious-orbs-in-ancient-temple/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/archaeologists-uncover-hundreds-of-mysterious-orbs-in-ancient-temple/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:02 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162325 In news that will likely delight Apollo 11 deniers, Roswell frequenters, and Illuminati enthusiasts alike, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of mysterious, once-metallic spheres buried deep beneath an ancient pyramid in Mexico City. And we have absolutely no idea what they’re for. Described by Jorge Zavala, an archaeologist at Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute, as [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/archaeologists-uncover-hundreds-of-mysterious-orbs-in-ancient-temple/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/put-the-history-of-time-in-context-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/put-the-history-of-time-in-context-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:00:39 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161973 There’s nothing to spice up your Monday like getting a feel for how insignificant of a speck you are in the grand scheme of the universe. Here Is Today does just that, but in such a pretty, minimalist way that you won’t even mind. HereIsToday.com is a single serving site that does exactly what it’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/put-the-history-of-time-in-context-with-a-click-of-your-mouse/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watch-a-woman-from-the-1990s-explain-what-a-computer-is/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watch-a-woman-from-the-1990s-explain-what-a-computer-is/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:09 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160827 One of the things that will never fail to make me happy: seeing people stuck in time explain what modern day technology is. Kim Komando hosted an educational series about computer and explains the basics of its hardware, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Write and more. A few of my favourite quotes: “What happens when you press [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/watch-a-woman-from-the-1990s-explain-what-a-computer-is/feed/ 17 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-ancient-art-of-perfect-gin-our-visit-to-beefeater-and-plymouth/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-ancient-art-of-perfect-gin-our-visit-to-beefeater-and-plymouth/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:00:22 +0000 Brent Rose http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=159651 Gin just happens to be one of our favourite beverages. It’s a versatile spirit with tons of variation between brands. And we were fortunate enough to see how two of the great gin producers of the ages—Beefeater and Plymouth—create it from scratch.   The Need for Better-Tasting Booze Distilling, in its crudest form, is only [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-ancient-art-of-perfect-gin-our-visit-to-beefeater-and-plymouth/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-evolution-of-outdoor-seating-brilliantly-visualised/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-evolution-of-outdoor-seating-brilliantly-visualised/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:22 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=156436 The New York Times has an awesome retrospective graphic that shows how al fresco seating has evolved all the way from 1889 to the present. Can you tell we’re excited for spring? Check out the full graphic over at the Times. Because maybe you didn’t know the classic director’s chair first appeared all the way [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-evolution-of-outdoor-seating-brilliantly-visualised/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/jeff-bezos-has-rescued-the-apollo-11-rockets-from-the-ocean-floor/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/jeff-bezos-has-rescued-the-apollo-11-rockets-from-the-ocean-floor/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:00:11 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=152161 Ever since July 16, 1969, the rockets that pushed Apollo 11 out of the atmosphere, taking mankind to the moon, have lain at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Jeff Bezos has been keen to get them back, and now, thanks to his hard work and vast fortune of book money, they’re seeing the light [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/jeff-bezos-has-rescued-the-apollo-11-rockets-from-the-ocean-floor/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/crossrail-tunnelers-may-have-found-the-remains-of-50000-black-death-victims/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/crossrail-tunnelers-may-have-found-the-remains-of-50000-black-death-victims/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:55 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=150690 Archaeologists working in and around the Crossrail tunneling efforts that are currently cutting London a new hole have made a shocking discovery, which could be the tip of an iceberg consisting of some 50,000 plague victims. Diggers have unearthed what they believe might be a graveyard beneath Farringdon, a part of London believed to have [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/crossrail-tunnelers-may-have-found-the-remains-of-50000-black-death-victims/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/could-the-ancient-romans-have-built-a-digital-computer/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/could-the-ancient-romans-have-built-a-digital-computer/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:00:35 +0000 Hunter Scott http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=147890 The Romans were undoubtedly master engineers. They were experts at civil engineering, building roads, improving sanitation, inventing Roman concrete, and constructing aqueducts that adhere to tolerances impressive even by today’s standards. Perhaps the best evidence of their aptitude is the fact that many of those structures still stand today, almost 2000 years later. They even began dabbling in [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/could-the-ancient-romans-have-built-a-digital-computer/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/access-your-iphones-browsing-history-just-by-tapping-and-holding-the-back-button/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/access-your-iphones-browsing-history-just-by-tapping-and-holding-the-back-button/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:45:09 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=142647 Yeah, I know, we all use Chrome for iPhone now, but if you don’t, did you know you can skip right to your browsing history by just holding the back button in mobile Safari? No, neither did I. Well, now you do. Apparently it works in a load of other browsers, and all other iOS [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/access-your-iphones-browsing-history-just-by-tapping-and-holding-the-back-button/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/new-ancient-evidence-confirms-that-yes-an-asteroid-killed-all-the-dinosaurs/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/new-ancient-evidence-confirms-that-yes-an-asteroid-killed-all-the-dinosaurs/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:00:34 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=141756 For most of us laypeople, it’s an accepted truth the dinosaurs were wiped out by a big ol’ asteroid that smashed into the Earth, easy as that. For scientists, however, there’s always been some question as to whether or not that was actually the case. But some new revelations have proven that we dummies were [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/new-ancient-evidence-confirms-that-yes-an-asteroid-killed-all-the-dinosaurs/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/michael-gove-accused-of-airbrushing-queen-victoria-from-history/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/michael-gove-accused-of-airbrushing-queen-victoria-from-history/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:00:28 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=141098 A draft version of the new primary school curriculum has been criticised for leaving out key historical figures, like that woman who was queen for ages. And that bloke who did all those bridges. According to a leaked version of the new curriculum seen by the Standard, the code makes no reference to the life [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/michael-gove-accused-of-airbrushing-queen-victoria-from-history/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/this-is-what-richard-iii-looked-like-before-being-buried-beneath-a-car-park/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/this-is-what-richard-iii-looked-like-before-being-buried-beneath-a-car-park/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:30:30 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=140851 Yesterday, archaeologists confirmed that they has discovered the remains of English King Richard III beneath a parking lot. Now, based on medical scans of his skull, a team of experts has created a facial reconstruction of the deceased monarch and it’s… terrifying? The reconstruction was produced using a variety of techniques. At its core lies [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/this-is-what-richard-iii-looked-like-before-being-buried-beneath-a-car-park/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/scientists-confirm-that-skeleton-found-in-parking-lot-is-richard-iii/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/scientists-confirm-that-skeleton-found-in-parking-lot-is-richard-iii/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:30:35 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=140446 A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester has announced that the remains of a body found beneath a parking lot in Leicester in fact belong to ancient British King, Richard III. In a press conference held this morning, the researchers claimed that DNA testing has enabled them to identify the skeleton as Richard [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/scientists-confirm-that-skeleton-found-in-parking-lot-is-richard-iii/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/this-family-lived-isolated-for-40-years-and-never-even-heard-of-world-war-ii/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/this-family-lived-isolated-for-40-years-and-never-even-heard-of-world-war-ii/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:30:25 +0000 Jesus Diaz http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=139249 You’ve probably heard stories of Japanese soldiers who, stranded on some remote island in the Pacific, thought the war never ended. But the Lykovs’ story is even more outlandish than that. Karp Lykov and his family had never even heard of World War II — its beginning or its end. Nothing at all. In fact, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/this-family-lived-isolated-for-40-years-and-never-even-heard-of-world-war-ii/feed/ 22 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/professional-fun-spoilers-theres-no-spitfires-buried-in-burma/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/professional-fun-spoilers-theres-no-spitfires-buried-in-burma/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:30:44 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=136484 Apparently, anyone who was harbouring hopes of flying ’round in a vintage Spitfire should give up hope now. The project that was aiming to dig up some Spitfires supposedly buried in Burma after WWII has turned up nothing but mud and some bits of old runway. According to legend, at the end of WWII, 124 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/professional-fun-spoilers-theres-no-spitfires-buried-in-burma/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/pretend-youre-important-with-your-very-own-national-heritage-plaque/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/pretend-youre-important-with-your-very-own-national-heritage-plaque/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:45:57 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=133769 This is the ultimate novelty gift. Your own personal blue plaque, totally customisable to claim you are/were amazing and contributed to society in some way, to adorn the front of your house and fascinate tourists. While the government’s cut in English Heritage’s funding means we may see the official blue plaques disappear from our historic [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/pretend-youre-important-with-your-very-own-national-heritage-plaque/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-history-of-the-world-in-1-map-and-176-words/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-history-of-the-world-in-1-map-and-176-words/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:00:33 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=130871 Sometimes, simple explanations can be the most revealing. Take this map, for example, which depicts thousands of years of human history by representing each country with a single word. Turns out to be painfully accurate. Cartographer Martin Elmer explains how he made the map: This map was produced by running all the various countries’ “History [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/the-history-of-the-world-in-1-map-and-176-words/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/what-do-you-think-belongs-in-an-internet-museum/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/what-do-you-think-belongs-in-an-internet-museum/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:00:39 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=127694 Today, The Big Internet Museum is opening its figurative doors to, well, the Internet. Just like any museum, “wings” are divided into sections like Audio-Visual, Social Media, and Gaming, and temporary exhibits will be springing up from time to time. Entries range from logical (the invention of HTML) to the absurd (double rainbow guy seems [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/what-do-you-think-belongs-in-an-internet-museum/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-mystery-of-sir-james-tillie/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-mystery-of-sir-james-tillie/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:00:08 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=119129 Sir James Tillie was, by all accounts, a slightly strange chap. An eccentric Cornish landowner, he had a rather unique burial after his death, and to this day the location of his final resting place is a myth. Grave robbers need not fear, however; a new restoration of his mausoleum looks set to reveal the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-mystery-of-sir-james-tillie/feed/ 8