#lenovo

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick

The ultraportable Lenovo IdeaPad U260 is set to release November 15th (this Monday) for $895. It's under an inch thin and Lenovo is calling it the first laptop to have a 12.5-inch display with an HD 16:9 screen. More »

The Universal Pillow Remote Of My Lazy Dreams

After waiting years for it to become reality, there is now an honest to god universal pillow remote. Screw a Harmony, I'll take the most comfortable and most impossible to lose remote there is. It's only 30 bucks at Brookstone too. More »

This Guy Went To Jail Because He Posted Naked Pictures Of His Ex-Girlfriend On Facebook

This guy, Joshua Ashby, is in prison right now. Why? Because in what the judge called an "irresponsible drunken rage", Joshy posted naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook after they broke up. More »

I Want This Jet-Powered Mountain Bike!

This is a mountain bike powered by an AMT miniature gas turbine jet engine. It's exactly the kind of epic daily driver I need to navigate Manhattan traffic. Video, plus how it works, below. [Jalopnik]

The 15 Best Web Videos Ever of The Week

Want to catch up on the week's most popular web videos? Check out our top fifteen inside. [Gawker.TV]
#gizmodouniversity

Gizmodo University: Flippin' Switches

It's Saturday, it's noon; that can mean only one thing: It's time for Gizmodo University! We've got an action-packed lesson today as our intrepid Sparkle Labs host (and proud new papa) Ariel takes a look at switches, sensors, and detectors! More »

I'd Wear This G-Shock Watch Made From Paper

Somebody was obviously paying attention during arts and crafts time in school because this paper model G-Shock is pretty impressive. It nails all the sporty detail of G-Shocks with colored paper and if it really worked, I'd totally buy one. More »

Blood Camera to Spot Invisible Stains at Crime Scenes

Call it CSI: Abracadabra. A camera that can make invisible substances reappear as if by magic could allow forensics teams to quickly scan a crime scene for blood stains without tampering with valuable evidence. More »

Buy Your Gizmodo Artist Series T-Shirt Today

You guys kept telling us you wanted an official Giz t-shirt, and now they're here. The very first Gizmodo Artist Series t-shirt, designed by former Giz illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, is available today from BustedTees for $20. More »
Yesterday - November 12, 2010

Pretty Soon, Your Gold Wedding Band Can Be Any Color You Want

Researchers have figured out how to use a specific engraving technique in order to alter the frequency of light a metal—any metal—absorbs or reflects. How? By carving tiny rings, smaller than the wavelengths of light. More »

The Ingenious Machine That Can Print Cobblestone Roads

A road printer. That's the only way I can classify this machine, which can build 400 yards of road per day using cobblestone. You just have to keep feeding it bricks, and it will just work. [Thanks Perico!]

A Walk Sign Takes a Stroll In This Incredible Animation

It took 5313 pictures of 57 stencils over untold hours of positioning, measuring, adjusting, and shooting to bring this street sign to life. But the only number you should care about are the next four minutes of mind-melting awesomesauce. More »

Custom Gun Safe Holds Enough Weaponry to Overthrow Several Governments

I'm more of a 1st and 21st amendment kind of guy, but those of you who cherish your right to bear arms will tear up at the sight of the Pendleton gun cabinet—LED-lit room for 40 of 'em! More »
#apps

This Week's Best Apps

In this week's super stellar app roundup: beasts, boxed; reminders, reminded; songs, bumped; villages, nurtured into cities; the fiddle, made magical; cross platform messaging, simplified; Muji, in app form, melodies, scribbled, and much more! More »

From the Tips Box: Facebook Chat, Process Killing, and Full Screen Megavideo

Readers offer their best tips for finding out who's blocking you on Facebook chat, killing processes quickly on Windows, and watching Megavideo in full screen with dual monitors. [Lifehacker]

The scene In which gamers blow Fidel's brains off

The Cuban government is very angry. The reason: This scene from a Call of Duty: Black-Ops mission that requires to kill Fidel Castro. They are claiming some bullshit about it being "perverse." I wonder if the victims of Castro's dictatorship agree. More »
#promotion

How to Stalk the Gizmodo Staff on Facebook

You're probably tired of us constantly suggesting that you become a fan of Gizmodo on Facebook, so today we're doing something different. Today we're suggesting that you show our staff some love. More »
#food

The Machine that Shucks Lobsters Alive

Left: Live lobster with its shell on. Right: Same lobster all clean and ready to be cooked after being dropped alive into a machine that blasts water at 40,000 PSI. They call it the Big Mother Shucker. More »
#giftguide2010

Guaranteed Awesome Gifts for the Would-Be Photographer

Photography is more accessible than it's ever been, thanks to the rise of cheap, amazing cameras. There's never been more potential photographers than this very moment. More »

Exclusive Look at How Avatar's Human Actors Transformed Into Towering Na'vi

You'll have to wait until Tuesday to buy the mega three-disc Avatar Extended Collector's Edition Blu-ray. But you can watch this exclusive featurette on how Zoe Saldana became eight-feet tall and blue right now. And yes, even horses get motion-captured. More »
#dealzmodo

App Deals of the Day

It's #appdealz time! Check out the fantastic assortment of free and price-reduced apps we've found for you today. More »
#imagecache

Watch the fantastic voyage into a computer's brain

The people at Sciency Stuff got a dead Intel processor, tore it apart and made an autopsy using an electronic microscope. They zoomed in 3,160 times. Play the video while you shout "ENHANCE!" in your brain. More »

Interactive People Watching

Oh this is fun. Multimedia artist Rune Madsen took the usually-passive act of people watching and made it, well, a lot less passive. Watch how the stream of pedestrian traffic adapts as his buddy rearranges some sidewalk barricades. More »
#destruction

Apple Products Get Chopped, Shot, Smashed, and Burned

What does Michael Tompert have against Apple? Probably nothing! He's just an artist who happens to have spectacularly destroyed a whole bunch of their products for his new exhibit. Above: a sledgehammered iPhone 4 and a neatly sliced Magic Mouse. More »
#dealzmodo

Gadget Deals of the Day

We end the week on a high note with some amazing deals on Laptops, Games, and Digital Cameras. Free coffee at Burger King is the icing on the cake. More »

Yes, Those Boots Are Plugged Into an Outlet

What? Their removable, discreetly-located lithium-ion polymer battery units are recharging. You want your feet warm while you're snowshoeing, clearing the driveway, or hiking Mt. Everest, right? Well, nothing can get them much warmer than Columbia Bugathermo Boots can. More »
#apple

What You Have to Look Forward to in iOS 4.2

Now that iTunes 10.1 is out with iOS 4.2 support, you can start dreaming again about how much better your iPad will be with multitasking and folders—whenever iOS 4.2 lands: [Gizmodo]

What Fast Food Really Looks Like

A side-by-side comparison of fast food as it's pictured in advertising versus the food you actually purchase is even more of a fail than you'd think. [Jezebel]

Watch a 570MP, Dark Matter-Hunting Camera Be Built In Just Four Minutes

This camera weighs four tons. Its shutter and filter are both nearly five feet tall. And its job is to unlock the secrets of our universe's dark energy. Here's how they built it. More »
#dealz

AT&T; WP7 Devices Are a Penny at Amazon Through Monday

Through Monday Nov. 15th, Amazon's offering all AT&T; handsets for a penny (plus that pesky new two-year contract). This is your first chance—unless you're a Microsoft employee—to pick up a Windows Phone 7 device for practically nothing. More »

It's Not Official Until It's Facebook Official

You can show me all the legal documentation you want. You can line up notary publics out the door. But unless I see it in a news feed item or a profile update, it's invalid. More »

15 Videos of Sausage Being Made. Yech... and Yum.

You learned the unfortunate way chicken nuggets are made. Now feast your eyes on the goopy, meaty glory of mechanical sausage making machines. They come in all shapes and sizes, oozing meat for your eating pleasure. More »
#facebook

Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail

According to Techcrunch's sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service. More »
#officewarfare

Lightning Review: The $500 Rubber Band Gatling Gun

Landing a well-aimed rubber band—in the coffee, in the hair bun, in the ear—is one of the great pleasures of working in an office. So, how about about 100 of them? More »
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