2378 Stories
TECHi Inspiration spotlights the founders, startups, and visionaries building the future. From billion-dollar funding rounds to bootstrapped breakthroughs, this section tells the human stories behind the technology. The ambition, the risk, and the execution that turns ideas into industry-defining companies.
iPhone Controlled 3D Display For.. Something
https://vimeo.com/13059978 Okay, I've watched the video three times now, and I still don't entirely get what this thing is actually...
Iconic Visualization Of The Web’s Top Million Sites
You know those little icons you see in the tab of each website you visit? They're called favicons, from 'Favorite...
John Mellencamp Hates The Internet!
Shocking though it might be, Good Ole' Boy John Mellencamp hates the internet, despises iPods and tortures kittens in his...
Toyotas Are Now Simply Too Quiet
Toyota's 2010 Prius is getting a new speaker system upgrade - under the hood, to ensure that the car makes...
You Can’t Block the Zuck Rush
You're obvs friends (the Facebook kind, obvs) with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck's a pretty fly dude. Runs a little internet startup...
Kraut Will Not Push Itself – New German Law Axes Facebook
This is entirely a new one. A new German law, penned by Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, will potentially disallow...
Five Unsung PC Components That Made Our Lives Better
Sitting in front of a modern, fancy laptop or blazing fast quad-core desktop, it can be easy to forget just...
Addicted To Gaming? There’s A Pill For That
The current generation of children, destined for a life of rickets and obesity due to lack of sunlight or exercise,...
Karma Eventually Catches Up With Gizmodo
If there's a textbook definition of karma, it might be Gizmodo Editorial Director Brian Lam leaving his phone in a...
From the Department of Things That Don’t Need To Exist: Keyboard Shoes
Yo, dawg. I heard you like Twitter, so I installed a keyboard in your shoe, so you can tweet while...
Jobs Huffed and Puffed and Blew His House Down
Steve really hates his house - in fact, he's been meaning to tear it down for years. Does this make...
Why Nothing Will “Save” Print Media
That, I freely admit, is a controversial title. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it any less true. While there is always...
Justin Bieber and the Accidental Ambient Music Genius
It is a dark day when I can wholeheartedly admit that a Justin Bieber song is tickling my fancy in...
Want An Invite To The Dorkiest Kegger Ever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwVoir5HSo4 Even dorks need downtime, and what better way to relax than with a nice cold beer? But wait. What...
World’s Longest Email Address is 345 Characters Long – That’s Alotta Long
There is absolutely nothing I can say here that isn't expressed in the headline of this post or punctuated by...
Pink Floyd? More Like… Like… Pink… GONE… Whatever
If you're looking for iTunes, Amazon, or other digital releases of Pink Floyd's material this month, you'll be appalled and...
All Star Wars Movies Coming To Blu-Ray
If you're a geek with a pulse you probably know that Celebration V, an expo focusing on all things Star...
Playboy App Coming to iPad – Without Nudity. Yeah, Good Call, Steve
To be fair, while Playboy has always been about boobs, it's also traditionally been about a bunch of other stuff,...
Twitter Follow List Attacked by Giant Bird – No Survivors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTXMMsGJ9I&feature=player_embedded I promise you, this will be both the cleverest, and, simultaneously, the most useless social media experiment you'll see...
Tobii Recorded Speech Device
I'm not just writing about this gadget because it happens to share my name and along with it a fine...