Gizmodo

paleofuture.gizmodo.com — The "Internet of Things" is shaping up to be the buzzphrase of the year as more and more of our machines take off their dunce caps. But as history has shown us, a smarter gadget doesn't necessarily mean an easier life.

gizmodo.com — The forest isn't just going to lay down and stack itself into timber piles because you asked nicely. You'll need to fell, chop, and hew it into submission. Here are the tools to do it. Felling Axes First things first, if you want to knock down trees you're going to need a felling ax.

gizmodo.com — 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.

gizmodo.com — 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.

gizmodo.com — Sending animals to do our dirty work-specifically of the drug-sniffing, bomb-hunting variety-isn't a novel concept by any means. But while an animal bomb-sniffing squad might conjure up the image of a noble K9 dog, Croatians are now depending on a very different, perhaps not quite as lovable bomb fiend: the common honeybee.

gizmodo.com — I'm done. Over it. Completely fed up. Kickstarter is ruining the world I live in. I used to love crazy gadgets, because I had some measure of confidence that, behind the idea, was some reasonably competent team or plan or, like, anything. Not anymore. Kickstarter has me gun-shy about innovation.

gizmodo.com — In April NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission took a huge panorama. From 438 miles above the Earth, the satellite shot a 6,000-mile-long, 120-mile-wide strip of planet from Russia to South Africa. It is aptly named 'The Long Swath.' Oh and it's 19.06 gigapixels.