GizModo: Top Tech News and Reviews [March ‘11 Diet]

Started by GIZMODO, Mar 01, 2011, 12:05 AM

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                      This is really nuts. The people from National Geographic have built a house inspired by the Pixar movie Up! Yes, a house tied to gas balloons that actually flies. I'm so giddy I can barely type.            More »

Source: The House From Up! Now Exists In Real Life—and It Flies! [Video]

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    The Guangzhou Opera House. Just completed after seven years of construction, the insta-landmark comprises two separate buildings and overlooking Guangdong Province's Pearl River. And its main auditorium, which seats 1,800 and looks like something not even the holodeck could dream up, is as acoustically advanced as it is beautiful.            More »

Source: Grand New Opry [Architecture]

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                      Whether your iPhone 4 comes in Verizon or AT&T flavor, you're going to have to accept a hefty data plan as part of the deal. Unless, of course, you find a terribly clever way to free your phone from the shackles of a major carrier. Like this one.            More »

Source: How To Get a Pay-As-You-Go CDMA iPhone 4 [Video]

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    Who knew Google was hiding an artistic touch in Google Earth? Clement Valla, an artist, fiddled with Google Earth and found some amazingly surrealist images. Turns out, when you zoom in at just the right angle, bridges droop dramatically, 2D roads look pasted on in a 3D world and the entire world looks like it's melting.            More »

Source: Google Earth Images Actually Make for Great Surrealist Art [Art]

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    Here are the best stories on Gizmodo today. Enjoy them!            More »

Source: Best Stories of Today, March 7, 2011 [Total Recap]

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    Spring is near! The sun is shining, the weather is warming and holy what the mothercakes, gas is four dollars a gallon right now?! And what mister newscaster? It's going to get more expensive? Geez! This is getting out of hand. We all would appreciate saving some money on gas. Here's how.            More »

Source: How to Save Money on Gas with Apps [Howto]

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                     Kevlar. The world is lousy with this stuff: from body armor to tires to shoelaces; from to suspension bridges to the Ove Glove. But when Kevlar was invented 45 years ago, it didn't look like something that could save a life. It looked like a mistake.            More »

Source: A Brief History of Bulletproof [Video]

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    Tucked away in a palatial Hawaiian home and packed with high-tech accouterments, I can't imagine a better place to watch a film than this incredible Star Wars-inspired home theater. Unless you were trying to watch a Western or something.             More »

Source: The Most Impressive Home Theater in the Entire Star System [Home Theater]

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                      Poor Sr. Mistu, who happens to be blind, has run out of olives for his pizza! In this straightforward but beautiful, hand-drawn and -animated puzzle game, you have to help him collect his beloved olives while keeping him out of harm's way.            More »

Source: Sr. Mistu for iPhone [Video]

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    Here are the best stories on Gizmodo today. Enjoy them!            More »

Source: Best Stories of Today, March 8, 2011 [Total Recap]