Worker compensation is a fairly new thing, dating only back to the Labor Movement in the early 1900s. Before that, injuries on the job were usually treated with either indifference or cheap payoff—after all, the average factory worker was making mere cents a day, so half a year's pay was chump change for large companies.
Your Xbox One Is Going to Control Your Entire Home Someday
Yesterday's Xbox One premier
The World's Ten Largest Engines
What's the largest engine in the world? Well, it depends from how you look at it. Thankfully, we have dedicated Jalopnik readers
Blow Through Nine Months of Mars Roving Photos in Just One MInute
Since it touched down in August, Curiosity has been taking tons of pictures. We've already seen
Yes, the new Xbox One
Drive Awake iOS App Can Tell When You're Drowsy, Directs You to Coffee
Is there anything wrong with a chain of coffee shops trying to drum up a little extra business while they're ensuring drowsy drivers don't end up swerving off the road? Thailand-base Cafe Amazon certainly hopes not. Working with BBDO Proximity, the chain created an iPhone app that monitors drivers for signs of…
Watch a Railroad Bridge Turn into $10 Million Flaming Dominoes
Structure fires are never a good thing, but that doesn't mean they can't be damned impressive. Last Sunday, this railroad trestle in Texas caught fire, and when authorities decided it'd be too dangerous to fight, they just let it burn. The result is a spectacular show of what have to be some of the most dangerous…
If you work for Amazon, you might soon have the option to feel like you're working outside every day. Proposed earlier this week at Seattle City Hall's Design Review Board, this trio of interconnected glass domes is the company's plan for a space where employees could work and hang out.
Shooting Challenge: Memorial Day
In the US, Memorial Day means a three-day weekend. It's also a time when veterans don dusty uniforms in rituals to remind us all of the human costs behind the world we live in today. For this week's Shooting Challenge, I want you to capture a snapshot of this phenomenon—whether you're a patriot or not.
