Casey Chan

The Best Way to See If the iPhone 5 Scratches Is to Scratch the Hell Out of It Inside the Apple Store

I’m totally not suggesting that you do this yourself but if you’re so very worried about scratching the iPhone 5 and/or a close follower of scuffgate, or whatever they call it these days, know this: stuff scratches. Especially stuff made from aluminum. The iPhone 5 is no different. Does it suck to have scratches on…

This Hat Will Never Lose Its Shape Because It Cannot Be Crushed

The Crushable Baseball Cap is designed to hold its shape no matter where you put it, cram it, fold it, crush it and so forth. Any amount of abuse and it’s still going to look like a baseball cap. If you’ve tried to pack your hats before, you’d know how deformed, dented and even demented…

What Did You Do with Your Old iPhone?

Now that you’ve spent a lustful weekend filled with heavy breathing, groping, and maybe even licking the iPhone 5, you can’t go back to your old iPhone anymore. So what do you guys usually do with it? Sell it to some poor sap on Craigslist? Use it as an iPod? Hand it down to relatives?…

Apple Didn’t Have to Make Apple Maps Yet—It Still Had a Year Left on Its Google Maps Contract

Why did Apple kill Google Maps from iOS and make its own maps? The logical thinking was some combination of getting Google off iOS and Apple and Google’s Google Maps contract agreement being over. That’s only half true. Apple still could’ve used Google maps for another year under their current agreement, Apple just decided to…

This Piece of Glass Can Store Data Forever

Data, like all things, eventually dies. Your music, your movies, your documents, your files, your computer. You don’t expect it to live forever but… what if it did? Hitachi claims that they’ve developed a new quartz glass plate that can store data forever. CDs and hard drives can only last for a few decades or…

What Happens When You Combine Liquid Nitrogen with 1500 Ping Pong Balls?

A massive explosion, bro. That’s what you get. If you want to fast forward to the good parts, I’d suggest starting somewhere around 3:45. Though to be honest, hearing Professor Roy Lowry of Plymouth talk about the explosive potential of liquid nitrogen in its gaseous state is pretty damn interesting. [YouTube via Neatorama]

Meet the Street Artist Who’s Wanted by the NYPD for Punking the Police with Fake Drone Ads

His name is ‘Essam’ and he’s a 29-year-old art school grad from Maine, who served in Iraq as a “geo-spatial analyst”, and has put up posters like the one above all over New York. It shows drones being used to police regular people in an Orwellian world… with the NYPD logo plastered all over it,…

You can reserve an iPhone 5 for in-store pickup at the Apple Store now. Who likes waiting in line, right?

Madame Tussauds Is Making a Steve Jobs Wax Figure That Is Hauntingly Realistic

Madame Tussauds is making a Steve Jobs wax figure to mark the first anniversary of his death. It’s hauntingly realistic—just look at the pictures above—and will, of course, come complete with black cotton turtle neck, Levi’s 501 jeans and New Balance 991 sneakers. The wax figure will be displayed at Madam Tussauds Hong Kong and…

Watch The Mythbusters Hilariously Answer If God Exists or Not

Mythbusters. Not only are they good at revealing what’s true and what’s myth but they’re also awesome at figuring out life’s tough questions, like, does God exist? Or at least, that’s what College Humor thinks. In this parody video, this fake Mythbusters team sets out to test God’s existence while also finding time to use…

Prime Minister Admits That Government Spies Illegally Bugged Kim Dotcom

As more details leak out about the investigation on Kim Dotcom, the more embarrassing it gets for government officials. After thinking Dotcom had a doomsday device, it’s now known that government spies illegally bugged Dotcom at the behest of the US government. https://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-thought-kim-dotcom-had-a-doomsday-device-that-c-5933870 As ridiculous as Dotcom’s life may be, it seems like the government…

Watch a Girl Transform Old Bicycle Parts into Terminator Chandeliers

In this video by Etsy, Carolina Fontoura Alzaga shows how and why she transforms old junkyard bicycle parts into chandelier sculptures that look more like something from our apocalyptic future. Who knew bicycle chains and wheels could add up to be Terminator? Alzaga is obviously passionate about using salvaged materials to create her works of…

How the iPhone 5 Camera Stacks Up with a DSLR

In our iPhone 5 camera battle, we mostly pitted it against cameras in its own weight class: the Galaxy SIII, the HTC One X and the 4S. Sure, we stacked the odds a bit when we compared it to the Canon S100 and Nokia’s 808 PureView, but we didn’t go as far as to see…

How NASA Mounts a Space Shuttle on an Airplane

The Space Shuttle Endeavour just completed its final flight around California today and if you were wondering how a freaking space shuttle ends up on top of a 747, well, watch the video above. It’s a mounting process that’s not unlike strapping a few bikes to your car’s roof (only a wee bit more complicated).…

Sending Your Son’s Favorite Toy Train to Space Is Probably the Coolest Thing a Dad Can Do

We’ve got a dad of the year nominee, folks! Meet Ron Fugelseth, a guy who gave his son’s favorite train, Stanley, a trip to space. We’ve seen stuff hit space before but nothing has been as touching and aww-inducing as this. Fugelseth built the rig that floated into space with a weather balloon, styrofoam box,…

Did the iPhone 5 Already Get Jailbroken?

The wonderful devs who jailbreak iPhones have appeared to have already jailbroken the iPhone 5. Yes, the iPhone 5 that just came out today. According to Grant Paul aka chpwn on the jailbreak scene, he’s already got Cydia—the de facto jailbreak App Store—running on the new iPhone. However, just because devs have tapped into the…

Got a New iPhone 5? Here Are the Best Apps to Download

Hey you! With the aluminum, super tall iPhone 5. It’s really freaking light, isn’t it? That Lightning connector is freakishly small too, huh? But you know what makes the iPhone really SHINE? Apps. Apps. Apps. There’s a billion of ’em in the app store but here are the apps we think are the best. Go…

These Nike Free Inneva Woven Shoes Are All I Need to Be Happy

I’ve never wanted anything more in my life than these Nike Free Inneva Wovens. Okay, that’s probably a lie. I’m pretty sure I want to wake up tomorrow morning more than own a pair of shoes. And I’m probably more thankful that I get to eat tonight. But pure stuff-wise? I’m looking at my new…

This Cathedral of Junk Is the Most Beautiful Form of Hoarding

Vince Hannemann is the junk king, which means he has a whole lotta junk. Being the junk king is different from hoarding though, because instead of living in a cesspool of outdated crap and worthless technology, Hannemann actually created a cathedral with… outdated crap and worthless technology. It’s sort of beautiful. Watch the video, Hannemann…

Here Are the iOS Apps Updated for the iPhone 5 (Updating)

The new iPhone 5 and its bigger screen is here. And to take advantage of all 4-inches of that taller screen, you need apps that are updated, optimized and ready to look bigger and better than ever. We got ’em all listed for you right here. Apps that aren’t updated for the iPhone 5 will…