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Is This the Craziest Bridge Ever Designed?

I don’t know if the Pearl River Necklace bridge is the craziest bridge ever designed, but it sure looks like the most twisted one. It’s a clever solution to a very real and obvious problem, however. The bridge is part of a proposal by NL Architects to connect Hong Kong with mainland China. To do…

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This Macintosh Is Really an iPad

This is an iPad disguised as a classic Macintosh. It’s also a clever, beautiful stand. I’m not gutting my original 1984 Macintosh to make one, but I’m thinking about buying the same Macintosh Classic just to have the same setup. Really clever and pretty hack. [Hirac] Click to view

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First Broken iPhone 4 Screen

The iPhone is made of aluminosilicate glass. Apple says it’s “chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic” and it’s “ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever.” Still not enough to survive a 3.5-foot drop. That’s what the people at iFixyouri did: Test Apple’s claims by dropping the iPhone 4…

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Hey Apple, Make The iPad Arcade Possible Already

The iPad, the future of computing, touchscreen this, touchscreen that, yadda yadda, blahblahblah. BLAH. What about connecting it to a joystick to get an instant mini-arcade machine? That’s what Hideyoshi Moriya did, using Arduino circuitry and cardboard. Imagine the possibilities: That was an April Fools’ Day joke by Think Geek, but Moriya’s hack is very…

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This Is What School Kids Do In Japan

Beyond reading tentacle porn manga, that is. [Nikovideo]

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Trapped Into Apple’s iPhantom Zone

This works at so many levels. For some, the iPhantom Zone could be a metaphor of the people trapped into Apple’s closed iUniverse. For me, it’s a metaphor of how much time I spend absorbed into the iPad. [Thanks Marco!]

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Giant USB Spaghetti Cable Monster Invades Earth

This is not a photo of a USB cable mess over a dirty carpet. It’s a real and completely un-retouched image capture from Google Maps. A satellite view of a small part of Waubra, in Victoria, Australia. It’s the Waubra Wind Farm, owned by Spanish power company Acciona. The cables are the tracks: And the…

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The Most Popular Photo Spots in the World’s Most Popular Cities

If you are going on vacation to New York, London, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Chicago, or any nice city in the coming months, these maps will tell you where are the most popular photo spots. Flickr user Eric Fisher created these maps using the GPS information of images in Flickr, combined with…

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If Red Dead Redemption Had iPads, It Would Include This Solitaire

I’m not a solitaire fan, but I think that a computing platform is not complete until it has a solid solitaire app. Especially the multitouch iPad. Solitaire Classics HD is the perfect solitaire for iPad. It looks and plays beautifully. That’s what really makes this game: The really pretty graphics coupled with the way you…

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Origami Yacht Folds Onto Itself for Optimum Speed

Just when I thought that yachts couldn’t get any crazier, here comes Origami, the daughter of an Imperial Star Destroyer and an F-117 Nighthawk. Winner of the Millennium Yacht Design Awards, the Origami Yacht concept folds onto itself for an optimal aerodynamic shape when it’s time to cruise, unfolding when it’s time to stop and…

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Shanghai Skyline: Before and After

Back in 1990—top—Shanghai looked like a lovely green city. Only twenty years later—bottom—you can film the second part of Blade Runner in it. Shanghai has always been an important place. Located on the Yangtze river’s mouth, this Chinese city was already a world commerce hub back in the 30s. But it wasn’t until Deng Xiaoping’s…

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Phoneballs Case Protects iPhone In Hairy Situations

iPhone, balls, case. Phoneballs case. They come in blue and peach. They are just $15—and 10% of all proceeds go to testicular cancer research. I don’t see any drawbacks in this product, really. Go buy it. [Phoneballs-Thanks Anna!]

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iPhone 4 – Droid Incredible – Evo 4G – Nexus One Comparative Chart

Here’s a chart showing how the Apple iPhone 4 stands against Android latest and greatest models: The HTC Droid Incredible, the HTC Evo 4G, and the Google Nexus One. [TIPB]

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The Alien Building at the USAF Pilot Academy

When I first saw these photos I thought it was some kind of secret military energy generator, an antimatter weapon, proof that an UFO crashed at Roswell, or perhaps a device to communicate with other galaxies. I wasn’t that wrong. It’s used for communication, but not with other galaxies—unless you believe that God lives there.…

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Google Gooooooooooooooooooal! Easter Egg

Right now, the South Africa World Cup is only 3 days 6 hours and 30 minutes away. I can’t wait for the kick off, neither can Google: If you search for World Cup, you will get this Easter Egg. [Google]Click to view

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Luke, I’m Your Mother

I personally find this disturbing. I can imagine my wife doing the whole Imperial Storm Trooper corset bit—available for $500. But the Darth Vader one—available for $600—could lead to some weird sexual fantasies. The corsets are made of vinyl, and come with the accessories you see int the photos. They are not officially licensed, but…

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All Bow Before the 50-Foot Woman—or Else

When I was a boy, I sometimes imagined that I was a giant, fighting with planes and little plastic soldiers or destroying entire cities made on the beach. Nowadays, kids play with Photoshop. [Thanks David!]

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This Is Not a Movie Frame

This is not a publicity shot from the next Vin Diesel movie. It’s a real action shot of the Yamam, the Israeli Special Police Unit. It’s not the unit who killed the activists in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, however. Or that’s what we think, because the Yamam’s activity is often classified and attributed to other…

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BP Kills Mario

This is how evil BP is. First they kill the fishes. Then they kill the squids. And finally they kill Mario and all my childhood memories and make me eat all the oily fish and squids. [Flickr-Thanks David!]

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The One Hundred Trillion Dollars Hard Drive

A yottabyte is one septillion bytes. To save all those bytes you need a data center as big as the states of Delaware and Rhode Island. It doesn’t seem like much, until they tell you the price tag: $100 trillion. How much is $100 trillion? Too much to imagine but ,to give you some sense…

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Is This the Craziest Bridge Ever Designed?

This Macintosh Is Really an iPad

First Broken iPhone 4 Screen

Hey Apple, Make The iPad Arcade Possible Already

This Is What School Kids Do In Japan

Trapped Into Apple’s iPhantom Zone

Giant USB Spaghetti Cable Monster Invades Earth

The Most Popular Photo Spots in the World’s Most Popular Cities

If Red Dead Redemption Had iPads, It Would Include This Solitaire

Origami Yacht Folds Onto Itself for Optimum Speed

Shanghai Skyline: Before and After

Phoneballs Case Protects iPhone In Hairy Situations

iPhone 4 – Droid Incredible – Evo 4G – Nexus One Comparative Chart

The Alien Building at the USAF Pilot Academy

Google Gooooooooooooooooooal! Easter Egg

Luke, I’m Your Mother

All Bow Before the 50-Foot Woman—or Else

This Is Not a Movie Frame

BP Kills Mario

The One Hundred Trillion Dollars Hard Drive

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets