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What the Soviet Space Shuttle Program Looks Like Today

In the mid-1970s, the Soviets conceived of the Buran program as their answer to NASA and the U.S. Space Shuttle program. Though the ambitious project faltered after only one unmanned flight, many of its remnants still stand spectacularly today. The construction of the Soviet shuttles proceeded throughout the 1980s, culminating in an unmanned launch of…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

Get Ready for Some Nintendo 3DS News

Wanna know things like the definitive US launch date, games—and maybe most importantly—pricing for the Nintendo 3DS? We’re about to find out. Our oh-so-pink siblings will be covering the news in even finer-grained detail, too. https://kotaku.com/nintendo-3ds-u-s-and-euro-preview-bonanza-and-liveblog-5737207

Tech News Matt Buchanan

George Lucas Believes the World Will End in 2012

How far would your jaw have dropped if George Lucas told you how he thinks the world will end next year? If you were comedian/actor Seth Rogen, you’d scoop your jaw up and then tell the world all about it. Rogen remembers: “He’s going on about the tectonic plates and all the time Spielberg is,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Your iPhone’s Accelerometer Can Control This Tank

While you won’t exactly be able to fight battles with it, you’ll still have plenty of fun with the Desk Pets TankBot. It’s a cute $20 toy which can be fully controlled by any iOS gadget. The gadget comes with a little dongle which you’ll plug into your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch headphone jack…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

I Want to Charge All My Gadgets Using This Multi-Charger

Most multi-chargers bore me to tears, but JoyFactory’s Zip, Touch-n-go looks like it was designed by people who actually care what these things look like on your desk. It uses magnets to connect the gadgets’ cables to the charging-pod. It’s not on sale yet, however JoyFactory claims it’ll come in somewhere between $49 and $99.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Full-Flavored Version of Playboy is Hitting the iPad (Updated)

Either Hugh Hefner’s trying to pull a fast one on Apple now they’re without Steve Jobs, or Apple’s rules on nudity are going to get a whole lot looser. Hefner tweeted an “uncensored” Playboy iPad app is coming in March. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-taking-medical-leave-of-absence-from-apple-5735566 Playboy’s iPhone app launched in late 2009 with sexy lingerie shots and interview excerpts,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Froyo is Finally Being Used by Over 50% of Android Users

Don’t be alarmed by Google’s official pie chart, showing just 0.4 per cent of Android phones are running the latest Gingerbread update. Considering it’s only available on one handset—Samsung’s Nexus S, which went on sale mid-December—it’s not bad. https://gizmodo.com/android-2-3-gingerbread-review-better-than-fruitcake-5713374 The phone went on sale mid-December solely at Best Buy in the States, and while we’re…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Steve Jobs Play Will Open Despite His Illness

Dramatist Mike Daisey said his much-anticipated Steve Jobs monologue will proceed with its theatrical debut this week despite news of the Apple CEO’s medical leave. If the early reviews are anything to go by, the show should make a splash. Daisey, who has been described as “one of the elite performers in American theater,” said…

Tech News Ryan Tate

New BBC Series Show How Amazing Humans Can Be (Updated)

After Blue Planet and Planet Earth, the BBC thinks it’s time to celebrate humans in a new TV series that looks extraordinarily good: Human Planet. And rightly so. Despite all the evil, destruction and atrocities, humans are quite amazing. Updated http://gawker.com/378357/cheneys-glasses-reflect-terrifying-truth The BBC has sent me a couple more clips that look fantastic. I’m excited.…

Television Jesus Diaz

In the future, women dominate the planet and men are just “seeders”

I don’t think it’s possible to overstate how awesome the movie America 3000 is. In the far future, women enslave men – until there’s a love revolution! Here’s the setup: It’s 900 years in the future, and humans live in a tribal culture in what remains of America. Women called fraws have somehow come to…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Road train technology brings autopilot into your car

Enjoy being in cars but hate the hassle of watching the road and holding the steering wheel? The road train autopilot system could bring us cavalcades of remotely driven cars. The system really is like a train – a specially designed truck is at the front of the convoy, and it’s the only vehicle a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Pay for Your Starbucks Addiction by Waving Your Cellphone

Earlier today I guzzled down not one, but two of those gigantic new Starbucks Trenta cups full of iced tea. Had I waited a bit, I could’ve paid for those drinks by waving my cellphone. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-starbucks-trenta-cup-is-bigger-than-your-stomac-5735822 Up until recently, Starbucks mobile payments—payments done using the BlackBerry or iOS Starbucks apps—could only be done in select…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Linksys E4200 Dual-Band Router Is Their Newest Top of the Line

Not only does the latest Cisco/Linksys E4200 router look amazing for a router, it’s got upgraded features from their older models, like 6 antennas and dual-band wireless-N. The six antennas (both internal and external) are supposed to make this reach farther inside larger homes, and can shoot up to 450Mbps at 5GHz, or 300Mbps at…

Tech News Jason Chen

A $1 Million 3D Printer Could Give You the Tiny Titanium Balls You’ve Always Wanted

This funky—and surprisingly tiny—ball was created out of pure titanium powder using a $1 million 3D printer. You could have one made for $124 to $192. The ball—which has a 2cm diameter—was created by i.materialise, a company who is taking custom orders for titanium 3D prints right now. This is actually a new thing to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Edison’s Predictions for the Year 2011 (1911)

On June 20, 1911 the Miami Metropolis published predictions about the year 2011 from the one and only Tommy “Dumbo Killah” Edison. Edison makes some amazing predictions about a future of golden automobiles, the discontinuation of gold as currency, the rise of steel and the death of the steam engine. I’m especially interested in his…

Tech News Matt Novak

Bear Trouble? There’s a $2,000 Taser for That…

Taser International, the Arizona based stungun maker, today launched a novel version of its often controversial nonlethal weapon: but it’s one geared for felling wild animals like grizzly bears, rather than police suspects or airport detainees. The purpose of the device is to give park rangers, hunters and hikers the ability to disable bears, elk…

Tech News Paul Marks - NewScientist

iPhone Battery Pack Draws Power From the Yellow Sun

The Eton Mobius is more than an iPhone case. It’s also a battery pack with an 1800mAh battery that can double your battery life, and a solar charger that gives you 20 minutes of talk time per sun hour. [Geeky Gadgets]

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

Booty Symphony for Android: Make Sweet Music With Big Booties

You know how you’ve had that urge to combine your love of mobile content creation with your appreciation for rotund hindquarterses? T-Pain has that urge too! His label, Nappy Boy, is addressing it with a new Android app: Booty Symphony. It’s not as crazy as it sounds! Just tap the various booties on the booty…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Court Says Attorney-Client Privilege Doesn’t Apply to Your Work Email

Suing or getting sued by your employer? Good luck! But also, don’t use your work email account—a California court of appeals says any exchange between you and your lawyer can be used as evidence against you in court. The case in question, that of a woman who sued her former employer over alleged “severe emotional…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Watch this Short Video to Help Find the Owners of a Lost Roll of Film

After Todd Bieber found an undeveloped roll of film in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park he made it his mission to find the owners. In his quest for adventure he made this short video in an attempt to reconnect with the them. If you recognize any of the people in the photographs you are urged to contact:…

Tech News Richard Blakeley

What the Soviet Space Shuttle Program Looks Like Today

Get Ready for Some Nintendo 3DS News

George Lucas Believes the World Will End in 2012

Your iPhone’s Accelerometer Can Control This Tank

I Want to Charge All My Gadgets Using This Multi-Charger

A Full-Flavored Version of Playboy is Hitting the iPad (Updated)

Froyo is Finally Being Used by Over 50% of Android Users

The Steve Jobs Play Will Open Despite His Illness

New BBC Series Show How Amazing Humans Can Be (Updated)

In the future, women dominate the planet and men are just “seeders”

Road train technology brings autopilot into your car

Pay for Your Starbucks Addiction by Waving Your Cellphone

Linksys E4200 Dual-Band Router Is Their Newest Top of the Line

A $1 Million 3D Printer Could Give You the Tiny Titanium Balls You’ve Always Wanted

Edison’s Predictions for the Year 2011 (1911)

Bear Trouble? There’s a $2,000 Taser for That…

iPhone Battery Pack Draws Power From the Yellow Sun

Booty Symphony for Android: Make Sweet Music With Big Booties

Court Says Attorney-Client Privilege Doesn’t Apply to Your Work Email

Watch this Short Video to Help Find the Owners of a Lost Roll of Film

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