I love coffee. Probably more than you do. But I’m not as obsessed as the people who devote their lives to coffee, forever searching for the perfect cup through practices that mingle science and voodoo. I want to be. When I (or anyone) order a macchiato at either of Ninth St. Espresso‘s Alphabet City outposts,…
It rotates. It has blinking lights, a disco ball, and a pole. And it’s probably one of the wrongest toys you can give to any girl. Because, unlike the USB Pole Dancer, this one is actually for kids. [Thanks David] https://gizmodo.com/usb-pole-dancer-available-for-pre-order-222047
We saw the poster and possible lenses for Canon’s EOS 7D yesterday, and now it looks like the floodgates are open. A photography forum has most of the details you’ll need, except the exact price and release date. https://gizmodo.com/supposed-canon-eos-7d-poster-and-lenses-turn-up-online-5348130 It’ll have a 18MP sensor, dual DIGIC 4 processors, ISO from 100 to 6400 (and some…
Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts, and more. The Bokeh Filter is a physical lens that attaches to any mainstream DSLR and blocks out…
Oh hello, Clover. As David says, it’s a $12,000 machine for delivering water to coffee. Just very precisely. The lab, in all its glory This is a Chemex pot Cafe Solo Beans, from no roasting to 14 minutes of roasting
This is $15,000 of custom espresso-making machinery. That’s the current water temp of one of the boilers. Vintage espresso awesomeness All of this is for measuring water. Seriously.
The Senate may be trying to pass a federal ban on texting while driving, but Utah recently passed a much stronger bill: It views the act is inherently reckless and punishes it as harshly as drunk driving. Passed after a texting driver killed two scientists, the law would put texting while driving in the same…
We’ve all seen the goggles, the brass, the keyboard mods. But a few steampunk projects go above and beyond, boggling the mind and leaving us breathless. Here are ten steampunk projects that succeed in transporting us to other worlds. Dr.Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators You may have read about Dr.Grordbort’s amazing artillery here before, or perhaps…
Marvel Comics are using the internet to spread the word about their upcoming Punisher storyarc “Frankencastle,” by inviting fans to turn themselves – or anyone of their choosing – into the titular reanimated crime-killer via the magic of the internet. According to Marvel, the DIY paper doll reanimatathon can be explained away like this: To…
Induction stoves may be making their way into restaurant kitchens, but for home cooks they’re still a mystery. Fortunately, Wired product editor (and food geek) Mark McClusky volunteered to enlighten us: It took me nearly an entire evening in the the kitchen at Alinea before I realized what was weird about it. Sure, there’s the…
Everyone in the town of Eureka is losing their memories, and if they don’t regain them soon, Jack and Allison will be obliterated due to the ultimate spring clean! What better time for… a clip show? I’ll admit it; as soon as I realized that “You Don’t Know Jack” was less a real episode and…
The Game Gun, essentially a plastic rifle with a top-mounted screen and accelerometer (packaged in the most hilarious way possible), is available for pre-order and should be arriving by this holiday season. Get ready to stalk around your basement! Plug-and-play compatible with “X-box” (we assume he means Xbox 360), Wii, PS3 and Windows (Macs are…
Who knew River Tam was such an all-purpose badass? She’s crushed two cybernetic organisms, a legendary starship captain and the Slayer. Can she defeat a Time Lord, who’s lived ten lives and saved the universe? Plus a couple bonus rounds. io9 TV badass smackdown day six: River vs. The Doctor(survey) But on the off chance…
San Francisco electro artist Moldover, like Beck before him, figured out a way to make physical music purchases superior to digital: Embrace the physical. In Moldover’s case, that meant cramming an actual working theremin into the CD case. Moldover really went all-out with this one. The CD case theremin features a headphone jack as well…
Lifehacker rounded up 10 of the best short cooking videos around, ranging from simple instruction (how to slice a mango, chop an onion) to more subtle tips like how to properly sauce pasta (it’s different than you think). That mango video actually saved me a ton of time, since I used to just slice willy-nilly…
Hollywood may have shown lack of judgment when it comes to adapting television shows into movies – Land of The Lost, anyone? – but that doesn’t mean we’re content to stay quiet and not warn them off certain shows nonetheless. This week, we’ve been celebrating the best of science fiction television, but there’s a dark…
Since 2009 sales have leaned toward smaller screened HDTVs, meaning less revenue, Best Buy is taking action by slashing prices on HDTVs with screen sizes larger than 39″, according to a leaked circular obtained by HDGuru. A whopping 33 HDTV models are on sale in the August 30th circular, including $1100 off several high-end Samsung…
Worried that your job is about to be stolen by a lousy robot? According to social futurist Jamais Cascio, that might be one of the better economic futures available to us at this point. But why? Writing for Fast Company, Cascio explores what he considers to be the most likely ways in which our economic…
How do you stack up compared to the Andrew Zimmern’s and Bear Grylls’ of the world? In other words—what was the weirdest thing you ever ate? Pictures, of course, are encouraged. Taste Test is our weeklong tribute to the leaps that occur when technology meets cuisine, spanning everything from the historic breakthroughs that made food…
Artist Yoshihiko Satoh‘s wooden speaker purse is actually pretty good-looking: It looks like speakers, not fabric, yet the size and design work as a purse (or at least an iPod carrier). It’s expensive at $340, natch. [Boing Boing Gadgets]
