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Mythbusters Is Coming Back to TV—But Without Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman

It’s been less than a month since Mythbusters aired its final episode after it was canceled late last year. Actually, I guess we should call it the “formerly final” episode, as the Science Channel has just confirmed that the show is living on… but with new hosts, found through a reality TV competition. Announced in…

Television James Whitbrook

Transparent Wood Could Replace Glass, Become Coolest Building Material Ever

Wood is a great material because it’s cheap, renewable, and versatile. But this crazy transparent wood that scientists in Sweden brewed up is nuts. It could replace glass for some seriously eye-catching architecture, and even be used in cheap solar panels or windows. Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden developed the…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Hot Wheels Is Reviving Some Classic ’80s Cars and Sets For a New Retro Line

Now that the kids of the ‘80s are grown up with jobs, disposable income, and fond memories of their childhood, toy companies are capitalizing on the nostalgia with throwback lines enticing them to re-buy all the toys they grew up with. Next up is Hot Wheels, with a new retro line reviving some truly classic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

If You Need These New Dash Buttons, You Should Probably See a Doctor

Amazon Dash buttons, which allow you to order items with just a push, are all about repetition. They’re great for buying stuff like detergent or toilet paper, because you’re never going to not need those things. But today, Amazon’s expanding its collection to 70+ more brands. And if you need some of these little buttons,…

Commerce Darren Orf

How to Customize Android’s Quick Settings Dropdown Menu

With the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google added a convenient Quick Settings panel to the top of the screen, letting you toggle settings such as WiFi, Bluetooth, auto-rotation and more. With the help of a third-party utility, you can add any shortcut you’d like to this slide-down drawer. The app in question is Custom…

Gadgets David Nield

DC’s Metro Is So Busted That Entire Lines Might Be Closed For Up to Six Months

If you thought the heinous traffic in the nation’s capital couldn’t get any worse, you’re wrong. Washington DC’s Metro is apparently so run-down that entire lines may be shut down for up to six months. It’s just the latest bad news for the beleaguered transit system. A few weeks ago, the whole Metro was shut…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Adam Savage Goes Incognito to Comic Con as Hellboy

“Isn’t San Diego Comic Con in July?” you might be wondering. And you’d be right. But Adam went to the first inaugural Silicon Vally Comic Con on a personal invite from Steve Wozniak, and he pulled out all stops. As a nod to his first incognito con in 2008, Adam dressed up again as his…

Sploid Avery Ellis

This Plastic Surgery Smartphone Game Is a Great Way to Teach Kids Malpractice, Murder

Have you ever dreamt of being a plastic surgeon? Do you have a vague understanding of what and where your facial features are? Then according to “Plastic Surgery Simulator – Free Surgeon Games,” you’re already overqualified. Welcome to Crapp Store, a weekly-ish series in which we download and play the App Store’s alarming array of…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Could Thor: Ragnarok Really Be Tom Hiddleston’s Last Appearance as Loki?

James Gunn might not come back for a third Guardians movie. Simon Kinberg offers an update on the New Mutants film. Carice Van Houten discusses Melisandre’s crisis of faith on Game of Thrones. Plus, Andrew Lincoln hypes up Negan’s Walking Dead debut, and new pictures from Flash, Supergirl, and Gotham. Spoilers Get! Thor: Ragnarok Speaking…

Television James Whitbrook

Own a Sizeable Chunk of the Moon With This Lunar Watch (Update: We Got Fooled)

Update 9:06am: Nope. It turns out the annual nightmare that is April Fool’s Day is no longer relegated to just April 1st. This watch is totally fake, and everything on the internet is officially insufferably terrible. Only 12 Americans have ever stepped foot on our moon, and given NASA’s recent budget constraints, there’s little chance…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

There’s Finally a Good Way to Kill Wifi Passwords

Your wireless network could know exactly where you are. Engineers at MIT have developed a new tool that uses wireless signals to let them calculate your location to within just inches—and it’s so accurate it could help them eradicate wifi passwords. The tool, called Chronos and created by a team form MIT’s Computer Science and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The World’s Largest Blue Diamond Is Up for Sale (If You Have $45 Million)

Fancy treating yourself? The world’s largest ever blue diamond is going up for auction on May 18th at Christie’s in Geneva. But you better have a healthy bank balance: It’s expected to sell for somewhere in the region of $45 million. The stone—known as the Oppenheimer Blue, because it was previously owned by Sir Philip…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Mad Scientists Think Their Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Could Replace Drones

An insect army awaits you. A team of engineers has developed a way to remotely control the movement of this beetle in incredible detail, finely tuning its gait, step length and walking speed. The team of engineers, from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the University of California Berkley, has created the cyborg Mecynorrhina torquata…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Chinese Engineers Want to Pit Their AI Against AlphaGo

Earlier this month, Google’s Go-playing AI wiped the floor with the game’s existing world champion. Now, a team of engineers from China plan to challenge AlphaGo with their own artificial intelligence system. Reuters reports that China’s state-owned Shanghai Securities News announced the idea today. The report explains that the scientists, who are part of the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Battleship Bridges Look Cooler in Real Life Than in the Movies

Looking like some kind of delectable mashup of Tron and The Hunt for Red October, this is actually a view inside the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt. Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Lucas Robinson is studiously updating the status board in this image. It’s a vital part of the bridge—sometimes referred to at the pilot…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Can Now Manage Flights With a Facebook Messenger Bot

Facebook has made no secret of the fact that it wants to do bigger things with Messenger than simply messaging. Now, if you fly KLM, you’ll be able to manage your flights by interacting with a specially designed bot. Facebook has announced that KLM’s Messenger bot is already up and running for some users and…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

I Want to Spend All Day In This Hammock Rocking Chair

Hammocks and rocking chairs are both fundamentally impractical pieces of furniture, but I will nonetheless spend hours at a time gently swaying in either. Combining both ideas into one design won’t help with that problem, but it does look relaxing as hell. A trio of students from the MIT Institute of Design in Pune, India…

Tech News Chris Mills

The FBI Is Helping Unlock a Different iPhone In an Arkansas Homicide Case

Just weeks after explaining in detail how it’s impossible for anyone but Apple to unlock iOS devices, it looks like the FBI is on a streak: the Bureau is now helping an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod related to a homicide investigation. As the AP reports, Faulkner County Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland is…

Tech News Chris Mills

A Proposed California Law Would Let You Cancel Comcast With One Click

Trying to cancel Comcast service is one of Dante’s circles of hell, as has been painfully and repeatedly proven in the past. So what could make this bureaucractic nightmare even worse? A government bill, of course. Assemblyman Mike Gatto has proposed what TechCrunch has aptly dubbed “Ryan’s Law”, a bill that would ensure you can…

Tech News Chris Mills

iPhone SE Teardown: All Of Apple’s iPhones Stuck Together

The iPhone SE is not a new phone, so it’s no surprise to see that it’s made with old components. Chipworks has torn one of the shiny old phones apart on the eve of its launch, and what’s inside is rather familiar. The processor is the same A9 chip found in the iPhone 6s, and…

Tech News Chris Mills

Mythbusters Is Coming Back to TV—But Without Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman

Transparent Wood Could Replace Glass, Become Coolest Building Material Ever

Hot Wheels Is Reviving Some Classic ’80s Cars and Sets For a New Retro Line

If You Need These New Dash Buttons, You Should Probably See a Doctor

How to Customize Android’s Quick Settings Dropdown Menu

DC’s Metro Is So Busted That Entire Lines Might Be Closed For Up to Six Months

Adam Savage Goes Incognito to Comic Con as Hellboy

This Plastic Surgery Smartphone Game Is a Great Way to Teach Kids Malpractice, Murder

Could Thor: Ragnarok Really Be Tom Hiddleston’s Last Appearance as Loki?

Own a Sizeable Chunk of the Moon With This Lunar Watch (Update: We Got Fooled)

There’s Finally a Good Way to Kill Wifi Passwords

The World’s Largest Blue Diamond Is Up for Sale (If You Have $45 Million)

Mad Scientists Think Their Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Could Replace Drones

Chinese Engineers Want to Pit Their AI Against AlphaGo

Battleship Bridges Look Cooler in Real Life Than in the Movies

You Can Now Manage Flights With a Facebook Messenger Bot

I Want to Spend All Day In This Hammock Rocking Chair

The FBI Is Helping Unlock a Different iPhone In an Arkansas Homicide Case

A Proposed California Law Would Let You Cancel Comcast With One Click

iPhone SE Teardown: All Of Apple’s iPhones Stuck Together

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