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You Could Build a Decent Darth Vader Suit For $18.3 Million

Darth Vader’s all-black suit, complete with cape, is one of the iconic bad-guy outfits. But could you actually piece all the necessary components together, and if so, how much would it cost? The folks at Shade Station made a decent approximation of what it would cost to build up a realistic, functional Darth Vader suit.…

Movies Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

This Incredibly Creepy Mattress Tells You When Sex Is Happening

Apparently, we’re in the middle of a “global infidelity crisis,” a crisis that can only be solved by a smart mattress that pings your phone when it’s being used for sex. Wait, what? Smarttress is a real-looking product from Spanish company Durmet, which claims to use ultrasonic sensors to detect when two people are going…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

Boaty McBoatface Won the Poll to Name a $300 Million Research Ship

In case you needed more evidence that the internet, left unfettered, is awful: Boaty McBoatface has now won the poll to name an upcoming polar research vessel. Last month, the Natural Environment Research Council opened a poll, asking internet strangers what they should name their new boat. Rather than going with a shortlist of options,…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

Take a Rare Look Inside North Korea’s Secretive Metro

Information about anything inside North Korea is hard to come by, but Pyongyang’s metro system is particularly secretive. Access to foreigners has historically been secretive, but one photographer recently made it in, rode the entire system, and has the photos to prove it. Elliott Davies was part of the first group of foreigners to visit…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Have to Pay San Francisco $91 a Year

Driving for Uber is supposed to be the ultimate hassle-free way to generate a little extra cash. However, the city of San Francisco would like to remind all 37,000 rideshare drivers in the city that it’s not quite that simple. An existing law says that all independent contractors (which, legally, Uber and Lyft drivers are)…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

Ride Along With 360-Degree Highlights of the Long Beach Formula E Race

Formula E is F1’s less noisey, more obscure cousin. But one place it really shines is the video highlights, which let you ride on board with the drivers as they somehow avoid crashing. These 360-degree videos are actually just the beginning of much bigger plans: Formula E is working on broadcasting races live in VR,…

Tech News Chris Mills Apr 17 '16

An Alien Spends Human History Underground in This Beautiful Animated Short

What’s a peaceful alien to do on a planet full of people intent on killing each other? Hide. For decades and decades. That’s roughly the idea behind Zumbakamera’s Bendito Machine V, but it doesn’t quite do it justice. The alien lands in what appears to be France and hides from conflict beneath a drawbridge. All…

Sploid Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

The Wright Brothers’ Plane Patent Was Lost For 36 Years Due to Clerical Error

The patent for the Wright Brothers’ “flying machine,” the invention that gave birth to modern aviation as we know it, was returned to the National Archives earlier this week. What’s strange is that it was never missing in the first place. While it’s fun to imagine Orville and Wilbur’s plans as the centerpiece of an…

Tech News Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

Apple’s Recycling Program Netted $40 Million in Gold Last Year

Over the last year, Apple processed 90 million pounds of electronics that were unwanted or broken. It turns out they were nearly worth their weight in gold—a substance which is used heavily in electronics for its conductivity and resistance to corrosion. As stated in Apple’s environmental report, about two thirds of that 90 million pound…

Tech News Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

Everyone Should Be Able To Explain Quantum Computing Like Justin Trudeau

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau schooled a journalist on the basics of quantum computing yesterday, I was initially as charmed and delighted as everyone else. But then a niggling sense of dismay set in. Why should this be such a singular newsworthy event? How come so few of us can do what Trudeau did,…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Apr 16 '16

Uncovering a 500-Year-Old Shipwreck From the Golden Age of Exploration

About 500 years after it sank to the bottom of the Arabian Sea, researchers believe they’ve found the Esmerelda, a ship that was in Vasco da Gama’s fleet during his second voyage to India. The excavation has so far yielded over 2,800 artifacts. The Esmerelda, captained by da Gama’s own uncle Vincente Sodré, is the…

Sploid Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

Why the US Government Says It Doesn’t Need to Regulate This Mutant Mushroom

A mushroom that’s resistant to browning has become the first CRISPR-edited food to get green lit by the US government. Here’s how this mutated fungus managed to escape USDA oversight—and why this agency needs to upgrade its regulatory guidelines. Penn State geneticist Yinong Yang created the browning-defying mushroom (Agaricus bosporus) by targeting the family of…

Tech News George Dvorsky Apr 16 '16

Make a 3D Scanner Using Milk, Because Why the Hell Not

All a 3D scanner does is capture cross sections of an object, so some people are coming up with cheap ways to do it. And for $15, this is one of the most inexpensive, and easily the grossest. Got Mesh? is a milk-based 3D scanner created by Instructables user yenfre that takes advantage of the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

The United States of Japan Shows What Happens When Ideology Crumbles

In Peter Tieryas’ novel The United States of Japan, the United States loses the Second World War to Japan, and finds itself split between the invading Japanese army and Nazi Germany. If the plot sounds familiar, that’s deliberate: Tieryas was a huge fan of Philip K. Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle, and…

Anime Andrew Liptak Apr 16 '16

The 20 Best Movie Scenes That Actors Hated Shooting

Nothing makes actors miserable like running around in the desert. Screen Rant collected 20 of the best scenes that made their actors deeply uncomfortable. They span from the purely physical (running at top speed in the heat of Abu Dhabi for The Force Awakens), to the psychological (everything inflicted on Shelley Duvall in The Shining),…

Sploid Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

Some of Saturn’s Dust Comes From Beyond Our Solar System

Much of the particles that surround Saturn come from active jets on the surface of its moon Enceladus. But NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was able to nab a few microscopic grains with much stranger origins. Scientists believe these unusual grains (and they were only able to get 36 of them) come from interstellar space—the huge swaths…

Space & Spaceflight Avery Ellis Apr 16 '16

Rey’s Parents Are Not in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (UPDATED)

Who are Rey’s parents? It’s probably the biggest mystery to come out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Basically everyone’s a suspect—but now, we can chop a huge number of people off the list: every single character in The Force Awakens. At a discussion as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, J.J. Abrams was asked…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 15 '16

100 Years of Film History Retold with the Best Shot in Each Year

If you want to go through the history of cinema, you could easily just check out who won what when. There are awards given out to films every year and the importance we place on those awards allow those films to live on long after they’re first made. But this video compilation of 100 shots…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 15 '16

These Embroidered Antennas and Circuits Are Perfect for Wearable Electronics

Some day soon your favorite shirt could serve as an antenna for your smartphone. Armed with a sewing machine, fine silver wires, and a new patented fabrication technique, scientists at the Ohio State University have created embroidered antennas and circuits that seem destined to be a hot trend in so-called “e-textiles.” The high-precision circuitry is…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Apr 15 '16

Some Of Spider-Man’s Newest Classmates Have Just Been Revealed

It’s been a big week for the Webslinger. Actor Tom Holland revealed that the next Spider-Man movie will be called Spider-Man: Homecoming, Michael Keaton is rumored to play the Vulture, and now two classmates are joining the team. Deadline reports Tony Revolori, who starred in The Grand Budapest Hotel, has been cast in the 2017…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 15 '16

You Could Build a Decent Darth Vader Suit For $18.3 Million

This Incredibly Creepy Mattress Tells You When Sex Is Happening

Boaty McBoatface Won the Poll to Name a $300 Million Research Ship

Take a Rare Look Inside North Korea’s Secretive Metro

Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Have to Pay San Francisco $91 a Year

Ride Along With 360-Degree Highlights of the Long Beach Formula E Race

An Alien Spends Human History Underground in This Beautiful Animated Short

The Wright Brothers’ Plane Patent Was Lost For 36 Years Due to Clerical Error

Apple’s Recycling Program Netted $40 Million in Gold Last Year

Everyone Should Be Able To Explain Quantum Computing Like Justin Trudeau

Uncovering a 500-Year-Old Shipwreck From the Golden Age of Exploration

Why the US Government Says It Doesn’t Need to Regulate This Mutant Mushroom

Make a 3D Scanner Using Milk, Because Why the Hell Not

The United States of Japan Shows What Happens When Ideology Crumbles

The 20 Best Movie Scenes That Actors Hated Shooting

Some of Saturn’s Dust Comes From Beyond Our Solar System

Rey’s Parents Are Not in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (UPDATED)

100 Years of Film History Retold with the Best Shot in Each Year

These Embroidered Antennas and Circuits Are Perfect for Wearable Electronics

Some Of Spider-Man’s Newest Classmates Have Just Been Revealed

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