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Batman’s Mobile Bat-Lab Will Return As A New Playset

Now this is sort of retro revival I can get behind. First, Figures Toy Company announced that they would bring back Mego’s old school cardboard playsets for their Batman and DC 8” figure line — and now they’ve gone a step further and revealed they’ll be bringing back new versions of Mego’s DC vehicles, too.…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Fujifilm X-T10: A Smaller and Simpler Version of the Lauded X-T1

Fujifilm has a reputation for making solid retro styled mirrorless cameras, and the latest, the X-T10, takes one of its most popular and high-performance bodies, the X-T1, and scales it down in size and price. The X-T10 will appeal to people looking for the look and feel of a pro mirrorless camera, but slightly pared…

Tech News Michael Hession

Cool video of Tokyo made mind bending blurry effects by stacking frames

This is super cool, for both the slick visual effects we see and the clever behind the scenes work that allowed it to happen. Photographer Aaron Grimes made this video of Tokyo, IN MOTION, and blurred certain movements of the city and its people by stacking frames of multiple shots he took and then taking…

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Which Marvel Character Will Die In Captain America: Civil War?

Civil War filming pictures don’t just tease death — they give us our first look at the MCU’s take on comics villain Crossbones. Daniel Craig may have a surprising cameo in The Force Awakens. The Flash teases new heroes and villains. Plus, a look at Ash vs. Evil Dead’s Necronomicon. Spoilers Get! Top image: Avengers:…

Television James Whitbrook

Google’s Creating Amazing Timelapses By Mining Millions of Public Images

Technology is filled with all kinds of rumors, real and fabricated. It gives us a look at what might be and will be. BitStream gathers the whispers all in one place to divine what the future has in store. It seems the big tech companies are interested in the future of timelapses. Just last week,…

Tech News Darren Orf

Nerf Hid a Surprisingly Capable Dart Gun In a Fashion Accessory

The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen helped reinforce the idea that young women don’t have to wait for a knight in shining armor to come and rescue them; they can instead pick up a weapon and be the hero themselves. But instead of reaching for a bow and arrow, Nerf’s Rebelle line wants them to reach…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Happens If A Fire Ignites When Astronauts Are Heading Into Space?

Currently, the only route from Earth to the International Space Station for astronauts is by hitching a ride on the Soyuz spacecraft. But what happens if a fire breaks out en route to the station? Without fire extinguishers or normal firefighting tools, astronauts have special procedures to return them safely to Earth. Like calling a…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

This Could Be the World’s Most Efficient Solar System

A Swedish company claims that this small-scale concentrated solar energy system—which leans on ideas from a 19th-century Scottish clergyman—converts 34 percent of sunlight into electricity. That could make it the most efficient solar system in the world. The Guardian reports that the system—currently being tested by its makers, RiPasso Energy, in the Kalahari Desert—uses 100…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Look at the Tiny Earthquakes Scientists Make to Predict Real Ones

This photo, captured through a polarizing filter, shows the buildup of stress along a modeled fault line at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where a team of scientists is trying to figure out how to forecast earthquakes. The artificial fracture was created by sliding two semi-rigid plastic plates against each other, with a layer of small…

Tech News Attila Nagy

British Spy HQ Goes Rainbow to Celebrate Diversity

The famous ringed doughnut of secrecy that houses the UK’s GCHQ spy overlords has gone all rainbow colored for a short while, as the agency wired up a few interestingly coloured bulbs to highlight the fact that yesterday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The day, shortened to the more easily pronounceable…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

British Submariner Goes AWOL After Leaking UK Military Nuclear Secrets

The British Royal Navy is searching for Able Seaman William McNeilly after he leaked an 18-page report called “The Secret Nuclear Threat.” In the document, the submariner explained a wide range of insights relating to the UK’s submarine operations, reports The Independent. It covers everything from the mundane, such as food hygiene, to more worrying…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Lead Is Bad For Humans

Given that humans have been using lead in various product for over 8,000 years (with the first known mining of it in Anatolia around 6500 BCE), you might be surprised to learn that we have known that lead is dangerous and shouldn’t be trifled with since at least 150 BC, when its effects on the…

Tech News Karl Smallwood - TodayIFoundOut.com

Being an Astronaut Looks Like Complicated Work

It’s perhaps a good job that most astronauts seems to be trained engineers and physicists—because a stay aboard the International Space requires the maintenance of some fairly complex equipment. While it looks like it could be a car engine, in this image Scott Kelly and Terry Virts performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Government Report: Military Drone Pilots Don’t Get Enough Training

The U.S military is increasingly making use of drones rather than manned aircraft. But a new report from the Government Accountability Office suggest that many drone pilots don’t get enough training. The report suggests that pilots in both the Air Force and Army struggle to keep their flight training up-to-date. It explains that “most pilots…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Is Outlander‘s Darkest Hour

Jamie’s in prison and Claire’s on the way to rescue him. But it cannot be the penultimate episode if we don’t send our heroes into the darkness at the hands of their great enemy, Black Jack Randall. Every single thing about Saturday’s “Wentworth Prison” was uncomfortable on every single level. It ranged from the nerve-wracking…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Watch the First Trailer of Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs Right Here

It’s been a turbulent process but the new Steve Jobs movie has finally come together. This is the first trailer of the film, which features Michael Fassbender and Seth Rogen as Apple co-founders Jobs and Wozniak. The movie, with a script by Aaron Sorkin and direction by Danny Boyle, is now being produced by Universal,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Buy This Death Star Beach Ball For the Summer

For all the supporters of the Empire, enjoy a beach vacation with an inflatable death star. Be wary, though, one tiny pin in the shape of an X-Wing can destroy the whole thing. On the other hand, be prepared to be called insensitive by any Alderaan survivors who happen to be nearby. You can buy…

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All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video finally premiered tonight. And there are so many pop culture references, you’ll wonder if you actually saw them all. Up at top is Taylor Swift’s entrance into her own video, in a move she learned from Black Widow, obviously. Here’s the video, via Variety: First off, are our ears…

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A Look At Mount St. Helens 35 Years After Its Historic Eruption

This satellite image of Washington’s Mount St. Helens comes courtesy of NASA’s Earth Observatory, which notes that tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of the volcano’s eruption and subsequent landslide, which killed 57 people. Scientists still keep a close watch on the site from both the air and ground. As NASA notes: On the left side…

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New Earth-Orbiting Microwave Gun is Making Killer Maps of Wind Dynamics

On May 10th, tropical storm Ana—the first named storm of this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season—made landfall along the Carolina coast. NASA scientists took the opportunity to observe the storm’s wind dynamics with one of their newest toys and produced this spectacular wind map while they were at it. The Rapid Scatterometer joined the rest…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Batman’s Mobile Bat-Lab Will Return As A New Playset

Fujifilm X-T10: A Smaller and Simpler Version of the Lauded X-T1

Cool video of Tokyo made mind bending blurry effects by stacking frames

Which Marvel Character Will Die In Captain America: Civil War?

Google’s Creating Amazing Timelapses By Mining Millions of Public Images

Nerf Hid a Surprisingly Capable Dart Gun In a Fashion Accessory

What Happens If A Fire Ignites When Astronauts Are Heading Into Space?

This Could Be the World’s Most Efficient Solar System

Look at the Tiny Earthquakes Scientists Make to Predict Real Ones

British Spy HQ Goes Rainbow to Celebrate Diversity

British Submariner Goes AWOL After Leaking UK Military Nuclear Secrets

Why Lead Is Bad For Humans

Being an Astronaut Looks Like Complicated Work

Government Report: Military Drone Pilots Don’t Get Enough Training

This Is Outlander‘s Darkest Hour

Watch the First Trailer of Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs Right Here

Buy This Death Star Beach Ball For the Summer

All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

A Look At Mount St. Helens 35 Years After Its Historic Eruption

New Earth-Orbiting Microwave Gun is Making Killer Maps of Wind Dynamics

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Batman’s Mobile Bat-Lab Will Return As A New Playset

Fujifilm X-T10: A Smaller and Simpler Version of the Lauded X-T1

Cool video of Tokyo made mind bending blurry effects by stacking frames

Which Marvel Character Will Die In Captain America: Civil War?

Google’s Creating Amazing Timelapses By Mining Millions of Public Images

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This Could Be the World’s Most Efficient Solar System

Look at the Tiny Earthquakes Scientists Make to Predict Real Ones

British Spy HQ Goes Rainbow to Celebrate Diversity

British Submariner Goes AWOL After Leaking UK Military Nuclear Secrets

Why Lead Is Bad For Humans

Being an Astronaut Looks Like Complicated Work

Government Report: Military Drone Pilots Don’t Get Enough Training

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Watch the First Trailer of Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs Right Here

Buy This Death Star Beach Ball For the Summer

All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

A Look At Mount St. Helens 35 Years After Its Historic Eruption

New Earth-Orbiting Microwave Gun is Making Killer Maps of Wind Dynamics

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

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AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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