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Life-Saving App Knows How Much Blood You Lost Just Looking At a Sponge

During a surgery, doctors and surgeons use a measurement called EBL—or estimated blood loss—to determine how much blood a patient has lost, and how much needs to be returned via a transfusion. Unfortunately it’s really just an educated guess, until Gauss Surgical’s new Triton Fluid Management System makes its way into operating rooms. Instead of…

A Soldier’s Tintype Photos Of Afghanistan Show The Timelessness Of War

When Ed Drew, a photographer and an airman, learned that he was being deployed to Afghanistan last spring, he decided to create something enduring, in case he didn’t return. That inspiration led him to produce the first tintype photos taken in a combat zone since the Civil War. Inexpensive and durable, tintypes (which were actually…

Major Reveals From X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, and True Blood!

X-Men: Apocalypse will feature some of the cast of the original X-Men trilogy, after all. Simon Kinberg describes the Fantastic Four reboot as “grounded, real, gritty.” And promos from the new seasons of True Blood and Witches of East End. Spoilers now! Top image: X-Men: Days of Future Past X-Men: Apocalypse/Gambit Writer Simon Kinberg talked…

11 Totally Free Images From NYC’s Best Museums and Libraries

Over the past few months, a number of museums have begun digitizing their rare and beautiful pieces of art, historical documents, and rare artifacts, and offering them online in high-resolution, downloadable formats. The latest museum to join in the trend is Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum, which put some 400,000 works online for free last week. But…

Baltimore’s Solar Wheel Pulls in 25 Tons of Harbor Garbage Daily

Baltimore harbor is apparently only about a half step up from Rio in terms of cleanliness given that the city’s newest green machine—a trash-collecting water wheel powered by the sun—is expected to extract some 50,000 pounds of garbage from coastal waters every day. Every day. Storm runoff is a big problem for the city of…

Apple Patent Hints at Plans for LiquidMetal and Sapphire iPhone Chassis

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Apple with a patent that finally suggests how the company may have planned (or be planning) to use LiquidMetal: in conjunction with display glass made from sapphire to form a single, integrated chassis for the iPhone. The patent is actually over six years old, but has just…

I wish all ads were as good as this classic Dirt Devil commercial

I was looking at this new commercial for 66ºNorth winter jackets when I realized it’s made by the same German filmmakers who made the excellent Exorcist ad for Dirt Devil. If you have never seen it, it’s a must-watch. It all goes as you expect in a horror film—until the very end. Here’s the ad…

Samsung Smartwatch Patent Predicts Gesture Control on Your Wrist

There’s only so much room for a touchscreen on your wrist and, unless you’re dressed like Dick Tracy, talking into your watch will make you look like you’ve lost the plot. A newly-uncovered Samsung patent looks to motion-tracking gestures as potential supplementary smartwatch controls to ease the burden on the smaller devices. The concept details…

Reddit Study Reveals How to Ask For Favors Online — and Get Them

If you manage to look beyond irate commenters and festering trolls, the internet can be a friendly place full of people keen to help a brother out. Now, a study of Reddit reveals how people ask for favors online—and the best way to make them succesful, too. It’s an interesting phenomenon for sure, perhaps best…

Now, Transport Canada has given the green light for using electronics during takeoff and landing too. If Canadian airlines can prove that devices in airplane mode don’t interfere with their aircraft, they’ll be allowed to let you use devices through your entire journey.

A pair of research scientists prepare a vacuum chamber for testing at the European Space Agency’s Propulsion Laboratory in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, which is typically used to analyze prototype ion thrusters. The tests have to be carried out in vacuum chambers to simulate the hostile conditions of space. [ESA]

Projected lights turn shipyard cranes into alien machines

I never thought I was going to say that shipyard cranes are beautiful but when I saw them dancing in synch to the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme—at the 1:14 minutes mark—they really got me. The cranes were colored with spotlights synchronized with the music, creating the dazzling dancing effect. This project was…

This B-52 Bomber Is Now a Network Hub With Wings

The B-52 bomber is one the US Air Force’s most iconic airplanes—but it’s also beginning to show its age. Now, Boeing has decided to bring it right up-to-date, though, with its new Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT). CONECT effectively turns the B-52 into a flying network: using a wideband satellite link, it keeps in touch…

Maybe Amazon Should Make the Smile on Its Boxes a Little More Honest

Dominating the world of retail isn’t easy: you have to be mean, merciless and cut-throat—and Amazon certainly is that. So, maybe you shouldn’t be too surprised if it starts shipping you stuff with a new, more honest design on the side of the box. [Joy of Tech]

Australia is suffering a spate of iPhone hijackings at the hands of a hacker called Oleg Pliss—who demands $50 via PayPal to unlock each handset. There’s currently no sign of it spreading to the rest of the world but, as ever, be vigilant.

MH370 Satellite Data Is Now Available For Anyone to Investigate

The Malaysian government has today publicly published the final ping transmissions between Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and an Inmarsat satellite that it was communicating with before it disappeared—so now anyone can investigate what happened to the aircraft, Based on the same data, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has also issued a report explaining that the…

A Netflix Bug Created the Best Movie Mashups

A couple of weeks ago, a bug caused a Netflix app to accidentally slam together the summaries for different films. And they sound so much better than the originals. While the bug has been fixed, there are still a few examples being collected over at the Summary Bug on Twitter. Added fun? Guessing where the…

Report: Google and Nest Want to Offer Home Surveillance

Google is reportedly hoping to add home security to Nest’s portfolio. According to The Information, it’s been considering a purchase of Dropcam—the worldwide leader in cloud-powered remote monitoring systems. https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Eyes-Home-Security-Dropcam https://gizmodo.com/dropcam-pro-a-burlier-webcam-to-help-you-keep-watch-ov-1443386807 The report explains that Google has been considering a purchase of Dropcam in an attempt to add another facet to its rapidly growing smart…

Slow-Mo Video of Ballet Dancers Defies Gravity

This video from the Washington Post of Washington Ballet dancers performing their hardest moves is pretty incredible. The slow motion shows that the incredible skill of these dancers appears to ignore the laws of physics. via This Is Colossal Members of the Washington Ballet Demonstrate their Most Difficult Dance Moves in Slow Motion

Gigantic Lego Stay Puft Marshmallow Man faces the Ghostbusters in NYC

Check out this huge Lego version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man about to trash a minifig scale city. The impressive diorama was created by the Korean building team OliverSeon as a set to the Lego Ghostbusters Ecto-1. I know, I know—I love those guys too. You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with the latest…