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Meet the One Guy You Want to Be Stuck on Mars With

Very soon, in the never ending debate about whether or not info dumps can be compelling, someone will point out that Andy Weir made some 300 or more pages of info dumps nail-bitingly thrilling in The Martian. To which someone else will reply, ‘Well yeah, but that’s only because Mark Watney’s life hung in the…

The Promising (But Problematic) Future of Ultra-Fast Internet

While you weren’t looking, the internet got super fast. I’m not talking Google Fiber fast. I’m talking Star Trek fast. Today, it’s not just possible to download a movie in seconds. New technology makes it easy to download dozens of movies in fractions of a second. Fast is almost too slow a word to describe…

A Clip That Turns Any Stack of Paper Into a Homemade Notebook

Tired of waiting for Field Notes to release a notebook in your favorite color? Take matters into your own hands with this simple $9 Eco Clip. All you need is a stack of letter or legal-sized paper and enough strength to fold it in half. Then you just slide the Eco Clip down onto the…

This is the insane way Terry Gilliam’s Watchmen movie would have ended

There was a while where it seemed like Brazil director Terry Gilliam would be the one to bring Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel Watchmen to the big screen. It obviously didn’t work out, but producer Joel Silver has revealed how Gillaim’s adaptation would have ended, and it’s bonkers. Here’s what Silver revealed in an interview…

Stark, Beautiful Photos of an Abandoned Greek Airport

Ellinikon International Airport, located in Athens, Greece, was shut down in 2001. The site has been left partially intact while development plans take place, and photographer Alexandros Lambrovassilis has been revisiting the site for years to document its remains. Lambrovossalis, a frequent passer-by of the abandoned property, felt a strong connection to the history and…

A Strong Case For an Umbrella With a Bendable Handle

As useful as an umbrella is for staying dry when it’s pouring rain, they can be a pain to deal with when you get back inside and they’re soaking wet. But designers Liang-Hock Poh and Ming-Hung Lin realized that by simply making the umbrella’s handle flexible, it was far easier to hang somewhere for drying,…

Jeff Goldblum is up for Independence Day 2, but not Jurassic World

Check out an amazing new Game of Thrones poster. Get the first look at an adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell. Patrick Wilson may play a major role in Scott Lang’s story in Ant-Man. Kate Beckinsale joins the Monty Python crew in Absolutely Anything. And Dylan Neal previews the rest of Ivo’s story on Arrow. Spoilers…

Pure space porn: these are the naughtiest rocket parts

Rocket hardware is always awesome eye candy, no matter what country is sending stuff into space. Awesome, and, well, sexy. You know what I mean. I like the rockets with the boom. Just look at all these pretty space-bound asses. http://gizmodo.com/russian-rocket-hardware-looks-even-more-badass-in-a-bli-1519896062/ Proton-M, Russian heavy carrier rocket Photo: Roscosmos Soyuz, Russian launch vehicle Photo: Roscosmos Photo:…

Rumor: Microsoft Is Considering a Free Version of Windows 8.1

If you can’t make people buy your new OS, why not give it away for free? At least, that’s what Microsoft is thinking of doing with Windows 8.1, according to rumors. https://gizmodo.com/hp-would-very-much-rather-you-buy-a-windows-7-pc-1504977965 Both ZDNet and Verge are reporting that Microsoft is building and trialling something called “Windows 8.1 with Bing.” Sources say that this version…

The Amazing Ancient Machines of Hero of Alexandria

Two thousand ago, the Thomas Edison of the ancient world lived in Alexandria, Egypt where he tinkered, built and wrote about some of the most amazing and whimsical machines the pre-industrial world had ever seen. Hero Also called Heron, the Greek engineer and mathematician Hero is believed to have lived in the 1st century and…

This Japanese rocket launch looks like an early atomic bomb test

This stunning image shows the launch of the Japanese H-IIA rocket as it carries the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory into space. The rocket thundered into the sky at 1:37 p.m. EST on Thursday February 27th and this image was, unsurprisingly, captured by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls. https://gizmodo.com/rocket-launch-never-looked-so-overwhelming-like-this-1347520667 I just love this photo: the…

Ecuador’s Mountains Sure Look Beautiful From Space

It may look more like modern art, but you’re actually looking at a the highlands of Ecuador seen from the European Space Agency’s Envisat. Near the top of the images you can see the outskirts of Quito—one of the highest capital cities in the world—as a series of white dots. Elsewhere, what looks like white…

Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Is Filing for Bankruptcy Protection

A lawyer representing Mt. Gox has announced that the bitcoin exchange is filing for bankruptcy protection, and that the company has outstanding debt of around $63.6 million. The announcement was made at a news conference at the Tokyo District Court, reports the Wall Street Journal. Mt. Gox, which stopped bitcoin withdrawals in early February, stopped…

California Court Says It’s OK to Read Maps on Phones While Driving

A California appeals court has made what could be a controversial ruling: it’s declared that reading maps on a cellphone while driving is perfectly legal. The decision changes a state law that previously meant that checking maps on a phone was prohibited. The ruling, by the the 5th District Court of Appeal, adds a caveat…

Watch Conan Solve His Own Show’s Technical Difficulties

Things don’t always run smoothly on the show for Conan, but it turns out he has a little electronic engineering up his sleeve. Yeah, yeah, it’s silly and inaccurate. But it’s still funny. [YouTube]

Why Congress Has to Update Email Privacy Law

It’s time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit’s lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA). In the past, the Department of Justice has used the archaic law to obtain private online communications without obtaining a probable cause warrant as the Fourth Amendment requires. A bill co-sponsored…

Hands-free Google voice search is now available in Chrome. Which is useful for, y’know…

Record a Piece of Music Inspired by Groundhog Day

Disquiet Junto 0113: Pretty Groundhog Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. Tracks by participants will be…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Bigfoot

Who would have thought the King of Cryptocreatures would be so in to the Untz-Untz?

The best restaurant in the USA is a tiny shack in Hawaii

Were you expecting to see a Michelin Star restaurant? Something like Per Se? Certainly a restaurant where fine dining doesn’t even begin to describe the orgasmic experience, right? Like Alinea? Nope. Those excellent restaurants—and others of their kind—are not the best restaurant in the USA according to Yelp. That honor would go to a small…