Magnetic

An Amazing Ferrofluid Display Brings Nike’s New Sneakers To Life

So far, the most practical use man has found for ferrofluid—the mesmerizing black goo that reacts to magnets in cool ways—is as gorgeous eye candy. And that’s totally OK, because how else would have Nike realized this slick animated display for its new Kevin Durant sneakers? The in-store display was created by a design studio…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Hoverboard Is Real, and I Rode It

I’m tired of being lied to. Tired of companies exploiting my childhood dreams of riding a hoverboard just like Back to the Future Part II. When Doc Brown let me down, I was ready to write off the whole idea. But this week, my dream finally came true. I stepped onto a glorified piece of…

Tech News Sean Hollister

Whoa, Watch Magnetic Putty Completely Swallow a Rare-Earth Magnet Like a Mutant Monster

Think Silly Putty is just fun and games? Not always! Just watch this magnetic putty completely devour a rare-earth magnet. It’s not as instantaneous as this time-lapse video makes it seem but it still ends up engulfing the entire magnet. The video, which was shot over an hour and a half in 3FPS but played…

Tech News Casey Chan

Scientist Finds Hidden Portals in Earth’s Magnetic Field

According to NASA, Jack Scudder—a researcher at the University of Iowa—has found “hidden portals on Earth’s magnetic field [that] open and close dozens of times each day.” Some of them are open for long periods of time. Scudder says that these portals “create an uninterrupted path leading from our own planet to the sun’s atmosphere…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Scientists Design A Novel Magnetic Cloaking Device

Scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona designed a magnetic cloak that’ll both shield an object from an outside magnetic field and prevent an internal one from leaking out. It’s an antimagnet and it’ll have various military and medical applications. The antimagnet uses a superconducting material that blocks the internal magnetic field of an object…

Tech News Kelly

This Mermaid Swims Through Your Digestive Tract

Say hello to the Mermaid, a self-propelled endoscopy device used to photograph your digestive tract. The Mermaid was created by a team of researchers from Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College in Japan. Not only is it kinda cute in a medical device sort of way, the Mermaid is a testament to Japanese engineering. It’s…

Gadgets Kelly

Is This Boy Magnetic? No, Just a Cute Fat Kid with Sticky Skin

Ivan Stoiljkovic, a 6-year-old boy from Croatia, might be the next Magneto. He can stick frying pans, spoons, forks, irons, dumbbells, coins and anything metallic onto his chubby stomach. Great power to have, right? Yup! Too bad he’s not magnetic. Unless science, magnetism, biology and humanismology has changed overnight, Ivan is just a fat kid…

Tech News Casey Chan

All The Third-Party iPad 2 Cases That Use The Magnetic Auto-Wake Sensor

Just because you own an iPad 2, it doesn’t mean you have to purchase the Apple-official Smart Cover—but it’s likely that you’ll still want to take advantage of its (incredibly cool) auto-wake feature. So we’ve rounded up all the third-party iPad 2 cases with magnetic sensors, just for you. Miniot Cover for iPad 2 Pictured…

Tech News Davey Alba

The Magnestick System Straps Your Kids Safely in Ski Lifts Using the Magic of Magnets

US ski resorts are now getting the Magnestick Safety System. Permanent electromagnets affixed to ski lift seats are switched on when a child, wearing a vest with a metallic plate, hops in. Voila! No slipping or sliding off the lift prematurely. Kids are required to wear the Magnestick vest, which has a metallic back plate,…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

These Magnetic Fake Worms Creep Me Out More Than Real Worms

These are fake worms, or at least I think they are. Somebody laced these fake worms with magnets to make them act much more wormy (read: creepy) than real worms do. Supposedly, there are cylindrical magnets embedded in these plastic bait worms and opposing magnets inside the wood base. To make the fake worms squirm…

Tech News Casey Chan

Start Building Your Smartphone’s Kit With These Magnetic Lenses

They say the best camera is the one you have with you, and for many of us that means the one on our phone. Photojojo’s ingenious magnetic lenses are the easiest way to make your best camera even better. The lenses—there’s a .67x wide angle and a 180º fisheye—attach magnetically via a self-adhesive metal ring…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Oh, THAT’S How Magnets Work

Magnets have always been able to suspend soda cans in midair, haven’t they? That’s just basic science, right there. The Magnetic Suspension Device—despite not having the most original name—can keep any bottle or can (up to 300g) dangling in its cylinder by placing a magnet on its top. And if I owned a bar that…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Convenient Illumination, Thy Name Is Magnetic LED Mine

As long as you live in a submarine, a refrigerator or a steel box, this Striker magnetic LED mine will be extremely useful for odd-angle illumination. If not, not as much. $9 dudes! Then again, sink work and car work would probably benefit from a nicely-placed light. Assuming, of course, that it was brighter than…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sixense Truemotion 3D Controller Makes Wiimote Look Like A Toy

While the Wiimote control came as a fabulous gaming surprise, it has its sensitivity drawbacks, something that the Truemotion 3D system really overcomes. Check out the demo video—it’s amazing. Sixense designed this thing to use magnetic field detection so it can track both your hands on the controller position in full 3D real-time, with an…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Audio Engineer: Metallica’s Latest Album Sounds Better on Vinyl

Ian Shepherd, the same Mastering Engineer that claimed Metallica’s latest album sounds better on Guitar Hero III, has recently come out and said that even the vinyl version sounds better than the CD. Keep in mind that the heavily distorted tracks on the album are the result of an editing process that sacrifices dynamic range…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Thanko Magnetic Earring-Clip Earphones Can Make You Look like a Pirate

Thanko’s Sounds Live magnetic earphones aren’t quite in-the ear, and they don’t have a head-strap: instead these odd gizmos clip onto your earlobe and have a speaker that points roughly into your ear canal. I guess it’s kinda like the the bone-conducting type headphones in that you can hear your surroundings, and if you’re listening…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

A Battle To The Death, In A Totalitarian New-Wave Nightmare

Of all the neon-dystopia music videos that came out after Blade Runner, my favorite is probably 1983’s “Magnetic” by Earth Wind & Fire. It’s the year 2051, and despite the “Plenty Through Technology” posters everywhere, people live in a neon-tinged squalor, with only giant nightclubs and dancing street vendors to keep them pacified. Raver-cops keep…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Magnetic Table Eliminates Need for Kitchen Cupboards

Straight out from Alice’s Wonderland, this magnetic table and dinnerware are designed with four objectives: 1) store your plates, cups and cutlery, upside down, under the table, 2) arrange them neatly on top, 3) erase the data from any hard drive that comes near, and 4) cause head and eye injuries to kids and pets.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

USB Hub With Magnetic Mount Sounds Like a Bad Idea

So at first glance what we have here looks like a well designed four-port USB hub, with a handy top-placed port for convenient thumb-drive plugging. It’s not multicolored, it doesn’t have a photo frame built in, it doesn’t transform. Just a plain old hub. With magnetic mounting. Sorry, what? Magnetic mounting? So someone can stick…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Your Fridge Gets the Forest Effect with Leaf Magnets

Forget fridge magnet poetry— you know you only used it to make up smutty phrases anyway—stick these fridge leaves on that boring metal door, and you’d have your own indoor forest. Granted it would be much more “lovely” if it was made of real leaves not plastic ones, but I reckon they’ve got a charm…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Magnetic

An Amazing Ferrofluid Display Brings Nike’s New Sneakers To Life

The Hoverboard Is Real, and I Rode It

Whoa, Watch Magnetic Putty Completely Swallow a Rare-Earth Magnet Like a Mutant Monster

Scientist Finds Hidden Portals in Earth’s Magnetic Field

Scientists Design A Novel Magnetic Cloaking Device

This Mermaid Swims Through Your Digestive Tract

Is This Boy Magnetic? No, Just a Cute Fat Kid with Sticky Skin

All The Third-Party iPad 2 Cases That Use The Magnetic Auto-Wake Sensor

The Magnestick System Straps Your Kids Safely in Ski Lifts Using the Magic of Magnets

These Magnetic Fake Worms Creep Me Out More Than Real Worms

Start Building Your Smartphone’s Kit With These Magnetic Lenses

Oh, THAT’S How Magnets Work

Convenient Illumination, Thy Name Is Magnetic LED Mine

Sixense Truemotion 3D Controller Makes Wiimote Look Like A Toy

Audio Engineer: Metallica’s Latest Album Sounds Better on Vinyl

Thanko Magnetic Earring-Clip Earphones Can Make You Look like a Pirate

A Battle To The Death, In A Totalitarian New-Wave Nightmare

Magnetic Table Eliminates Need for Kitchen Cupboards

USB Hub With Magnetic Mount Sounds Like a Bad Idea

Your Fridge Gets the Forest Effect with Leaf Magnets

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

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Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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