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Racing down the street on a longboard at 70mph blurs the world

I imagine when Superman flies around the world, all he sees is a blur as he zooms by. But since we can’t all be Superman, the closest we’ll get to that close first hand blur view is zipping down a street on a longboard at 70mph. But since most of us would never do that…

Sploid Casey Chan

At Long Last, Amanda Knox is Totally Free of Her Wrongful Murder Conviction

Since the 2007, Amanda Knox has been accused of murder, convicted of murder, acquitted of murder, re-tried and found guilty of murder again, and then fully exonerated. Though her ordeal ended for good in March, the reason for the final decision was only revealed yesterday. Some, if not many, of these complications can be chalked…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

The Automat Revival is Cool But Where’s the Robot Who Takes Off My Top Hat?

Automats are all the rage again. And it’s not hard to see why. Interacting with humans in any capacity that doesn’t involve a high-tech screen is a hellish experience. But at new places like Eatsa in San Francisco, you’ll never again have to talk with a living, breathing human being to get your bowl of…

Tech News Matt Novak

DC’s Crime Museum, Home of Ted Bundy’s Death Car, Set to Close

Washington, D.C.’s Crime Museum, which opened in 2008, will close at the end of September, citing “various circumstances.” The museum’s attractions include Ted Bundy’s VW, which he used to snatch his victims, as well as paints used by John Wayne Gacy to create his clown portraits on Death Row. According to a statement released by…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

iPhone 6s Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

How do you make the best iPhone ever even better? That’s the perennial question, one that’s inevitably easier to answer as Apple releases innovative new products. This year, the fan universe finds a plethora of clues in the company’s wearable computer. The iPhone 6s, these clues suggest, will be a giant Apple Watch. Check out…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How To Stop Videos From Auto-Playing in Your Browser

Whether it’s a music clip on YouTube, a Flash ad on a news site or the latest viral sensation on Facebook, most videos you come across on today’s web want to get going without any input from you—and that can cause problems with bandwidth as well as audio output you weren’t expecting. Here’s how to…

Gadgets David Nield

The Air Force Is Trying to Fix Drone Pilot Burnout With Dank Memes

Air Force drone pilots are stressed out, burnt out, overworked and undertrained. But ain’t they got memes! In August, the Air Force launched a “Culture and Process Improvement Program” to combat what a bummer flying military drones can be: “We’re seeing problems in the MQ-1/9 community at both the major command and base levels that…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

This 17-Inch Vader Figure Talks, Moves, and Poses All By Itself

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes a bunch of new characters that fans of the saga have already embraced, but will any of them ever hold a candle—or lightsaber—to Vader? Not when there’s a giant animated action figure now available in his likeness. You may not have heard of Thinkway Toys before, but in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Russia Just Banned PornHub

In Soviet Russia, porno was a big no-no. And while the land of Putin has loosened up in recent years, it’s still very much frowned upon. Case in point: Russia has banned PornHub and ten other sexy websites. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media overlords, just added the 11 sites hosting “illegal pornography” to the Unified Register of…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Fake Baby Car Seat Is Designed to Help Governments Spy on People

As governments look for new ways to spy on people, the commercial surveillance business is getting creative. One of the weirder offerings: a video and audio recording device hidden inside a baby seat. A report on surveillance equipment sales to the Colombian government from Privacy International shows a flyer for the baby car seat, modeled…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

These Insanely Adorable Marvel Plushes Are Earth’s Squishiest Heroes

Disney’s ridiculously addictive “Tsum Tsum” puzzle app has spawned a merchandising fury of its own, as fans desperately try to get cuddly versions of the cutesy, stackable Disney characters from the game. But now Marvel’s heroes are joining in on the fun, and have never looked cuter. For those not in the know, Tsum Tsum…

Tech News James Whitbrook

The Largest Air Purifier Ever Built Sucks Up Smog And Turns It Into Gem Stones

What’s 23 feet tall, eats smog, and makes jewelry for fun? In Rotterdam this week, the designer Daan Roosegaarde is showing off the result of three years of research and development: The largest air purifier ever built. It’s a tower that scrubs the pollution from more than 30,000 cubic meters of air per hour—and then…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Drunk Guy Arrested for Kicking a Pepper Robot

Pepper, Japan’s talking, humanoid robot that reads emotions and tells you jokes when you’re sad, sold out of its initial 1,000 units in one minute back in June. But apparently the robot isn’t beloved by everyone. A drunk 60-year-old man reportedly kicked a Pepper unit in Yokohama Sunday morning after getting pissed at a (human)…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Adblock Plus Now Works on iOS Devices

Two days before Apple is expected to release iOS 9—including new adblocking capabilities in Safari—the company that makes Adblock Plus is jumping the gun. Eyeo just released the Adblock Browser for iPhone and iPad. It works a lot like every other browser except, you know, it blocks ads. Well, the Adblock Browser says it blocks…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Pintasking Gives Your Android Device a Shortcut Taskbar

The customization options open to third-party Android apps mean you can completely overhaul your device’s interface, should you want to. Pintasking is more subtle in its changes—it works like a Windows taskbar for your Android smartphone or tablet, giving you instant access to the apps and the options you use most often. The app runs…

Gadgets David Nield

This Self-Rolling Yoga Mat Harnesses ’90s Slap Bracelet Technology

Does the frustration involved with rolling up a mat keep you from avoiding a daily yoga routine? That’s my excuse, which is now rendered moot with a yoga mat that rolls up tightly all by itself thanks to some fashion technology that was popular in the 1990s. The YoYo Mat, which is attempting to raise…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

GoPro’s Google-Powered Camera Is the Next Best Thing To Teleportation

This year, the most amazing thing I saw at Google’s annual developer conference wasn’t a phone, a tablet, or even a head-mounted display. It was a 360-degree 3D video that took me to Japan. Now, filmmakers can spend $15,000 on the tech that made it possible: the GoPro Odyssey. It’s one heck of a camera.…

Tech News Sean Hollister

A $60 Hack Can Fool the LIDAR Sensors Used on Most Self-Driving Cars

Many autonomous cars use LIDAR — a kind of laser-based radar — to sense the world around them. But now a researcher has developed a simple system that can fool the devices into seeing objects where really none exist. Spectrum reports that Jonathan Petit, from Security Innovation, has developed a system to send spurious signals…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

This Is the First Official Raspberry Pi Touchscreen, Yours For $60

People have been plugging Raspberry Pi boards into all kinds of displays for years, but now there’s an official—and portable—option: a 7-inch capacitive touch screen that will set you back just $60. The new screen, which has been development at the Raspberry Pi Foundation for almost a year, provides 800 x 480 pixels spanning its…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

23 Facts About Your Eyes (And What Can Go Wrong With Them)

Our eyes are a fundamental part of the human sensory system—but they’re complex things that can easily go wrong. Here are 23 facts about your windows to the world, including 11 things that can go horribly wrong. Eight surprising things about eyes Eyebrows: Among the many potential functions of eyebrows, they keep sweat and moisture…

Tech News Bryn Nelson - Mosaic

Racing down the street on a longboard at 70mph blurs the world

At Long Last, Amanda Knox is Totally Free of Her Wrongful Murder Conviction

The Automat Revival is Cool But Where’s the Robot Who Takes Off My Top Hat?

DC’s Crime Museum, Home of Ted Bundy’s Death Car, Set to Close

iPhone 6s Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

How To Stop Videos From Auto-Playing in Your Browser

The Air Force Is Trying to Fix Drone Pilot Burnout With Dank Memes

This 17-Inch Vader Figure Talks, Moves, and Poses All By Itself

Russia Just Banned PornHub

This Fake Baby Car Seat Is Designed to Help Governments Spy on People

These Insanely Adorable Marvel Plushes Are Earth’s Squishiest Heroes

The Largest Air Purifier Ever Built Sucks Up Smog And Turns It Into Gem Stones

Drunk Guy Arrested for Kicking a Pepper Robot

Adblock Plus Now Works on iOS Devices

Pintasking Gives Your Android Device a Shortcut Taskbar

This Self-Rolling Yoga Mat Harnesses ’90s Slap Bracelet Technology

GoPro’s Google-Powered Camera Is the Next Best Thing To Teleportation

A $60 Hack Can Fool the LIDAR Sensors Used on Most Self-Driving Cars

This Is the First Official Raspberry Pi Touchscreen, Yours For $60

23 Facts About Your Eyes (And What Can Go Wrong With Them)

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