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How Would You Improve My Bare Essentials First Aid Kit?

This is my fast-and-light, no-backpack first aid kit for minimalist adventures. It needs to deal with emergencies long enough to get me, a friend or Wiley a few hours back to the car and to a hospital. How would you improve it? This is the second in an irregular series — Ask IndefinitelyWild. In the…

Tech News Wes Siler

Incredible drone footage of a flowing lava river

It looks like a giant fire scaled dragon snaking its body across the scorched Earth. Or like the fire brick road that leads you into Mordor. Any way my imagination tries to spin it, the reality is that it looks awesome. And the reality is that it’s drone footage from Iceland of flowing lava from…

Sploid Casey Chan

I Spent a Day on the World’s Most Pointless Transit System

The Detroit People Mover, a monorail forming a 2.9-mile, 13-stop clockwise loop around downtown Detroit, is Michigan’s longest municipal rail system. Since moving to Detroit five years ago, I’d ridden the People Mover (henceforth, the DPM) only on those very rare occasions when it was actually a convenience, like when I’d park somewhere for free…

Tech News Aaron Mondry

The Blizzard Inside These Bluetooth Star Wars Snow Globes Reacts To Your Music

Late-August is a little early to start setting out your holiday snow globes, except when they’ve got Star Wars characters inside. But these aren’t just ordinary snow globes, they’re also Bluetooth speakers, and the blizzard inside gets more intense as your music does. Available in Darth Vader, Threepio + Artoo, and Stormtrooper versions, these two-pound…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Awful Air Pollution in China Is Killing 4,000 People Every Day

The layer of thick smog that blankets many of China’s cities is not just making residents sick, it’s also causing premature death. Up to 4,000 people a day are dying due to China’s air pollution. A study by Berkeley Earth that has been accepted for publication by PLOS One took hourly measurements from 1500 stations…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Mars One Is Still Completely Full of Shit

After watching a two hour debate on the feasibility of the Mars One mission last night, I think I finally understand its problem. It’s not that the company is broke. It’s that we don’t yet have the technology to sustain human life on Mars, and Mars One still won’t admit it. Last night, a public…

Tech News Maddie Stone

This Livetweeting of “The Iliad” Is the Best Thing On the Internet Today

Almeida Theater and the British Museum are presenting a 16-hour reading (and livestream) of Homer’s Iliad voiced by beloved actors today. Their insanely awesome Twitter account is providing a play-by-play of the epic with modern flourish. With a huge cast that includes actors like Brian Cox, Simon Callow, Ben Whishaw, Julian Glover, Mark Gatiss (Mycroft…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

In 1929, the Newfangled Realm of Forensics Helped Catch a Cruel Killer

Sidney Harry Fox had already caused his mother plenty of grief by the time he decided to end her life in 1929, greedily eyeing her insurance policy as just the cash infusion he needed to continue his shiftless lifestyle. But Rosaline Fox would get her revenge in death, with the help of forensic science. From…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

NASA Released a Free 3D-Printable Model of the Curiosity Rover

Last year NASA started releasing 3D models of its probes and spacecraft that anyone could download and use to 3D print their own space fleet. That collection now finally includes a tiny replica of the Curiosity Rover that’s been exploring Mars since 2012, and will soon be exploring your desk as well. The 3D model…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Man Pretends to Be Target Rep, Trolls Angry Idiots on Facebook All Day

After Target announced that they would be making their toy section gender neutral—no signs demarcating toys for “girls” or “boys”—some people were upset by the move and took to Target’s Facebook page. They didn’t expect the response they got from user Mike Melgaard, who pretended to be an official Target customer service account. All Melgaard…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Spooks Keep Finding Classified Information in Hillary’s Private Emails

Hillary Clinton’s email scandal isn’t going away any time soon. The Associated Press is now reporting that the intelligence community found classified information in two of the 40 randomly selected emails from the 30,000 that Clinton handed over to investigators. Think about those numbers. Two screw ups is not necessarily a career-ending revelation. The content…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

Meme-Inspired Clothing Is Annoying as Hell

Do you wish your outfits looked like Tumblr diarrhea’d on a web-cached version of eBay from 1995? Do you get your fashion inspiration by flipping through a vintage Delia*s catalog on a tremendous amount of ketamine? We’ve got the hot new look for you! New York Magazine profiled young entrepreneurs running Shop Jeen, an online…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fires a Harpoon missile in this bad ass photo

And the rockets red glare. Here’s a bad ass picture of the USS Fitzgerald firing off a Harpoon missile during a drill. After seeing the photo, everything—why the USS Fitzgerald is classified as a destroyer, why the missile is called Harpoon—makes sense. The US Navy: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires…

Sploid Casey Chan

All the Gear You Need to Throw a Karaoke Party In Your Living Room

Karaoke: For something that strikes fear into many hearts, it can be life-affirming magic in the hands of the right host. You, my friend, can be that host. Personally, I have little interest in singing in front of strangers on a stage at a bar. But the Japanese-style, private rooms are completely different: It’s just…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

A Gigantic Upgraded Lite-Brite With Color-Changing Dials Instead of Pegs

Hasbro’s Lite-Brite is one of those brilliantly simple toys that has stood the test of time. It doesn’t need an upgrade—at least that’s what we thought until we saw this giant Everbright board that replaces those colored plastic pegs with dials that can reproduce any color you can imagine. Created by San Francisco’s Hero Design,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

AT&T’s New Plans Come With a Crap-Ton of Data

AT&T and T-Mobile are in a data pricing war, and the result is good news for you, the customer. Today, AT&T sweetened its data deal to help entice new users over to its Mobile Share Value plans, but even with these plans—which are better priced overall—it seems AT&T is making you choose between a teensy…

Tech News Darren Orf

Google’s ‘Biggest Software Update Ever’ Might Not Work

This is hardly a surprise. Google tried updating every Android phone on the planet to fix a vulnerability that let hackers take over devices with a single text message. Now, security researchers say that the patch itself is vulnerable. Talk about stage fright! The original vulnerability is called Stagefright. Get it? And now it’s afraid…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Pool Floatie That Explodes From Your Wrist Like a Jack-in-the-Box

Well here’s a clever idea. An Indiegogo campaign for a safety device that pulls a swimmer to the surface in an emergency. It looks like a wild ride—a bit like flying through the air while hanging on to a helium balloon. It’s called Kingii (kin-JEE), and though it bills itself as a small, wearable, water…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Use IFTTT To Automatically Text Based on Your Location

IFTTT is an incredibly useful tool for all kinds of tasks, which is why we talk about it so regularly. The platform continues to expand its smartphone integrations for Android and iOS users, and one of the best ways you can take advantage is by automatically alerting your significant other when you’re heading home. We’re…

Gadgets David Nield

The Dad of the Year Built His Daughter a Custom Speeder Bike Rocking Horse

It looks like the 2015 Best Parent of the Year Award is all but a lock for Australian Instructables user ‘Tez_Gelmir’ who built this custom Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike rocking horse for his daughter. And Tez gets bonus points for meticulously documenting its construction, and sharing those details with the world. A word…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How Would You Improve My Bare Essentials First Aid Kit?

Incredible drone footage of a flowing lava river

I Spent a Day on the World’s Most Pointless Transit System

The Blizzard Inside These Bluetooth Star Wars Snow Globes Reacts To Your Music

The Awful Air Pollution in China Is Killing 4,000 People Every Day

Mars One Is Still Completely Full of Shit

This Livetweeting of “The Iliad” Is the Best Thing On the Internet Today

In 1929, the Newfangled Realm of Forensics Helped Catch a Cruel Killer

NASA Released a Free 3D-Printable Model of the Curiosity Rover

Man Pretends to Be Target Rep, Trolls Angry Idiots on Facebook All Day

Spooks Keep Finding Classified Information in Hillary’s Private Emails

Meme-Inspired Clothing Is Annoying as Hell

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fires a Harpoon missile in this bad ass photo

All the Gear You Need to Throw a Karaoke Party In Your Living Room

A Gigantic Upgraded Lite-Brite With Color-Changing Dials Instead of Pegs

AT&T’s New Plans Come With a Crap-Ton of Data

Google’s ‘Biggest Software Update Ever’ Might Not Work

A Pool Floatie That Explodes From Your Wrist Like a Jack-in-the-Box

Use IFTTT To Automatically Text Based on Your Location

The Dad of the Year Built His Daughter a Custom Speeder Bike Rocking Horse

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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