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In the quest to make parking suck less, there are apps that help you find a space, and meters where you can pay with a swipe of your credit card. But LA has launched a simple, low-tech solution to make parking better: Well-designed signage that offers no ambiguity whatsoever when it comes to where you…
Apple Watch and Android Wear is cool and everything, but the best wrist wearables are often made from Arduino boards and some tinkering, much like this super great Enigma watch. Although known notoriously as the uncrackable cryptography tool used by Germany during World War II, the Enigma Machine was eventually undone by the father of…
NECA’s recently revealed gigantic Big Chap toy already looked amazing, but new pictures of the prototype figure have been released, showing off even more articulation — and even a potential Aliens version of everyone’s favourite Xenomorph. As you can see, the 22″ tall figure now has come on a big since the initial prototype, showing…
Olympus’ 5-axis image stabilization is some of the best out there. The system allows you to usable shoot images in conditions where the results would horribly shaky. This video captures a view of what the sshake-free guts look like under the hood. It’s hypnotizing. The stabilizationfound in cameras like the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II is…
What a perfect picture. The timing is perfect, the angle is perfect, the sky is perfect, the F-16 Fighting Falcons are perfect. I mean, the photo is so perfect that it almost doesn’t feel real. Like they’ve been CGI’d to look like that. Or that they’re toy models strung in the air. But nope, they’re…
I remember always being a little intimidated by MGM’s Leo the Lion logo as a kid (big cat! the roar!) so whenever I see the roaring lion logo pop up these days, it always gives me a tinge of nostalgia that no other movie studio logo does for me. It’s also the logo that has…
The Intel Compute Stick, a snazzy $150 dongle that can turn anything with an HDMI port into a full-fledged Windows computer, made a bit of a splash when it touched down at CES 2015. And now it’s landing for real, preorders have started at Amazon and Newegg. The slight catch is that the retailer on…
Screen resolution always marches to the steady pace of pixel-density progress, and LG may have accidentally let slip Apple’s next resolution-gratuitous display. According to an explainer on 8K displaysposted in LG’s newsroom, spotted by 9to5Mac, LG boldly states that “Apple has also announced that they will release the ‘iMac 8K’ with a super-high resolution display…
After the owner of a pizzeria said last week that he wouldn’t cater a gay wedding, a group of Yelpers took action, using their reviews to bring down the business. Not customers unhappy with the service, but social justice protesters reviewing the business based on ideology. And it’s not just an isolated case. With the…
It’s going to be a banner year for blockbuster movies, which means there will be lots of great costume choices once Halloween rolls around. And if you’re partial to the upcoming Jurassic World and its dinosaurs, you’ll love Lisa Glover’s simple pterodactyl getup, made from completely recyclable cardboard. With an impressive wingspan of 14-feet when…
If you’re working for the National Security Agency, watching hours of hardcore porno can be just another day at work. So much so, there’s even a special porn room in which to protect national security, where agents look past boobs for clues in the glut of smut. NSA agents analyze the pornography that terrorists and…
Many millions of us are using Dropbox to back up files to the cloud and sync them across multiple machines, but the software can be used for more purposes than you might realize. Here are three of our favorite less-common-uses for Dropbox, together with instructions for how to get them set up. 1. Access your…
His true passion might be designing and building some of the most ridiculous slingshots the internet has ever seen, but even Joerg Sprave needs to stretch his creative wings from time to time. Which is why Joerg’s most recent creation is an insane chainsaw-powered wooden machine gun that can decimate a target firing nothing but…
What to do if you need to serve divorce papers to a spouse that’s nowhere to be found, or dodging your calls and visits? Send them a Facebook message, of course. This is now an accepted way to start the process of ending a marriage. A Manhattan Supreme Court Justice recently ruled that a 26-year-old…
Although we don’t normally hear about it, most countries celebrate their own versions of the Oscars every year. And their trophies are crazier and more distinctive than the naked man Oscar. Illustrator Robert Shaw made this neat infographic showing the ‘Best Film’ awards from around the world. He also included at the bottom his own…
The new Q fan looks more like a basketball than a fan, but using an internal turbofan it can actually blow about seven times more air than it sucks. Presumably inspired by the futuristic-looking bladeless fans that Dyson has developed, Panasonic has decided to show the world that its product designers are just as capable…
The older someone gets the harder it is to find them the perfect birthday present. So why not just throw in the towel and go the gag gift route instead? This amazing musical card plays Happy Birthday to help someone celebrate their big day, except once started the only way to silence the card is…
Apple Watch pre-orders, a whole new look for OnePlus, and the return of the LHC. This is all the news and rumors you missed this weekend, and it’s all on BitStream. After a two-year hiatus (I wish I got that kind of vacation package), the Large Hadron Collider is ready for work. The European Organization…
If there was a canine table tenis championship I’m sure this border collie would be the winner. Watch how he successfully returns one ball after another holding the ping pong racket with his mouth. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
I would gladly watch a show that tells the story of the seven kingdoms only from Tyrion Lannister’s perspective. Polish editor Grzegorz Grabowiec seems to agree with that thought and put together this neat supercut taking his best bits from the show and summing up his story. [Spoilers ahead, obviously] SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…
