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Nothing Apple announced on Tuesday has as much life-changing potential as this revolving keyring does. It’s apparently based on a clever design from the late 1800s that was either lost to time, or confiscated by aliens to slow mankind’s progress. Either way, it’s back, and ready to save your fingernails every time you need to…
Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft’s new expansion, takes players to back in time to an alternate reality. No wait, alternate timeline. Maybe? Either way some fans are a bit confused – except for youtuber Scott Leyes, who’s taken to parody by recreating a pivotal scene from The Day of The Doctor. The scene in…
Small, weird-looking smartcars are nothing new; there are plenty of them on the road, especially in cities where space is at a premium. But Toyota has launched something that makes great use of its zippy 3-wheeled i-Road vehicles: a new car-sharing service that integrates with a city’s existing transit system. The concept is basically a…
I hate doing laundry. I hate stuffing the musky-smelling threads into a machine. I hate pouring in the soap. I hate folding it, when it’s done. I hate the whole dance. So when I heard about two major innovations in the laundry-doing arena, I got excited—perhaps a little too excited. One of the innovations is…
Remember the Nokia N9? Probably not—but geek points if you do—because it was a smartphone that was DOA and used by pretty much no one. But even a three-year-old smartphone is pretty sophisticated piece of machinery. Using just an N9 and light, physicists have found a way to generate the random numbers algorithms used to…
I always thought the final scene of the original Star Wars was one of the most ridiculous things ever* but, without the music soundtrack and with added ambient sound, it turns into one of the most cringeworthy scenes in the history of cinema. It’s just ridiculous. *By the way, can anyone explain why the hell…
Behold the new welding “tool” at the Vertical Assembly Center in NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the largest spacecraft welding tool in the world for the largest rocket ever, the Space Launch System that will take us one day to Mars. This thing is 170-foot-tall and 78-foot-wide. It will put together the main…
Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, and Chewie the Cookie come to rescue Princess Parfaita from the clutches of Darth Baker and the Galactic Empire. Will they succeed? And most importantly. Will Chewie the Cookie survive Flan Solo’s uncontrollable hunger attacks? All these questions and more will be answered here, in this video: SPLOID is a new…
For a hero almost entirely defined by his aversion to firearms, Batman seems to bend his rule a lot: even the latest Batmobile has some huge cannons on the front. It’s not the first time he’s twisted it, and it won’t be the last – but here’s just a selection of times Batman has taken…
Lots of us spend a lot of time lounging, sleeping, eating—heck, living out of and off of Ikea furniture. In order to promote a new superstore coming to Clermont-Ferrand in the middle of France, the company installed a fully functional climbing wall of inexpensive modern furniture outside of a cathedral. Spiderman’s new living room? All…
In 1971, Carolyn Davidson was a design student at Portland State University. This is where Phil Knight, one of the founders of Nike and an assistant professor at PSU, struck up a conversation with her and asked Davidson to come up with some logo designs for his new sportswear company. Davidson designed the swoosh, perhaps…
All types of different gadgets enter and leave our lives. Some stay for years and are cherished well past their prime. Others we lose, whether sold off in our youthful ignorance or lost in some other equally tragic way. Last month we asked all of you about the gadgets that you miss the most, and…
As useful as Band-Aids might be for a quick fix, they’re rarely easy to apply to your arms or other areas inaccessible to both your hands. And even when both hands are free, the sticky ends of a Band-Aid often end up stuck together if you’re not careful. To remedy this, designer Pei-Chih Deng has…
On Tuesday, Apple announceda nifty iPhone feature called Wi-Fi calling, which allows you to make calls off a known wireless network instead of off your carrier’s towers. But at launch, only T-Mobile customers have access to the feature. Turns out AT&T will be getting the service next year too. Of course, Wi-Fi calling goes beyond…
Dogs also suffer the consequences of a long road trip. Their legs get stiff, their backs hurt, and even their necks could use a good stretching. But if you have a dog, don’t worry, just sit him on your lap and watch this ad for a super-efficient car with him. He might learn something—if he…
There’s no telling how long this will last (my money is on “not long”), but you can get a KitchenAid Pro 450 stand mixer right now for $175, brand new and direct from KitchenAid’s own eBay storefront. [ KitchenAid Pro 450 Series 4.5 Quart Stand Mixer, $175] Get these deals and more, and earlier on…
If you’re due for an upgrade, iPhone day is a lot of fun. Look at this shiny, new thing that can be mine for just a few bucks or even totally free! But if you’re not eligible for an upgrade, it’s a little more Look at this thing I cannot afford! It doesn’t have to…
Remember that classic scene in Star Wars where Only One Cannoli tells Flan Solo to “Use the Four”—a simple counting trick—as a surefire method to curb his craving for his sidekick Chewie? No? Oh wait, yeah—that’s from Star S’mores, this perfect parody brought to you by the lovable muppets of Sesame Street. Of course, this…
Now that iOS 8 is opening its arms to the various third-party keyboards of the world, we’re finally starting to see the fruits of many a developer’s labor. But PopKey has gone above and beyond the call of duty with a fully customizable keyboard that’s all GIFs all the time. Just like god intended. From…
A CalTech scientist and her team just announced the development of one of the strongest and lightest materials ever created. It’s light enough to float like a feather, and so uniquely strong, it can be crushed and completely recover its shape. And—get this—it’s made of ceramic. The combination of features is made possible by building…
