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Kick Your Weekend Off Right With the Godfather of Soul

The new James Brown biopic “Get On Up” is in theaters now. Should you see it? I don’t know, maybe! Dan Aykroyd is involved, which is a good sign if you’re making vodka that comes in overwrought skull containers made of crystal, and a bad sign if you’re making a movie. Whether or not the…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

This New Super 8 Camera Captures Nostalgia In a Flash

Super 8 broke onto the scene as an entry-level option for every backyard filmmaker of the 1960s and 70s. However, it soon fell into film format purgatory when digital film spread throughout both the professional and amateur market as a more dominant preference. And after a long hibernation, it might be making a comeback thanks…

Tech News Eric Rydin

Flappy Bird Is Back, Exclusively on Amazon’s Fire TV

Amazon’s Fire TV is a great, speedy, oddly expensive piece of hardware, and so naturally Amazon needs to find something that can make it special. Something that can make use of that controller. And what better console-selling exclusive than…Flappy Bird? Yep. https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-is-back-on-amazon-fire-1614734545 Amazon’s Fire TV is the exclusive home of the multiplayer “sequel” to Flappy…

Commerce Eric Limer

Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out About Ebola Patients Coming to the U.S.

For months, the Ebola epidemic was a terrible problem isolated in Africa. Then news broke of two sick Americans being airlifted back for treatment, bringing Ebola to the U.S. for the first time ever. On purpose. Cue fear, cue outrage—all of it misplaced. It’s going to be fine. Of course, Ebola is very deadly if…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Google’s Photo Service Might Finally Escape Google+

After Google just announced that it would be dropping the Google+ requirement for business videoconferencing this week, the search giant is planning to set loose its (fantastic) photo service, according to Bloomberg. If/when it does, you’ll be able to take advantage of this pretty handy photo tool without any unwanted ties to Google+. Google+ Photos…

Tech News Darren Orf

A Gesture-Controlled Headlamp Means No More Fumbling For Buttons

Headlamps aren’t just for overnight wilderness treks, a hands-free light source can be useful for everything from detailed hobby work to fixing a car. And Olight’s H15S is particularly useful for that last application, allowing you to activate its bright LED lamp with a simple wave gesture when your hands are covered in grease. An…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Who Invented Tequila?

Although tequila dates back only a few hundred years, people have long used the heart of the agave plant to make delicious, alcoholic beverages. Maguey (Agave) Cultivated from at least as early as 200 A.D. by the Zapotecs of the Oaxaca Valley of southern Mexico, the maguey has been essential to life for well over…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand

In a weirdly serious bit of hair research, engineers have figured out how to change hair color without an ounce of hair dye. The only catch? You need a focused ion beam. Color is in the eye of the beholder after all. When microscope spirals and hyperbola are etched into strands of hair with a…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

This alien world is not a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy

This isn’t a Cassini photo of a Saturn moon against an asteroids field or a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy. This beautiful alien landscape is right here on Earth, a microscopic world hidden inside a gemstone, photographed by Danny J. Sanchez. He told me about the process behind his work here. I’m definitely a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

This Home’s Bedrooms Have Wheels So You Can Roll Them Outside

We’ve seen doors that spin on their hinges and whole facades that rotate towards the sun, but there are mechanically simpler ways to approach transforming architecture. Take this home in Brittany, which features small bedrooms on wheels that can be rolled around (or outside of) the house. The home was designed by Thomas Durand of…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Zeus Thunder Vape Pen: E-Cig and Vaping in One Pocketable Package

Cramming what little pocket space you’ve got in those skinny jeans you kids are wearing with multiple vapes for multiple materials is tacky. Instead, combine all your vaping needs into a single, multi-material device like the Zeus Arsenal Thunder. What Is It? It’s a dual-function portable vaporization pen that handles both concentrates and e-liquids with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watching This Machine Fabricate Tiny Screws Makes Me Nervous

Those itty bitty screws that hold together your watch (or possibly your smartwatch) are infinitely frustrating to grasp, position, and attach to said watch. Now imagine the precision required to make one of those screws. Seeing the process captured gives me anxiety. What if they drop it??? All of this happens inside a machine called…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Coffee Table Ping-Pong Is More Entertaining Than a Stack Of Magazines

Who says coffee tables can only serve as magazine storage, beverage holders, or less than comfortable footrests? Huzi Design’s Ping-Pong coffee table proves they can also be a great way to entertain guests without resorting to breaking out your Catan board. Made to order from red oak plywood, the $500 table features a chalkboard surface…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Windows Phone Is Getting One of the Best Android Phones

Just as the rumors foretold, a Windows Phone version of the wonderful HTC One is headed for Verizon—or so this photo tucked in an unseen corner of Verizon’s servers seems to indicate. The rumor of a “One (M8) for Windows” has been around for some time, and just this week WP Central said such a…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

British spies used semen as invisible ink during WWI

British spies were experimenting with all kinds of invisible inks during the first World War. In 1915, one spy was quite excited to discover a rather handy way to create one. His secret ingredient? Semen. The founder and head of MI6 at the time, Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming, reportedly declared “every man his own stylo”…

Tech News Matt Novak

It Is Now Legal to Unlock Your Phone in the U.S.

As we predicted last week, President Obama has approved and signed the “Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act,” making it once again legal to unlock your phones to use on carriers of your choice. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the main supporter of the bill, confirmed the news via The White House Blog. Of course, you…

Tech News Darren Orf

You don’t need dreams when you sleep in this bedroom

The name of this home perched on the cliffs of Zapallar, Chile, is the Catch the Views House. If it was mine, I would rename it The Dream. Created by LAND Arquitectos, they said it was designed to “catch as many views as possible.” They succeeded. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

How New York City Simulates an Anthrax Attack

Today, New York City is mounting a large-scale simulation of an anthrax attack, the biggest emergency simulation the city has ever staged. So how exactly does the largest city in the United States respond to biological warfare? The drill is called RAMPEx (Rapid Activation for Mass Prophylaxis Exercise), and it’s co-sponsored by the Department of…

Tech News Leslie Horn

You Will Regret Handing Out Slide Whistle Straws At Your Next Party

Like the harmonica, the slide whistle is one instrument you need no skill to play—you just blow in one end, and slide the other in and out. Unfortunately, that means that handing out a bunch of these adorable Wet My Whistle musical straws at your next get-together will result in a room full of amateur…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dismantling A 150-Million-Year-Old Dino Is Just As Tough As You’d Think

The Fossil Hall at the National Museum of Natural History is closing down for a five-year renovation. During that time, its dino inhabitants will be totally dismantled, outfitted for new mounts, then put back together again in brand new poses (haaay gurl). How the heck do you take apart a Jurassic-era relic? Very carefully! When…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Kick Your Weekend Off Right With the Godfather of Soul

This New Super 8 Camera Captures Nostalgia In a Flash

Flappy Bird Is Back, Exclusively on Amazon’s Fire TV

Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out About Ebola Patients Coming to the U.S.

Google’s Photo Service Might Finally Escape Google+

A Gesture-Controlled Headlamp Means No More Fumbling For Buttons

Who Invented Tequila?

Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand

This alien world is not a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy

This Home’s Bedrooms Have Wheels So You Can Roll Them Outside

Zeus Thunder Vape Pen: E-Cig and Vaping in One Pocketable Package

Watching This Machine Fabricate Tiny Screws Makes Me Nervous

Coffee Table Ping-Pong Is More Entertaining Than a Stack Of Magazines

Windows Phone Is Getting One of the Best Android Phones

British spies used semen as invisible ink during WWI

It Is Now Legal to Unlock Your Phone in the U.S.

You don’t need dreams when you sleep in this bedroom

How New York City Simulates an Anthrax Attack

You Will Regret Handing Out Slide Whistle Straws At Your Next Party

Dismantling A 150-Million-Year-Old Dino Is Just As Tough As You’d Think

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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