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New Nanotech Sensors Could Put Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Out of a Job

TSA lines are the very definition of a “necessary evil.” Everyone hates the long waits and the awkward disrobing dances as you rid yourself of all your shoes, smartphones, metal, etc. Yet, we’re eternally grateful when crazy people with samurai swords don’t fly coach. Now, a new breakthrough in nanotechnology could help ease our collective…

Tech News Darren Orf

Congress once considered renaming the US “The United States of Earth”

U.S. congressman Lucas M. Miller of Wisconsin was an odd dude. He served just one term in the House, and when you look at the bills he introduced it’s easy to guess why. Back in 1893, Miller proposed abolishing the Army and Navy, wiping out pension laws, and even wanted to amend the U.S. Constitution…

Tech News Matt Novak

Comcast Internal Memo: That Service Rep From Hell Was Following Orders

Remember that agonizing phone call Ryan Block recorded last week, when a Comcast rep spent 20+ minutes trying to will Block not to cancel his account? Even a Comcast executive thought the call was “painful;” but also that the rep was doing just what they’d asked him to do. In an internal memo posted to…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Pests masterfully turned into grieving widow bugs

Amazing artwork created by Barcelona-based studio Garrigosa using 3D and Photoshop for a print ad campaign: Widowed insects crying for the husbands that got killed by insecticide. These guys are CGI geniuses. Expand the pictures below to see how insanely detailed they are. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

With a 180° rearview camera, Bluetooth and futuristic styling, Skully Helmets is bringing a fighter pilot-style Heads Up Display to your everyday motorcycle ride. We’re the first publication to experience Skully in the real world. Robert Gomez Hernandez, the Creative Director at Skully, invited me to a parking lot in Playa Del Rey and told…

Tech News Corey Hass

That Predator-Vision iPhone Camera Case Finally Goes on Sale Tomorrow

Back in January we stumbled across one of the most exciting iPhone accessories we’ve seen in years. FLIR took the thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military and squeezed it down into a compact iPhone 5/5S case called the FLIR ONE that will finally be available for pre-order starting tomorrow for…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

LG’s 18-Inch Flexible Display in Action Is What the Future Looks Like

We only recently learned about LG’s new 18-inch flexible display that can roll up like a magazine. It sounds crazy. But seeing it bend and twist in on video makes my heart palpitate. What we’re looking at here is just a demo (discovered by OLED Info) of the tech in a dimmed office office, probably…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Amazon Wallet: Gift Card Central For the Everything Store

There’s a new contender in the digital wallet arena: Amazon has launched Amazon Wallet, the e-commerce company’s would-be answer to PayPal and Google Wallet. So far, it’s an oddly lackluster offering with emphasis on gift cards. If you want to store your credit card information or shop at your pick of online merchants, stick with…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Archive Texts and Call Logs on Android with SMS Backup +

SMS Backup + isn’t the only option for getting your texts and call data off your Android smartphone, but it’s one of the simplest and most effective. It archives all of your messages to Gmail (or Google Calendar), and it covers WhatsApp communications too. The app is free to download and install, though you can…

Gadgets David Nield

How One Man’s Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million Lives

Today I found out about a man who saved over two million lives just by donating his somewhat unique blood plasma. Australian James Harrison is called “the man with the golden arm” due to the unusual composition of his blood. Harrison’s blood contains an antibody called Rho(D) Immune Globulin that is used to treat Rhesus…

Tech News Staci Lehman - Today I Found Out

Life-Size Darth Vader Hot Wheels: That’s No Hoon

When he’s not making life miserable for the Rebellion in his custom TIE Fighter, Darth Vader must surely spend his days cruising around the Death Star in this awesome life-size Hot Wheels vehicle bearing his unmistakeable likeness. Hot Wheels turned a C5 Corvette into this ode to the Sith for this year’s Comic-Con, starting in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

7 Big Ways Cities Have Transformed Themselves for Bikes

The number of bikes in our cities is increasing, and with that increase we’re also seeing some major changes in the way cities are designed. Engineers are giving bikes their own bridges, tunnels, overpasses, even escalators!, making biking feel like it’s an essential, permanent part of the city. Last week, Copenhagen announced an elevated cycleway…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Nvidia Shield Tablet: An Android Tablet With a Game Console Inside

Last year, chip-maker Nvidia entered the hardware dojo with Shield, a weird but interesting Android gaming machine. Its successor has arrived, taking a form that’s a little more familiar. This is the Shield tablet, the first Android tablet straight-up made for games. We spent some time with it, and so far it delivers. At its…

Tech News Eric Limer

iTime: Smartwatch Patent Shows Apple’s Broad Ambitions

This morning the folks over at AppleInsider discovered that Apple was granted a patent today for the iTime, which can only be described as a device-connected smartwatch that offers advanced functionality like arm and wrist gestures, as well as advanced proximity sensing, through a sensor-laden smart strap. But unlike the all-in-one smartwatch devices already revealed…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The New Dragon NaturallySpeaking Can Do Almost Anything Your Mouse Can

Today Nuance is releasing version 13 of its Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice-dictation software. More than just an automated memo-writer, Nuance hopes to make the software into a voice-control-everything feature for PC users. And it comes damn close to pulling it off. NaturallySpeaking 13 (naturally) adds some incremental voice recognition improvements. According to the folks at Nuance,…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Nothing says summer like these slow melt ice cream time-lapses

This is exactly how summer feels like here in Spain. Everything seems to be melting around me: Trees, buildings, dogs, even me. Despite the air conditioning I feel like I’m slowly melting on my chair. That’s what Mateo Cabeza—a filmmaker based in Seville, Spain—seems to be thinking too. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens—and you can jump off it

The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world has opened in Russia, with a 1,800-foot span. It offers breathtaking views of the Sochi landscape but it isn’t really designed for your daily commute—it is part of a skypark and you can bungee jump off it for a 650-foot drop, as shown in this video. Eight…

Sploid James Baker

WSJ: Apple is Ordering a Huge 80 Million iPhone 6 Handsets for Launch

It seems Apple has particularly high hopes for this year’s iPhone line-up. According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s ordering its largest ever order for new iPhones off the production line, numbering somewhere between 70 to 80 million units. How that figure will be divided between the rumoured 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models remains to be…

Tech News Gerald Lynch -- Gizmodo UK

10 movie trailers that were actually better than the movie

On one hand, having a movie trailer be better than a movie means you don’t need to watch the movie. On the other hand, having a movie trailer be better than a movie means when you watch the movie you walk away with all-consuming disappointment. Here are 10 movie trailers that were better than the…

Sploid Casey Chan

I don’t know where buildings start or end in this crazy Hong Kong photo

National Geographic’s Photo of the Day—captured by Simon Kwan—shows Hong Kong in all its glorious urban madness. When I first saw it I thought it was a collage made with multiple shots and mirrored images. It’s not. It’s just the city photographed from Beacon Hill. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

New Nanotech Sensors Could Put Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Out of a Job

Congress once considered renaming the US “The United States of Earth”

Comcast Internal Memo: That Service Rep From Hell Was Following Orders

Pests masterfully turned into grieving widow bugs

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

That Predator-Vision iPhone Camera Case Finally Goes on Sale Tomorrow

LG’s 18-Inch Flexible Display in Action Is What the Future Looks Like

Amazon Wallet: Gift Card Central For the Everything Store

Archive Texts and Call Logs on Android with SMS Backup +

How One Man’s Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million Lives

Life-Size Darth Vader Hot Wheels: That’s No Hoon

7 Big Ways Cities Have Transformed Themselves for Bikes

Nvidia Shield Tablet: An Android Tablet With a Game Console Inside

iTime: Smartwatch Patent Shows Apple’s Broad Ambitions

The New Dragon NaturallySpeaking Can Do Almost Anything Your Mouse Can

Nothing says summer like these slow melt ice cream time-lapses

World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens—and you can jump off it

WSJ: Apple is Ordering a Huge 80 Million iPhone 6 Handsets for Launch

10 movie trailers that were actually better than the movie

I don’t know where buildings start or end in this crazy Hong Kong photo

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

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?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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