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The Air Force Thinks It Could Take on Godzilla

What would we do if a kaiju like Godzilla actually showed up on our shores? According to (some members of) the U.S. Air Force, we’d kick its ass. Because of course we would. If it happened like it does in the latest Godzilla movie, due out on May 16, the brave men and women at…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How to open a bottle of champagne with a sword and science

People don’t keep a saber in the kitchen drawer, but opening a champagne bottle with a sword is so cool that it should be mandatory—at least—in every single restaurant. Here’s food star Alton Brown showing you how you do it and why this method works so well. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision Avant 4K TV Is Gloriously Discreet

Bang & Olufsen is jumping into the UHD fray with the BeoVision Avant, a 55-inch 3940 x 2160 LCD panel housed in an impressive hunk of aluminum. But it wouldn’t be Bang & Olufsen if it didn’t come with some luxury automation features—and a crazy price tag. We had the opportunity to check out the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Terrifying slow motion video of a missile that never misses its target

No matter how fast you’re driving, no matter the weather conditions, if someone fires a Brimstone missile from a MQ-9 Reaper drone and you’re the target, you’re dead. This slow-motion test compilation shows its terrifying precision and the destruction that follows. Just look at that shockwave moving. You can fire this thing against any target…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Researchers Are Making an ATM that Spews Hot Acid at Thieves

For wannabe thieves, nothing is more tantalizing than an empty street and a vulnerable ATM. Soon, though, they could be facing more than just failure. Taking design cues from mother nature herself, researchers are building ATMs that fend off thieves with a spray of hot, steaming foam. The inspiration for this dastardly defense mechanism comes…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg

Everyone Loves a Sunrise

Sunrises are beautiful. The optics of light bending and scattering through out atmosphere, producing layers of rich red light fading up to pale blue can be an awe-inspiring start to the day. And people love to talk about it. This map collects any geotagged Tweets that include the word sunrise from April 6th, 2014 then…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Hidden LEDs Give This Wood-Faced Watch a Digital Display

Watch faces have been made from some strange and wonderful materials, but can anything beat the natural beauty of wood? The folks at Tokyo Flash don’t think so—they’ve figured out how make a digital watch display disappear under a wood veneer. The Tokyo Flash Night Vision Wood features a sneaky LED display that shines through…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Why Minneapolis Is One of America’s Best Winter Biking Cities

After two days of sleet and snow, Minneapolis’ Midtown Greenway looks like a wrong turn on Ice Road Truckers. Outside the Freewheel Midtown Bike Center, bundled-up fat-bike riders trace circular routes back and forth in front of the building, their barely visible eyes squinting with purpose into the gray air. A solitary soul, hardier than…

Tech News Brian Martucci - Issue Media Group

Visions of an Erupting Sun

A Solar Dynamics Observatory video of the recent flare is a deceptively-tranquil vision of colossal energy eruption. A massive X1.4 flare is part of the highest intensity of flares releasing huge amounts of energy, yet the filaments are weirdly soothing. X1.4 flare in 131, 304, and 171 angstrom wavelengths. Image Credit: NASA/SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

One Man’s Quest to Crowdfund a Trip in a $20,000 Flying Apartment

Three rooms, a private bathroom, private bedroom, and a private living room. Sure, that sounds like a fine apartment. Except we’re talking about United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airway’s new first-class residence in the A380 Airbus. A one-way ticket costs $20,000 and one man is trying to crowdfund his way in. First, let’s talk about the…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Aluminum Powder Fireballs Look Like Tiny Slo-Mo Supernovas

You probably think of aluminum as a solid metal, the kind of thing that could protect you from explosions. That’s not always the case—as the magnificent mad scientists at Periodic Videos are here to show us with supernova-style flame balls made from powdered aluminum. If you’ve got a laboratory fume hood, a gas burner, and…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Samsung NX3000: A Little Cheaper, a Little Simpler, But Mostly the Same

With the new NX3000, Samsung’s hoping to lure price-conscious beginners. The entry level interchangeable-lens camera swaps out the huge 3.7-inch touchscreen interface of the old NX2000 for a smaller, 3-inch (non-touch) LCD and a traditional button interface. Over the last couple of years, Samsung has been quietly building out a strong interchangeable-lens camera system, and…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

These Landscapes Covered In Oil Wells Are Like Huge Alien Cities

Crude oil—or petroleum—has been used since ancient times for several purposes, mostly for dimly lighting up buildings and streets. Only after inventing the fractional distillation of oil and discovering vast mineral oil fields under the ground and sea in the 19th and 20th centuries, petroleum became the most important material for the modern nations, who…

Tech News Attila Nagy

How Aspirin Prevents Heart Attacks

The wonder drug once gleaned from the bark of a willow tree is today used to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. But not everyone benefits from daily aspirin therapy. What is Aspirin? As early as Hippocrates (400 BC), people were harvesting willow to treat pain. Today,aspirin is: “Acetyl salicylic acid . . . a…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

This Extending Table Puts Its Workings on Full Display

Sometimes, it’s good to have nowhere to hide—and this extending table is a great example. With a perfectly transparent surface, its inner workings have to look presentable. And they sure do. The brainchild of Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles, the table has been made for Italian furniture brand Bonaldo. It turns the usually functional extension mechanism…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Experimental Color-Changing Fabric Could Turn You Into a Chameleon

Animals do it, so why shouldn’t we? This experimental textile project by Judit Eszter Karpati allows a fabric to change its color in a snap, based on its surroundings, thanks to some Arduino brains. Her Chromosonic research project is a programmable, electronic, colour-changing textile interface, that could have all kinds of applications. She explains the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why the Military Should Share Its Information

Often, secrecy is considered to be a form of power: if you and only you know stuff, you’re at an advantage. But, as General Stanley McChrystal explains in this video, that isn’t always the case. McChrystal started fighting al Qaeda in 2003, and he considered his secret information to be the lifeblood of his operations.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch Ikea’s March to World Furniture Domination

Ikea was founded in 1943, and its first showroom didn’t open until 1953. Since, though, it’s become an unstoppable furniture juggernaut hellbent on making it into everyone’s living room. This map shows how unrelenting that’s been. Not dissimilar to a map showing Apple’s worldwide retail takeover—though arguably this Ikea one looks a hell of a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Taser Is Attaching Wearable Cameras to 500 London Cops

In the biggest trial of its kind, 500 London police officers will today be supplied with wearable cameras to record what they, and those around them, do. The cameras, supplied by Taser, boast 130-degree field of view, record over 12 hours of continuous footage, and are tough enough to cope with being run over by…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Privacy in Social Media Is So Complex

If you’ve ever been stung by someone sharing something online about you that you’d rather they hadn’t, you’ve experienced the difficulties of maintaining privacy across social networks. In this video, Professor Derek McAuley explains just why it’s so complex. He starts with a very good point. Human social dynamics have evolved over ten of thousands…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

The Air Force Thinks It Could Take on Godzilla

How to open a bottle of champagne with a sword and science

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision Avant 4K TV Is Gloriously Discreet

Terrifying slow motion video of a missile that never misses its target

Researchers Are Making an ATM that Spews Hot Acid at Thieves

Everyone Loves a Sunrise

Hidden LEDs Give This Wood-Faced Watch a Digital Display

Why Minneapolis Is One of America’s Best Winter Biking Cities

Visions of an Erupting Sun

One Man’s Quest to Crowdfund a Trip in a $20,000 Flying Apartment

Aluminum Powder Fireballs Look Like Tiny Slo-Mo Supernovas

Samsung NX3000: A Little Cheaper, a Little Simpler, But Mostly the Same

These Landscapes Covered In Oil Wells Are Like Huge Alien Cities

How Aspirin Prevents Heart Attacks

This Extending Table Puts Its Workings on Full Display

Experimental Color-Changing Fabric Could Turn You Into a Chameleon

Why the Military Should Share Its Information

Watch Ikea’s March to World Furniture Domination

Taser Is Attaching Wearable Cameras to 500 London Cops

Why Privacy in Social Media Is So Complex

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

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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