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The world’s largest wind turbine blade on the road

This is the world’s largest wind turbine blade en route to the largest offshore wind turbine in the world, in Methil, Scotland. At an incredible 273.95 feet (83.5 meters) long by 13.7 feet (4.2 meters) wide, the blade had to be transported all the way from Denmark, where it was manufactured—a logistical nightmare. It was…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

How Boomboxes Got So Badass

Boomboxes are, by definition, excessive. With their deafening bass thud and dazzling chrome dials, these electric beasts are heavy enough to tone your biceps. Also known as “ghetto blasters” or “jamboxes,” they rose to fame in the 1980s along with hip-hop, flourishing as a tool for sharing and mixing the latest beats. Yet despite their…

Tech News Hunter Oatman-Stanford - Collector's Weekly

See One of America’s Most Iconic Buildings Get Engulfed In Fake Fog

Veil, by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya, is the latest creative installation at Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. For ten minutes every hour, the iconic structure disappears behind a big billowing fog until the mist dissipates and whaddya know—there it is again! Is the haunting display a possible metaphor for the preeminent American…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Watch GE Gleefully and Awesomely Destroy Dozens of Random Objects

Remember General Electric’s incredible cadre of machines that exist solely to destroy things? Well, they’ve been using them to destroy things like teapots and baseballs and watches just for fun—and the resulting videos are amazing. It may be all for publicity, but these #SpringBreakIt videos are, hashtag aside, pretty rad. Here are some of our…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Dear Facebook, Please Stop Trying to Be Twitter

Today, Facebook introduced its brand new, real-time gift to newshounds everywhere. Feast your eyes on FB Newswire, an aggregated feed of only the latest and greatest breaking news stories out there. In other words, Facebook just made its own Twitter—and then gave it a lobotomy. The new FB Newswire is actually powered by Storyful, a…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg

No, Rome’s Collapse Wasn’t Caused By Lead Poisoning

Rome was the first city on the planet to have an extensive and efficient municipal water system, thanks to the empire’s ambitious aqueduct system that’s still found throughout Europe. But that infrastructure was also pumping ancient Romans with lead—up to 100 times the amount of lead found in local spring water. A new study reported…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Happy Birthday, Hubble!

Today is the Hubble Space Telescope’s birthday — it’s been exactly 24 years since it was launched into orbit. The optical telescope captures drop-dead gorgeous images of space, and is a constant source of both new science and new computer wallpapers. Star Cluster NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: NASA/ESA/M. Livio The…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Happy Trails: How a Record-Holding Long-Distance Hiker Plans Her Trips

The warming weather and lengthening days are luring hikers to long trails—some to very long trails. This week, the first of the few hundred hikers who attempt to complete the Pacific Crest Trail each summer begin heading to the Mexican border to start their 2,663-mile journey to Canada. The Pacific Crest Trail or PCT—soon to…

Tech News Alissa Walker

A Hovering Vacuum That Protects Your Floors And Looks Good Doing It

You can pretend a broom is a useful way to clean wood and tile floors, but in reality, it just moves the dirt elsewhere. A vacuum is still your best option—but even better than that is a vacuum that floats across scratch-prone hard floors like a hovercraft. Say hello to the aiRider. In order to…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Wow, It’s Possible to Make Jenga Even More Fun

Jenga is amazingly fun and in need of no innovation. However, as this video shows, it is possible to make Jenga even more fun. Just add a chess clock into the mix. The truth about Jenga is that if you’re given enough time to remove a piece from the tower and place it back on…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Best GoPro and Matching Drone, Espresso At Home, Game of Thrones

Today, you can pick up the best model of the best action cam for one of the best prices we’ve ever seen. If you want to take things to the next level, the DJI Phantom Drone with built-in GoPro mount is marked down to just $420 today as well, from a typical price of around…

Tech News Shep McAllister

Looks Like Honeywell Is Cooking Up Its Own Nest Thermostat Clone

What’s this we have here? We just got a tip from a reader that this is Honeywell’s answer to Nest. It looks like a Nest, it smells like a Nest, and the only difference is that Honeywell branding. We’re thin on details, but this screenshot reportedly came from the Facebook page of a (maybe soon-to-be-former)…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space

There isn’t much in the Western Sahara, but there is this giant conveyor belt running over 60 miles from a Moroccan phosphate mine to the edge of the ocean. Look closely—this could be the future of our global food supply. If you haven’t heard of Western Sahara, it’s because the “non-self-governing territory,” to use U.N.…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Ballooning in Antarctica

The Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses, or BARREL, launched 20 instrument-laden balloons in the endless day of Antarctic summer. Now the team is home, and the photos of their flying plastic jellyfish exploring the sky for science are fantastic. BARREL is contributing data to understanding the Van Allen belts, two gigantic donuts…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Anyone Can Buy Google Glass Now

Anyone with $1500 dollars can head over to this page and buy Google Glass right now. Though Google hasn’t made a formal announcement about a public launch for the augmented reality specs, the shopping page is live. It’s worth noting, that though the page is live, we haven’t actually completed a transaction because, uh, $1500.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Every Trunk Needs a Backup Phone Battery That Can Jumpstart Your Car

By now there are countless backup batteries on the market that promise to revive a dead smartphone when there’s no power outlet in sight. But the JUMPR promises to be there for another thing you probably never leave home without—your car. With 6,000 mAh of power, you can actually recharge a couple of smartphones or…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Huge Camera Rig Was the Howitzer of Early Action Photography

Photojournalism has come a long way in the last 65 years. Back in the first half of the 20th century, photographers looking to capture the fast action of car races and baseball games were forced to shoot with enormous camera contraptions like this Graflex “Big Bertha” large format press camera. But the pictures it captured…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Package concept changes its design as it approaches its expiration date

Here’s a cool concept created by Ko Yang: a carton that morphs its design overtime using color-changing ink. It can be done but, most probably, it will never be used in real life—most companies don’t want people to skip their older merchandise at the supermarket. Or perhaps some companies would end up doing it, to…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Hamper Chair Is Your New Best Excuse For Never Doing Laundry

It’s hard not to feel guilty when your underwear is on its third tour of duty because you haven’t done laundry for weeks. But Brandon Washington has managed to find a plus side to procrastinating on a trip to the laundromat with his Martino Hamper chair that’s all but useless without a mountain of soiled…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Spacecraft Graveyard on the Moon

With the recent arrival of the crashed remains of LADEE, it’s time to look at the space-junk accumulating on the far side of the moon. https://gizmodo.com/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-is-a-spacecraft-graveyard-1567017530

Tech News Mika McKinnon

The world’s largest wind turbine blade on the road

How Boomboxes Got So Badass

See One of America’s Most Iconic Buildings Get Engulfed In Fake Fog

Watch GE Gleefully and Awesomely Destroy Dozens of Random Objects

Dear Facebook, Please Stop Trying to Be Twitter

No, Rome’s Collapse Wasn’t Caused By Lead Poisoning

Happy Birthday, Hubble!

Happy Trails: How a Record-Holding Long-Distance Hiker Plans Her Trips

A Hovering Vacuum That Protects Your Floors And Looks Good Doing It

Wow, It’s Possible to Make Jenga Even More Fun

The Best GoPro and Matching Drone, Espresso At Home, Game of Thrones

Looks Like Honeywell Is Cooking Up Its Own Nest Thermostat Clone

The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space

Ballooning in Antarctica

Anyone Can Buy Google Glass Now

Every Trunk Needs a Backup Phone Battery That Can Jumpstart Your Car

This Huge Camera Rig Was the Howitzer of Early Action Photography

Package concept changes its design as it approaches its expiration date

The Hamper Chair Is Your New Best Excuse For Never Doing Laundry

Spacecraft Graveyard on the Moon

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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