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In this aquarium you can shake hands with otters (Happy Holidays!)

Someone at the Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park, Miura City, Japan, had a brilliant idea: Make a little opening on the glass that overlooks the otters’ habitat. You know, so you can shake hands with them. Gimme five, ottersan! I love you, otter. Never change. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us in…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

North Korea Sent a Threatening Communiqué to South Korea Via Fax

Nothing says “we’re serious about this” like a fax. Or at least that’s what officials in Pyongyang seem to think. Yesterday morning, South Korean officials received a fax that warned, ironically, of attacks “without warning.” I guess the first one was a freebie. The ominous message was sparked by protests in Seoul on the second…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The Year in Porn, According to PornHub’s Porn Charts

As happens every December, the internet’s spent the past month basking in the warm glow of nostalgia, and at long last, our illustrious friends over at PornHub have joined the year-in-review bandwagon. And what did these intrepid naked number crunchers discover? https://gizmodo.com/the-historical-events-that-drove-people-to-porn-1469776047 Perhaps the least surprising bit of knowledge to come from this fresh load…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

World’s largest tunneling machine finds giant mystery object

Bertha, the world’s largest tunneling machine, has suddenly halted operations after encountering what the engineers say is “something unknown.” They don’t have a clue about what it is, but they know is gigantic. It’s so mysterious that they call it “The Object.” https://gizmodo.com/something-called-the-object-has-stopped-worlds-large-1487090414

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Instagram Accounts We Loved This Year

Not every Instagram account is pictures of semi-famous tweens or farm-to-table food. There are some very artful, very niche accounts out there that we adore simply for their aesthetic merits. We’ve compiled a catalog of the ones we follow so you can too. NASA There is nothing not to love about NASA’s Instagram feed. It…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Something Called “The Object” Stops World’s Largest Tunneling Machine

Bertha, the world’s largest tunneling machine, churning through the rock and mud beneath Seattle, has hit a mysterious roadblock—so mysterious, it is only known for now as “the object.” The New York Times reports that the machine—300 feet long and 5 stories tall—has ground to a halt. Built precisely not to be stopped by, well,…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh

These Rainbow Mountains Are China’s Secret Geological Wonder

At the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu, China, tourists flock to see China’s own version of the Grand Canyon: A mountain range of densely packed layers of minerals and rock that are dramatically striated into a layer cake of magenta, maroon, and lemon-colored stone. As a new UNESCO World Heritage Site, Danxia is…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Scientists Send Text Messages Using Spritzes of Vodka

Someday, if you’re out on the town and spot someone you fancy at the end of the bar, you might be able to pass along your digits using the drink in your hand. Because researchers at Toronto’s York University have created a simple system that’s able to encode data—like a text message—into puffs of evaporated…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Perfect Civic Pride Gifts for City Lovers

For the unapologetic urbanophiles in your life, these city-themed presents will be the perfect way to help them perpetuate their fierce (and sometimes scary) public displays of civic pride. And, because most of these gifts can be customized with a particular geographic location—some of them right down to a specific neighborhood—it’s the perfect way to…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Sushi Transformers Are More Than Meets Your Tastebuds

If you’re trying to eat healthier, it’s a good idea to know exactly what goes into the food you consume. And while that’s not exactly the goal Bandai had in mind when it created these sushi transformers that turn into what they’re made from, it’s justification enough to collect all five. Available from those more…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Adding More Layers is Apple’s Patent-Suggested Plan For Fixing Maps

It’s slowly getting better, but try as it might, Apple just can’t top Google’s Maps service when it comes to digital cartography That’s not to say it isn’t still keeping up the chase though — a newly uncovered patent points towards a raft of new features Apple has planned for the troubled service. The “Interactive…

Tech News Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK

Classic Arcade Game Designs Illustrated as a Field Guide

If your recollections of arcade games past are starting to fail you, perhaps you just need the Amusement Field Identification Kit in your life. Illustrated in the style of a traditional field manual, these annotated images—created by Michael Mateyko and Hans Thiessen—detail the design of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Pong, Ms. Pac-Man, and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google ‘Started Over’ on Android the Day the iPhone Launched

Apple changed the mobile industry with the iPhone, and has been known to suggest that others have copied it along the way. Now, one of Android’s original software architects admits that Google had “to start over” the day the iPhone was announced. When the iPhone was launched in 2007, Andorid had already been in development…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What Do Your Android Reader Apps Know About You?

When you read a book or an article on your Android device, how much power—and access to your personal data—are you giving the app? A new comparison of 17 of the most popular reader apps, compiled by Matt Bernius, answers that question, and in some cases users may be revealing much more than they think.…

Tech News Parker Higgins - EFF

Disquiet Junto Project 0103: Tinsel Song

The project: Make a song based on last week’s “sonic tinsel” project. Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join…

Tech News Marc Weidenbaum

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: White Rabbit

And now you know where all those Matrix references come from. Lewis Carroll? Never heard of the guy.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

So this is how Santa Claus delivers all those presents (in a F-16!)

It’s 2013. Of course Santa Claus has traded in his sleigh and reindeers for a fighter jet. That way he can zip around the world in the coolest rig possible. The US Air Force posted this picture of a pilot in a Santa costume for a bit of holiday cheer. Happy Holidays everybody! SPLOID is…

Sploid Casey Chan

Can you tell the difference between a digital picture and film?

Film is better! No question, right? Well Shanks FX wants you to take a closer look at pictures and footage taken on film versus images and footage taken with a digital camera. As much of a copout as it is to say, I think the answer is it depends. Shanks FX used a Canon 5d…

Sploid Casey Chan

Ants can incredibly flow like liquid or bunch together into a solid

The New York Times has a great little short about ants, specifically their ability to both flow like a liquid and become a solid ball. It’s kind of gross but also pretty awesome in how twisted the duality is. Look at it above. On the left, it’s a thick, syrupy liquid. On the right, it’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

Time Bandits: A Classic Tale Of Time Travel, Tech, Good, and Evil

Tonight’s the night, friends. Tonight is the night you (re)watch Time Bandits, Terry Gilliam’s freaking brilliant 1981 film chronicling the weird adventures of a rag tag gang of little people stealing treasures and testing Evil throughout history. I think that a lot of you might have seen this one before, as it was definitely a…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

In this aquarium you can shake hands with otters (Happy Holidays!)

North Korea Sent a Threatening Communiqué to South Korea Via Fax

The Year in Porn, According to PornHub’s Porn Charts

World’s largest tunneling machine finds giant mystery object

The Instagram Accounts We Loved This Year

Something Called “The Object” Stops World’s Largest Tunneling Machine

These Rainbow Mountains Are China’s Secret Geological Wonder

Scientists Send Text Messages Using Spritzes of Vodka

The Perfect Civic Pride Gifts for City Lovers

Sushi Transformers Are More Than Meets Your Tastebuds

Adding More Layers is Apple’s Patent-Suggested Plan For Fixing Maps

Classic Arcade Game Designs Illustrated as a Field Guide

Google ‘Started Over’ on Android the Day the iPhone Launched

What Do Your Android Reader Apps Know About You?

Disquiet Junto Project 0103: Tinsel Song

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: White Rabbit

So this is how Santa Claus delivers all those presents (in a F-16!)

Can you tell the difference between a digital picture and film?

Ants can incredibly flow like liquid or bunch together into a solid

Time Bandits: A Classic Tale Of Time Travel, Tech, Good, and Evil

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