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Who among us hasn’t secretly wished to find themselves suddenly mutated into a crime-fighting chimera, despite the risk of becoming another Dr. Baxter Stockman? Now you can live out your Ninja Turtle fantasies—without having to skinny dip in Ooze—thanks to this radical TMNT backpack. The TMNT backpack holds everything a ninja could need. In addition…
Folks often shy away from fancy cheese because it smells like feet. But what if the cheese was actually made from feet—or rather, the bacteria that makes your feet stink? A couple of bio-hacker artists decided to explore that possibility. And it sounds really gross. On Friday, Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas will showcase their…
The recent dustup over the NSA maybe monitoring German chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone looks like peanuts compared to the latest Snowden-fueled revelation. It turns out, the agency has actually been spying on 35 world leaders—three five!—and encouraging other departments to shovel more contact information their way. The Guardian’s James Ball just dropped his report on…
Back at WWDC, Apple invited the robotics company Anki on to the stage to show off its connected toy car game, Drive, in which physical toy cars sail around a track while you control them with your iOS device. It was seriously impressive. iFixit got their hands on an Anki Drive set, and like spoiled…
Will the year 2000 be filled with flying cars or polluted air? Push-button lunches or the start of World War III? These were just some of the predictions made by fourth grade kids in 1976, who had trouble deciding if the future was going to be filled with high-tech gadgets or nuclear war. Or maybe…
A 1982 plan to build a nearly 400-mile long artificial river across Kansas—an infrastructural super-project that could cost as much as $12 billion—is back on the table, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Who said Big Government is bad—especially when it brings thirsty Red States their water? “We’ve got a tremendous amount of…
The Aviationist reports on a new Iranian drone exclusively designed to kill fixed or mobile targets in suicide missions. The name of this remotely controlled kamikaze is Ra’ad 85—aka Thunder. The Iranian Army commander—Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan—claims that this suicide drone “has been produced in various sizes in order to be used against different…
As a tech enthusiast, the combination of a bluetooth speaker, iPhone 5 speaker dock, clock, and CD player can’t be lost on you, especially in this delightfully different form factor. Pick it up today for only 90 bucks from Best Buy. Talk about all-in-one devices. [Best Buy] Great selection of cans today, ranging from $20…
Under Armour’s training clothing will soon come with a new ventilation design that the company claims will keep you cooler and more comfortable than any mesh has before. The design is so simple, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t done before. ArmourVent is basically just a thin layer of stretchy polyester with a bunch of…
So the Nexus 10 is a pretty good tablet, especially for its price. But the 10-inch Nexus tabs just never caught on the way the 7-incher did. Now, a leaked press render from Phone Arena is showing off a (possible) new style: giant Nexus 7. https://gizmodo.com/google-nexus-10-review-it-s-pretty-pretty-5956304 Funny this should pop up now, since Apple basically…
While Iran’s been busy bragging about mass producing the American ScanEagle drone that crash landed there last year—and giving the Russians a copy—some less than intimidating footage is trickling out of Tehran. It looks like Iran’s newest drones are pretty rickety. This video from Iran TV showcases the country’s killer Ra’ad-85 suicide drone all dressed…
Your phone is probably full of apps. And that’s great! Apps are fun! But having a million of ’em is less fun when you need to get to a specific one, and right quick. A new Android app called Cover’s got your back though, and can turn your lockscreen into a simple menu of only…
We were promised supersonic flights. Today, we stay well below the speed of sound. We were promised transatlantic flights from New York to London in 3 and a half hours. Today, that flight takes us 7 hours. We were promised the future of flying. That future hasn’t existed for 10 years. The last flight of…
Vine just added two pretty crucial updates today: Sessions, which lets you save up to 10 Vines-in-progress, and Time Travel, which lets you edit or delete clips. [Vine blog]
Cramming for a test can make even the brightest minds feel like a pile of mush: Words start blending together, and after scanning pages and pages, it can be tough to tell when concentration falters and thoughts begin to drift. But the good folks at Open Colleges have managed to make neurology engaging and easy-to-process…
According to Sci-News, “consumption of coffee reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma—the most common type of liver cancer–by 40 percent.” The researchers also found that three cups a day will “reduce the risk by more than 50 percent.” The research analyzed 16 previous case studies from 1996 to 2012, to reach arrive to this conclusion: From…
Spanning more than 25 miles of shoreline and covering 41 square miles, the Port of Rotterdam is largest shipping berth in all of Europe, the fifth-busiest in the world, and a major interchange for the region’s energy supplies. But keeping the North Sea’s fury in check is no easy feat. So to keep the port…
Buried in this io9 post about some Halloweenesque fashion is one of the most horrible images I’ve seen in my entire life: a photo of leggings made out of a real dead male, full with penis skin, which you can see at Strandagaldur, The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft. Not safe for work or…
One of the biggest challenges that engineers have faced in their quest to build a humanoid robot is one of the simplest tasks for humans: walking. More specifically, they’ve had a hard time engineering a robot to take strides and roll each foot heel-to-toe, like we do. Until now, that is. A team from Texas…
Looks like mobile OS allegiance will soon become part of the car buying decision: Hyundai and Kia will use Android to power in-car entertainment and navigation systems in all new models, starting with the new Kia Soul and Hyundai Genesis coming at the end of the year. While other manufacturers have touted in-car iOS compatibility…
