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This Thermal Wristband Tricks You Into Never Being Too Warm or Cold

We all know someone who can never seem to get comfy, no matter the temperature. They’re always pulling off sweaters because they’re too hot, or cranking up the heat because they’re too cold. But soon, salvation for these folks could come in the form of a special wristband that uses a copper heatsink to fool…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why Genetically Engineered Grapes Would Make Great Wine

I am 99.9% sure that there will never be commercial production of genetically engineered wine grapes (“GMO” to use the common misnomer). Even so, I’d like to indulge in imagining what could be if we lived in some parallel universe where rational scientific thinking prevailed. Wine grapes are an extremely logical crop for genetic engineering…

Tech News Steve Savage - Applied Mythology

Why Is There No Male Birth Control Pill?

Bet you didn’t have this marked on your calendar: today is World Vasectomy Day, a holiday celebrated not with parades or fireworks, but with the delicate snip of two tiny tubes. But is such a largely permanent step really our only male birth control option? Where’s the male version of the pill? Surprisingly enough, research…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

One Man’s Epic Review of a “Match.com for NFL Fans”

NFL commentator Rich Eisen has, for reasons unknown, created a dating app for football fans. And if the only good it brings the world is this joyously unhinged review from KissingSuzyKolber’s PFTCommenter, it will have been worth it. Read it below, in all its [sic]’d glory: Its no secret Im pretty picky when it comes…

Tech News PFTCommenter - KissingSuzyKolber

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

How do you hide a building? It sounds like a rhetorical question, but it was the very real dilemma confronting the architects charged with building a new Maritime Museum of Denmark a few years ago. The museum, you see, is located a few hundred yards away from Kronborg Castle—which serves as the setting for Shakespeare’s…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The best Wildlife Photographer of 2013

The Natural History Museum in London has published its worldwide 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards—always extraordinary and beautiful. I love this Japanese macaque by Dutch photographer Jasper Doest, suspended in a galaxy of snow and vapor in the hot springs of Jigokudani, central Japan. The winner, however, is this one: I love these…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

This Animated Globe Lets You See the Earth Like You Were in Space

When Google Maps can deliver detailed views of the world with imagery that zooms right down to our backyards, they’re can’t be much demand for desk globes anymore. So a Japanese company called Gakken has taken its Worldeye globe to another level by turning it into a display that can show everything from weather patterns…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Smart Water-Hauling Backpack Is Sterilized By Sunlight

With millions of people around the world lacking access to a consistent, reliable source of water, contaminated jerry cans and buckets have become the unfortunate go-to method of transporting water in the developing world. The PackH20, which just won the 2013 People’s Design Award at the National Design Awards gala, plans to change that. Designed…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

It’s Been 365 Days Since My Last “Like”

I used to love Facebook. When I first signed up back in 2004, I was all about it. I could find old classmates, quickly share a funny link with my buddies, and generally stay connected in a way I’d never experienced before. It only got better when they rolled out the mobile version. Then something…

Social Media Jesse Jones - Medium

These Classic Nike Sneakers Are Actually Made Out of Cigarette Packs

We’ve all felt it: The unique kind of envy that results from encountering something you want, but can’t afford. For some of us, it’s the new iPhone. For others, it’s an eight-foot-long hot tub boat. For artist Jason Ruff in his younger years, it was sneakers and cigarettes—which serve as materials for his latest project.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Did Al Gore Invent the Internet?

Anytime someone online writes about internet history, the comments inevitably fill up with jokes about Al Gore. There’s a popular myth that Gore once claimed to have invented the internet, which means many people think that “Al Gore” works as both a set-up and a punchline. What these jokesters might be surprised to learn is…

Tech News Matt Novak

Which Twitter Accounts Do You Love to Hate?

We all do it. Every single thing they tweet sends you into a symphony of groans and sighs, and yet—you can’t quite bring yourself to end the pain. And if you’re being totally honest, you actually kind of like it. Maybe it’s masochism, maybe it’s the need to fuel your own sense of smugness, but…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Elevate Your Laptop, Plus Keurig, Apple TV, Magic Mouse and Trackpad

If you sit at a desk with your laptop and don’t use a laptop stand along with an external mouse and keyboard, you’re really missing out on greatly improved ergonomics and probably less back and neck pain. This Belkin Zero stand is a great choice, and looks great underneath any laptop, especially a Macbook. It’s…

Tech News Shane Roberts

The 9 Dumbest Theories About When Android KitKat’s Coming Out

Android 4.4 Kit Kat and the new Nexus 5 are just around the corner. We’ve got all the leaks in the world to prove it. But we don’t know when, and so of course, people have been speculating. Like lunatics. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-5-rumor-roundup-everything-we-think-we-know-1429423506 There’s speculation all over the place, but the best—read: craziest—theories come from Kit Kat’s…

Tech News Eric Limer

Scientists rewrite organism’s genome for the first time in history

Brace yourselves, for science has taken a step into a path from which there’s no way back: a group of researchers at Yale and Harvard have rewritten the entire genetic code of a living organism for the first in history. Not only that, but they have made it resistant to sickness in the process, Physorg…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

You Can Finally Buy Yourself the Tiny Rideable Train You Always Wanted

We may have asked for video games, toys, and bikes, but deep down every kid hopes that come Christmas morning they’ll find a ride-on miniature train under the tree, with track laid all throughout their house. For the average kid, it’s a fantasy that has little chance of coming true. But every kid eventually turns…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Should New York City’s Next Mayor Appoint a Deputy Mayor of Design?

One of these days, Michael Bloomberg is not going to be mayor of New York City anymore, and someone else is going to be crowned King of the Great Underground River. Yesterday, that person got a to-do list from New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. https://gizmodo.com/an-artificial-cave-200-beneath-central-park-with-micha-1446538828 Kimmelman’s list is very good, and he basically…

Tech News Alissa Walker

This Scratch-and-Sniff Wine Guide Will Make You an Unpretentious Expert

For non-connoisseurs and two-buck-chuck aficionados, there’s a moment of minor social panic when dining out and it’s time to select a bottle of the good stuff for the table. “Oh gosh,” you think. “Don’t ask for my opinion. I do not have an opinion. Don’t pour that first sip for me. Don’t make me swirl…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Why Norway Might Have to Tear Down These Massive Picasso Murals

Norway finds itself in a tough conundrum after a terrorist attack crippled a pair of Brutalist buildings in downtown Oslo. Tearing down the buildings is one thing—they’re crumbling, controversial and, well, brutal. Destroying the Picasso murals carved into the concrete, however, is an entirely different matter. Altogether, four Picasso-designed murals grace the walls of the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Chinese Scientists Invent Lightbulbs That Emit Wi-Fi

A group of Chinese scientists at Shanghai’s Fudan University have a bright idea: A lightbulb that produces its own Wi-Fi signal. According to Xinhua, the technology is called Li-Fi, and the prototype actually works better than the average connection in China. As many as four computers placed near a Li-Fi bulb can connect to the…

Tech News Leslie Horn

This Thermal Wristband Tricks You Into Never Being Too Warm or Cold

Why Genetically Engineered Grapes Would Make Great Wine

Why Is There No Male Birth Control Pill?

One Man’s Epic Review of a “Match.com for NFL Fans”

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

The best Wildlife Photographer of 2013

This Animated Globe Lets You See the Earth Like You Were in Space

This Smart Water-Hauling Backpack Is Sterilized By Sunlight

It’s Been 365 Days Since My Last “Like”

These Classic Nike Sneakers Are Actually Made Out of Cigarette Packs

Did Al Gore Invent the Internet?

Which Twitter Accounts Do You Love to Hate?

Elevate Your Laptop, Plus Keurig, Apple TV, Magic Mouse and Trackpad

The 9 Dumbest Theories About When Android KitKat’s Coming Out

Scientists rewrite organism’s genome for the first time in history

You Can Finally Buy Yourself the Tiny Rideable Train You Always Wanted

Should New York City’s Next Mayor Appoint a Deputy Mayor of Design?

This Scratch-and-Sniff Wine Guide Will Make You an Unpretentious Expert

Why Norway Might Have to Tear Down These Massive Picasso Murals

Chinese Scientists Invent Lightbulbs That Emit Wi-Fi

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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