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Microsoft’s New Surface Tablets: The Upgrade Is on the Inside

About this time last year, Microsoft made some major promises about ushering in the future of computing. One year and two Surface tablets, later the future Microsoft’s been dreaming of isn’t quite here. Maybe the second time’s the charm. Microsoft is rolling out the next two versions of its Surface devices, the Surface 2 (the…

Dentists May Start Covering Teeth in Growth-Stimulating Diamond Dust

Looks like there’s a new candidate for most awesome supermaterial in town. Dentists may soon start fighting bone loss by covering our teeth in itty bitty nanodiamonds, making repairing teeth quicker, cheaper, and much less painful. https://gizmodo.com/9-incredible-uses-for-graphene-5988977 During jaw and tooth repair operations, doctors are normally forced to use invasive surgery to stick a sponge…

Video: $400,000 Lamborghini gets cut in half in violent accident

When the $400,000 Lamborghini Aventador experiences a violent accident, the front part—called the safety cell—separates from the rest of the car to try to save the driver’s life. This is what happened in Brooklyn, after some idiot in a sedan decided to turn left at the wrong time. https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-boring-sedan-rip-a-400k-lamborghini-aventador-1370314736

A Watch Winder That Possibly Sends Your Timepiece Through a Worm Hole

Unless you wear it every single day, that fancy kinetically powered watch of yours is going to stop running if left sitting on your dresser. So instead of having to constantly reset the time, you can drop a small fortune on this mesmerizing 360 degree watch winder which may or may not also open a…

Slow-Motion iPhone Destruction, Shot With iPhone Slow-Motion

Best way to show off the iPhone 5S’s slow motion video capture? By using it to shoot Apple’s new smartphone being destroyed at 120 fps. How delightfully meta. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-iphone-caneras-flash-illuminates-photos-withou-1278459315 Between lighting the thing on fire and letting a dog lick peanut butter off the device, this is some very creative iPhone annihilation. Destruction is fun…

Apple sold more than nine million iPhone 5Cs and iPhone 5S’s over the weekend, making for the biggest launch ever. Impressive, but it’s worth pointing out that this is the first time the iPhone has been available in China at launch.

13 of the World’s Oldest (and Most Beautiful) Typewriters

Some people collect baseball cards and others collect coins. Martin Howard, however, collects century-old typewriters. And boy is he good at it. The Toronto-based enthusiast has typewriters that looks like navigation instruments and typewriters that look like scales. But they all have one thing in common: They’re beautiful. The Martin Howard Collection includes dozens of…

A Robot Bartender That Knows Who’s Subtly Signaling for a Drink

Designing a robot that can mix and pour the perfect martini isn’t terribly difficult—once you get the portions and motions nailed down, it’s good to go. But designing a robot bartender that’s also able to discern who at a noisy crowded bar is looking for a drink—based on subtle gestures or posture—is a whole other…

Project Mkultra: One of the Most Shocking CIA Programs of All Time

When the extent of the U.S. government’s domestic spying program was revealed this past summer, many were surprised and outraged: how could a government which so prizes liberty of its citizens covertly collect data on its own people? Yet, sadly, this is not the first time Uncle Sam, without permission or notice, secretly gathered information…

Alleged Android 4.4 KitKat Images Suggest a Flattened, 2D Design

Some images of what’s alleged to be Android 4.4 appeared over the weekend, with screen captures of a phone supposedly running the new KitKat release giving us a look at what may be Google’s ever-so-slightly redesigned new mobile OS. The most obvious change of all is visible in the stock Android floating dock icons, which…

NYT: FAA’s New Electronic Device Rules to ‘Go Into Effect Next Year’

The New York Times is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration is about to finalize its loosened restrictions on in-flight gadget use—more than a year after it first announced it was mulling the idea. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-the-faa-is-ready-to-ease-restrictions-on-in-flight-528724592 The Times reports that an FAA advisory panel will meet this week to finish up the policy which will change…

The highlights of the 2013 Emmys

Kevin Spacey and the rest of the House of Cards team didn’t get the Emmy for the best drama series they deserved, but who cares. It’s just as good now as it was before. Here are the highlights from the ceremony by Defamer, Gawker and Jezebel. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are awesome, Shemar Moore…

Tow Away Zone: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

I love big band, but I also get that it can be lame. Like really really lame. But Thad Jones and Mel Lewis aren’t like that. They and their band actually groove and are generally badasses, and their 1969 album Central Park North is a classic. “Tow Away Zone” is the first track and it’s…

Honestly This Compact Crossbow Is Quite Small

There’s no governing body proclaiming this the world’s smallest crossbow, but it’s only slightly larger than a full-sized crossbow arrow so it’s got to be up there. Joerg designed this crossbow to be safe. The arrow is fully encapsulated so it won’t accidentally shoot off in an unexpected direction. You cock the crossbow with strong…

A Collaborative To-Do List App That You Might Actually Want To Use

Here are two facts about me. Number 1: I have a roommate. Number 2: Sometimes I notice that there’s no more dish soap in the hall closet. If my roommate and I used a collaborative to-do list app we could stay coordinated for the communal shopping, but we prefer different systems that can’t sync to…

This is Every Lego Lover’s Dream Wedding

So, you’re thinking of walking that plank they call marriage? Sorry, that sounds cynical. What I mean is, “Are you ready for a lifetime of marital bliss, where everyday is full of rainbows and sunshine?” There’s no better way to say “I do” than with Lego. Ah, the cake…here we have a minimal, modern brick-cake,…

iPhone 5S Fingerprint Security Can Be Easily Broken, Hackers Show

Apple says that the new iPhone 5S’ fingerprint sensor is “a convenient and highly secure way to access your phone.” The former is true. The latter, not so much. The fingerprint security can be easily broken. Jealous spouses and industrial spies, rejoice! The usual Apple boosters bought into the company’s claims without even questioning their…

A Matching Numerical Keypad For Your Wireless Apple Keyboard

Belkin’s new YourType Bluetooth Wireless Keypad looks a lot like Apple’s Magic Trackpad. But the only folks who might actually find it ‘magical’ are accountants, because Belkin trades gestures and multi-touch input for a set of numerical keys and extra shortcuts for navigating large documents. If you’ve been bemoaning the lack of these extra keys…

What Would Happen If You Just Stopped Sleeping Forever

It’s a lazy Sunday. Maybe you slept in super late; that’s kinda what Sundays are for. But what good is all that comatose-time doing you anyway? What if you just cut it out and were productive or something instead? We all know what it’s like to go a night or two without sleep, but ASAP…

When Was the Last Time You Switched Cell Carriers?

Everyone hates their carrier, right? That’s just a thing. They’re either so huge that you get ripped off and can’t get any customer service, or they’re so small that their service coverage is weird and their handset options are lousy. But it increasingly seems like there are viable alternative options. Like Republic Wireless‘s $20-a-month unlimited…