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If you are intrigued by the Nokia Lumia 1020’s wild camera, you no doubt wonder what lies underneath the circular 41-megapixel bulge. Zeiss, the maker of the Lumia 1020’s lens, did us all the kindness of slicing the teeny camera right down the middle so we could all see inside! The photo was given to…
You know that incredibly satisfying feeling you get when a lawnmower finally starts on the second or third yank of its pull cord? You can relive that exact same experience in your kitchen when making salsa or guacamole with this chopper that shreds your veggies as you yank on its plastic handle that’s tethered to…
PayPal just made 56-year-old Chris Reynolds a quadrillionaire. Yes, a quadrillionaire. For a little while, anyway. When Reynolds opened his monthly email account update on Friday, he was pleasantly surprised with a balance of $92,233,720,368,547,800—922,337,203,685,478 times more than the $100 or so worth of transactions he usually does per month on PayPal. And very obviously…
If you’ve finally decided to get rid of your satellite TV in favor of just streaming everything, you’re going to have some unneeded hardware on your hands. Namely a compact dish that can either be repurposed as a bird bath, or this fantastic chandelier if you can round up a few more from around the…
The Wall Street Journal reports unnamed sources that say Google has approached big media companies about licensing TV shows for a streaming television service it wants to launch. Intel and Apple have also been working on similar services. Details are pretty thin here, but it’s clear that what Google is going for here is a…
The next time you’re frantically rushing to plug your parking meter, you can curse Carl C. Magee. Because it was on this day in 1935 that Magee’s parking meters made their world debut, much to the chagrin of future drivers everywhere. The first three decades of the 20th century saw the rise of the automobile,…
If you’re a company like Nike, what happens when you slap together two of your most innovative shoe technologies? Well, in this case, you get the Free Flyknit. By combining the mid-range cushioning provided by the Free+ 5.0 midsole and form-fitting Flyknit upper, Nike thinks it’s created one of the most barefoot-like experiences. The Free…
Reminiscent of the original waffle runner that launched Nike, the Free Hyperfeel is the company’s latest minimalist runner inspired by the actual geometry of the body. Which, if you’ll recall, is something Under Armour addressed with its bra-like Speedform. In creating the Free Hyperfeel, Nike says its research lab rats used pressure-mapping tech and high-speed…
Ever been to Legoland, man? Ever been to Legoland on waterslides? Visitors to Legoland Malaysia will soon be able to, once the largest such waterpark on Earth opens in mid-October. Spanning more than three million square feet, the new water park consists of more than 50 million individual bricks throughout its 70 display models and…
A few weeks ago, we wrote about a tiny micro-bot designed to be injected into a patient’s eye and controlled via magnet—a speck-sized eye surgeon. This week, a group of Berkeley researchers published a study positing a similar concept, except the ‘bots are inside your brain. And they’re the size of dust particles. It’s called…
For some reason, we were sent Metroplex, the biggest Transformer that’s ever been made (yes, bigger than Fortress Maximus). We stood him next to a bunch of stuff. Here’s how it went. Bunch of Toys Just Other Transformers A Person A Taller Person Johnnie Walker Blue Steven Paul Jobs Action Figure Some Moonshine My Keys…
We post a ton of deals on 1TB USB3 portable hard drives and 3TB/4TB USB3 desktop hard drives, but the 2 TB portable is a rarer breed. We think $90 for this 2TB Western Digital My Passport USB3 Portable Hard Drive is a great sweet spot at $0.05/GB. We’ve also got a 1TB portable and…
Lithium may store the power that drives out modern mobile world but it’s copper that delivers it. This malleable metal is a vital component in modern homes, electronics, and agriculture. But our reliance on copper comes at a steep price, both economically and environmentally. Copper is quite the miracle metal. It readily conducts electricity (second…
Next time you check in at a local coffee shop you might see an ad. As expected, Foursquare has just rolled out ads to its mobile apps. They ads aren’t as distracting as you expect, and you don’t see them at every check in. They pop up immediately after you check in somewhere, just like…
Suspend disbelief for a second and imagine if the Big Apple were dropped inside of one of the biggest canyons in the world. It would be an amazing, vast, and otherworldly mashup of two opposite places, as demonstrated in a series called Merge by photographer Gus Petro. Petro is from Switzerland. His inspiration for the…
On Monday, Yahoo won a court fight that will force the government to disclose secret information about a 2008 case that required Yahoo to hand over customer data. It’s icing on the cake for Marissa Mayer, who celebrates her one year anniversary at Yahoo this week. But more importantly, it could give us our clearest…
It’s hard to justify wasting an inch of deskspace on a clock when your watch, your phone, your computer, even the coffeemaker can tell you what time it is. But then you lay your eyes upon the O’Clock from Okum Made and realize there’s still a place for traditional time tellers. At least ones that…
Microsoft’s Outlook Web App for iPhone and iPad is available today, offering offline email capabilities and voice commands. The iOS native app has all the capabilities of Outlook Web App, best for those whose workplaces already subscribe to Office 365. [Verge]
The history of baseball equipment—just like the game itself—beats a meandering path, full of eccentric characters and bizarre details. That’s because so many details of the game—from gloves to bats—were left up to the design of the players themselves. Major league salaries might hover above $3 million today, but for a century, professional baseball was…
It’s crazy hot out there this week, but this gorgeous video shot from a remote-control helicopter hovering over Niagara Falls lets you (nearly) feel the cool, refreshing spray on your sweaty overheated face. YouTuber questpact rigged a GoPro Hero3 to his DJI Phantom quadcopter to get this shot, his entry in DJI’s Phantom Video Contest.…
