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Instead of using your typical cartography methods of mapping the world, James Davenport created a world map using just airports, runways and helicopter pads. That way you can see which countries are dotted and outlined with airports (hint: it’s the rich ones) and which countries just disappear into the vapor (hint: it’s the poor ones).…
Hidden inside the Accessibility settings of iOS 7 is a sneaky new way to control your iPhone (or iPad): with your head. Yep, with simple left or right head movements you can navigate your iPhone. You’ll look a little bit crazy but ooh wow look at you control your iPhone invisibly. The left or right…
Furious over the failure of his personal crusade to ban abortion in the state of Texas, Governor Rick Perry has called for a second “special session” of the Texas legislature on July 1. Last night’s attempt to all but illegalize abortion failed after a 15-hour filibuster by Democratic state Senator Wendy Davis.
Every once and a while we need a reminder to be more awesome by doing more awesome. Jump off a cliff. Sky dive. Race a plane. Ride a bike. Surf. Anything. When you attach a GoPro to your head and put a thumping electronic beat as your soundtrack, life will always seem so awesome. The…
Most everybody these days smokes marijuana all the time, but they still like to keep it on the “down low” so the police won’t write a ticket or ask to see your medical cannabis ID. Now that we know the NSA and FBI are watching and recording your every communication or web search or Amazon…
Not so long ago, gay marriage was still so controversial that California passed an anti-gay-marriage ballot initiative. How did all of this happen so quickly? Everybody is gay now, that’s how it happened. Go back in time to the mid-2000s and relive the melodrama all over again. http://gawker.com/so-you-want-to-get-gay-married-589200633
You can create some incredible footage using time-lapse photography but it’s not one a director has much control over. That’s why California hip-hop duo, G&E, melded it with stop motion photography to make this wild music video. Oakland’s, The Grouch and Los Angeles’, Eligh—collectively G&E—worked with Fort Collins, Colorado-based DJ Pretty Lights for the single,…
Mornings are rough. And depending how many special adult beverages you imbibed the night before, mornings can be very, very rough. Which is exactly why we love Morning for iPad. It gives you a bright, friendly look at all the info you need to start your day, so you can be prepared even when you…
The Blackbird SR-71 is a legendary Cold War spy plane, faithfully recreated here with Lego. Built by Lego Technic expert Pawel “Sariel” Kimiec, it features “motorized elevons, rotating and illuminated engines, motorized control mast and custom stickers.” Clocking in at 73.6 cm long, this is one badass and beautiful build. Plus, the video gets bonus…
Everyone knows they should pull to the side of the road when an ambulance with its blaring siren approaches. But what if you’ve got the windows rolled up, the radio blaring, and can’t hear it coming? That’s not a problem in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where to decrease emergency response times, the ambulances actually hijack nearby AM…
Sid Meier’s addictive computer worlds have delighted generations of gamers since the 1980s. From Pirates! to his perennial Civilization, Meier’s games always follow his philosophy of providing a series of interesting decisions with meaningful choices.
Who needs gigantic dialysis machines? The first portable blood filter has just been approved for testing on humans, and it’s practically pocket-sized. The Hemopurifier has been in development for years now, and it finally got approval from the FDA for a extremely limited field test where it’ll try to treat Hepatitis C by filtering the…
Your drying dishes look like crap sitting there on the counter waiting to be put away. Why don’t you do something about that? Too lazy? At least now you can dress them up, with Black+Blum’s lime green High & Dry dish rack. The rack’s form is certainly more inspired than your regular old dish drainer,…
Jalopnik’s Máté Petrány has tested Volkswagen’s new prototype, the XL1. It’s an extraordinary vehicle that can travel for an outstanding 261 miles on just one gallon of gasoline. ‘It looks like a spacepod, it’s built like a supercar, and driving it feels like the future,’ he says.
Today, Microsoft announced that Facebook, Flipboard, and NFL Fantasy Football would all soon have official apps. That may not be an earth-shaking revelation, but it’s a sign that some big names are ready to step up and give Windows 8 the old Metro try. https://gizmodo.com/official-facebook-and-flipboard-apps-are-coming-to-wind-586541741 It’s no secret that Microsoft has had trouble getting big…
Street View is now available on both iOS and Android‘s Google Earth app. Yay! There are even step-by-step transit, biking and walking directions in 3D. Double yay! [Google]
Yeah, no, fumbling with a small wooden box and exposed electrical connections is real subtle. If you really want want to get high on the down low, you need to conceal your vaporizer as something that doesn’t look like a vaporizer but also doesn’t look like an IED. Something like an asthma inhaler, for instance.…
After the Boston Bruins lost the NHL championship to the Chicago Blackhawks Monday night, fans consoled themselves with porn, according to stats from PornHub. You might not have a Stanley Cup win, but you always have amateur adult films! PornHub monitored traffic during the final game, from the hours of 8-11pm EST Monday night. Surprise,…
European astronomers have confirmed the existence of three habitable planets orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 667C. These super-Earths—first spotted by Canadian astronomer Philip Gregory—are relatively around the corner from our home planet: only 22.1 light years.
It can still easily kill a person or a water buffalo just because it’s a huge biting dragon, but the famed Komodo Dragon does not have a mouth full of lethal bacteria just waiting to get inside a victim. Just the usual bite. So, you’ll still die, but not from bacteria. https://io9.gizmodo.com/https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-idwsmqsvrse-this-scene-587686702
