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Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

If you’ve got $38 to spare and a few weeks to wait for delivery, Brando’s got a new temperature sensing travel mug that guarantees you’ll never again burn your mouth on scalding hot coffee—or accidentally sip a stale brew that’s gone cold. A built-in thermometer lets the insulated mug report back how hot or cold…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Endless Road Trip: 3 Million Miles In This 1966 Volvo

Irv Gordon of Long Island, New York, likes a good road trip around the country. And in the next few months, his loyal Volvo P1800S will have driven 3,000,000 miles. (Gordon keeps track; the odometer turns over every 100,000 miles.) He expects to be on the way to Alaska by then.

Sploid Ken Layne

Chrysler Recalling 2.7 Million Jeeps Because They Catch On Fire

Chrysler is recalling 2.7 million Jeeps to resolve a “dispute” with the U.S. government over the Jeeps’ tendency to burst into flames. The plastic gas tanks in the back of the 1993-2004 Cherokee and 2002-2007 Liberty models can be punctured and will then catch fire. https://jalopnik.com/chrysler-will-issue-the-jeep-recall-after-all-514085055

Sploid Ken Layne

3TB Of Storage Capacity Is Your Back-Up-Everything Deal of the Day

Right now Amazon’s selling a 3TB Seagate desktop hard drive for $110. That brings the price per terabyte to just over $36, which is a solid price for desktop storage. We featured a similar Seagate hard drive in 4TB form back in March and you guys loved it and it sold out quickly. (It’s now…

Tech News Kif Leswing

A Sleek, Minimalist Aluminum Wallet With a Handy Eject Button

An ultra-thin wallet is the only way to avoid bulging pockets if you’ve opted for skintight jeans. But what good is a sleek wallet if it’s next to impossible to get your cards out? That’s why the Secrid wallet features an actual eject button at the bottom, forcing your credit and debit cards up so…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Is This Make-Believe Cereal Cartoon Character Really a Navy Captain?

Cap’n Crunch: Most adults haven’t given any thought to this cartoon character since childhood, when such sugary globs of corn and corn syrup were an important part of a non-nutritious breakfast. But certain military experts on the Internet are now questioning whether the Cap’n is indeed a real Navy captain.

Sploid Ken Layne

“Pocket Telephones” Made for Cheap Calling All the Way Back in 1910

You’ve almost certainly got a telephone in your pocket (or clutch), but don’t think for a second that it makes you any kind of pioneer. People were predicting—and using—pocket telephones more than a century ago, for reasons every bit as lethargic as your own. A story in the April 30, 1910 Reno Evening Gazette explained…

Tech News Matt Novak

15 Photos Taken (Mostly) In Three Colors

Primary colors—you probably haven’t used them since some grade school art class. But red, yellow and blue are making a comeback in a major way. [ed note: they aren’t]. Here are all of your best, primary color shots. Winner: Impromptu I noticed they put up this red sculpture by my job, so I looked around…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Scientists Discover Particle that May Change the Laws of Physics

Japanese and Chineses physicists have found something never imagined before: a new kind of particle—called Z(3900)—that is completely different from the other particles that form the atoms that make the world around you. If confirmed, it could “rewrite the rules of matter.” It’s a magical world, people. https://gizmodo.com/the-crazy-new-subatomic-particle-that-may-rewrite-the-r-513996146 Image by Getty Images

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Best Smartphone Display: It’s Not Who You Think

A new generation of smartphones with Full High Definition 1920×1080 displays have arrived, the same as your living room HDTV, but with a 5 inch screen size – that is very impressive! But, how good are these new displays, do you really need all of that sharpness and resolution, and will you be able to…

Tech News Dr. Raymond Soneira - Displaymate Technologies

Job Networking Site LinkedIn Filled With Secret NSA Program Names

Want to know all the code names for America’s massive intelligence gathering programs? Just browse through the “intelligence analysts” who post their resumes on the public career networking site LinkedIn. ANCHORY, NUCLEON, TRAFFICTHIEF, ARCMAP, SIGNAV, COASTLINE, DISHFIRE, FASTSCOPE, OCTAVE/CONTRAOCTAVE, PINWALE, UTT, WEBCANDID, FASCIA, OCTSKYWARD, INTELINK, METRICS, BANYAN, MARINA … these all sound absolutely terrifying. https://gizmodo.com/nsa-surveillance-scandal-feds-shut-down-snowdens-secu-511588927…

Sploid Ken Layne

A Model Train Music Box Is the Perfect Toy For Young Conductors

Quirky might be the world leader in developing crazy kitchen contraptions, but the company that helps turn regular people’s ideas into actual products focuses on other markets too. Such as educational toys that kids will actually want to play with, like the Sound Track: a brilliant mashup of a music box and a toy train…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How the Tech Industry Is Quietly Changing the Face of American Cities

When Steve Jobs presented the initial design for his donut-like headquarters to the Cupertino City Council, in 2011, he described the building as a reaction against suburban office parks. “We’ve come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building; which sounds a bit odd,” he said. “But we’ve seen these office parks…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Women Who Don’t Know About Auto Repair Charged More For Auto Repairs

A new study proves that women who don’t seem to know much about cars are quoted higher prices for automobile repair than men. But women calling about the hypothetical repair who “indicate they have done research online and know the market rate to replace the radiator” got the same price as men. https://jezebel.com/auto-shops-dont-mean-to-overcharge-women-but-they-do-513973791 The study’s…

Sploid Ken Layne

Even the DaVinci of Latte Art Can’t Compete With This Coffee Printer

A fancy design in the foam atop your latte can make your morning cup of coffee even more of a pick me up. But even the world’s most artistically-inclined baristas can’t compete with this coffee machine that prints photos, submitted by the customer, directly on their latte. Engineered by a Taiwanese convenience store as a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Amazing Tornado Maps Prove That Twisters Travel Northeast

If you ever see a tornado coming, it’s a pretty safe bet that it will be going in an east-northeast direction. Data visualizer John Nelson created these beautiful maps using data from decades of American twisters.

Sploid Ken Layne

Pretty Soon Your Vanilla Flavoring Will Come From… Sawdust

It’s not uncommon to hear bibliophiles and pedants waxing poetic about the wonderful and incomparable “old book smell,” but tiresome as these tirades may be, it turns out they might actually be on to something. Thanks to a recent scientific study, that same, vanilla-tinged aroma wafting off the pages of old tomes is now the…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Confirmed: Court “Oversight” of NSA Surveillance Is a Total Joke

Although there’s been some debate on the legality of the mounds of data collected by NSA analysts during the PRISM program, House Intelligence Committee officials have confirmed that they’re totally free to rifle through your data without a court order. As long as they think they might have a reason to be suspicious—any reason will…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg

Secret Monitoring of Everyone Is “Transparent,” Obama Says

Barack Obama had a lot to say to television host Charlie Rose last night, and the most comforting part is that the wholesale intelligence monitoring of all telephone and Internet usage is “transparent.” Which is basically true, now, since Edward Snowden revealed it. http://gawker.com/obama-secret-court-system-for-nsa-spying-is-transpare-514003001

Sploid Ken Layne

Would It Actually Be Cheaper and Faster To 3D Print Yourself a House?

As 3D printers become more affordable and easier to use, the prospect of using the technology to simply print whatever we need—instead of having to go to the store and buy it—is becoming tantalizingly real. One day we might even be able to quickly 3D print the ultimate investment on the cheap: a house. Unfortunately,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

Endless Road Trip: 3 Million Miles In This 1966 Volvo

Chrysler Recalling 2.7 Million Jeeps Because They Catch On Fire

3TB Of Storage Capacity Is Your Back-Up-Everything Deal of the Day

A Sleek, Minimalist Aluminum Wallet With a Handy Eject Button

Is This Make-Believe Cereal Cartoon Character Really a Navy Captain?

“Pocket Telephones” Made for Cheap Calling All the Way Back in 1910

15 Photos Taken (Mostly) In Three Colors

Scientists Discover Particle that May Change the Laws of Physics

The Best Smartphone Display: It’s Not Who You Think

Job Networking Site LinkedIn Filled With Secret NSA Program Names

A Model Train Music Box Is the Perfect Toy For Young Conductors

How the Tech Industry Is Quietly Changing the Face of American Cities

Women Who Don’t Know About Auto Repair Charged More For Auto Repairs

Even the DaVinci of Latte Art Can’t Compete With This Coffee Printer

Amazing Tornado Maps Prove That Twisters Travel Northeast

Pretty Soon Your Vanilla Flavoring Will Come From… Sawdust

Confirmed: Court “Oversight” of NSA Surveillance Is a Total Joke

Secret Monitoring of Everyone Is “Transparent,” Obama Says

Would It Actually Be Cheaper and Faster To 3D Print Yourself a House?

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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