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Origami-Inspired Clocks So Attention-Grabbing, You’ll Never Run Late

Sometimes a piece of design is so interesting, it’s hard not to drop everything and pay attention to it. Dressed in bright, bold colors, with sharp, tessellated forms, these origami clocks from U.K. firm Raw Dezign definitely fits the bill. The clocks come in turquoise, yellow, and cream, and you can pick from gold, black,…

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Get the Most Out of Your Home Appliances (Without Taking Them Apart)

When was the last time you had to salt your perishables, got dishpan hands, or beat your laundry against a washboard? Chances are, not recently. Your home appliances do so much for you, shouldn’t you return the love? Here’s how to keep your domestic machine in peak condition without putting on a tool belt. The…

The Wildly Functional Studio of Video Wizard Casey Neistat: Part I

Casey Neistat makes movies. His products are homegrown and eccentric, as though they were built from sticks and stones. But they are also often brilliant, and have clearly caught on, at least enough to garner a presence on The New York Times website as well as HBO. Much of Neistat’s magic is concocted in a…

Scientists Discover How Cancer Cells Chase After Healthy Cells

Scientists have discovered why cancer cells spread around a human body: They actually chase down healthy cells trying to escape. “Researchers are confident that some cancers work according to this chase-and-run principle,” io9.com reports. “Healthy cells try to escape from tumor cells, only to be followed around the body by malignant cells.” https://gizmodo.com/scientists-may-have-discovered-how-cancer-spreads-aroun-513799545

The New Fastest Helicopter on Earth Can Fly at an Insane 300MPH

Most helicopters are built for hovering, not for speed. But the Eurocopter X3 is built for both. The demonstrator tilt-rotor aircraft proved as much when it set a pair of air speed records earlier this month. Based on the Eurocopter EC155, the X3 is a hybrid helicopter. That is, in addition to its five blade…

What’s Wrong With the iOS 7 Icons?

“It looks childish.” That was the first reaction I heard to iOS 7. I’m not going to lie, when I saw it for the first time myself, I freaked out a little too. Like any good simplicity-loving designer, I was eagerly waiting for Jonathan Ive to reveal a fresh, clean take on iOS. But the…

Do you like Pink Floyd? Do you use Spotify? Well the entire Pink Floyd catalog is now available for your streaming pleasure here. [Spotify]

This High Resolution 27-Inch Monitor Is Your Deal of the Day

Newegg is currently selling a 27-inch, matte Dell IPS screen for $550. The monitor in question sports a matte panel running at 2560 x 1440 resolution. This is an excellent deal. There are similar Monoprice monitors available for about $100 less, and you could conceivably save even more if you order a Korean panel off…

Cops Chasing NASCAR Driver For Stealing Other NASCAR Driver’s Cars

NASCAR stereotype Mike Harmon, pictured at right, is facing arrest for allegedly stealing a bunch of race cars from another NASCAR driver, Jennifer Jo Cobb. Harmon and his “associate” reportedly stole multiple vehicles from Cobb, including a whole trailer full of race cars. https://jalopnik.com/nascar-driver-accuses-other-nascar-driver-of-stealing-h-507487948

We Are Light-Eaters: The Unearthly Art of James Turrell

The last time James Turrell staged a major installation in a New York museum, lawsuits ensued: two visitors, who ostensibly didn’t realize what they were in for, sued Turrell after they became disoriented and fell inside of an installation in 1980. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped Turrell manipulating our senses—in fact, this month, he’ll unveil what…

This Is Where Manhattan’s Payphones Go to Die

Payphones may be essential to pop culture, Supermen, and Matrix-escapees everywhere, but try to remember the last time you actually saw someone using a payphone for its intended purpose. What about the last time you just saw one… anywhere? Physical payphones are becoming increasingly elusive as mobile technology pushes them towards obsolescence. Which leads to…

Poisoned Plane: Maniac On U.S.-Bound Jet Says He Poisoned All Aboard

A man claims he poisoned everyone aboard a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight from Tokyo. The flight was scheduled to land at 2 p.m. at Newark International Airport. The man was restrained by passengers and the flight continued to New Jersey as scheduled. United Flight 116 was en route to Newark Liberty when a passenger…

Glasses-Free 3D and Smell-o-Vision: Movies of the Future from 1935

Predictions that 3D movies would be the wave of the future are even older than the talkies. But back in 1935 the so-called father of science fiction gave his prediction for 3D films an even bolder twist: By 1945, audiences would be able to watch 3D movies without having to wear those silly glasses. https://gizmodo.com/there-were-plans-for-3d-movies-even-before-there-were-t-511192939…

How to Easily Teach Your Puppy to Pee and Poop On Command

Did you know that you can easily tell your puppy when to pee or poop using a simple reward-baed training? It’s actually quite simple, as Manhattan-based dog walker Lauren Wojcik explains here.

Every Child Millionaire Needs To Own a Pedal-Porsche

Power Wheels? Yeah right. The real upper-class twerps set their sights a little higher, and pester hedge-fund manager parents for something along this lines of this kids-only Porsche. “It’s oooooonly $900. Pretty please?” The deceptively named “Porsche Driver’s Selection Go-Kart” is of the pedal-powered variety, and is actually a bit late to the high-class pedal-powered…

Meet the World’s Fastest Supercomputer (It’s In China)

The world’s fastest supercomputer isn’t in Silicon Valley. It’s in China, where most Silicon Valley machines are already manufactured. But this giant computer was built by China’s National University of Defense Technology at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzho. It’s got double the speed of the previously crowned fastest supercomputer, last year’s Titan at the…

OS X Mavericks First Impressions: A Little Good Going a Long Way

Mavericks is the first OS X release since Snow Leopard that doesn’t constantly make you stop, consider a new feature that has just made your life worse in some incomprensible way, and then hope very hard that this is a bug, because it cannot possibly be an intended feature, because the world is, at a…

How to Use Your iPad to Make a Better Computer

If you have an iPad for fun you can easily use it to make your work computer better and more productive. The iPad can work as a secondary display, a keyboard shortcut machine to quickly access your computer’s programs and functions, a trackpad, a remote control, or even to access it through the internet. Here’s…

No Proof-of-Citizenship Required to Vote Says US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can’t ask for US citizenship proof, striking down a 2004 Arizona state law in a 7-2 vote. From now on, would-be voters only need to sign an statement saying they are citizens and provide with a photo identification method such as their driver’s license.