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The Effects Pedal For Effects Pedals Might Turn the Universe Inside Out

Scott Matthews, the son of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews, not only pointed me towards my favorite (Brooklyn-made) bicycle, but also once took me on a tour of the Electro-Harmonix guitar and effects pedal factory. Not only is it in the United States, when just about everything these days is made somewhere else, but it is…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Would You Wear This Air Conditioning Hat if It Actually Worked?

As the summer creeps closer and closer and you start preparing for the warmer weather, would you seriously consider wearing a hat with a tiny built-in air conditioner if it actually kept you comfortable? The Cool Smile might look similar to the fan-equipped cap you wore as a kid, but instead of spinning blades it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Feast Your Eyes on Six Time Lapse Videos of Street Artists at Work

Graffiti is cool and it knows it. From the early days of TAKI 183 writing his name on the subway wall to the latest innovative techniques ranging from the eerie look of drip ink to the fleeting glow of digital ink, this art form for the masses has always been surrounded by that hip aura,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

19 Amazing Time Capsules Still Underground (And What’s Inside Them)

I love time capsules. But more often than not, they’re extremely boring. Most American time capsules from the 19th and 20th centuries contain a Bible, some stamps, a few coins and plenty of newspapers. Some throw in an American flag for good measure. But every once in a while there’s something fascinating inside — something…

Tech News Matt Novak

Snobbish Douchebags Are Ruining San Francisco for Everyone Else

Apparently, San Francisco has been invaded by douchebags—”frat boys and sorority girls and mommy bloggers and snobbish rich kids” who have ruined life in one of the most beautiful and amazing cities on Earth with their contempt and lack of sensitivity towards the people who were there in the first place.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

China’s First Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Shipshape

During the Korean War, China’s greatest military resource was its vastly overwhelming personnel numbers. However, over the past three decades, the People’s Liberation Army has undergone a sea change in military strategy, evolving from a massive army with outdated Soviet weapons to a modernized fighting force, replete with aircraft, submarines, and warships—but no aircraft carriers.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Exploring the Amazing Abandoned Sea Forts of World War II

During World War II, the United Kingdom was facing some serious attacks from the sky, and to help minimize the damage done by the Luftwaffe, British engineer Guy Maunsell developed a clever strategy: take to the sea. Though now defunct, these incredible concrete monsters are still standing out at sea, impressive as ever. One of…

Tech News Eric Limer

Wireless Pillow Speakers Put a Personal Home Theater In Your Bed

You may have spent a small fortune on the impressive home theater setup in your living room, but when you’re watching TV in bed, are you really going to settle for the crappy sound coming from its tiny speakers? Of course not. But skip the redundant bedroom surround sound setup and go with these SoftSound…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

North Korea’s Ice Hockey Team Is as Awkward as It Sounds

Believe it or not, North Korea has an ice hockey team. One that high schoolers from Minnesota can beat, but an ice hockey team nonetheless. They have been playing at the lowest division of the World Championships in Capetown, South Africa. And as you would expect, it was weird and awkward.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Inside Google Japan’s Lovely, Bizarre, Hair-Covered Offices

Google’s company policy requires that each office reflect some of the local color of the city around it: Google Zurich has ski gondolas, Google Pittsburgh has steel mill photos, and so on. That policy results in designs that sometimes border on twee (see: Google London’s gratuitous Union Jacks), but sometimes, it ends up being brilliant…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

One of the Most Underrated Features of iOS 7

In previous versions of iOS, you had to slide to unlock in one very specific location. Now? Oh man. You can slide to unlock here: or here… even here… but surely not… here? Okay what about… here? Yes. As long as your gesture is vaguely left-to-right, you can unlock from anywhere on the display. It…

Tech News Michael Hession

Why Pandora Just Bought an FM Radio Station in South Dakota

Late in the day on Tuesday, news emerged that Pandora had acquired an FM radio station in South Dakota for an undisclosed sum. Yes, you read that right. The world’s largest internet radio station is getting into the terrestrial radio business, and it’s not because Pandora’s trying to build out its antique antenna collection. Either…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Video of a Snuggling Baby Sea Lion Will Break Your Heart Today

According to marine mammal rescue centers, many malnourished sea lion babies are appearing on Southern California beaches. The one in this sweet video, who jumped into a boat to snuggle with a complete stranger, seems to be one of them. Heart. Crushed.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Experience Rome’s Coliseum Like It Just Opened Through This AR App

Even experiencing the ruins of a once great piece of architecture can be an amazing experience. But a company called AR-Media—the folks behind this instant mechanic app—have come up with another brilliant use for augmented reality that gives tourists a glimpse of a structure in all its original glory https://gizmodo.com/anyone-can-be-a-mechanic-with-this-brilliant-augmented-509999571 Thankfully, since everyone’s foolishly using…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How the Automobile Became a Suicide Machine

New technologies can offer fantastic opportunities for humanity. They can help us become more mobile, more connected, and more safe from life’s everyday dangers. But along with all of the benefits, technology often also provides new, more accessible ways for us to off ourselves. And in the 1920s, the automobile offered that in spades. The…

Tech News Matt Novak

Here’s What Liking Stuff on Facebook Really Looks Like (It’s Beautiful)

The Facebook Like and Share are so ingrained into our day to day internet lives that they’re more than just verbs, they’re almost instinctual. But what does an inherently digital, formless thing like a Like actually look like? Well, a lot like this, actually. Facebook Data Science collected data about the likes and shares of…

Social Media Kyle Wagner

These Six Adorable Animations Are Like Cheat Sheets For Design History

Ever wish you had a set of CliffsNotes for design? Now, thanks to online education company Open University, you do. This series of short videos covers the basics of six different major schools of design. They’re a fun, animated way to learn a little bit about the movements that took us from late 19th century’s…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Can Life Evolve from Wires and Plastic?

In a laboratory tucked away in a corner of the Cornell University campus, Hod Lipson’s robots are evolving. He has already produced a self-aware robot that is able to gather information about itself as it learns to walk. Like a Toy Story character, it sits in a cubby surrounded by other former laboratory stars. There’s…

Tech News Emily Monosson - Aeon Magazine

How Google Gives Your Information to the NSA

Ever since news of PRISM broke, there’s been a lot of confusion and denial about exactly how the NSA is getting your information from the companies that have been collecting it. Now Google’s fessed up to the details, and it’s unsurprisingly simple: by FTP or even by hand. https://gizmodo.com/the-tech-companies-in-prism-arent-telling-the-complete-512052926 Google spokesman Chris Gaither revealed the…

Tech News Eric Limer

An Itty Bitty Card Reader That Doesn’t Care Which USB End Is Up

If you’re rocking a classic laptop that hails from the time before SD card readers were a standard feature, Buffalo’s got you covered with an incredibly petite flash card reader that promises to handle up to 45 different formats. Of coure, that’s taking into account the endless varieties of SD, miniSD, and microSD cards on…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Effects Pedal For Effects Pedals Might Turn the Universe Inside Out

Would You Wear This Air Conditioning Hat if It Actually Worked?

Feast Your Eyes on Six Time Lapse Videos of Street Artists at Work

19 Amazing Time Capsules Still Underground (And What’s Inside Them)

Snobbish Douchebags Are Ruining San Francisco for Everyone Else

China’s First Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Shipshape

Exploring the Amazing Abandoned Sea Forts of World War II

Wireless Pillow Speakers Put a Personal Home Theater In Your Bed

North Korea’s Ice Hockey Team Is as Awkward as It Sounds

Inside Google Japan’s Lovely, Bizarre, Hair-Covered Offices

One of the Most Underrated Features of iOS 7

Why Pandora Just Bought an FM Radio Station in South Dakota

This Video of a Snuggling Baby Sea Lion Will Break Your Heart Today

Experience Rome’s Coliseum Like It Just Opened Through This AR App

How the Automobile Became a Suicide Machine

Here’s What Liking Stuff on Facebook Really Looks Like (It’s Beautiful)

These Six Adorable Animations Are Like Cheat Sheets For Design History

Can Life Evolve from Wires and Plastic?

How Google Gives Your Information to the NSA

An Itty Bitty Card Reader That Doesn’t Care Which USB End Is Up

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