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Nikola Tesla’s Amazing Predictions for the 21st Century

In the 1930s journalists from publications like the New York Times and Time magazine would regularly visit Nikola Tesla at his home on the 20th floor of the Hotel Governor Clinton in Manhattan. There the elderly Tesla would regale them with stories of his early days as an inventor and often opined about what was…

Rare Photos Of The Soviet Space Program From Gagarin To Intercosmos

In the Eighties Hungary was truly excited about its first cosmonaut going to space. Bertalan Farkas along with Soviet cosmonaut Valery Kubasov, was launched into space on Soyuz 36 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 26, 1980 as part of the Interkosmos (or Intercosmos) program. The following photos were issued in one pack before the flight,…

The World’s Largest Message-in-a-Bottle Brings Tidings of Soda

The world’s largest message-in-a-bottle has taken to the seas, but it’s not a call for rescue or some kind of timeless secret. Its message is just “drink our soda” but damned if it isn’t still kind of cool. Part of a promotional campaign for Norwegian drink company Solo, the bottle is a 26-foot long behemoth…

A Knitted Boyfriend Is Even Sadder Than Being Alone

If a girlfriend body pillow doesn’t ring your bell, don’t worry, there’s now a male alternative that includes all of its limbs and body parts—or at least most of them. https://gizmodo.com/girlfriend-body-pillow-the-saddest-place-to-lay-your-h-5521307 Created by artist Noortje de Keijzer as the perfect companion, the knitted beau can’t hold down a job, can’t really stand by itself, and…

The Only Manual You Need for Your New HTC One

It’s here! It’s finally here! It’s – all right, settle down. Sure you’re excited. You’ve read the reviews. You might even be a seasoned Android connoisseur. But it always helps to be extra prepared for enjoying a truly awesome new phone. So whether you own it already or don’t, here are the five steps for…

This Is the World’s Most Complicated Timepiece

Modern digital watches can be beautifully engineered and designed items, but they will always lack the craftsmanship that their mechanical predecessors possess. This hand-wound masterpiece, declared “the most complicated watch in the world” by its maker, doesn’t do anything a digital watch couldn’t replicate but it does so with soul. It also costs $5 million…

Shenzhen’s Massive Floating Stock Exchange Is as Dynamic as Its Tenant

Financial institutions—and stock exchanges in particular—are usually designed to project an image of stability. Not so in Shenzhen, where OMA‘s new Stock Exchange is set to open in a few weeks. Unlike the staid Neoclassicism of Wall Street, Shenzhen is getting one of the most structurally daring buildings of the century: an 820-foot tower than…

This Predator Helmet Can Make Even the Tiniest Vespa Badass

Motorcycle riders don’t get a lot of respect from other drivers on the road, but who’s going to dare cut you off when you’re cruising around looking like an intergalactic game hunter in this awesome Predator helmet. It’s built on an actual motorcycle helmet so it’s properly safety rated, but has been enhanced with a…

The Most Overwhelming Interstellar Image Ever

I have seen enough space images. A lot. I admit sometimes I am bored of them. But today’s Hubble photo hit me right in my mind: Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the…

Amazon’s 14 Original Series Pilots Are All Online Now

Amazon just launched the 14 pilot episodes for its original series showdown—six kids shows and eight comedies. Surely at least one of these programs will be good. Actually, we’re pretty excited for a few of them, and why not check them out because they’re free with your Amazon Prime account. The new shows dropped just…

Apple Keeps Your Siri Data for Two Years

You thought that time you asked Siri about the weird mole on your toe was just between the two of you? Wrong. According to Wired, Apple hangs onto your Siri data for two years. Privacy groups have been asking after Siri’s info hoarding habits for quite a while, but this is the first time Apple…

Nike PHOTOid: Design Awesome Kicks Inspired by Your Instagrams

Oh this shoe? It doesn’t just look like an Animal Style burger from In ‘n Out, it was directly inspired by it thanks to Nike PHOTOid, which lets you customize your kicks based on the color scheme of your Instagram pics. Go to Photoid.Nike.com and grant the site permission to your Instagram account to get…

The lovely HTC One is available nationwide today on contract at AT&T and Sprint for $199, and T-Mobile for $99 down.

You’ve Never Heard of Inhon, But It Made One of the Skinniest Laptops You’ve Ever Seen

You’ve probably never heard of Inhon—but that might be about to change. The Taiwanese manufacturer has just launched the Blade 13: a laptop which is just 10.7mm thick. The company claims that makes it the thinnest laptop in the world—undercutting the previous best, NEC’s 12.8mm Lavie X, by a whole 2mm. It also weights just…

These Cheap and Cheerful Archos Smartphones Run Stock Android and Start at $120

Archos has announced a new range of budget smartphones for those of limited means—and while they may not be market leaders, they have value and stock Android going for them. While the new handsets might not be challenging the HTC One anytime soon, there’s no denying their value. The 35 Carbon, for instance, offers up…

Save $300 on Acer’s Great Little Aspire S7 Ultrabook

If you’re in the market for a small new Windows laptop, today may be your day. The Microsoft Store has slashed the price of Acer’s 11.6-inch Aspire S7 to $900—a hefty $300 saving on the standard price. If small’s not your thing, then the 13.3-inch version is also on offer, and the i5 version will…

Cody Kretsinger, one of the LulzSec hackers behind 2011’s Sony breach, has just been sentenced to a year behind bars.

Google’s Buying Provo’s Entire Fiber Network, Worth $39m, For $1

When Google announced it was rolling out a fiber network in Provo, Utah, it wasn’t clear how or why it had chosen the city. Turns out, Google has managed to secure a deal to buy its entire municipal fiber network—which cost $39 million to build—for just a single dollar. The deal, expected to be approved…

Turns out Julian Assange had a secret meeting with Eric Schmidt in 2011. You can read a full transcript on WikiLeaks.

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Scars

What? You act like you’ve never seen a troop of baboons play Black Spire’s “Scars” before. Get with the times man. Kristof Luyckx directed the animation.