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Are you a global jet-setter who still hasn’t quite adopted a smartphone as your primary timekeeper? Well if you still prefer a trusty watch, and have a knack for recognizing famous landmarks around the world, Mr. Jones’ new Time Traveler will guarantee you’re on time no matter where on Earth you’ve landed. Telling time isn’t…
Sure, our supervillains are more of the geopolitical type, but it’s inevitable that some day a mad scientist will come along with an oxygen-stealing ray. And when he does, as this Buzzfeed video—based on an imaginative Quora thread—points out, we’re all in a whole lotta trouble. Hope you weren’t too attached to your inner ears!…
We all know Google Glass doesn’t need sorcery for you to comfortably see a digital image projected over reality. But just how does it work? This infographic by Martin Missfeldt lays out the way the magic happens in simple terms. The most important part of the shades is a mini-projector that uses a semi-transparent prism…
A bulk of the brains behind the most infamous hacking task force of the decade just fessed up. [The Independent]
1996 Season 6 episode 19. Max-peck.tumblr, thank you very much! Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) on IMDB: Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. Apollo 12 Commander on the Moon:
Lightning is a terrifying yet majestic force of nature, especially when you see it from an airplane. But scientists have recently discovered that lightning can sometimes be invisible—and it could be bombarding planes with radiation as they fly. The Washington Post reports research by Joseph Dwyer, a lightning researcher at the Florida Institute of Technology,…
If you’ve been lusting after a new skinny 27-inch iMac but also baulking at the price, here’s some good news: you can now save (a little!) by buying one from Apple’s refurb store. You can pick up the base model 27-inch iMac—with 2.9GHz Core i5, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB HDD—for $1,530. That’s $270…
Is this some kind of robotic arm? Or a miniature skyscraper? Actually, no, it’s just a humble table lamp—but its design allows it to assume all kinds of amazing, striking forms. Made from four independent segments—the lowest of which spins 360 degrees about the vertical, while the others bend between 0 and 90 degrees to…
Google booted 60,000 crap apps off the Play Store in February—more than ever and a sign it’s gotten serious about spam?
After last week’s leak, Panasonic has officially announced its new Lumix GF6: a major overhaul to last year’s GF5, which makes for an impressive-looking entry-level Micro Four Thirds camera. The camera packs an improved 16-megapixel sensors (up from 12.1), a new processing engine to reduce noise in low-light photos, a 3-inch LCD that tilts 180…
Facebook doesn’t like boobs (even when they’re just elbows) so much that it banned a mother from the social network for posting pictures of her breastfeeding her children. What’s interesting is that Kemp’s photos weren’t especially revealing (in the explicit sense of the word) and that Facebook actually allows photos of breastfeeding to be posted.…
It never ceases to amaze me how sentient extra-terrestrial civilizations can create massive interstellar spacecraft, navigate through the unimaginable voids of the cosmos, and nearly exterminate humanity with their nifty laser weapons, only to be taken down by a computer virus designed by Jeff Goldblum. At least make them incompetent like the invaders from this…
If you’re not interested in watching Jurassic Park with three d’s, here’s something that might change your mind: Jurassic Park, completely recreated in Minecraft. Take a tour of the magical world, it’s so amazing and just as awe-inspiring as the movie version! Josh Collin spent four months building out and digitally placing each brick to…
Of all the food related items or household goods that you could use to pretend to be a bomb, spaghetti sauce has to be pretty low on the list. Not to a 60-year-old woman near Detroit though, she used spaghetti sauce to rob an entire bank. And she got away. Don’t worry for humanity, it…
You have a lot of work to do. You’re on a deadline. You’re stressing out because people are constantly dropping by your desk saying hi, how you’re doing because you’re in a computer lab. You need to block everybody out. What do you do? Slap on some headphones and tape this sign onto your back.…
Putting your hand inside a Pringles can is like placing your hand inside quicksand or a Chinese finger trap or a snake hole, it’s always uncomfortable and sometimes impossible to pull your hand out without serious injury. And the worst part is you never grab enough chips! No more. Jason Poel Smith of DIYHacksAndHowTos created…
Aside from the science of aging and how faces get wrinkled and joints get creaky, there are also the hidden costs of aging too. Like how many times we went to the doctor’s or how many calories we’ve eaten or how much money we spend on healthcare and when. This video shows what it means…
Street artist JR may try to keep his identity semi-anonymous, but that hasn’t stopped him from giving talks and interviews, creating a web presence, and becoming the 2011 TED Talk prize winner. So clearly, connecting with his audience takes precedence—this is where his new app for iPad comes in. What does it do? The app…
Is it an Island oasis? Floating sky mansion? It could b both because this SAOTA-designed South African home looks like some combination thereof. There’s nothing you can’t like about floor to ceiling windows, infinity pool, and incredible panoramic views of Camps Bay and Lion’s Head. Think about how incredible those sunsets must be. For equal…
Thunderbolt’s makin’ like greased lighting. Intel has just introduced the newest revision of the interface and it will be capable of 20Gbps in both directions (as opposed to the previous 10). In other words, fast enough to transfer and play 4K video simultaneously. And it’s all backwards compatible with old ports and cables to boot.…
