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Panasonic Lumix LX7: A Gorgeous, Darkness-Assassinating Camera That Fits In Your Pocket

In 2010 the Panasonic LX5 was a glorious pocket camera—it still is. It offers full manual controls for enthusiast photogs that want them, superb image quality, and beautiful Leica-styling to boot. Though it sticks with the slick look, the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 is more than a spec-bump; it’s a faster, more evolved iteration of…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Watch This: POV Aerial Shots Taken with $12k Copter

Birds Eye Productions specializes in high-quality, remotely-controlled miniature helicopters for photography and videography. Their 2012 show reel is incredible example of the state of the art of this technology. [Reddit]

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: A Little Nostalgia, a Little News, and About Two Hours of Foo Fighters

Partners in Kryme – Turtle Power Ah 1990, when men in rubber suits were still considered cutting-edge special effects and rap was still adorably nerdy. h/t Kyle Wagner Albert Einstein – How I See the World Being the most famous physicist of all time is no easy task, yet Albert Einstein handled his fanfare with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Are You Ready to Trust an iPhone App for Skin Cancer Diagnosis?

The cameras on our smartphones have come a lonnnnnng way. In fact, many people rely on their iPhones as the primary device for non-professional photography. But are these cameras yet good enough, clear and color-accurate enough, to trust when the results could literally be a matter of life or death? The University of Michigan has…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Internet’s Top 100 NSFW Searches (Updated)

Quick! Grab your iPhone and power up your favorite QR code-reading app, because these images are too explicit for us to post. For the Museum of Sex’s “Universe of Desire” exhibit, going on till November 4th, neuroscientists and authors of the book A Billion Wicked Thoughts, Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, looked at the internet…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Double-Helix Tower will be an Observation Deck Now, a Playground Later

It’s easy to understand why the town of Järfälla, Sweden, chose Tham & Videgård‘s Double-Helix Tower as the winning design in a competition held to select an observation deck from which to watch the progress of on the Barkarbystaden urban development project, just west of Stockholm. Not only is the bold and bright spiraling staircase…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

How to Light a Fire with Your Pee

If you’re a normal person who happens to find yourself in a desperate need to light a fire and you have, like, no fire lighting equipment… you’re screwed. But wait if you can pee, you’ll be totally fine. The guys at The King of Random figured out how to light a fire with urine. Of…

Tech News Casey Chan

Hot Chip: Look at Where We Are

Hot Chip’s new video for “Look at Where We Are,” is a psychedelic Frankenstein story. For the trippy tale, the band joined up with the Creator’s Project and director Danny Perez, whose name and colorful style you may recognize from some past Animal Collective collaborations. It comes off of Hot Chip’s 2012 album, In Our…

Tech News Leslie Horn

You’ll Never Run Out Of Deck Space On This Expanding Yacht

It’s now pretty common to find motorhomes, and even smaller camping trailers, that transform and expand to increase the amount of living space inside. But the Wider yacht is the first seaborne vessel that features an expanding mid-section to increase its usable deck space, and provide easier access to the water. It’s almost as if…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

If There Was Ever a Smarter Way to Hide Booze in Your Crotch, This Might Be It

Cleverly smuggling alcohol in places where it’s prohibited can be a hassle. But unless they’re the touchy-feely types, no one is ever going to find this crotch-adjacent Freedom Flask on your person. It looks like one of those hip packs that were all the rage many moons ago, but besides being sealed so that it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Moleskine’s New Notebooks: All Black Everything

Black is a timeless color. So is Moleskine. So it makes sense why everyone’s excited about the notebook comes with all black pages. Intended to be written on with fluorescent gel pens, it’s possible that the only people who actually buy these notebooks will be 8th grade girls and avid scrapbookers. Even your high school…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Discovery Channel Superstar Is Grilling on a Shelf, Not a Grill

Mike Rowe, we love your stuff on the Discovery Channel. Dirty Jobs! But one job that isn’t dirty is being a grillmaster, when your grill is an imaginary grill that’s actually a metal shelving unit in a Ford advertisement. Yum! According to Gizmodo tipster Anna, Mike is using a shelf from Metro, which also makes…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Checkmark: A Better Way to Receive Location-Based Reminders

If you’re constantly writing yourself notes to remember to pick up dry cleaning or return a book borrowed from a friend, those little scribbles are missing one thing—GPS data. Buy why does GPS matter? For apps like Checkmark, of course, which will remind you of all the things on your to-do list based on time…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Google Glasses Could Automatically Disable Themselves if a Thief Rips Them From Your Head

There are still a million and one questions to be answered about Google Glasses, but the latest patent awarded to Google sheds a bit of light something nobody considered: what happens if your Google Glasses are stolen? As Wired points out, the patent in question describes a system that can detect when the glasses are…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Dropbox Users Report Unusual Spam and Possible Security Breach

Over the past day, Dropbox users have reported receiving spam in email accounts created exclusively for the service. The company has confirmed the reports and says it’s investigating. Are our Dropbox passwords safe? TechCrunch reports that users in the Dropbox forums pointed out the weird spam email about a day ago. The users, most of…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Is Amazon Prime a Good Gift?

Amazon prime is pretty much the best thing in the world. Free two-day shipping. Streaming movies—including Mean Girls. It just makes life easier. But is it a good gift on its own? On one hand, Prime makes buying stuff unbelievably easy. A few clicks teleports things from the internet to your home, in just two…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

We’re Hiring a Deal Master

We’re hiring a tech writer— one with unmatched taste in gadgets, apps, design products, games, and bargains —to be our Deal Master. This is a brand new gig that merges writing and product curation into a new kind of content-driven commerce. If you’re an equal fan of both Amazon Prime and Optimus Prime, we’ve got…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Unlocking the Master Lock dialSpeed Is Like Playing a Video Game

This Master Lock dialSpeed ditches the old combination wheels of yore and flimsy directional joysticks of two years ago for something more techy: an electronic directional interface that’s more like a d-pad than a lock. You can customize the code, create multiple unlock codes and if you’ve forgotten ’em all, use a master code. The…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Take Your Phone on a Jog with this Water Bottle Strap. Handy!

You can’t go out on a run without your keys—or your phone, money, water, and energy gels—but carrying that stuff is annoying. The challenge gets a bit easier with the handy pocketed strap on the Runner by Clean Bottle, which attaches to a water bottle for easy access and portability. The Runner can strap on…

Gadgets Michael Zhao

The Best Beach Gadget Is a Good Pair of Man Trunks

Summer’s officially here, so it’s time to fire up your manual 3D sandcastle printer and bust out your turtlebacks and head to the beach. But what are you going to wear? This summer, get some better-fitting man trunks from Bonobos, the online retailer known for better-fitting man pants. High Tide trunks measure 5″ — great…

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Panasonic Lumix LX7: A Gorgeous, Darkness-Assassinating Camera That Fits In Your Pocket

Watch This: POV Aerial Shots Taken with $12k Copter

The Stoner Channel: A Little Nostalgia, a Little News, and About Two Hours of Foo Fighters

Are You Ready to Trust an iPhone App for Skin Cancer Diagnosis?

The Internet’s Top 100 NSFW Searches (Updated)