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How an Electrical Storm in Virginia Brought Down a Large Chunk of the Internet

Late last night, a severe electrical storm struck over Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC, halting train traffic and felling trees. The Washington Post lived blogged the severe electrical storm, reporting at 11:27pm: “[W]ind gusts of nearly 80 mph have just blown through the D.C.-Baltimore region. We’re getting lots of reports of power outages and some…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Google Tablets, Android Jellybean, Facebook, Flashbangs and More…

Following along with Apple and Microsoft, this week was Google’s Turn to dominate the news. They had new hardware, new software, and skydivers. But there were plenty of other great stories like the death of Winamp and digital camo, a live Q&A with a bike thief, and the discovery that we can breathe without air.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Use Google+ Hang Outs to Create Your Own Personal Puppy Cam

A recent graduate of Northwestern University, Taylor Barrett felt nervous about leaving Walnut, her 11-week-old Chihuahua puppy, home alone while she was at the office all day. But instead of overpaying for a too-luxe doggie daycare, she turned to technology for the solution. She’d never before used Google+ Hang Outs, but believed it would be…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

How To Find an Awesome Apartment On Craigslist

Looking for an apartment is horrible. But technology can help. If you’re smart, you can cut through the junk and beat the competition en route to a sweet pad. If you’re planning to rent in a city, your search is bound to go through good old Craigslist—especially now that its listings no longer appear on…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How a Giant Rube Goldberg Machine Ended Up on the Side of This House

Commercial artist Josh Van Praag was commissioned by Alys Beach to do a piece of animation that would compliment the architecture of this house for their annual Digital Graffiti event, the key concept behind which is to cover as many walls as possible with video art and then throw a giant outdoor gallery party. “I…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Launching Missiles Froms Ships Creates Hell On Earth

The fact that a missile can be launched from a ship to successfully intercept an incoming ballistic missile is amazing on itself. But when you launch it at night, creating a small hell on Earth for a few seconds, it’s pretty damn cool. This is a Standard Missile-3 Block 1B interceptor launched from the guided-missile…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Are You As Excited to Wear Animatronic Cat Ears as I Am?

The Neccomimi ears—an animatronic headband controlled through the power of your mind—that we first covered last year are finally coming to America! Designed and built by Neurowear, a Japanese fashion electronics company, the ears respond to their wearers emotions, perking up and flopping over depend on your mood. They will retail for $100 and be…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Stoner Channel: RZA Brings the Pain, Mexico Tries Something New, and GNR Does the Ritz

The Man with the Iron Fists Written, directed, and starring RZA, produced by Quentin Tarantino, and featuring Lucy “So Unfairly Hot” Liu—what’s not to love about this hyper-kinetic martial arts extravaganza set in 19th Century China? Oh, Russel Crowe, right. Mexico Tries a Different Tactic in the Cartel Wars Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s presumptive next…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Seeing the Unseen—How Modern Photography Is Expanding Human Perception

Though today’s cutting-edge optics bear little resemblance to what Galileo and Van Leeuwenhoek peered through in their pioneering efforts, the effect is the same—pure awe. PBS’ latest installment of Off Book delves into how new techniques and technologies are revealing the universe on an unprecedented scale. [PetaPixel]

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Meet the Band

The bassist! The guitarist! The drummer! The roadie! The… sea captain? Sure, why not! There’s more to a band than just the musicians. Or at least, there should be, as you’ll quickly learn here. The rest of this week’s top web comedy videos, including Guy Talk, Mitt’s Veeps, and J.B. Smoove can be found over…

Tech News Splitsider

Can Stereomood, the Emotion-Based Playlister, Make Me Angry?

The details often vary, but most streaming radio apps function in the same general way – cue up an artist station, start giving feedback in the form of “likes” and “dislikes,” and let the app respond by giving you music that fits the profile of what you’ve told it you’re into. The technology behind the…

Tech News Andy Cush - Evolver.fm

A Self-Heating Butter Knife: Genius or Overkill?

At first, I thought that this electric butter knife—which heats itself to an optimum temperature (41 degrees celsius) in under 20 seconds—was nothing more than a frivolous byproduct of first-world culture. But the more I think of my epic struggles with a cold stick of butter sometimes, the more I think I like it. What…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Courts Side with Apple to Block Samsung Galaxy Nexus

First the Galaxy Tab 10.1, now the Galaxy Nexus. Apple has, for the second time in two weeks, convinced the court to bar the sale of a competing Samsung product for patent infringement. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh ruled in favor of Apple late today, granting a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Google-designed smartphone. Koh…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

A Modernist Clock That’s Bad For Telling Time, but Beautiful on Your Wall

Clocks can be so totally boring, but not this one. This sleek, modernist time piece is a beautiful, complex addition to your wall. Designed by Alberto Sala for Progetti, it looks chaotic at first glance. But the comely ticker is really quite easy to follow, with white and red lines leading from numbers spelled out…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Swing Table, Bamboo Globe, and More

There are some gorgeous things that made this week’s most beautiful items of the week. Whether it’s stackable dressers, a private island, or a ballon-supported coffee table, there’s a whole buffet for your eyes. This Bamboo Globe Is As Gorgeous As It Wants The Planet to Be https://gizmodo.com/this-bamboo-globe-is-as-gorgeous-as-it-wants-the-planet-5922185 If you want to raise worldwide awareness…

Tech News Leslie Horn

What’s the Worst Picture of You on Facebook?

For many of us, Facebook was around in college. Which means there are some awful, awful pictures of us circulating on the internet. I’m one of the guiltiest offenders. But that’s all right. Because a lot of these images taken at bad angles, in weird costumes, and blind drunk are great memories and make for…

Social Media Leslie Horn

The New Essential Apps June 2012

iPhones. iPads. Android. We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: iPhone | Android | iPad The Best iPhone…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Does Microsoft Even Need Hardware Partners for Windows 8 Tablets?

If you missed the news, HP will not be making any tablets that only run the WinRT (aka Metro) part of Windows 8. It says the decision came before the unveiling of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, but others say HP decided against it because it was miffed that Microsoft decided to compete with its own partners.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Is the Oldest Record In History—Scanned and Recreated From a Photo

Sometime in 1889, Emile Berliner recorded the first album in the history of the world. Then, that record by the father of the gramophone was destroyed. Today, Patrick Feaster, a sound historian at Indiana University, recreated the album using just a printed photograph of the album. His technique defies belief. Feaster found the photo of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

MobileMe Shuts Down Tomorrow: Save Your Pictures and Files Before They Disappear

If you didn’t get the memo last year, here’s your last warning: MobileMe is shutting down on Saturday June 30th. That’s tomorrow. If you still have pictures in your MobileMe Gallery or files on iDisk, save it or it’s going bye bye forever! https://gizmodo.com/unraveling-the-mobilemess-of-the-mobileme-to-icloud-mig-5851393 Most everything that you once used for MobileMe works in iCloud,…

Tech News Casey Chan

How an Electrical Storm in Virginia Brought Down a Large Chunk of the Internet

Google Tablets, Android Jellybean, Facebook, Flashbangs and More…

Use Google+ Hang Outs to Create Your Own Personal Puppy Cam

How To Find an Awesome Apartment On Craigslist

How a Giant Rube Goldberg Machine Ended Up on the Side of This House

Launching Missiles Froms Ships Creates Hell On Earth

Are You As Excited to Wear Animatronic Cat Ears as I Am?

The Stoner Channel: RZA Brings the Pain, Mexico Tries Something New, and GNR Does the Ritz

Seeing the Unseen—How Modern Photography Is Expanding Human Perception

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Meet the Band

Can Stereomood, the Emotion-Based Playlister, Make Me Angry?

A Self-Heating Butter Knife: Genius or Overkill?

Courts Side with Apple to Block Samsung Galaxy Nexus

A Modernist Clock That’s Bad For Telling Time, but Beautiful on Your Wall

Swing Table, Bamboo Globe, and More

What’s the Worst Picture of You on Facebook?

The New Essential Apps June 2012

Does Microsoft Even Need Hardware Partners for Windows 8 Tablets?

This Is the Oldest Record In History—Scanned and Recreated From a Photo

MobileMe Shuts Down Tomorrow: Save Your Pictures and Files Before They Disappear

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