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Hey, It’s Been One Year Since the Rapture and Nobody Is Floating Yet

Remember the rapture? You know, that absurd concept that one day all good Christians will physically float to the clouds to meet God? Today is the first anniversary and the nutters who believe that they will physically defy gravity and fly like Superman one day—like evangelist Harold Camping’ pictured—are still here, ashamed and/or puzzled. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-rapture-bomb-pictures-5804259…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Hot Air Balloons Find New Life as Temporary Art Space “Mind Igloo”

Commissioned by Mediamatic for the New Order festival, Netherlands-based DUS Architects’ “Mind Igloo” is a temporary art/architecture installation, made of two decommissioned hot air ballons, that explores the symbiosis of creative spaces and collective thinking. Designed to play with the idea that there may come a time when a building’s very existence will be need-based…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Multimillionaire Software Exec Arrested in LEGO-Thieving Bar-Code Scam

Ah, power. You give a person too much and they will abuse it. Such is the case with Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old VP at Palo Alto-based software company SAP Labs, who has been arrested for the nerdiest crime in recent memory. His abuse of power: computer skill-based. It is reported that Langenbach had been using…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

First Foldable Yoga Mat Goes Down to the Size of a Book

Apparently, the YoFoMat is the world’s first foldable yoga mat, as opposed to your typical rollable ones. According to the manufacturer, it can fold to the size of a book and it offers the same grip as standard yoga mats. I’m getting into yoga lately and I’m curious about this. Before being introduced to the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Ditch Your Old Brown Bag for a Stylish Bento Box

Bringing your own grub to work will help you save money, but the dinky tupperware you carry it in isn’t exactly impressing anyone. Besides, you’re too old to use your Spiderman box from junior high. Stylish and cheerful, the Ojue Lunch Box ($46) is the grown-up version of your old lunch pail. The bento box…

Tech News Leslie Horn

First! A Real, Actual History of the Dumbest Commenting Vice Ever

More than anything else, the internet commenting First! is a declaration of ownership, the unfurled flag of a Mountain Dew fueled conquistador claiming a particular post his, by virtue of getting there first, and saying it. Noted chronological-commenting historian Patton Oswalt has an excellent new documentary about the history of the trend, from the comment…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Beat Up Old Claw Machine Will Charm and Delight You

We’ve all experienced first hand the joy of claw games. But is a machine still wonderful when it is worn and weary? Yes, yes it is. https://gizmodo.com/play-with-gizmodo-gallerys-santa-claw-and-win-prizes-ri-5865018 Produced by Aaron Cansler, this one-minute short depicts what Cansler would have you believe is the “Saddest Claw Machine In New York.” Not so. After years perched on…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

All Art Should Be Shown In a Sublime Underground Gallery

The recently completed Daeyang Gallery and House in the hills of Seoul, South Korea is itself a work of art worthy of being shown in a museum, but it’s also designed specifically with the purpose of holding private exhibitions and events. Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the building consists of three “pavilions.” One for the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Pentax K-30: The Weather-Resistant, Entry-Level DSLR for Adventure Addicts

Camera makers have been cramming professional quality imaging into a budget (sub-$1000) packages for years. One of the disadvantages of these cameras is that they’re not as resilient as their $3000 counterparts. The Pentax K-30 aims to change that. The camera’s specs are more or less what you’d expect from a $850 camera. It uses…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Entire Town Is Plastered with QR Codes That Link to Wikipedia

Usually I hate QR codes. They’re ugly technology needlessly solving non-problems in a flawed attempt to be futuristic. Even worse, people plaster them on the dumbest things: bikinis, burqas, butts, etc. And now, setting a new low, they’ve painted a whole town with QR codes. There are literally over a 1,000 QR codes scarring this…

Tech News Casey Chan

Digital Cameras Could Soon Be Able to Shoot Video for Longer Than Ever—But Is That Better?

It’s weird that top notch DSLRs like the Canon 5D Mark III or the Nikon D800 can only shoot 30 minutes of video at a time. It’s hugely frustrating that it’s not a tech-based bottleneck at all. But the limit might be lifted soon—no thanks to camera companies, though. The 30-minute limit is actually in…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Here’s How Windows 8 Works with Multiple Monitors

Metro is irrefutably beautiful, but the imminence of Microsoft’s bold new UI in Windows 8 has a lot of power users worried about just how they’re going to be able to function with the new system. Judging by how multi-display systems seem to be working, the answer seems to be “more or less the same.”…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Alarm Security System: Protect Your iPhone Away From Prying Eyes

When someone picks up your phone and starts swiping through your pictures without permission, it makes your muscles tense—it’s just about the most obnoxious violation of etiquette there is. But you can stop them before they breach your iPhone with Alarm Security System. What does it do? Its a basic alarm that keeps snoops from…

Tech News Leslie Horn

“Just War” Re-Edit Makes 1983 Soviet Anti-War Film Relevant Again

Filmmaker Torrey Meeks took a 30-year-old stop-motion animation and re-jiggerd it into a fresh statement by taking the film, editing it, and setting it to a folk track. Konflikt, the 1983 Soviet anti-war short, was created by Garri Bardin, a Russian director, screenwriter, producer, and animator. In it, crews of matches play little soldiers battling…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Kids’ Battlestar Galactica Viper Simulator Flies At Last!

The kids who kickstarted a Battlestar Galactica Viper simulator project back in March actually managed to get it up and flying at Maker Faire 2012! It rotates in every direction, as anticipated. It is quite an amazing achievement. https://gizmodo.com/these-kids-are-building-a-battlestar-galactica-viper-5894951 The simulator has three front screens, control joystick, thrusters, and a fully working cockpit simulating the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

12 Ways to Rid Your House of Bad Smells

Exhaust fans and open windows only go so far toward eliminating foul odors. Making your sniffer happy oftentimes requires something extra, like baking powder, vinegar or special charcoal. For smells that make you run out of the room holding your nose, try these tricks: 1. ID the source and remove it “The key to odor…

Tech News Brett Martin

Kinect Can Read Your Facial Expressions Now

With a host of improvements rumored for the next Kinect, it’s a little surprising to see that there’s still room for the current Kinect to get better: Microsoft has added face tracking capabilities to Kinect for Windows through a software update. Which means, Kinect will be able to read and react to your facial expressions.…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Most Perfect Tasing You’ll See This Week

The would-be female thief in this surveillance video seems like a smooth operator—until she gets zapped with a taser and falls to the ground like a stiff board. We’ve seen our fair share of tasings, but this is the platonic ideal of taser drops. Fox New 23 Tulsa broadcasted the surveillance video as part of…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

These Multifunctional Pencils Are Too Attractive to Ever Be Used

Pencils are decidedly simple instruments, used for the sole purpose of writing and drawing, but applications in which we use them in our daily lives are becoming increasingly niche. What if they had an added function? The added tools found in Trevor Duncan’s Pencil Works—on display at NYC’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair—include handsaws, magnifying glasses,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

MPAA Head Thinks Piracy Shouldn’t Be Called “Theft”

MPAA head Chris Dodd backtracked on the association’s stance on piracy in comments made to Variety over the weekend: “We’re in a transformative period with an explosion of technology that’s going to need content… We’re going to have to be more subtle and consumer-oriented… We’re on the wrong track if we describe it as thievery.”…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Hey, It’s Been One Year Since the Rapture and Nobody Is Floating Yet

Hot Air Balloons Find New Life as Temporary Art Space “Mind Igloo”

Multimillionaire Software Exec Arrested in LEGO-Thieving Bar-Code Scam

First Foldable Yoga Mat Goes Down to the Size of a Book

Ditch Your Old Brown Bag for a Stylish Bento Box

First! A Real, Actual History of the Dumbest Commenting Vice Ever

This Beat Up Old Claw Machine Will Charm and Delight You

All Art Should Be Shown In a Sublime Underground Gallery

Pentax K-30: The Weather-Resistant, Entry-Level DSLR for Adventure Addicts

This Entire Town Is Plastered with QR Codes That Link to Wikipedia

Digital Cameras Could Soon Be Able to Shoot Video for Longer Than Ever—But Is That Better?

Here’s How Windows 8 Works with Multiple Monitors

Alarm Security System: Protect Your iPhone Away From Prying Eyes

“Just War” Re-Edit Makes 1983 Soviet Anti-War Film Relevant Again

The Kids’ Battlestar Galactica Viper Simulator Flies At Last!

12 Ways to Rid Your House of Bad Smells

Kinect Can Read Your Facial Expressions Now

The Most Perfect Tasing You’ll See This Week

These Multifunctional Pencils Are Too Attractive to Ever Be Used

MPAA Head Thinks Piracy Shouldn’t Be Called “Theft”

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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