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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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

“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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

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 May 21

This Alligator Chainsaw Is Your Prune-With-Extreme-Prejudice Deal of the Day

Regardless of what science may say, the end of the world is near. Most-likely this year. So, should you worry? Yes. If you’re not digging a bunker for the inevitable nuclear fallout from the alien invasion, you should at least be ready for the follow-up zombie apocalypse. The Black & Decker Electric Alligator Chainsaw is…

Tech News Andrew James May 21

Mom Embarrasses Daughter So Hard on Facebook She Begs for a Spanking Instead

You know when you were a kid and you did some dumb kid thing, and as punishment your mom dragged you in front of your friends to embarrass you? Just be glad the internet wasn’t around back then, or you’d be begging for a butt-whoopin’ instead of digital ignominy, like this 12-year-old troublemaker. ReShonda Tate…

Tech News Kyle Wagner May 21

Man Busted With Homemade Shotgun Disguised as Super Soaker

The Fresno Police busted 54-year-old Randy Smith for strutting around Fresno with a homemade shotgun hidden in the plastic shell of a Super Soaker. Look at this guy. That dude walking around with a plastic toy. How could that arouse suspicion? As creepy as it is to hollow out a children’s toy to create a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 21

This Gigantic Pneumatic Cannon Fires Cars

Air guns are good for more than launching potatoes, marshmallows, or testing missile ballistics. Turns out, they’re also really handy for making cars fly. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-turn-pvc-and-hairspray-into-a-force-of-destructi-5900546 Originally invented by iconic stuntman Hal Needham, the nitrogen-powered straight fire cannon is an essential tool for modern vehicle stunts. They’re often used in film and television, for shots considered…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 21

The Religious Extremists Who Want to Ban the Internet

The average home attendance for the New York Mets this year has been 27,683. On Sunday, Citi Field drew 40,000—almost full capacity. Why? Not baseball, but religious radicals who think the internet is a dangerous, mortal evil. Godliness is often at odds with a web full of porn and piracy, but it’s usually the pot-clanging…

Tech News Sam Biddle & Katie J.M. Baker May 21

MacBook Pro Price Drop Signals Imminent Launch

Best Buy has put the MacBook Pro on sale: $100 off every model. If that’s not the clearest sign that the next generation MacBook Pro 2012 is around the corner—perhaps WWDC 2012 on June 11—I don’t know what is. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-generation-macbook-pro-2012-5884734 Most probably, the new beasts will have a new design with Retina-ish displays powered by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 21

The Simple Bicycle Is Surprisingly Complicated to Manufacture

This 1945 documentary on the British Film Council’s Vimeo takes you step by step through the process of manufacturing a steel Raleigh bicycle. The old bikes you see hipsters riding down the street are much more likely to be ten speeds from the 60s, 70s, or 80s. But it’s pretty remarkable how refined bikes were…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 21

How Private Is Your DNA?

Unlike the contents of your inbox, bank statement, or Facebook timeline, your DNA quite literally defines you. It’s strange, then, that in an age where sequencing the genome is becoming trivial, we don’t give a second thought about the privacy issues surrounding the chemicals that make us who we are. https://gizmodo.com/the-dna-sequencing-thumb-drive-5886524 In fact, most states…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe May 21

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”

This Alligator Chainsaw Is Your Prune-With-Extreme-Prejudice Deal of the Day

Mom Embarrasses Daughter So Hard on Facebook She Begs for a Spanking Instead

Man Busted With Homemade Shotgun Disguised as Super Soaker

This Gigantic Pneumatic Cannon Fires Cars

The Religious Extremists Who Want to Ban the Internet

MacBook Pro Price Drop Signals Imminent Launch

The Simple Bicycle Is Surprisingly Complicated to Manufacture

How Private Is Your DNA?

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