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Pilot Almost Crashes After Mistaking the Planet Venus for an Airplane

We’ve all felt tired to the point of being loopy, but most of the time, we’re not in the cockpit of a 767, confusing a planet for another plane and sending ours into a nosedive. Reuters reports one “sleepy Air Canada pilot” caught a glimpse of Venus, bright in the night sky, and thought it…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A College Is Trying to Ruin 4/20 By Making Its Campus Uninhabitable with Fish Fertilizer

4/20 (which is this Friday for you no clock having, no calendar using hippies) is supposed to be a genial day filled with the united airy bloom of a specific natural, medicinal herb, shower-wary people and no worries ’bout a thing. Colorado University is trying to crush that experience and ruin 4/20 for everyone. I…

Tech News Casey Chan

Polar Fights, Hot Coffee, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Newish Keurig Machine Gives You More Subpar Coffee Options Regardless of your Keurig feelings—lots of coffee hipsters…

Tech News Brian Barrett

An Airplane Made an Emergency Landing Because a Charging Cell Phone Was Mistaken for a Bomb

OH MY GOD THERE’S A BOMB ON THE PLANE. That’s what one passenger on board thought when he saw a cell phone being charged inside the airplane bathroom. The plane, headed for America, had to make an emergency landing in Dublin, Ireland to deal with the “bomb”. When the pilot made the emergency landing, officers…

Tech News Casey Chan

Not a Joke: New Dating Site Matches You Based On Your Klout Score

Finally! A dating site to match awful self-promoting know-it-alls to one another. Tawkify, the latest online romance-finding tool puts people together based on their Klout scores. Yes, that’s right. It pairs the lovelorn together using a number that measures their online influence. If that doesn’t sound like the worst way to find a mate, well,…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Windows 8 To Come in Three Editions (You Want The Last One)

Microsoft just announced what its Windows 8 lineup will look like. You’re going to have three options to choose from: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. But only two of those will be available as upgrades. Windows 8 will be for most people. It runs on both 32 and 64 bit x86 machines—which…

Tech News Mat Honan

Carbon Fiber LED Lighting Is the Best Kind Of Over-Engineering

Since buildings are already engineered to be strong and—you know—not collapse, suspending even the heaviest of chandeliers from the ceiling is no problem. That’s to say there’s no rhyme or reason why a hanging light needs to be made from lightweight carbon fiber, except that it’s just plain beautiful. Designed by Asobi for a new…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Household Car Module Puts Your Kitchen on Wheels

While you might not have room in your driveway for a full-on mobile home, you can pack a lot of the features into your regular-sized car. If you’re a serious camper or road warrior, the SwissRoomBox, a household unit that folds into the trunk of your vehicle, will serve all your needs. It fits whips…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Greatest Show of Air Force Might You’ve Ever Seen

You know what’s cooler than 20 fighters ready to battle? Seventy fighters ready to battle—all lined up in perfect rows, and deadly as hell. https://gizmodo.com/you-have-never-seen-so-many-f-16s-ready-for-battle-in-y-5866971 Like the last choreographed work of plane porn (orgy?) we showed you, this is another “elephant walk.” But here, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base assembled more F-15E Strike Eagles than…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How a Blind Man Uses the iPhone

Tommy Edison, the joyous blind film critic, can’t see. But that doesn’t stop him from using an iPhone 4S. In fact, thanks to Siri and some of the Accessibility features, he can check out YouTube videos, write Tweets and do everything you do. Of coure, Apple has had these accessibility features on the iPhone for…

Tech News Casey Chan

Scott Kelby’s Lighting Recipes: Learn to Shoot Like a Pro With Free Photography App

What is the best method to use when photographing someone in direct sunlight? Expert shooter Scott Kelby explains this, along with other tricks, in his free iPad app. What does it do? If you’re an amateur photographer—even if you’re a seasoned vet—Lighting Recipes is very helpful. In 13 different video lessons, Kelby shows how he…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Handmade Harpsichords Are Lovely to Behold

Craig Tomlinson is an artist in many different ways—a woodworker, a metal craftsman, and a gold-leafer with a finely-tuned ear for music. Featured in a short documentary made by filmmaker Morgan Inglis, Tomlinson lovingly hand-crafts gorgeous harpsichords. The enchanting video was inspired by Made by Hand, a series that, as the name suggests, looks at…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Look At This Deliciously Evil Eye of Sauron Cake (Updated)

So sure, you are probably all about Game of Thrones now, at least until The Hobbit drops. But that was before you saw this Eye of Sauron frosted delight! Despite some persistant Googling, I haven’t been able to turn up too much else about this Eye of Sauron cake other than multiple copies of this…

Tech News Mat Honan

Miniature Furniture Waffle Mold: Ken and Barbie Better Hit the Malibu Dream Gym

Artists Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira created this tiny furniture waffle mold as a commentary on all the new—and unnecessary—chairs and lamps being announced at an upcoming design show. And we applaud their efforts, but wish they had made these molds life-size. Because now we’ll never be able to shake the dream of spending our…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Nixie Tube Necklace Turns Defunct Russian Technology Into a Fashion Statement

These days you usually only find nixie tubes used in retro-styled time pieces. But Etsy seller electronico has broken that mold with a stylish necklace that repurposes an old working Russian nixie tube into a fashionable accessory. A small oak and acrylic pendant houses the CR123 lithium battery and electronic components that keep the tube…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Navy’s New Badass Drone Hunts Mines Wherever They Hide

The Navy is building a fleet of mine-hunting ships that investigators say aren’t all that hot at finding mines. So in the coming years, those ships are going to get drone supplements to dive deep below the sea to spot the underwater weapons. Think of ‘em as pairs of robotic glasses. This is a scale…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired

1960s Hover Scooter: When Real Men Strode Atop Deadly Spinning Fan Blades

Even though it combined all the benefits of riding a scooter with the ability to easily transition between land and water, for some reason the Hover Scooter never went mainstream. Maybe it had something to do with that giant unprotected ducted fan up front? In addition to gently carrying you across mostly flat surfaces, the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Google Drive Details Leak: 5GB for Free, Launching Next Week

Confirming previous rumors about Google Drive, Google’s Dropbox competitor, The Next Web is reporting that Google will give away 5GB of free storage to Google Drive users and will probably launch the service next week on Tuesday or Wednesday. [The Next Web] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-google-drive-will-give-you-5gb-of-free-cloud-sto-5897769

Tech News Casey Chan

What Is This?

Is this scorched protrusion a robot genital wart? A satellite fragment? A melting CPU? Keep guessing! Photographer Deborah Bay has some big ideas about tiny bullets: The plexiglas captured the fragmentation of the bullets and provided a visual record of the energy released on impact. As I began to explore this concept further, I also…

Tech News Sam Biddle

You Can’t Look Away From Beautiful Disgusting Photos of Rotting Food

After opening the crisper drawer to find a foul mass of rancid green mold, it probably didn’t occur to you to make art out of it before discarding. Fortunately, you are not Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler, whose pictures of rotting food stuffs are ravishing and repugnant at the same time. The project is intended to…

Tech News Michael Hession

Pilot Almost Crashes After Mistaking the Planet Venus for an Airplane

A College Is Trying to Ruin 4/20 By Making Its Campus Uninhabitable with Fish Fertilizer

Polar Fights, Hot Coffee, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

An Airplane Made an Emergency Landing Because a Charging Cell Phone Was Mistaken for a Bomb

Not a Joke: New Dating Site Matches You Based On Your Klout Score

Windows 8 To Come in Three Editions (You Want The Last One)

Carbon Fiber LED Lighting Is the Best Kind Of Over-Engineering

The Household Car Module Puts Your Kitchen on Wheels

The Greatest Show of Air Force Might You’ve Ever Seen

How a Blind Man Uses the iPhone

Scott Kelby’s Lighting Recipes: Learn to Shoot Like a Pro With Free Photography App

Handmade Harpsichords Are Lovely to Behold

Look At This Deliciously Evil Eye of Sauron Cake (Updated)

Miniature Furniture Waffle Mold: Ken and Barbie Better Hit the Malibu Dream Gym

Nixie Tube Necklace Turns Defunct Russian Technology Into a Fashion Statement

The Navy’s New Badass Drone Hunts Mines Wherever They Hide

1960s Hover Scooter: When Real Men Strode Atop Deadly Spinning Fan Blades

Google Drive Details Leak: 5GB for Free, Launching Next Week

What Is This?

You Can’t Look Away From Beautiful Disgusting Photos of Rotting Food

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

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