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The Motorcycles That Died For These Lamps Made a Beautiful Sacrifice

We usually cringe when we see a lovely piece of hardware that’s been cannibalized for the sake of another device. But that’s not the case with Classified Moto’s lovely lamps which are only made from spare motorcycle parts. https://gizmodo.com/these-vintage-cameras-died-so-your-iphone-could-have-a-5897140 In other words, no motorcycles died in the making of these lamps. Using parts specifically from…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

How Usain Bolt Can Shave 0.13 Seconds Off His 100m Time (Using Math)

Usain Bolt is a hero: he can run 100 meters in 9.58 seconds flat. But a mathematician thinks that—without any extra effort—he can shave another 0.13 seconds off his time. Here’s how. John Barrow, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, has been analyzing Bolt’s running, and has found three factors that could help him…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Cutting-Edge Simulator Is How North Korea Trains the Farmers of the Future

Somehow North Korea has been unfairly stereotyped as a nation that’s behind the times—unwilling to adopt new technologies that could improve the country. But as this image clearly illustrates, that’s simply not the case. This student, presumably studying farming at the Samjiyon Schoolchildren’s Palace in Samjiyon, North Korea, hones his plowing prowess on one of…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Look Who’s Stalking: The 10 Creepiest Apps For Phones, Facebook, and More

Thanks to the ruckus surrounding “Girls Around Me,” we now know how easy it is for apps and other services to repackage our personal data for disturbingly creepy ends. The Girls Around Me app might be the latest report to blow up in a big way over this issue, but it certainly hasn’t been the…

Tech News Davey Alba - Laptop Magazine

The Quietest Place on Earth Will Drive You Insane Within 45 Minutes

There’s a small room in Minnesota that blocks out 99% of all external sound. That’s an impressive number! Also impressive: nobody can take more than 45 minutes alone in the room before they go nuts. The Daily Mail describes Orfield Labs’ anechoic chamber—perfect for making extremely sensitive audio measurements. But also perfect for sending you…

Tech News Sam Biddle

After 50 Years, Marshall Amps Will Now Rock On Without Their Leader

Ladies and gentlemen, please lower your amplifiers to half-volume. The world lost a monster of rock and roll today. Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, passed away after years of battling cancer and strokes. He was 88. And a legend. Since the 1960s, Marshall’s gear has been used by the most famous musicians from…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Ronco Rotisserie Is Your What-Can’t-You-Cook-On-A-Rotisserie Deal of the Day

Remember that pinwheel screensaver on Windows? The black and white one that spun around, infinitely creeping hypnotically from the centre out to the edges of the screen? I had a friend that would watch it while smoking to relax. Some people do yoga, others settle down in front of the television for their daily disengagement.…

Tech News Andrew James

Hanging Chandelier Blossoms Like an Inverted Flower

You don’t often think of a large decorative chandelier as being a bona-fide gadget. But the hanging veins on Denise Hachinger’s Kronleuchter—or crown light—raise and lower at your beckoning to focus the light or cast an ambient glow in the room. The clear veins are illuminated with a thin light source along their edge, using…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Science: Jocks Are Smart After All

For decades, every high school nerd has at least been able to cling to the fact that even though jocks might be more popular, at least they’re stupid. But a new study shows that top-flight sports players actually have real brains after all. Dammit. The study, conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, found…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Viacom’s Billion Dollar YouTube Lawsuit Chugs Forward

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan just ruled that YouTube will have to defend itself from a Viacom lawsuit in court. Viacom sued YouTube in 2007 for $1 billion, alleging that it was responsible for the huge amount of copyrighted material that was uploaded by YouTube users. Back in 2010, a lower court…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism

Scientists have uncovered several gene mutations that sharply increase the chances of developing autism. It’s the first time researchers have pinpointed a specific genetic component with the spectrum of disorders, which includes Asperger’s. They also found that the risk is higher in older parents, in particular new fathers over 35. The findings are published in…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Smoke Grenade Maker: Don’t Be a Dick with Smoke Grenades

Shouldn’t this go without saying? No, no it shouldn’t—because anyone not in the military buying smoke grenades is probably a dick to begin with. So, to reiterate: don’t be a dick while using smoke grenades. This includes rolling a smoke grenade into a nursing home, putting one in your professor’s pants, giving your girlfriend an…

Tech News Sam Biddle

RAF Typhoons to Aggressively Defend London During Olympics

The Brits are not taking the defense of this year’s Olympics lightly. The RAF is in full alert, ready to intercept anything that flies off their planned path or into prohibited air space. The Battle of Britain 2! The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense has issued a list of directions for pilots flying anywhere through…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Navy Built Its Own Private Indoor Desert and Jungle

What do you do when your budget is slashed, but you still need to test out weapons of the future for fighting across deserts and jungles? Build your own desert and jungle. Artificial sandstorms and monsoons? Check. Inside the Navy’s super-teched-out, $17 million Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (that’s LASR, to you), foreign battlefields are…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What Is HD Voice?

As people increasingly abandon voice calling for texting and emailing, audio quality has been a bit neglected. But Sprint’s debut of the HD voice-compatible Evo 4G LTE signals that carriers are starting to kick the quality up a notch. The jump from your current phone to HD voice is like switching from dialup to DSL—but…

Tech News Leslie Horn

What Wearing Google Glasses Would Really Feel Like (Spoiler: POLES)

We’re all excited for the science fiction future reality of Google’s ‘Project Glass’ but without actually trying them on, we have no idea how they’ll actually work. Let’s just hope they don’t work like this hilarious parody of Google’s demo video where people run into poles and fall to the ground because they’re so distracted.…

Tech News Casey Chan

New Apple Patent Hints at Wireless Charging for the iPhone and iPad

A new Apple patent discovered by AppleInsider shows plans for new product packaging and that’s… pretty boring. What is interesting about the new packaging though is that it may hint at future where iPhones and iPads would charge wirelessly. The new packaging patent for the iPhone and iPad shows “unobtrusive packaging” which means the package…

Tech News Casey Chan

America: We Gon’ Blow Up That Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship!

Japanese problem: an abandoned shrimping boat is found adrift near Canada, displaced by last year’s tsunami disaster. American solution: let’s sink that motherfucker. https://gizmodo.com/this-japanese-ghost-ship-lost-in-the-tsunami-was-found-5896575 The BBC reports our Coast Guard is currently following the empty Ryou-Un Maru—which has clearly seen better days, and is only one large chunk in an enormous stream of storm-washed crap…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Man Transplants His Cousin’s Feces Into Himself

It’s gross, but fecal transplant can save lives. A Nova Scotia man living in Cape Breton Island, Canada, read about it and decided to stop an intestinal bacterial infection doing the fecal transplant himself—using feces from his cousin. https://gizmodo.com/the-taboo-treatment-how-fecal-transplants-save-lives-5893234 The 66-year-old man got the infection 18 months ago after surgery at Cape Breton Regional Hospital.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Astrologers Predict 1929 Will Be Year of Prosperity

1929 is a rather infamous year in American history. It was the year that the first science fiction comic strip was introduced; Babe Ruth became the first major league baseball player to hit 500 home runs; and the first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood. But you’ll be forgiven if you only remember 1929…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Motorcycles That Died For These Lamps Made a Beautiful Sacrifice

How Usain Bolt Can Shave 0.13 Seconds Off His 100m Time (Using Math)

This Cutting-Edge Simulator Is How North Korea Trains the Farmers of the Future

Look Who’s Stalking: The 10 Creepiest Apps For Phones, Facebook, and More

The Quietest Place on Earth Will Drive You Insane Within 45 Minutes

After 50 Years, Marshall Amps Will Now Rock On Without Their Leader

This Ronco Rotisserie Is Your What-Can’t-You-Cook-On-A-Rotisserie Deal of the Day

Hanging Chandelier Blossoms Like an Inverted Flower

Science: Jocks Are Smart After All

Viacom’s Billion Dollar YouTube Lawsuit Chugs Forward

Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links to Autism

Smoke Grenade Maker: Don’t Be a Dick with Smoke Grenades

RAF Typhoons to Aggressively Defend London During Olympics

The Navy Built Its Own Private Indoor Desert and Jungle

What Is HD Voice?

What Wearing Google Glasses Would Really Feel Like (Spoiler: POLES)

New Apple Patent Hints at Wireless Charging for the iPhone and iPad

America: We Gon’ Blow Up That Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship!

Man Transplants His Cousin’s Feces Into Himself

Astrologers Predict 1929 Will Be Year of Prosperity

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