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Why Making a Male Contraceptive Pill Is So Damn Difficult

John Amory, a doctor at the University of Washington, has been developing a male contraceptive for 15 years. Turns out, it’s harder than it sounds. We spoke with him to find out why. PopSci: Why is it taking so long to produce a birth-control pill for men? John Amory: Women make one egg a month,…

Tech News Jennifer Abbasi-Popular Science

Finger Camera Lets You Frame a Shot Like a Pompous Director

As if everyone walking around with a DSLR pretending to be Ansel Adams wasn’t bad enough, a research group in Japan has developed the Ubi-Camera which lets you compose a photo by looking through your fingers. Just like an old-timey director. OK, that’s actually dope. The underlying technology is pretty neat. When held up in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Remote Controlled Car Can Jump 30 Feet Up In the Air

There is a new version of Sand Flea, the amazing 11-pound radio-controlled car beast that can race and jump over buildings. https://gizmodo.com/military-car-robot-jumping-25-feet-in-the-air-is-every-5359793 Developed by Boston Dynamics—the same guys who created the freaky freaky Big Dog—Sand Flea is being developed for the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 Soldiers would be able to use these little…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

World’s Smallest .45 Caliber Pistol Looks Easier To Pocket Than the Galaxy Note

Measuring a mere 5/8ths of an inch thick and weighing just 14 ounces, Heizer Defense claims its new DoubleTap tactical pocket pistol is the smallest and lightest .45 caliber handgun you can buy. It’s available in an aluminum version starting at $500, but we highly recommend opting for the $730 titanium model instead. It’s a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The F-35 Looks Like a Stealth Spaceship at Night

If it’s going to cost us a trillion dollars and not do much, then let’s at least be glad the F-35 makes for some pretty photo ops: here it is on its very first night refueling mission, glowing like it’s flying over the moon. What are we seeing here, exactly? What’s that tentacle space probe?…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Apple Claims the iPad’s Charging “Bug” Is Actually a Feature

Since it was launched, people have been complaining that the new iPad doesn’t charge properly, reporting that the device isn’t fully charged even when it claims to be. Apple has now responded, stating that this is actually on purpose. https://gizmodo.com/people-are-having-trouble-charging-their-new-ipads-5894988 All Things D reports that Apple broke it down for them: The iPad displays that…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Simian Mobile Disco: Cerulean

Music videos inspired by 1970s computer games are some of the best, and Simian Mobile Disco’s new offering Cerulean certainly doesn’t disappoint. Also, the track’s incredibly catchy, upbeat dose of UK tech-house is just the way to get your morning off to a flying start. Designed, directed and animated by Jack Featherstone and Will Samuel,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web

Microsoft wants in on the drive to speed up the web. The company plans to submit its proposal for a faster internet protocol to the standards body charged with creating HTTP 2.0. Not coincidentally, that standards body, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is meeting this week to discuss the future of the venerable Hypertext…

Tech News Scott Gilbertson-Wired

Is Learning to Code More Popular Than Learning a Foreign Language?

There was a time when people used to go to night classes or buy DIY guides to learn foreign languages in their spare time. But the New York Times is to have us believe that French and Spanish are out of the window, to be replaced by Python and Java. It’s an interesting concept. There’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Court Transcript For the Hasbro vs. Asus Transformer Prime Case Is Hilarious

Last year it was announced that Hasbro was going to sue Asus over the branding of the Transformer Prime; apparently, people all over the planet were confusing a tablet with shape-shifting robots. Now the case has been settled—Hasbro lost a preliminary hearing—but the court ruling is quite hilarious. https://gizmodo.com/hasbro-sues-asus-over-the-name-transformer-prime-5870344 Hilarious by the standards of most…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Twitter Is Trying to Patent “Pull to Refresh”

The Pull to Refresh action is a common gesture for mobile apps—used by the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Tweetbot, and Sparrow for a variety of commands. It may soon be a lot less common if the USPTO grants Twitter’s patent request. Loren Brichter filed for the “User Interface Mechanics” patent back in 2010, when he…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How To Crack the Passcode of Any iOS Device

If you think your iPhone passcode will keep you as safe as a Pimp with an Android, you are sadly mistaken. The XRY cracking program can crush Apple’s paltry security measures faster than you can say, “Bitch, where’s my money.” https://gizmodo.com/how-a-pimps-android-pattern-lock-foiled-the-feds-5893410 The Swedish security firm Micro Systemation developed XRY for use as a forensic recovery…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Robin Williams On Weed, Exploding Utilities, Launch Boxes and the Dream We All Share (NSFW)

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Tonight’s cluster of Grapes comes from reader Jorge Click here…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Thor-Stand Ladder Leveler Promises to End Roof-Hanging Hijinx

Ladders are like bears—they don’t work on hills very well. A bear’s shoulders aren’t built to extend far enough forward to run downhill effectively and a ladder’s legs are just as useless. The new clamp-on Thor-Stand, however, could help ladders tackle downhills with aplomb. The Thor-Stand—no relation to the Norse god inverting himself over a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

I Am Going To Burn Some Words With This Magnifier-Lighter

Often, when I finish with a book, I want to burn it. Not really! But I do love this magnifying glass that doubles as an emergency lighter. The Magnifire Reader or Firestarter from Kikkerland has a 2.5 x Fresnel lens capable of both blowing up text, and setting it alight—hence the nod to the Zippo’s…

Tech News Mat Honan

The Most Extensive Face Transplant Ever Gives a Man a New Jaw, Teeth, Tongue, Muscle, Tissue, Bone and Skin

In 1997, Richard Lee Norris suffered a horrific gun accident that ripped off his nose, chin, lips and teeth and turned him into a recluse. 15 years later, doctors were able to perform the “most extensive face transplant ever” and give him a brand new face and new life. Face transplants are always so futuristic…

Tech News Casey Chan

Vibrating Car Seats Ensure Your Butt’s the First To Know About Dangers

A few days ago we reported on how a prototype vibrating steering wheel could provide GPS directions with minimal driver distraction. And now it turns out that Cadillac will implement a similar system using vibrating seats to grab a driver’s attention. https://gizmodo.com/vibrating-steering-wheels-could-provide-distraction-fre-5896098 The latest version of the Cadillac XTS will include General Motor’s new Safety…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Why Do Android Tablet Apps Suck So Much Compared to iPad Apps?

Right now, Android tablet apps don’t belong in the same conversation as the iPad. As much hardware versatility as Android tablets offer (and there are a lot of great things!), the app situation in droidland is piss poor pitiful. Sascha Segan at PC Mag took a closer look at the app situation and compared the…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Horrible/Amazing Man Makes $1,000 a Day on Pinterest (Updated)

And you thought Pinterest was only useful for lonely pastry fantasy. This anonymous conman talked to the Daily Dot, and boy does he have an easy job: fooling Pinterest’s lonely materialists into clicking Amazon spam links. For money. It works like this. Pinterest Spammer creates thousands of fake accounts, probably with regular breaks to stare…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Classic Center Channel Speaker or Contemporary iPod Dock?

What do you get when you combine the warmth of antique vacuum tubes and the precision of modern transistors? You get Samsung’s newest sound station. The Samsung DA-E750 employs a unique hybrid amp that includes both analog vacuum tubes to provide more natural-sounding amplification and a digital amp to reduce noise distortion. The 2.1 channel…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola

Why Making a Male Contraceptive Pill Is So Damn Difficult

Finger Camera Lets You Frame a Shot Like a Pompous Director

This Remote Controlled Car Can Jump 30 Feet Up In the Air

World’s Smallest .45 Caliber Pistol Looks Easier To Pocket Than the Galaxy Note

The F-35 Looks Like a Stealth Spaceship at Night

Apple Claims the iPad’s Charging “Bug” Is Actually a Feature

Simian Mobile Disco: Cerulean

Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web

Is Learning to Code More Popular Than Learning a Foreign Language?

The Court Transcript For the Hasbro vs. Asus Transformer Prime Case Is Hilarious

Twitter Is Trying to Patent “Pull to Refresh”

How To Crack the Passcode of Any iOS Device

Robin Williams On Weed, Exploding Utilities, Launch Boxes and the Dream We All Share (NSFW)

Thor-Stand Ladder Leveler Promises to End Roof-Hanging Hijinx

I Am Going To Burn Some Words With This Magnifier-Lighter

The Most Extensive Face Transplant Ever Gives a Man a New Jaw, Teeth, Tongue, Muscle, Tissue, Bone and Skin

Vibrating Car Seats Ensure Your Butt’s the First To Know About Dangers

Why Do Android Tablet Apps Suck So Much Compared to iPad Apps?

This Horrible/Amazing Man Makes $1,000 a Day on Pinterest (Updated)

Classic Center Channel Speaker or Contemporary iPod Dock?

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