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SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

While not quite as imposing as BMW Oracle’s USA-17, the Vestas Sailrocket Mk.II is no less impressive. It’s aiming to top 65 mph on wind power alone—the water-borne equivalent to going plaid—and break the short-distance world speed sailing record. https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-sail-boat-is-literally-faster-than-the-w-5848153 The VSR2’s unique shape is a result of its being expressly engineered to do one…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

British Artist Builds a Forest of PVC Trees

This light-dappled glen of pale trees isn’t a scene out of the next Avatar flick, it’s an awe-inspiring stand of plastic Cherry trees created by designer Tom Price. The installation, called Cherry Tree, is constructed wholly from PVC piping and cable ties. Reportedly, the artist drew his inspiration a visit to the US capital last…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Machine Can Tell You If Your Photos Suck Or Rule

Xerox research labs have developed a computer program that tells you if your pictures are good or bad. In fact, it’s capable of detecting if the photo has that magical, intangible quality that makes an image special. It works. At least looking at their examples, which were obtained using an alpha version of their software,…

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Department of Homeland Security: Deep Fry Your Thanksgiving Turkey Safely or the Terrorists Win

What is it with killjoys? Every major holiday celebration—be it fireworks for 4th of July, turkey frying at Thanksgiving, or alligator wrestling on President’s Day—seems to draw out finger-wagers and their shrill cries of “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Case in point: this ominous tweet from the DHS. Yes, we get it—partially frozen turkeys could/probably…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Little Shop of Horrors: A Story of Love, Triumph, and Man-Eating Space Plants

Tonight’s streaming pick is a mean green mother from outer space. Just sit back, open a vein, and let little Audrey II have a sip, eh Seymour? What’s it about? Boy meets Girl. Boy falls for Girl. Girl is dating an Asshole so Boy buys a flesh-eating plant to impress her but which eventually goes…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Get Facebook’s Timeline on Your iPad (Sort Of)

Facebook takes it sweet ‘ol time when it comes to the iPad. What it only took forever and a half to get an iPad Facebook app, right? So if you want to enjoy Facebook’s new Timeline feature, don’t count on Facebook. Instead, download Timelines for Facebook. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-fa-5843354 Timelines for Facebook is a new app made…

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Grooveshark Will Soon Be Destroyed

Remember Grooveshark, the magical website that let you stream any song you wanted, in high quality, for free? Did you ever wonder how such a thing managed to avoid legal annihilation? Trick question! It hasn’t. Its lawsuit death is here. The Next Web’s Drew Olanoff reports Universal is suing Grooveshark for illegally uploading tracks—at $150,000…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Analog Animated GIF Player Just Secured a Place on My Wall

It looks like Santa got the letter I sent that asked for an animated GIF of a kitten nodding off that I can hang on my wall. Animated kittens and crafts, always a winning combination. At this year’s Animated GIF Exhibition (Yeah, I had no idea this was a real thing either), Peiterjan Grandy created…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Bird Pics, Microscope Phone Dreams, 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. iPhone Saves Your Eyes from Microscope Strain I love Kickstarter and all—or, okay, I like it but…

Tech News Brian Barrett

UNICEF’s Future Relief Parcels Will Provide Food, Water and Shelter in One, Lego-Shaped, Brick

You’d think there isn’t much room for innovation when it comes to delivering emergency rations to refugees and disaster victims, but that’s not quite the case. UNICEF has tapped design firm Psychic Factory to develop an aid package that not only carries food and water, but also helps build a shelter. Each package is shaped…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Is the Best Lego X-Wing Model Ever

Brothers Brick say this is the best Lego X-Wing yet and I agree. Made by Mike Psiaki’s, it’s amazing that he has been able to reproduce the Rebel’s top star fighter with such exquisite detail, even topping Lego’s official models. It seems deceptively simple, but this was obviously extremely hard to make. The techniques used…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Aussies Have Built One Bad Ass Flight Simulator

Your typical fake cockpit simulator has limited maneuverability, but this high speed robot arm can move in multiple axis at the same time, accurately recreating the feeling of flying including the extreme g-forces that come with it. Built by the Centre for Intelligent Systems Research at Australia’s Deakin University, the Universal Motion Simulator was partially…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

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Google Search: It’s Like Chrome on Your iPad

I like Chrome. In fact it’s my browser of choice. I like it so much I wish there was an iOS version. Well, Google has updated it’s Google Search app so that it looks and feels sort of like Chrome. What’s it do? The main purpose of the Google Search app is to search and…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

FCC Still Isn’t Sold on the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger

The FCC’s decided that AT&T’s arguments for why its merger with T-Mobile is necessary and obvious don’t quite wash, and has ordered the deal to undergo a hearing before an Administrative Law judge in February. AT&T’s claims that the T-Mobile merger would create jobs and provide more of the country with 4G coverage didn’t fly…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Math Suckage Doesn’t Care About Your Sex

You know who sucks at math? Almost everyone, that’s who. Newsflash: the majority of humans do not do math because they love and excel at it. We mostly dislike it and are bad at it to boot. That’s the gist of Teri Oda’s refreshingly succinct (and funny!) slideshow, which explains that gender does not predict…

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Build the Lego Ornament That Can Do the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs

Placing this Lego Millennium Falcon ornament on your tree will certainly guarantee that you’ll have the coolest tannenbaum in town. Oh, and if your Wookie knocks it down, you can quickly rebuild it. Why do you think they called him Chewie? Star Wars and Christmas don’t exactly have a stellar history. Let’s try to block…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Vote For Your Favorite Internet TV App Idea

Last week we asked you to submit your brilliant ideas on how to make internet-accessible TVs—like the Sony® Internet TV powered by Google TV™—even better. And while all sorts of original ideas poured in (a particularly notable one being, “Bubby, the interactive crime solving App”), we had to narrow the selection to just a few…

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7 Tools To Wake Your Ass Up on Black Friday

It’s the most important shopping day of the year, but all the best deals go quickly. So given you’ll be groggy from your turkey gorging, you need a surefire way to hit the stores early on Black Friday. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-black-friday-deals-5851137 So here are seven of the most effective and unique alarm clocks around to get you…

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SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

British Artist Builds a Forest of PVC Trees

This Machine Can Tell You If Your Photos Suck Or Rule

Department of Homeland Security: Deep Fry Your Thanksgiving Turkey Safely or the Terrorists Win

Little Shop of Horrors: A Story of Love, Triumph, and Man-Eating Space Plants

How to Get Facebook’s Timeline on Your iPad (Sort Of)

Grooveshark Will Soon Be Destroyed

Analog Animated GIF Player Just Secured a Place on My Wall

Bird Pics, Microscope Phone Dreams, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

UNICEF’s Future Relief Parcels Will Provide Food, Water and Shelter in One, Lego-Shaped, Brick

This Is the Best Lego X-Wing Model Ever

The Aussies Have Built One Bad Ass Flight Simulator

Price Check by Amazon Gallery

Google Search: It’s Like Chrome on Your iPad

FCC Still Isn’t Sold on the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger

Math Suckage Doesn’t Care About Your Sex

Google Search Gallery

Build the Lego Ornament That Can Do the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs

Vote For Your Favorite Internet TV App Idea

7 Tools To Wake Your Ass Up on Black Friday

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