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The Grossest Things Accidentally Found in Hot Dogs Are Even Grosser Than You Think

Hot dogs. Juicy, succulent, mouth savoring meat. A pink mixed mash of deliciousness. See hot dog, want hot dog, eat hot dog. That’s what I think, at least. I might have to think twice though. Some truly disgusting stuff is sometimes found in a hotdiggity. The NY Times sent a FOIA request to the USDA…

Tech News Casey Chan

Holy F**K That’s a Big Crocodile

This 21-foot, 2,375 pound megacroc destroyed four traps, one water buffalo, and possibly a fisherman before finally being captured in a specially-designed, reinforced, steel-wire trap. Trapped, not killed? And cue Jurassic Park theme music in 3… 2… 1… Dang, Philippines, y’all got some big reptiles. This crocosaurus stands accused of killing one large water buffalo,…

Tech News Brent Rose

Video Demonstrates Wickedly Cool Night Invisibility Technology

While it only works on night scenarios, BAE’s Adaptiv technology holy-fuck-Batman demonstration has left me dumbfounded. It can make a tank, helicopter or a battleship fully invisible at night. Or disguise them as any other vehicle. This is how it works: 360-degree cameras are mounted onto the vehicle, which capture its surroundings in real time.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sony Just Hired a Department of Homeland Security Alum

In the wake of this year’s nigh catastrophic hacking escapades courtesy of LulzSec, Sony’s just taken on former DOHS Cyber Security director Philip Reitinger as their new chief information security officer. Does this mean I can play PS3 now? [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/hackers-spill-over-1-000-000-sony-pictures-online-accou-5807996

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam

The Post Office Is Dying Because We Don’t Need It Anymore

The Post Office is going to die, so says the old pony express. They’re strapped for cash, probably defaulting on a $5.5 billion payment due this month and will shut down entirely this winter unless Congress stabilizes its finances. Sad. But we don’t really need it anymore. It’s getting really rough for the boys in…

Tech News Casey Chan

The World’s Smallest Electric Motor Is Made From a Single Molecule

How silly of us all to never realize that the butyl methyl sulfide molecule is not a liquid, but a motor. Thankfully, some clearheaded chemists at Tufts University were able to make us see this compound’s true nature. According to the BBC, by running an electric current through the molecule, the entire structure spins along…

Tech News Adrian Covert

These Crazy CN Tower Ride Videos Shrivel My Testes

Here are some videos of the new crazy tourist ride at the top of the CN Tower in Toronto. No matter how strong that harness is, I know I will be freaking out. And loving it. [Thanks Karl!] https://gizmodo.com/the-newest-way-to-crap-your-pants-in-terror-5826746

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Queen: Somebody to Love

Nothing to add here. Just watch this amazing live performance by one of the best—if not the best—rock singers and rock bands the world has ever seen. Happy 65th birthday, Freddie. You’re dearly missed. [Amazon]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

7 Tools to Make Going Back to the Office Suck Less

Ahh, a nice three day weekend. The weather was good. You’ve been outdoors, active, having fun, eating well. Now you’re back in your sterile, loveless office. Here are a few tools to make the transition back slightly less brutal. Image credit: Shutterstock/Peter Kim You can keep up with Brent Rose, the author of this post,…

Tech News Brent Rose

I Don’t Want to Live in a World Where Machines Can Read My Mind. Or Do I?

Researchers equipped with fMRI machines have shown that they can link specific brainwave functions to specific objects, ideas or emotions. What they see as innovation, I see as the goddamn thought police running amuck in 30 years. The fMRI brain scans showed certain patterns of human brain activity sparked by thinking about physical objects, such…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Crowd You’re Looking At Doesn’t Exist

You think you’re looking at a busy urban square, filled with people milling around. You’re not. This crowd never existed, and neither did the place. But the people are all real. Photographic magic. Each photo is actually a composite of hundreds, created by photographer Adam Magyar from individual portraits raised only ten or so feet…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Here’s Where the Word Luddite Really Comes From

Dude, you don’t use Instagram? What are you, some kind of Luddite? Believe it or not, Luddites aren’t just people who cross their arms at, lag behind of, or turn up their nose at tech. Originally, they smashed it apart. The Luddites were violent radicals. Only instead of attacking people, as is the case with…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Why Cork Is the Most Amazing Material in the World to Keep Your Wine Tasty

There’s a reason the screw cap hasn’t dominated the wine stopper industry: Cork still kicks the ass of stamped aluminum for the good stuff-and not just for nostalgia’s sake. This is what keeps our evening libations from turning sour. Cork is an unbeatable bottle stopper. It’s compressed by machines, jabbed by wine keys, and assaulted…

Tech News Rachel Swaby

Experts Debate the Schools of 2021

Happy Labor Day, America! You better not be working! Speaking of work, what will school work be like in 10 years? New York Times, do you have an answer? What’s that? You spoke with a bunch of experts and educators and asked them that very same question? What a wild Labor Day miracle! Let’s sample…

Tech News Jack Loftus

This Simple Block of Wood Can Tell You the Time

The Knock Clock is pretty ingenious, what with its knock-knock get the time action, but I can’t help but feel sad for the little woodpecker trapped within. Not even a single air hole. How long does he have? I’d say about three of four knocks worth. Until that time, let’s close this post out with…

Tech News Jack Loftus

10-Foot-Tall Lego Trump Tower Is the First Trump Building I Actually Want to Visit

Using a transparent Lego brick technique I can only describe as amazing, builder Sean Kenney has recreated a reflected skyline in the “glass” on this 10-foot, 65,000-brick Trump International Hotel and Tower monstrosity. Apparently Kenny achieved this effect by building the reflected skyline image behind the transparent Lego bricks he used for the windows. It’s…

Tech News Jack Loftus

One Man’s Dumpster Is Another Man’s Tiny Mobile Park

Can’t find a parking space in San Francisco these days? Don’t plan overpopulation, blame these mobile dumpster parks that have started sprouting up around the city. Bright red and bigger than a car, these 16-foot by 6-foot bastions of mobile greenery provide little bits of shade and park bench-style seating for passersby at the expense…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Besom Holder: Sweeping Desktop Simplicity

I don’t know how old this Besom Holder organizer is or if you’ve seen it before. Don’t care. There’s something about the duality of this clean design that required posting today. I’ll take two. [bookofjoe via Fancy It via Anthropologie]

Tech News Jack Loftus

WebOS Goes Under the Knife

Who wants a leg? Who wants the Palm? WebOS is about to be carved up by HP as part of an internal move that will see parts of it—and the Palm group—heading to different areas within the company. According to Palm Central and an internal HP memo, WebOS is going to be moved over the…

Gadgets Jack Loftus

Amazon Is Testing a Tablet-Focused Web Site Redesign

The Amazon tablet is real. TechCrunch played with it. We made a mockup. The Internet had a field day. The only thing left for Amazon to do now is prepare, and prepare they have. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-amazons-kindle-tablet-looks-like-5837061 The Amazon web site, for example. It’s currently being tested for a redesign. Not just any redesign, mind you, but…

Commerce Jack Loftus

The Grossest Things Accidentally Found in Hot Dogs Are Even Grosser Than You Think

Holy F**K That’s a Big Crocodile

Video Demonstrates Wickedly Cool Night Invisibility Technology

Sony Just Hired a Department of Homeland Security Alum

The Post Office Is Dying Because We Don’t Need It Anymore

The World’s Smallest Electric Motor Is Made From a Single Molecule

These Crazy CN Tower Ride Videos Shrivel My Testes

Queen: Somebody to Love

7 Tools to Make Going Back to the Office Suck Less

I Don’t Want to Live in a World Where Machines Can Read My Mind. Or Do I?

The Crowd You’re Looking At Doesn’t Exist

Here’s Where the Word Luddite Really Comes From

Why Cork Is the Most Amazing Material in the World to Keep Your Wine Tasty

Experts Debate the Schools of 2021

This Simple Block of Wood Can Tell You the Time

10-Foot-Tall Lego Trump Tower Is the First Trump Building I Actually Want to Visit

One Man’s Dumpster Is Another Man’s Tiny Mobile Park

The Besom Holder: Sweeping Desktop Simplicity

WebOS Goes Under the Knife

Amazon Is Testing a Tablet-Focused Web Site Redesign

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

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