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Watching a movie set in medieval times isn’t enough to realize just how damn heavy those suits of steel actually are. Weighing between 30 – 50kg, you’d think they would impact and impede the wearer’s actions. Or did they? An article submitted to The Royal Society speculates on how the “medieval soldiers’ locomotor energetics and…
Mere moments before Apple shows its hand, and 9to5Mac has leapt in with a killer last-minute reveal. According to them, we can expect new MacBook Airs, Mac Minis and a brand-new Thunderbolt Display, with the following specs: Mac mini Base model: 2.3GHz CPU with 2GB of RAM, and 500GB of storage Mac mini: 2.5GHz CPU…
The new Beastie Boys music video is pretty awesome, is it not? But considering it was directed by Spike Jonze, that’s not at all surprising. Here’s what (the controversial) Final Cut X and about four days’ time is capable of, via the fine effort from the folks at Wonderful Creative. [Vimeo via Jezebel] https://gizmodo.com/new-beastie-boys-video-is-an-action-figure-orgy-of-viol-5822680
This is one of the first occasions where we’ve been handed the day’s launches on a silver platter—Apple’s Peter Oppenheimer confirmed yesterday that OS X Lion will be available for download today. Also expected? MacBook Airs, white MacBooks and Mac Minis. [Apple Store] https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-os-x-lion-hits-mac-app-store-shelves-tomorro-5822791
According to the most popular definition on Urban Dictionary, it’s “what just about every scene kid and hipster under the age of 25 calls themselves these days. Many own Canon Rebel xtis and rely heavily on cropping and Photoshop filters to give their otherwise mundane photos an “artsy” feel.” Continuing on, our wisecrackin’ dictionary writer…
Finding friends on Google+ is easy if all your contacts are on Gmail. But what about if they’re stored on your Mac, or in Outlook? Or, for some crazy-in-the-coconut reason, you want to rub shoulders with your LinkedIn contacts? A member of the technical staff at Google, Paul Linder, spells it out: Have an Address…
At $300, the Play:3 all-in-one speaker is the cheapest box Sonos has put out—something to be happy about. https://gizmodo.com/lifechanger-happiness-is-a-loaded-sonos-5691889 One of its killer features is an orientation sensor that determines whether the box is horizontal or upright. When it’s horizontal, it provides a stereo spread, but turn it vertically, and it switches to a focused…
The Roku—in all flavors—is a great little streaming box. Sticking it into your TV to watch tons of streaming video has been enough for many people to kick the cable habit. Transformative! The sequel? Wellllll…. https://gizmodo.com/first-netflix-streaming-box-review-100-and-unlimited-389698 It doesn’t seem possible, but truly, the biggest new feature implanted in the Roku 2 is a Bluetooth chip…
Photographer Mark Menjivar travelled across the US for three years and talked to people from every walk of life about food. He also took pictures of their refrigerators. Dirty or clean, empty or full. He compiled the photos and captioned each one as part of his self-titled project “You Are What You Eat.” It’s a…
The next time you visit your local health food store, you may be confronted with some lovely looking organic bottled water. Take my advice, save your money and grab some water from the tap. You’re better off. It’s not that organic water is bad for you, it’s just that organic water is fake. It doesn’t…
Don’t be deceived by the slick marketing materials and blue shirts with Apple logos. This is not an Apple Store. It’s a cheap knock-off located in Kunming, China. These photos were taken by a pair of Americans who stumbled on this store in southwestern China. It looked like an Apple store, had display material consistent…
Lenovo’s got three new slates today, and they’re going for a scattershot. The IdeaPad K1 is the first Android tablet “certified for Netflix”; the ThinkPad offers a biz-oriented dock (also, Netflix); and the IdeaPad P1. Which, uh, runs Windows 7. The 10.1-inch screened, half-inch thick K1, available today, looks capable enough for those who want…
Rock, paper, scissors … shoot. We’ve all played the game as a child and an adult, but did you know there’s an easy way to increase your odds of winning. All you have to do is close your eyes. According to Richard Cook of University College London, our brain can’t resist the urge to imitate…
Everyone and their brother has downloaded a brushes-based drawing app for their iPad. Those apps are fine, but if you’re looking for a something outside the box, you need to check out Sktch. Sktch was designed by several digital artists and published by CreativeApplications.Net. It includes 16 presets that let you draw circles, meshes or…
Few would deny that a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife looks cool. But not everyone is a fan of the great outdoors and needs one. Until now. Victorinox is now shipping its classic Swiss Army knife sans the knife part. This geek tool includes a single or double-blade USB drive enclosed in a waterproof and shock-resistant…
How do you build a mouse that can run six-times farther than its average bretheren? Take away all its fast-twitch muscle fiber, along with its ability to contract its muscles. According to ScienceNow, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found the gene receptor that controls the protein responsible for muscle contraction. When they engineered mice…
DVDs, CDs and Blue-Ray discs are a royal pain. They take up space, are difficult to organize and time consuming to rip. This why we need the Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault, a 320-disc monster that organizes your collection for you. The M700 accepts your CDs and DVDs and copies their content to its internal file…
Bet you didn’t know that half the files on your computer have not been used since the day they were created. And the answer to getting rid of them efficiently can be found in your garbage can. According to researchers from Johns Hopkins, you don’t need some fancy computer file management tool. You just need…
Some folks can’t embrace this digital world. They cling to snail mail and painstakingly write letters that most netizens don’t have the attention span to read, never mind respond. Don’t ignore these dinosaurs, use Snail Mail My Email instead. Snail Mail My Email is a month-long art project by designer Ivan Cash. Cash and his…
NBA star Dwyane Wade is headed to Texas — no, he’s not going to apologize sheepishly to Maverick’s star Dirk Nowitzki. He’s traveling to the Lone Star State to testify in a hacking case. https://deadspin.com/heres-lebron-james-and-dwyane-wade-mocking-dirk-nowitzk-5810707 For the last five years, Wade has been under attack from hackers that live in Texas. These unidentified perps reportedly…
