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No, These Baby Helmets Are Not Protecting the World’s First Tiny Astronauts

In Focus picks up its multi-part World War 2 photo series with the Invasion of Poland and the Winter War. Tucked in the set is this photo, above, that depicts British babies wearing protective respirators in 1939. [In Focus]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Find Out if Your Personal Data Is Part of LulzSec’s Grand Finale

LulzSec says they’re retiring, but that doesn’t mean they’re not trying to go out with a bang. They’ve dropped compromised user data that could mean even more trouble for you. Were you hacked? Use our exclusive database to find out. https://gizmodo.com/lulzsec-calls-it-quits-5815546 Enter your email address/username below and click CHECK The query might take a bit…

Tech News Kwame Opam and Chris Beidelman

Even More Disgusting Cigarette Packaging Pictures From Around the World

Remember those new cigarette package pics we showed you the other day? Disgusting! But pics on packs are actually nothing new as far as 39 other countries worldwide are concerned. Here are some more! Warning: Gross. [NYT]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Top Gear Season 17, Episode 1: Video Open Thread

Is your torrent of tonight’s first episode of Top Gear’s 17th season not yet done? Then click through to see the entire show including Richard Hammond buy a cup of coffee in a Marauder fighting vehicle. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/top-gear-season-17-episode-1-video-open-thread-5815659

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Hand Lemo-nades

Sadly, you cannot make lemonade from lemons by pulling the pin on these incendiary pieces of fruit to make them explode. They’re inert, you see, and just a side project for tinkerer Chris Myles. Myles says he created the faux grenades (officially, COMBUSTIBLE LEMONS MODEL 0419) by securing some plastic lemons, paper decals and a…

Tech News Jack Loftus

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On the Future of the RV

Zero-emissions. Smooth lines right out of Tron: Legacy. Scenic, rendered vistas. Yup, sounds like a design firm’s taken a crack at the future of camping. Let’s have a peek. Called the Ecco Camper, this concept fills up with electricity and skirts occupants off on what appears to be a luxurious, albeit slightly cramped jaunt across…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Kanagawa Coffee Table Gives Me the Heebie-Geebies

It’s not coffee that I’d place on my Kanagawa table, should I ever procure one, but RAID. Centipede aesthetics aides, designer William Mecker has nothing but warm things to say about his freaky-deaky table: Inspired by the work of kinetic sculptors Theo Jansen & Reuben Margolin, the Kanagawa Coffee Table is the result of a…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Relax. Just Let the PossessedHand Electromagically Take Over Your Limbs and Create a Masterpiece

Having trouble learning the violin? Finges not moving as they should? All thumbs? Just be patient. In the future there will exist devices that take control of your limbs and use electricity to make them move on their own. One such device, unabashedly called PossessedHand, already exists and does exactly that by way of subtle…

Tech News Jack Loftus

“A-Team” Hacker Group Posts Purported Identities and Locations of LulzSec Members

A group calling itself the A-Team has posted what they contend are the names, locations, aliases and even family members of the hacking cabal known as LulzSec. Could this be the real reason the high-profile hacking group disbanded this weekend? Listening to A-Team tell the story, there is no love lost between this new hacking…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

After starting off with what looks like a jaunt through the dunes of Tatooine, this video from Markus Kayser will eventually bring you to a 3D printer that uses the immense power of the sun to turn sand into glass. The 3D printer, called the Solar Sinter, was conceived of by Kayser to create shapes…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Play With Your Food

As pretty and ingenious as Brock Davis’s design is, I couldn’t help but wonder why some enterprising you tot hadn’t already created something like it while attempting to do something, anything but eat their broccoli. [Brock Davis via Boing Boing]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Get Over-the-Air Updates For iOS5 Over 3G

Even though Apple promised OTA updates for their devices during WWDC, it was still unclear whether or not it could only be done over WiFi or if 3G could handle the load. 9 to 5 Mac reports that it can and will. But! There is a catch, though. Based on these SDK findings, it looks…

Tech News Kwame Opam

This Makes Me Want to Go Sky-Diving

Mathias Lachal did this video as his final school project. If I knew for a fact that I could move like this while in freefall, I’d have gone sky-diving long ago. Breathtaking. [Fubiz]

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LulzSec Calls It Quits

LulzSec, after having wreaked all sorts of global havoc over the last several weeks, has officially declared that they’re hanging up their top hats. The AntiSec movement that they revived, however, lives on. Here is the full text of their announcement: Friends around the globe, We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release,…

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam

Is HP Releasing a 7-inch TouchPad This Summer?

HP is reportedly preparing to release an unannounced 7-inch tablet by August, says the Taiwanese Economic News. The rumor comes close on the heels of the HP making the TouchPad available for pre-order for to its July 1st release. https://gizmodo.com/the-hp-touchpad-is-ready-for-pre-order-5813693 Inventec Corp., a Taiwanese manufacturer that subcontracts for HP, apparently received an order for between…

Tech News Kwame Opam

A Room That Mimics Anti-Gravity

What if you lived in an anti-gravity house? Or, better yet, what if your house somehow rotated on an axis? The architects at Bureau Spectacular tried to design a room with that in mind. The designers set out to create a space where every surface was usable, showing how your feng shui decisions will change…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Here’s A Picture Of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Riding A Log Flume, Flexing

So yeah, The Rock posted this picture on his Facebook page yesterday along with the message, “To Disney and all the fans I met that day – THANK YOU. We had a blast. Splash Mountain… BRING IT ON!” As of high noon, 26,484 people took the time to click “Like,” presumably including Abbas Waris who…

Tech News Brian Hickey

If Pixar Made the Rocketeer, It Would Look Like This

In short, awesome. Filmmaker John Banana made this fan film in honor of the original movie’s 20th anniversary and the late, great Dave Stevens. It’s really too cute for words. [The Mary Sue]

Tech News Kwame Opam

Nokia CEO on MeeGo: There’s No Turning Back

Nokia just gave us a look at their new N9 running MeeGo. It looks great, except that it’s dead on arrival. But just in case you were unsure about Nokia’s future plans, CEO Stephen Elop basically confirmed it’s all over. In an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the Nokia headman and former Microsoft executive…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Google Could Kill Groupon If They Don’t Screw Up

Google made good on their promise that they’ll turn our phones into wallets by rolling out Google Offers in Portland last month. Now, with more details on how their vision will pan out, it looks like Google has a winner. Unless they lose focus. https://gizmodo.com/google-wallet-how-googles-going-to-eat-your-real-walle-5805879 Google has put themselves in a position where their multitude…

Tech News Kwame Opam

No, These Baby Helmets Are Not Protecting the World’s First Tiny Astronauts

Find Out if Your Personal Data Is Part of LulzSec’s Grand Finale

Even More Disgusting Cigarette Packaging Pictures From Around the World

Top Gear Season 17, Episode 1: Video Open Thread

Hand Lemo-nades

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On the Future of the RV

The Kanagawa Coffee Table Gives Me the Heebie-Geebies

Relax. Just Let the PossessedHand Electromagically Take Over Your Limbs and Create a Masterpiece

“A-Team” Hacker Group Posts Purported Identities and Locations of LulzSec Members

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

Play With Your Food

Get Over-the-Air Updates For iOS5 Over 3G

This Makes Me Want to Go Sky-Diving

LulzSec Calls It Quits

Is HP Releasing a 7-inch TouchPad This Summer?

A Room That Mimics Anti-Gravity

Here’s A Picture Of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Riding A Log Flume, Flexing

If Pixar Made the Rocketeer, It Would Look Like This

Nokia CEO on MeeGo: There’s No Turning Back

Google Could Kill Groupon If They Don’t Screw Up

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