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Fly 131,000 feet over Los Angeles in a styrofoam box

Colin Rich builds mini-spaceships out of styrofoam, foil, modified off-the-shelf cameras and weather ballons that carry them to the edge of space. For his third craft, the payload included sensors to measure radiation from Fukushima and pollution. It’s hipster NASA. After Rich’s prior two launches, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy…

Tech News Justin Hyde

Here’s the Camera Button You Always Wanted for Your iPhone 4

Our smartphone cameras are all really good now, so most of our pics just come from the backside of our rectangular slabs of LCD screen. Now Beep Industries hopes you’ll help make their iPhone 4 camera button/grip a reality. Red Pop provides a home for the base of the iPhone 4 and uses its 30-pin…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Only Thing More Annoying Than an iMac Slipper Would Be a Pink Bunny iMac Slipper

And here I was, thinking that if anyone was worried about scratching their desk with their iMac, they just stuck a book underneath. Spending $41 on a designer slipper is unadvisable, readers. [Hard Graft via HypeBeast]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

AmazonLocal Is Amazon’s Daily Deals Site That Aggregates Other Daily Deals Sites’ Deals

Amazon’s entrance to the Daily Deal’s website is an interesting one. AmazonLocal, from the looks of it, seems like any other Groupon-clone. But if you look closer, AmazonLocal is aggregating deals, instead of offering it themselves. This is actually pretty cool. I’ve signed up to all the Daily Deals sites and receive a ton of…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Happiest Places on Earth

Not America. At least, not according to new North Korean government research. No, the happiest place on earth is China. And then North Korea, followed by Cuba, Venezuela and Iran. There’s gotta be something they all have in common, but I just can’t put my finger on it. A preponderance of rainbows? Unicorn zoos? Rice…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Qualcomm Crams Three Kinds of Wireless in One Chip

Dual-band WiFi isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and Gigabit video streaming, all coming from the same chip. Qualcomm’s new triple-headed radio monster does just that. Space saved, stuff streamed speedily. The addition of 60 Ghz wireless is the big bit here—the big spectrum jump takes your data away from the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Sprint Giving EVO 4G Android 2.3 Tomorrow

Your EVO 4G will get a nice slice of Ginger bread on June 6th, with Sprint pushing an update over the air on June 6th, though it’ll be up for manual download starting tomorrow. [Sprint via PhoneScoop]

Tech News Sam Biddle

iPad 2 Factory Line Is Now Fully Armed and Operational

That didn’t take too long: After the explosion that killed and injured several people last month, Foxconn’s Chengdu iPad 2 factory line is now fully operational and only limited by component supply problems. Foxconn also says that they have modified their security protocols to avoid these kind of accidents in the future. [All Things D”…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sometimes Environmental Disasters Make Beautiful Photos

That doesn’t make environmental disasters, like what we saw last year in the gulf of Mexico, any better. Far from it, because you know that the spoilt beaches or land would’ve been far more beautiful beforehand. https://gizmodo.com/the-stained-earth-courtesy-of-bp-5568425 Snapped by environmental activist/photographer J. Henry Fair in a series called Industrial Scars, he hopes they provoke a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Need a Gift for Dad and/or a Grad? We’ve Got You Covered

It’s that time of year again, when, in the same month, we celebrate the men who successfully wooed your moms, and the smarmy little wunderkinds who will one day steal your jobs. That’s right, June is almost here and it’s time to start thinking about gifts for the dads and the grads in your life.…

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Would Apple Really Try to Block Future iPhone Owners From Recording Live Gigs?

In one of the most preposterous filed patents since the toaster/egg-fryer-combo, Apple’s looking to protect its relationships with record labels and film studios by outfitting future iPhones with IR blockers, presumably with live venues and cinemas housing IR signal-emitting boxes. The patent application—of which Apple files many—suggests that iPhones could detect whether a photo or…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Make This Man the UK’s Sexiest New Model

British clothing chain Next is holding a competition to find a new hottie. And naturally, the internet is doing its best to delightfully rig it. Enter Roland: not exactly top model material. But he’s blowing away the competition. Let’s help. Roland’s sitting at a comfortable number one after internet zealots have poured in their votes,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Samsung Says We Should Blow Our Rent Money on Cameras This Month

I get it. Samsung wants to hawk their wares. And obviously they’re joking. But when a corporate voice gets all tongue-in-cheek, I can’t help but feel like I’m being offered candy from a creepy, middle-aged dude in a white van. [Twitter]

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Teen Sells His Kidney for an iPad 2. Teen Now Regrets It

There’s a lot of reasonable things I would trade for an iPad 2. 500 bucks, Pepsi, a stack of clothes, basically anything my life wouldn’t miss. A 17-year-old kid from China was a little unreasonable—he traded his kidney. It’s a sad story but the kid, named Zheng from Huaishan City in China, wanted an iPad…

Tech News Casey Chan

Proof that Denver Airport is one of the most evil places on Earth

Having recently been stranded in Denver Airport for 24 hours, I can tell you anecdotally that the place is hellish. Exit arrows point at each other instead of outside; corridors lead to nowhere; and security checkpoints seem to disappear mysteriously as you approach them. As you drive into the airport, you’re greeted by a giant…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Tennessee Is About to Make Sharing Your Netflix Password Illegal

Tennessee lawmakers have passed a new measure that would make it a crime to use a friend’s login—even with permission!—to share Netflix, Rhapsody or any other services amongst friends. The bill is sitting on the governor’s desk, waiting for his approval. The needless initiative was pushed by, who else, the woefully out of touch jackasses…

Tech News Casey Chan

Nokia’s New Chief Wanted More Employees Using iPhones

Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new head honcho, has a tremendously tough task. He has to make Nokia not suck anymore. And with WP7, he’s got a great chance—but as Businessweek reports, his biggest obstacle is his employees’ old habits. The BW report recounts Elop’s tense questioning of 11,600 Nokia engineers, asking how many of them used…

Tech News Sam Biddle

It’s Tricky to Rock…an R/C Car?

Oh, legendary rappers and their follies. If it isn’t guns, bitches and bling, it’s cars—though DMC of Run DMC fame has taken a decidedly more minuscule approach to his car obsession. Drive this way? [HobbyMedia—Thanks, Francesco!]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Court Sentences Man to 100 Apologetic Tweets

In the modern-day equivalent (I guess?) of scrawling your apologies on a chalkboard, a Malaysian court has ordered social activist Fahmi Fadzil to say he’s sorry 100 times on Twitter. Hope no one told him how to copy and paste. Fadzil’s crime? Tweeting in January that one of his friends had been mistreated by her…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Credit Card Companies Are Clamping Down on Medical Marijuana Purchases

If purchasing (medical! honest!) marijuana legally is more your style than swapping bitcoins over the internet, you may need to change credit card companies: Credit.com discovered that despite it being legal in some states, lenders aren’t so open-eyed, man. http://gawker.com/5805928/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable?tag=drugs In states that legalized marijuana for medical use, Visa and Discover allow their customers to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Fly 131,000 feet over Los Angeles in a styrofoam box

Here’s the Camera Button You Always Wanted for Your iPhone 4

The Only Thing More Annoying Than an iMac Slipper Would Be a Pink Bunny iMac Slipper

AmazonLocal Is Amazon’s Daily Deals Site That Aggregates Other Daily Deals Sites’ Deals

The Happiest Places on Earth

Qualcomm Crams Three Kinds of Wireless in One Chip

Sprint Giving EVO 4G Android 2.3 Tomorrow

iPad 2 Factory Line Is Now Fully Armed and Operational

Sometimes Environmental Disasters Make Beautiful Photos

Need a Gift for Dad and/or a Grad? We’ve Got You Covered

Would Apple Really Try to Block Future iPhone Owners From Recording Live Gigs?

Make This Man the UK’s Sexiest New Model

Samsung Says We Should Blow Our Rent Money on Cameras This Month

Teen Sells His Kidney for an iPad 2. Teen Now Regrets It

Proof that Denver Airport is one of the most evil places on Earth

Tennessee Is About to Make Sharing Your Netflix Password Illegal

Nokia’s New Chief Wanted More Employees Using iPhones

It’s Tricky to Rock…an R/C Car?

Court Sentences Man to 100 Apologetic Tweets

Credit Card Companies Are Clamping Down on Medical Marijuana Purchases

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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