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The Craziest Sky I’ve Ever Seen

A night of fireworks, lightning, and a comet hanging on the sky separating them. It’s like a painting of Heaven, Earth and Hell by Hieronymus Bosch. But it’s not a painting. It’s a real sky. It happened in Perth, Australia. That’s where photographer Antti Kemppainen took this photo, back in January 2007. It was Australia…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Obsessive Hunt for Iranian Nukes Comes up Empty

Much of the US government is determined to prove Iran guilty of nuclear weaponry. We’ve hidden sensors in their cities, watched them from space, and sent spies. And after all that, the New Yorker reports, we can’t dig up proof. The extent to which we’ve tried to confirm our fears of a nuclear bomb-chucking Iran…

Tech News Sam Biddle

No Need to Scrabble and Dig Around For Spare USB Ports When the USB Hub Dog’s Around

If you were appalled the internet had produced a cat USB hub but wasn’t catering to dog-owners (after all those memes!), put down your pitchforks and instead fork out $18 to Fredflare for the HubDog. [Fredflare via Technabob]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iCloud Is Coming to WWDC

Apple is finally ready to show off iCloud, its cloud service that they built that massive data center for. It was always a matter of when, rather than if, but at WWDC, we’ll finally get to see what they’re planning. https://gizmodo.com/apple-building-secret-massive-data-center-probably-to-5339977 Apple oh-so-casually made mention of the service today in a WWDC press release, but…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Slide a Frosted Door Over Your iPhone’s Screen When It’s Not In Use

Inspired by a shark’s membrane, SharkEye’s $50 case rolls a frosted door over the iPhone 4 to protect it from scratches. You can still see if someone’s calling you, so it’s not a complete blanket. [SharkEye via Cnet via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How to Give Polaroid Snaps a Dark Tone, in Exchange For 24 Hard-Earned Dollars

I love what the Impossible Project has done with resurrecting Polaroid film, but I just wish there was some way they could lower their prices. Their new black frame PX600 Silver Shade film costs $24 for eight exposures. [Photojojo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

On Life, Love and Remembering Those Who Died for Us

Today is a day of beach, gardens and nicely burnt burgers. It’s also the day in which we remember those who died while in military service, whether it was during peace time or fighting rightful or wrong wars. The miracle of those lives is now gone forever and, at the same time, it has survived…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, the Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

You can use tesla coils to play pretty much any song, whether it’s the Mario Bros or Doctor Who themetunes. You can even play Poker Face, as this video demonstrates. https://gizmodo.com/tesla-coils-playing-the-mario-bros-theme-are-unsurprisi-319384 If you don’t happen to have a pair of tesla coils knocking about in your shed though, you should head over to the Masonic…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Brains Now Grow in Petri Dishes

Obviously, you can grow meat in a petri dish, but now there’s a way to grow active brain cells in a dish. And what’s even cooler is that they might be capable of storing memories, just like a real brain. According to a study done at the University of Pittsburg, these brain cells grow and…

Tech News Adrian Covert

100,000 People (Including Princess Leia) Still Receive Electroshock Therapy Each Year?

Because the full effect on the brain is still unknown, electroconvulsive therapy is viewed as a last resort treatment for the mentally ill. Still, there are around 100,000 people seeking the treatment each year, including Carrie Fisher. The Star Wars actress revealed to Oprah that she receives electroshock treatment to deal with her bipolar disorder,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Wow, Mobile Gaming Looks Awesome With Nvidia’s Quad-Core Project Kal-El Chip

Nvidia’s just showing off now. Specifically, their next-gen Tegra quad-core chipset, code-named Project Kal-El. As you can see in the video, the 12-core Nvidia GPU includes support for trie dynamic lighting; the first time we’ve seen something like this. [Nvidia]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

BlackBerry Curve Apollo Leaks Out and Shows What to Expect in August

Tipsters from the Vietnamese forums Tinhte.vn got their hands on the upcoming Curve Apollo, which they say is 11mm thin and has an improved screen resolution of 480×360. Check out their video here, or hands-on pics over here. [Tinhte—Thanks, tipster!]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Beat-Up Old Leica Camera Sold For $1.9 Million

The most expensive Leica camera to ever swap hands was sold on the weekend for 1.3 million Euros (approximately $1.9 million) after 20 minutes of insane auction bidding. Only 25 were produced, way back in 1923. The camera is the only one of the Leica 0-series to have “Germany” engraved on it, and was the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Broken Lens Horror Stories

When was the last time you put premium gas in your rental car? Or washed a rental car for that matter? Or were careful with a U-haul truck? You weren’t. Because it’s not yours, and that is the pattern we see some times with our gear at BorrowLenses.com. Though the actual percentage of gear that…

Tech News Josh Norem - Borrowlenses.com

This amazing video shows why you don’t text and drive

Texting and driving is stupid. This video of a teen texting while driving shows precisely why. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/this-amazing-video-shows-why-you-dont-text-and-drive-5806715

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Bake Your Meals the Sino-Scandinavian Way

Everybody loves dim sum! The bamboo baskets they use can cook an entire meal, all the same time, without leeching the flavor like boiling does. The new MENU Steam Stacker recreates this traditional Chinese cooking method in your oven. Instead of Bamboo baskets, the Steam Stacker uses porcelain bowls. And instead of using a simmering…

Tech News Michael Zhao

Leaked HTC Windows Phone 7 Handset Appears to Shoot RAW Photos With a 12MP Camera

According to Eldar Murtazin, famed Russian leakster, this is the HTC Mazaa, which appears to have a 12MP camera and the ability to shoot in RAW mode if so required. And wait—is that Mango it’s running? While it seems to resemble the Trophy, which was released last year, it could be that Microsoft is testing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Germany’s Scrapping All Nuclear Power Plants by 2022

Following the Fukushima disaster, Germany’s decided that its 17 nuclear power plants will either stay closed, or be shut down in the next 11 years, despite relying on nuclear power for almost 23 per cent of its energy. https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 Currently, eight of the country’s reactors are already closed—one, the Krümmel in North Germany, has been…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

$18 Writing App For Mac OS X Makes a Feature of Having No Features

I think I’ll stick with my torrented copy of Word, but if you find you spend more time tinkering with the various viewing options and being niggled by the constant auto-correct/blue squiggly lines/Clippy notifications, iA Writer might tickle your fancy. They call it a “digital writing tool,” but really, it’s a text editor that has:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Craziest Sky I’ve Ever Seen

The Obsessive Hunt for Iranian Nukes Comes up Empty

No Need to Scrabble and Dig Around For Spare USB Ports When the USB Hub Dog’s Around

iCloud Is Coming to WWDC

Slide a Frosted Door Over Your iPhone’s Screen When It’s Not In Use

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How to Give Polaroid Snaps a Dark Tone, in Exchange For 24 Hard-Earned Dollars

On Life, Love and Remembering Those Who Died for Us

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, the Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

Brains Now Grow in Petri Dishes

100,000 People (Including Princess Leia) Still Receive Electroshock Therapy Each Year?

Wow, Mobile Gaming Looks Awesome With Nvidia’s Quad-Core Project Kal-El Chip

BlackBerry Curve Apollo Leaks Out and Shows What to Expect in August

This Beat-Up Old Leica Camera Sold For $1.9 Million

Broken Lens Horror Stories

This amazing video shows why you don’t text and drive

Bake Your Meals the Sino-Scandinavian Way

Leaked HTC Windows Phone 7 Handset Appears to Shoot RAW Photos With a 12MP Camera

Germany’s Scrapping All Nuclear Power Plants by 2022

$18 Writing App For Mac OS X Makes a Feature of Having No Features

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