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A Modern-Day Invisibility Cloak (Er, Necklace)

You’re probably on camera right now. Wave hello. If you were wearing this line of Cold Flare jewelry from a pair of ITP students, you’d be invisible—or at least, anonymous(er). Embedded in the jewelry are high-output infrared LEDs, which cause massive lens flare in surveillance cameras—particularly the kind designed to see at night. The result…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Brainwashing, Traffic-Directing Floor Organizes Pedestrians Into Two Lines: Puking and Non-Puking

These lenticular lens floor tiles are designed to organize pedestrian traffic flow, forcing people to walk on one side of the thoroughfare. It’ll work, if only because people will need to step to the side to puke. Using semi-ciruclar lenses with an image underneath, these tiles implement the same technology that’s in your everyday holographic…

Tech News Max Behrman

Apple’s Privacy Screen Patent Puts the Blinders On

Yesterday the US Patent Office published an application for Apple’s next generation screens. The coolest new feature: a recently developed Privacy function. It would only allow someone viewing the screen head-on to read what’s on it. It’s controlled by something called a Beam Steering Module, which refracts light off the screen in such a way…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

To Help Preserve the Great Barrier Reef, These Researchers Are Collecting Its Sperm Cells

The Great Barrier Reef is 1,800 miles long and home to a quarter of the world’s ocean species. So it’s no wonder that marine biologists, fearing its pollution-driven demise, started freezing corals so they can preserve them for later. That’s right. They’re freezing coral sperm and embryonic cells and storing them in a frozen repository.…

Tech News Max Behrman

Watch This Stunt Pilot Shave a Man With a Helicopter

I don’t know how practical it is, strictly speaking, to be able to open beer bottles, balance a glass of water, and shave another man’s face with the helicopter you’re piloting. But man is it fun to watch. This Siberian pilot does some of the best stunt helicopter flying I’ve ever seen—not saying much, but…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Beastly Drone Sub Is ‘Underwater Predator’

TAMPA, Florida – Ross Lindman gently pats the black hull of his intimidating 25-foot aquatic robot. Then he gestures to the bomblets strapped to either side of it. “This,” says the Columbia Group vice president, “is an underwater Predator.” Lindman isn’t kidding. On one side of the Proteus, the Columbia Group’s experimental submarine, are two…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired

Congress Probes FCC Commissioner Baker’s Jump to Comcast

The drama over FCC Commissioner Baker’s jump to Comcast continues to unfold. Congress has now begun a probe in order to “gain a better understanding of the rules that govern Commissioner Baker’s departure”—and the response deadline is May 31st. Good on ya, Congress, it’s about time to get some answers. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Davey Alba

Inside the State Department’s 24/7 Digital Peace Room

When an international incident occurs—say, a nuclear meltdown in Japan, revolution in Egypt, a SEAL raid in Pakistan, or something along those lines—the State Department knows every detail possible. How? A buzzing room of plugged-in, insomniac brains. The State Department’s Operations Center (casually called “Ops”) was first whipped together during the Bay of Pigs invasion,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

TEPCo President Resigns as Nuclear Crisis Continues

The first in what could become a long line of heads rolled as Masataka Shimizu, the embattled president of TEPCo, stepped down today. TEPCo also posted a $15 Billion loss. Bet he’s glad he doesn’t have to deal with that mess anymore. “I take responsibility for this accident, which has undermined trust in nuclear safety…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The iPad Flexible Arm: The Most Fun You Can Have by Yourself in Bed

This is what happens when you attach a clamp to an articulated lamp arm for an iPad and charge $61 for it. If you’ve ever found yourself lying on your back and thinking, “Damn, I wish there was an iPad in front of me but alas, I’m far too lazy to hold it myself,” then…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NASA Sting Nabs Woman Trying to Sell Moon Rock For $1.7 Million

If you have a moon rock you want to sell, be warned: NASA doesn’t approve. A woman in California was trying to do that exact thing until she showed it to an undercover NASA investigator (Yup, they have those). See, moon rocks are national treasures and cannot be sold. Otherwise, you’ll probably have NASA on…

Tech News Husain Sumra

The Manliest Lounge Chair

I’m pale. So very pale. But summer is coming (we hope, in NYC), and I need to add a little color. Tanning can be tough to pull off without looking lame, though. Enter the aluminum-and-neoprene Bulldozer Lounge chair. No word on maximum payload capacity. [mocoloco]

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Cisco Threw Their Flip Cams in the Trash

We knew Cisco was killing off the now-obsolete Flip cam, but did they really have to dump them into the trash can, like a used condom or empty box of Lucky Charms? And why’d they toss the globe paperweight? https://gizmodo.com/the-flip-camera-is-finally-dead-your-smartphones-got-bl-5791203 The mass grave pic was snapped by a Cisco employee who must have been troubled…

Tech News Sam Biddle

PhotoForge2 for iPhone: Big on Editing Power, Small on Price

PhotoForge2 might be a mere iPhone photo editor, but don’t tell it that. For $3, you can adjust levels/white balance/colors, add effects filters, crop, resize, and embrace the power of LAYERS. Where you at, Photoshop? [PhotoForge2 via iTunes]

Tech News Adrian Covert

9 Remote Gallery

1950 Zenith Lazy Bones Remote 1950s Bakelite Russsian Radio Remote Dumont Rotary Dial Remote Control First Wireless Remote Control for Radios, Philco, 1939 Play a complete symphony with one finger Rare Image of 1955 Zenith Flash-matic Remote Vintage Grundig TV remote with Dial Tuning Zenith Flash-Matic, first wireless remote Zenith Space Commander

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Southern Flood Looks Even More Awful from Space

As the Mississippi rises and sweeps away whatever it wants, photos from the ground are awful enough. But seeing NASA’s satellite view, the damage is incredible. Blue-ish areas? Flooded. That. Is. A. Lot. Of. Water. [NASA via Boing Boing]

Tech News Sam Biddle

Is it OK to Poop on Your Friends’ Phones?

We’ve all seen it. You’re scrolling through Facebook, or Twitter, or Tumblr when you see some varation on the same status message: Poopin’. Ewwwwww. TMI. Is that for real? Nope. It’s a prank, and an increasingly common one. Here’s how it works. Someone leaves their smartphone lying around, sans passcode lock, and some other joker…

Tech News Mat Honan

Screenstagram Made Me Change my Screensaver After Years of the Same Old Stuff

I rarely change my screensaver. Once upon a time I had the AfterDark’s Flying Toasters on my Mac and Electropaint on my SGI Indy and Octane. Later I went from Flurry to iTunes Artwork on Mac OS X. And that’s about it. Today is a special day because I’ve changed my LCD savior to Screenstagram—a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Zuckerberg Wants Kids Under 13 on Facebook

Facebook’s already pretty inane. The only thing that could make it worse is, oh I dunno, having 10 year-olds running wild on it. Luckily, it’s against the law for sub-13 year-olds to join data-collecting sites. Unless The Zuck changes that. At a recent symposium on education reform, Zuckerberg argued that Facebook could, and should, play…

Social Media Sam Biddle

A Modern-Day Invisibility Cloak (Er, Necklace)

This Brainwashing, Traffic-Directing Floor Organizes Pedestrians Into Two Lines: Puking and Non-Puking

Apple’s Privacy Screen Patent Puts the Blinders On

To Help Preserve the Great Barrier Reef, These Researchers Are Collecting Its Sperm Cells

Watch This Stunt Pilot Shave a Man With a Helicopter

Beastly Drone Sub Is ‘Underwater Predator’

Congress Probes FCC Commissioner Baker’s Jump to Comcast

Inside the State Department’s 24/7 Digital Peace Room

TEPCo President Resigns as Nuclear Crisis Continues

The iPad Flexible Arm: The Most Fun You Can Have by Yourself in Bed

Top Stories: Friday, May 20, 2011

NASA Sting Nabs Woman Trying to Sell Moon Rock For $1.7 Million

The Manliest Lounge Chair

Cisco Threw Their Flip Cams in the Trash

PhotoForge2 for iPhone: Big on Editing Power, Small on Price

9 Remote Gallery

The Southern Flood Looks Even More Awful from Space

Is it OK to Poop on Your Friends’ Phones?

Screenstagram Made Me Change my Screensaver After Years of the Same Old Stuff

Zuckerberg Wants Kids Under 13 on Facebook

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