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It may look like a hungry metal monster eating humans floating on the sea, but it’s just the USS Iwo Jima, a multipurpose amphibious assault ship now sailing the Caribbean, providing with medical, dental, and engineering assistance to partner nations. Those are the Navy’s sailors, enjoying the warm waters in a swim call. [Flickr]
Can you tell what time it is on this watch? No? Stare harder. It’ 5:36, told to your eyes by way of a clever optical illusion. It took me a while to see the time, even with a hint, but it’s certainly there and once you see it you can’t un-see that which you have…
The grilled cheese is usually a humble affair. Bread. Butter. Cheese. Not for Eleven Madison Park‘s Daniel Humm, who turns the plebeian snack into an supersandwich—using only an 8″ knife and a, broiler, and grocery store ingredients. The inclusion of garlic, prosciutto, white wine—and, uh kirsch—might not be for you purists, but looking at this…
I’m certainly not a religious man, but nevertheless I have a sneaking suspicion “speakers” are not included in the Buddhist Wheel of Reincarnation. And yet, this exists. What is it? Well, it’s a speaker, certainly, but it’s also a 23-karat gold leaf-covered Buddha statue that costs $13,250 ($43,000 for a pair). Here’s hoping version 2.0…
So you want hold off on an iPod nano upgrade and go adventuring, but you’re worried accessory manufacturers are going to leave you behind given all the new Apple iPod kit lately. No worries! Wear this: “This” is Rampant Gear’s Rampant View headmount for the 5th gen iPod nano. At $35 it’s not going to…
The Windows Phone 7 release date buzz is going on in earnest these days, and while this latest rumor won’t solidify things just yet, they do serve to help us hone in on when the new mobile OS could launch. Here’s what’s circulating today: Neowin is reporting that the launch will be preceded by several…
OK, we’re calling it: Computers are more than a passing fad. We’re so convinced of this, that we’ve teamed up with Sparkle Labs to teach you about electricity and electronics prototyping with series of interactive video classes. Every Saturday at noon, from October 23rd to November 13th, we’ll post a video lesson that teaches you…
A host of confiscated arcade cabinets and gambling machines await their destruction at the hands of the Chinese government. More than 600 such machines were rounded up as part of an anti-gambling initiative in Jinan, Shandong province. [The Big Picture]
Want OS X on a tablet, or something else that’s tiny and portable? Don’t look to the iOS-packing iPad. Nay, look instead to this hacked HTC Shift, which—although slightly gimped—seems to run OS X 10.5.6 just fine. There are instructions in case you’re feeling particularly ambitious this weekend, but be mindful of the fact that…
Frank Reynolds’s story is obviously a complex, multi-year affair that involved years of research, but for the attention-span deprived, a summary: He was partially paralyzed. He researched neuroscience. Underwent intense physical rehabilitation. Walked again. Then he created InVivo. And today, as you can see, he’s readying an IPO for his company, which he hopes will…
Like many people, I activated Ping when Apple revealed it earlier this month, and then like many people I stopped using it. Where’s the, um, social? Why is it saying I like all these Britney Spears remixes? Et cetera. But the latest software update from Apple might go a little way toward fixing and answering…
The simple lines of the Dalcans high-end “Lollypop” unit hide a host of features one would not readily associate with an AV cabinet. For instance, it smells. Yes, smells. As in fragrance. Inside the cabinet, you see, are four diffuser capsules. If you’re wondering why such soothing scents would need to be emanating from your…
GV Mobile+, one of the third-party Google Voice apps available for the iPhone, is free right now. This deal will only last until about 1:00am EST according to the app’s developer, so hurry up and save yourself three bucks. [iTunes] Update 1: Seems that the deal’s over, folks. Apparently the developer’s intent was for only…
Pop Sci took a look at its archives back when Prohibition was around and highlighted the kind of science people used to fight it. It includes creative bootlegging methods, smart smuggling strategies, and PopSci’s own guide to homebrewing in 1921. Maybe it’s because I just watched Boardwalk Empire but I’m simply fascinated that something like…
This is all fake life. No one cares about anything you say or do and you’ll never give a woman an orgasm. Ever.
Remember the Emergency Bra? It’s the lovely brassiere that can save lives. How? When the bra is removed, the cup of the bra can be worn as a gas mask. I’m not joking. It’s now available, here’s how it works: https://gizmodo.com/in-the-event-of-an-emergency-place-the-nearest-brassie-5372567 See, you take off the bra in event of emergency and then separate the…
The Shattered Clock only shows the hour that the time currently is on, every other number is broken apart. It looks like chaos but the idea is to find what’s important above the mess. Above is 3:55. Well, I think. The designers, Igor Barbashin and Daria Volokhova, say the trick is supposedly finding the least…
I wasn’t interested in watching a movie about Facebook. You probably weren’t either. But the reviews are trickling in for The Social Network and everyone is just glowing about the movie. The Social Network premiered yesterday at the New York Film Festival and I’m looking at all the ratings and reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and…
Patently Apple has found new iPad design patents from China that show an extra 30-pin dock connector port that’ll allow for landscape docking and a mysterious feature which may be Apple’s “Smart Bezel Feature”. If this new design is real, it makes some sense (at least, more sense than a 7-inch iPad). Having the option…
Potato chips might come in every flavor under the sun these days, but all the jalapeño-cheddar dust in the world won’t make up for a soggy bag of tater goodness. And here’s the secret to the DIY crunch you crave. Turns out when you’re making your own chips, it’s all about thickness. According to Serious…
