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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: The Arsehole Gene (NSFW)
Jul 06, 4:00AM
In a world where seemingly every physiological foible is being reclassified as a disease or an addiction (looking at you, husky sex addicts) it was really only a matter of time until the biological mechanism behind assholism surfaced. As this documentary by December Works explains, it's not your fault that you're a poorly-socialized, narcissistic, self-serving little prick (unless you're Justin Bieber). It's genetics.
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Glas: Glass Blowing Looks So Fantastically Fun
Jul 06, 3:00AM
Bert Haanstra's Glas is a short 10-minute documentary from 1958 about glass that won an Oscar. It's a beautiful short that shows the art of glass blowing versus the character-less mechanism of automated glass bottle making machines. There's no voice over, no narration, just beautiful scenes of glass being made. It's like porn for manufacturing. Even while you don't understand what's going on, it's lovely to see
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Where Exactly Is the Middle of Nowhere?
Jul 06, 2:00AM
We've all said it or thought it or joked about it or believed it at one point in our lives. That damn, we were in the middle of nowhere. But that corn field or dark stretch of the highway hardly qualifies as nowhere. True nowhere is actually in Idaho.
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Watch How Silly People's Reaction Times Are in Slow Motion
Jul 06, 1:00AM
This is fantastic. Distort measured people's reaction time by making them catch a falling ruler to see how quickly (or slowly) their brains can translate what they see into what they do. Putting the video to slow motion emphasizes how silly our reaction times can be. Some of us are so slow we might not even catch the ruler!
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Google Supposedly Paid Off AdBlock Plus to Not Block Google Ads
Jul 06, 12:07AM
Any advanced Internetter knows that the best way to enjoy the pure Internet is to get an ad blocker. It zaps away all the excess and gives you the meaty good stuff. However, it looks like companies are figuring ways to circumvent ad blockers... by paying them off. Google is reportedly paying one of the most popular ad blockers, AdBlock Plus, to not block Google's ads.
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Woodland Sculptures Recreate the Moment Felled Trees Hit the Ground
Jul 05, 11:00PM
You could see Philippe Handford's weird tree sculptures as somber reflections on life and the natural world and blah blah blah trees are alive, man. That's fair, but really, this art is kind of funny too.
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Silicone Pens Give You The Maintenance-Free Lawn You've Always Wanted
Jul 05, 10:30PM
If you love the look of plants on your desk, but have a nasty habit of killing them through neglect, consider this faux greenery as an alternative. What look like tall blades of grass are actually unfortunately-named Pooleaf pens with long wisps of silicone coming off the end.
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The Best iPhone Apps of the Week: You Know, For Kids
Jul 05, 10:01PM
One of the very great pleasures of being an (imbecilic) adult is going to department stores to buy something painfully mundane and taking a detour through the toy department. YOU CAN BUY ALL OF THIS STUFF. It's there, for you, to buy, and you don't have to ask anyone's permission. I've, uh, been at Target a lot the past few weeks, and now there are way too many Nerf guns in my apartment. iPhone apps!
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The Best iPad Apps of the Week: Not Worse Than Food Poisoning
Jul 05, 10:00PM
I bought a case of flavored "wild berry" bottled water this week. It was an accident, I thought it was just regular old water, but no, it's some foul mix of whatever the dentist gives you right before he gives you the water cup to spit that crap out and tin foil. But it's what I have here, so I'm drinking it. And so, here are this week's iPad apps. Metaphor.
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The Best Android Apps of the Week: The World Didn't End (Yet)
Jul 05, 9:59PM
Ashley's out this week, so you're stuck with me for your apps coverage. Did you know that I use a Windows Phone? There's a newish Domino's app for Windows Phone that is pretty good but also it tricked me into ordering a Domino's pizza when it came out, so I'm sort of holding a grudge. Here are some Android apps I haven't ordered a pizza from (yet).
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A Map of the Entire Internet, 1977
Jul 05, 9:30PM
Once upon a time, you could draw a map of the known Internet. Here's what the world of networked computers looked like in 1977 when ARPANET was still just a huge government-funded science project. It's actually incredible that the network proliferated this much in the eight years after the first four-node network was established back in 1969.
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Sandy Play-Doh Lets You Build Your Castles Anywhere
Jul 05, 9:20PM
Engineering the perfect sand castle is tricky even in ideal conditions. If you don't get the sand to water ratio just right, your majestic creation will collapse and wash away. Unless you're cool with cheating. In that case all you need is a jar of Brookstone's magical Sand that's always the perfect consistency.
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The Greenhound: Our Favorite New Summer Drink
Jul 05, 9:00PM
We are officially in the dog days of summer. Here in New York it's brutally hot, and the air has the consistency of bath water. You need something refreshing. The Greenhound is that something.
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Big Bertha Is Digging Seattle's Massive Underground Freeway
Jul 05, 8:30PM
The 2001 earthquake that brought down a length of State Route 99 running through downtown Seattle was a measly 6.8 on the Richter scale. But rather than rebuild the Alaska Viaduct, as the double-decker section was known, city officials instead decided to take the freeway underground in their very own Big Dig. To do so, Seattle's using "Big Bertha:" the biggest Tunnel Boring Machine on Earth.
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Say Goodbye To Hex Wrenches: Furniture That Assembles With Coins
Jul 05, 8:00PM
If you're a college student or a young professional in your first apartment, you're probably well versed in assembling Ikea furniture. But soon after, those vital hex wrenches always seem to go missing, and when it's time to move your bedroom set, it's off to the hardware store to try and find a replacement. So thank goodness the folks at Nendo came up with a better solution: furniture that assembles using nothing more than the loose change in your pocket.
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One Great Way to Fake Working on a Summer Friday
Jul 05, 7:30PM
It's the fifth of July, and in most parts of the country, it's a gorgeous summer Friday that many of us, sadistically, have to spend indoors, in front of computers. Or do we?
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Using Algorithmic Modeling to "Print" Smarter Fields
Jul 05, 7:01PM
Combination planting—where certain crops are planted together to stave off pests or enhance taste—is as old as farming itself. But up until recently, it's been difficult to be precise about where and how different crops can benefit from each other. Benedikt Groß, a UK-based interaction designer, is using algorithmic processing t0 improve on a practice that's thousands of years old.
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2560x1440 Resolution For Under $300 Is Your Deal Of The Day
Jul 05, 7:00PM
We've seen super high resolution monitors become far more affordable recently, especially from the likes of Monoprice, but this QNIX LED is sitting at an especially compelling price point. $289 gets you 27 inches of 2560x1440, and while you've probably never heard of QNIX, this is a Samsung Panel, which is what matters. Free shipping. One Year Warranty. Do take note that you're gonna need Dual-Link DVI for this one. [eBay]
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Self-Assembling DNA Could Make You Immune to Cigarettes
Jul 05, 6:30PM
Nicotine, the reason why people smoke, chew or snort tobacco, is hard to quit. The American Heart Association says nicotine is about as addictive as heroin or cocaine, which explains why your cig-sucking coworkers get so grumpy and antsy leading up to a smoke break. Since quitting is so difficult and relapsing is so easy, scientists are eyeing vaccines that make addicts immune to nicotine. The newest, from Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, uses self-assembling DNA nanoparticles to make your immune system into a high-precision, super-powerful nicotine-zapping machine.
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Cut-Way Enterprise Model Makes It Way Easier To Build Your Own Starship
Jul 05, 6:20PM
If you've tried and failed to build your own starship to explore the universe, it's maybe because you just didn't have a thorough understanding of how a craft like the U.S.S. Enterprise works. So if you've got it in you to try one more time, this cutaway model of Kirk's pride and joy should give you all the insight you need to build a ship capable of traveling at the speed of light.
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Tropical Moths Use Ultrasonic Crotch Blasts to Confuse Attacking Bats
Jul 05, 6:00PM
In what has to be one of the most brilliant self-defense mechanisms ever developed, several species of tropical moths are able to rasp their genitals against their bodies to produce ultrasonic signals that confuse an attacking bat's acoustical targeting system.
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The Solar-Powered Car Clark Griswold Would Drive
Jul 05, 5:57PM
Most solar-powered vehicles are so tiny and light that they can only carry one environmentally cautious driver. But not any more. The big-boned Stella, designed by Solar Team Eindhoven, is the first solar-powered car with enough room to fit your whole four-person family.
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Magnificent Lego Acropolis Is Made of 120,000 Bricks
Jul 05, 5:43PM
Over 300 hours of hard work went into creating this Lego Acropolis. Starting tomorrow, builder Ryan McNaught—AKA TheBrickMan—will be displaying his creation at Sydney's Nicholson Museum. The classical build comes complete with a minifig Oedipus stabbing his eyes out, with blood spilling over the stage.
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This Week in Time Capsules: DVDs, Radar and Ruminating About Death
Jul 05, 5:23PM
This week was a big one for capsule aficionados. Time capsules are as much a Fourth of July tradition as hot dogs, boating, and getting your fingers blown off with homemade fireworks.
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Man Hears Voices Out of Sync with Lips, Like an Old Kung Fu Movie
Jul 05, 5:07PM
Well this is a first. No, really, a man going by the name of PH is the first known diagnosis of a deeply odd and presumably infuriating condition: He hears voices out of sync, as though he's watching a movie with out-of-sync dubbing.
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