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This Is What a Warp Drive Will Sound Like (Sorta)
Aug 27, 11:20AM
Antimatter, the evil-twin-like opposite to every particle in the universe, is pretty wild stuff. While in the sci-fi world it powers warp drives, here in the frustrating confines of reality we still haven't figured out how to harness it. But thanks to some mad scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, now we know what antimatter sounds like. Sorta.
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A Samsung official has officially confirmed that the Galaxy Gear smartwatch is indeed arriving on Se
Aug 27, 10:31AM
A Samsung official has officially confirmed that the Galaxy Gear smartwatch is indeed arriving on September 4th as we thought — and that it won't have the flexible display Samsung's been experimenting with. The Galaxy Note III phablet will also be unveiled alongside the wrist version. [Korea Times via TechCrunch]
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What's Your Favorite Weather App?
Aug 27, 10:00AM
I live in a city where most people consider the weather to be perfect but I actually think that the weather doesn't truly exist here. Whatever, it's nice. But even in the most loveliest, mildest place, the dog days of summer can get pretty unbearable. That's probably the only time I ever look at the weather app on my phone. And that's probably the only time I realize how crappy my choice of weather app is.
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50 Things a Geek Should Know
Aug 27, 8:00AM
To be considered a true geek in today's geek friendly world, you can't just be smart. You have to dedicate yourself to the right movies and TV shows. You have to be curious about all kinds of computer and technology. You need to know which video games to play, which superhero to root for, which quotes actually matter. But probably most important of all, you need to know how to Internet.
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Science Says Not to Wash Your Chicken Before You Cook It
Aug 27, 6:00AM
Here's something to bring up the next time you're eating after being a winner winner: you don't actually have to wash the raw chicken with water before you cook it. In fact, science is saying that it's definitely worse to wash a chicken with water because you might spray all kinds of bacteria from the kitchen all over your kitchen, sink and yourself without even knowing. So yes, next time you're eating chicken for dinner, just go straight to cooking. It may seem unsanitary but that's actually the best way to kill the bacteria on a raw chicken. [DrexelUniv via Consumerist]
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Sony A3000: The Cheapest Beginner DSLR Ever (Well, Sorta-DSLR)
Aug 27, 4:00AM
Sony's A3000 DLSR is cheap. Super cheap. It costs $400 paired with a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. These days, that's more or less the price of an advanced point-and-shoot camera from Canon, and it's considerably cheaper than Sony's badass RX100 II point-and-shoot. So what gives? And what's up with DSLRs?
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Ojete Calor
Aug 27, 4:00AM
Ojete Calor, the surrealist Spanish subpop duo of Carlos Areces and Aníbal Gómez, is back! In short shorts! Two out-of-shape middle-agers on a couch haven't been this disconcerting since that one time you walked in on your parents.
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Blowing Up Beer Kegs with Detonating Cords Is an Explosive Party
Aug 27, 3:00AM
Now I wish I had the genius and brass ones to think of this at a college party. The guys at RatedRR tapped a beer keg with detonation cord at varying lengths: 5 feet, 15 feet and 80 feet. As you can imagine, 80 feet of det cord is an amazing sight to see. The fireworks that an exploding keg can bring is only topped by slicing them in half. The footage was filmed at 51,000FPS so you can see it burn bright. [RatedRR]
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How Many People Are Currently in Space Right Now?
Aug 27, 2:00AM
If you're ever curious about the exact number of people who are in space right now, the single-serving site aptly named how many people are in space right now? will tell you. The answer is 6. The lucky 6 who are currently living every kid's dream? Americans Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, Russians Pavel Vinogradov, Alexander Misurkin and Fyodor Yurchikhin and Italian Luca Parmitano. Three of them have been up there 91 days, the other three 152 days.
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2 Chainz: Netflix
Aug 27, 1:04AM
2 Chainz is likeable for several reasons. One, he used to go by Tity Boi, but he changed his moniker to be more family friendly. Two, he laces his lyrics with some of the best tech references of any rapper. Best example? Gotta pocket full of dead prez/attached to your girl like a jpeg.
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10 Normal Hashtags That Instagram Bans for Some Weird Reason
Aug 27, 12:30AM
It's pretty simple. People love Instagram. People love using hashtags. People love to curse. People love to curse in hashtags on Instagram. Instagram doesn't like that. In fact, Instagram censors any sort of curse word hashtag, possibly porn related hashtag and so on from its searches. That's a good thing! But Instagram also weirdly censors some pretty normal hashtags too.
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Apple, the iPhone, and the End of Surprise
Aug 26, 11:18PM
This might not be a video of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5c. It might not show that Apple's next flagship will look nearly identical to the iPhone 5. It might not reveal that the current black and white models will be joined by a gold—pardon, champagne version—when they are announced on Sept. 10th. But it would be far more surprising for those things not to be true than for them to happen. And that puts Apple—and you—in an unprecedented position.
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Lifehacker What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate (And How it Benefits You) | Kotaku Woman Join
Aug 26, 10:21PM
Lifehacker What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate (And How it Benefits You) | Kotaku Woman Joins A Game. Things Immediately Get Ridiculous. | Deadspin Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Seattle Seahawks | Jalopnik Why Chrysler Is At War With The World's Largest Viper Club
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Blackbar for iOS: Your Very Own PRISM-Like Sci-Fi Adventure Put to Text
Aug 26, 10:00PM
With most of the documents released by the NSA being an exercise in fitting as few letters as possible between strings of black bars, it's no wonder that a whole slew of [Redacted]-oriented games have been cropping up. The newest comes in the form of a surprisingly engrossing, interactive app composed entirely of text.
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This Modern Home Frames the Winery Around It With Weathered Steel
Aug 26, 9:20PM
Houses like the Cloudy Bay Shack in Marlborough, New Zealand, make you wonder why anyone would ever choose to live in an apartment (besides, you know, money). This house has everything: lovely rural scenery, a brilliant layout and a bold modern aesthetic. And though those two things might not normally jibe, they actually work in perfect harmony here.
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This Brilliant Bike Accessory Keeps Your Helmet Safe and Your Butt Dry
Aug 26, 9:00PM
I'm biased, but believe that—if you can swing it—biking is absolutely the best way to navigate the streets. That being said, conscientious riders are pretty much always going to be stuck toting two things around at their destination: lights and a helmet. The former will likely get swiped if accidentally left on; the latter is just plain clumsy, and not ideal to leave outdoors when the weather's nasty.
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Hackers Hit Google Palestine and Defaced the Front Page
Aug 26, 8:48PM
A team of hackers successfully broke into Google Palestine on Monday, covering the home page with protest literature. "Uncle google," wrote Cold z3ro, Haml3t, Sas and Dr@g, "we say hi from palestine to remember you that the country in google map not called israel. its called Palestine."
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Forget Your Farecard and Use One of These Hip RFID Rings Instead
Aug 26, 8:40PM
Farecards are annoying. They're usually flimsy and easy-to-lose, and depending on what city you live in, they can be impossible to swipe. Why not integrate a more high-tech solution into the system? And hey, why not make it a little bit fashionable too? Well, that's exactly what these MIT students did.
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Seasoning Is an Afterthought With This Grill's Flavor Trough
Aug 26, 8:20PM
Unless you plan your meals days in advance, you probably rarely remember to marinate what's for dinner. So for all the forgetful amateur chefs out there, Beem has created the Aroma Grill Express that puts George Foreman's efforts to shame with a built-in channel designed to hold, and infuse, aromatics and flavors into what you're grilling.
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10 Dirt Cheap Ways To Make Your Apartment More Presentable
Aug 26, 8:00PM
The days of movie posters and tapestries are over. It's time to give your apartment some personality, but you probably don't want to spend a fortune. Well, I'm here to tell you that it can be done, and I'll also tell you exactly how to do it. Here are ten tips for whipping your place into shape, without busting your budget.
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The Invisible Radar Force Field That Saved Great Britain
Aug 26, 7:57PM
When you think about World War II tech, chances are your mind leaps right to the atomic bomb. But there was another less explosive tech that complete changed the defensive game: Radar. And this map outlines exactly how it saved Great Britain.
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This Database Lets You 3D Print and Explore Thousands of Fossils
Aug 26, 7:40PM
Fossils are three-dimensional objects, but you aren't really supposed to touch them, and you can't see their depth and detail very easily over the internet. But a new database of fossils from the British Geological Survey actually has the necessary files for you to 3D print fossils yourself.
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Cult-itecture: The Compounds Of Reclusive Communities
Aug 26, 7:34PM
Waco, Texas, the Divine Lorraine, and Jonestown were radically different, yet each existed within a similar American terrain—rapidly globalizing, urbanizing, and increasingly fearful. Made from material odds and ends, their leaders sought sites that were neither here nor there: an abandoned hotel, an unused ranch, a barren desert, or a cheap tract of land in a faraway country. They chose land that no one else wanted and no one had time to visit. Both distinct and stubborn, the architecture of the American cult becomes a way to understand them.
Architecturally, the American cult denies past use and creates a "utopia" in or on their chosen site. Like the walls of the Watchtower or Rajneeshpuram's city-within-a-city, these compounds negotiate and politicize their relationship to the outside world. They are massive in scale and their totalizing vision reveals an earnest anxiety about the future. Compounds demarcate space so that time can move differently (or not exist at all) within the designated area. Particularly in the case of doomsday cults, they create an unshakable urgency that reveals a deep fear of being in the present. The walls of the compound manage small worlds—taking their followers out of the real and placing them within an imagined other. Their insularity confirms our world, while satiating our desire for drama.
Perhaps this is why the media continues to cover them? When the FLDS opened their gates for Oprahin 2009, America was mesmerized. While, the program enjoyed a record ratings spike.
Online one can easily find directions to Rajneeshpuram, Spahn Ranch, the Divine Lorraine, and even Jonestown. Or, even more strangely, travel accounts. One man says about his visit to Jonestown, Guyana "There's nothing left but an old tractor, a turned over van, and a mass grave". In this way, former cult compounds have become a site of ruin porn. Both short-lived and massive, intentional communities are often the site of horror and loss. Afterwards, they become a site of haunting. For the voyeur, cult compounds confirm the horror in us and also keep it safely at bay. Like both real and imagined lost cities -Babylon, El Dorado, Atlantis- cults exist mainly with an American imagination.
So, what kind of bathtub does Warren Jeffs prefer? How does Charles Manson accessorize his lair? What color do you paint your sunroom when you have 28 days to live? And, finally, how many pentagrams are too many pentagrams? Read on.
1. Spahn Ranch
When the Manson Family moved into the Spahn Ranch they had no idea that it was a former film site, but in fact Manson's home can be seen in episodes of Bonanza, Zorro, and The Lone Ranger. Much like Charles Manson, Westerns describe a seemingly endless landscape, a fight, the power of a gun, and, of course, the great American man. Fixed in national mythology, the ranch is a palimpsest of both good and evil—separate in our minds, but geographically the same.
2. Rajneeshpuram
Rajneeshpuram was an intentional community in Oregon. Bought by an Indian guru, the community transformed 60,000 vacant acres into a thriving community of 7,000 people. It became so big that they nearest town was incorporated into it. Followers created a post office, a public transportation system, a police and fire department, a reservoir, a huge building for guns, townhouses, and, most importantly, a mall. One Oregon resident said of the cult, "I think there were a lot of masters and maybe doctor's degrees out there, but it didn't mean they had any sense."
Built in 1981, the compound was deserted by 1986. Which is really not that surprising, considering the residents were obeying the commands of a guru who said he could turn water into gold but chose not to because he "didn't want to."
In case there are any prospective buyers, the entire compound now lies vacant. It would make a comfy if arid vacation spot for your cult; however, the guru's 90 Rolls Royces are not included in the lease.
3. Earthship
After his inspirational bookstore went bankrupt, Marshall Applewhite made the logical next step: proclaimed himself a reborn biblical character. Mixing elements from a burgeoning New Age movement and ancient Christian concepts of apocalypse and salvation, his followers, the people of Heaven's Gate, settled in to a 40-acre compound in New Mexico. Built as a monastery, their settlements had a distinct architectural style thanks to their innovative use of old tires, tin cans, and packed earth. They worked on their compound religiously and pre-dawn workers were rewarded by drawing EB on whatever they had built (early bird).
Like many Doomsday cults, they left their home spotless after their death: every chair, article of clothing, and book was in it's place. Watch their initiation videos here or buy their book on Amazon.
Continue reading about cult-itecture on Architizer!
Article by Katherine Wisniewski
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An LED Lamp That Recognizes Your Gestures: No Jedi Powers Required
Aug 26, 7:20PM
Good news Star Wars fans. The automatic sliding doors at the grocery store are no longer your only opportunity to experience what life as a Jedi must be like. Dresden, Germany-based design shop Dreiplus has a new under-the-cabinet lamp called the AREA that lets you selectively illuminate and extinguish its LEDs with just a wave of your fingers. Who's living in a fantasy world now?
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A Brief Tour of Canon's Massive Showroom of Wonders
Aug 26, 7:01PM
Canon USA's brand-new Long Island headquarters doesn't just house boardrooms, cubicles, and water coolers. It's also where the venerable camera company maintains its giant showroom, in which every current Canon product—plus a plethora of other imaging technology tidbits—is on prominent display. We took a trip out there last week; here's a taste of what we found.
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