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This Lamp Looks Like It's Made From Meccano
Sep 02, 11:00AM
The Construction Lamp by Joost van Bleiswijk is a tribute to industrial structures—and as a result it looks rather like its made from the Meccano you played with as a child.
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Microsoft's Albert Penello, head of product planning for Xbox, had admitted that the company's super
Sep 02, 10:15AM
Microsoft's Albert Penello, head of product planning for Xbox, had admitted that the company's super-cool IllumiRoom concept would prove far, far too expensive to bother releasing it commercially. Shame.
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This Is the First Phone With a 4K Video Camera
Sep 02, 9:45AM
This is Acer's new giganta-smartphone, the Liquid S2, and it's sitting on a fairly impressive secret: it's the world's first phone to pack a 4K-capable video camera.
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You Could Get $3 Back For Each Price-Fixed E-Book You Bought
Sep 02, 9:00AM
Following the e-book price fixing scandal that saw Apple found guilty, all five of the publishing houses involved in the spat have finally agreed to a federal court settlement—which could see you receiving a payout.
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AT&T Partnered With DEA to Provide Access to 26 Years of Phone Records
Sep 02, 3:45AM
Since at least 2007, DEA agents and local police detectives have had regular access to a gigantic database that contains detailed records of every American phone call that's passed through an AT&T switch in the past 26 years. The program, named the Hemisphere Project, also pays AT&T employees to work alongside drug-enforcement officers stationed in three states.
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Cannonball Adderley: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Sep 02, 1:00AM
"Mercy Mercy Mercy" is a great tune, but it was a surprise mainstream hit. It was written and originally recorded in 1966 and had reached #11 on the Billboard charts by 1967. Later it was covered by The Buckinghams and the Mauds, and was on the charts again.
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Surprising No One, But This Time Everyone, Water Is A Great Lubricant
Sep 02, 12:13AM
Water is kind of important, right? Basis for life on Earth, defines biomes and weather, etc. And even on a really small scale water continues to strut its stuff. And we're talking really small. Researchers have found that water is the optimal lubricant for nanomachines one molecule big, aka a few dozen atoms, aka tiny.
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T-600 Is Menacing Even When You Can See Puppeteers Moving It
Sep 01, 11:12PM
Stan Winston Schools has released other behind the scenes footage of the T-600 puppet from Terminator Salvation, but this gives a clearer sense of how the animatronics evolved and how important the materials are in any puppet. If it's not lightweight, but with the stability and feel of whatever it's representing, it can't be convincing.
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Why Is A Cheap Color Sensor Such A Big Deal?
Sep 01, 10:12PM
We expect our devices to know what's going on. Automatic doors, smartphones, temperature control systems and beyond all perform actions when they detect certain conditions. And it seems like it would just be convenient to put cameras on everything so devices could have eyes on all different situations. It would also be creepy, but we'll leave that aside for now.
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CARROT Wakes You Up With Empty Threats...And Some Real Ones
Sep 01, 8:19PM
Getting out of bed is the worst. And anyone who says they don't mind waking up can just leave now. Some of us are employing desperate measures to get going every morning, and a manipulative/verbally abusive alarm clock sounds like just the thing. The makers of the CARROT To-Do list wanted to bring their motivational snark to a particularly rough time of day and they certainly found it.
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What a Sweltering City Really Looks Like in the Summer
Sep 01, 7:00PM
It seems like it's always hot here in NYC, but it's not only when the oppressive sun is beating down. No, the buildings like to help spread the love around by hoarding the heat and dishing it out themselves. This is what it looks like.
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What Do People Do On Labor Day?
Sep 01, 6:00PM
Instead of the typical lazy, under-achieving feelings, we all get to be pleased with ourselves tomorrow. We're making productive contributions to the work force, or we're trying to, and every little bit counts! But Labor Day kind of has an identity problem. The overeager summer obsession from Memorial Day is long gone and there isn't the same grilling and fireworks pressure involved in July 4th. So what's Labor Day's "thing"? Parades? Sleeping in? A last hurrah camping trip? Hitting some sales? Are the people in that photo doing it right or horribly wrong? Check your schedule below.
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Is This The Samsung Galaxy Gear?
Sep 01, 5:56PM
We've heard some rumblings about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Gear smartwatch and what it may or may not be. But VentureBeat got its hands on what it claims is a real prototype ahead of the gadget's likely September 4th release, and apparently it comes complete with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a 4-megapixel camera, and even speakers.
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Feeding Digital Images Through This Mirror Will Warp Your Mind
Sep 01, 5:15PM
There's a lot of lore about what we see in mirrors, or what happens if we go through the looking glass. And this vaguely sinister app offers some control of the situation. Unsigned Mirror is an openFrameworks Windows and Mac app written by the art and technology group Unsigned Long Long. It creates slit-scan craziness when you drag an image into the program and feed it through the "mirror". You can also use your webcam for source images. While putting an image through the mirror, you can rotate the scene in 3d and then save as a new image file. Sort of makes you want to bring the word "groovy" back, doesn't it? I said sort of. [Creative Applications]
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There May Not Actually Be A Shortage Of STEM Workers At All
Sep 01, 3:44PM
It's pretty common knowledge that the U.S. isn't producing enough mathematicians, scientists and engineers to support demand in "STEM" fields. And reports come and go that other countries are facing similar shortages. But like all things that are definitely true, it's actually pretty complicated to prove that the trend really exists. Robert N. Charette of IEEE Spectrum got suspicious and began combing data from the last six decades. His conclusion is that we actually have plenty of STEM workers, and the hype about a shortage may be doing more harm than good.
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Cramming Into A Tiny House May Not Be So Bad
Sep 01, 2:21PM
Between crippling recessions and human environmental impact things have gotten complicated, and frankly kind of negative. That may be why the small house movement is so appealing. Downsizing everything means less stuff to buy and maintain. Minimize harm and maximize good vibes.
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This Bathroom Scale Also Suggests Exercises To Maintain Your Weight
Sep 01, 1:00PM
Good news if you're tired of your personal fitness trainer's constant nagging you about eating healthy and staying active. You can just replace them with this bathroom scale that not only tells you how much you weigh, but also what kind of activities you can do to maintain your current physique.
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Dredd: So Dumb, So Fun
Sep 01, 1:00AM
I put off seeing Dredd for a long time. You might be in the same boat. Maybe you've heard vaguely good things about it, but just never really bothered to hunt it down and check it out because, well, it's a movie called "Dredd." Let me push you over the edge. Just do it.
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Cymbals Eat Guitars: Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)
Sep 01, 12:00AM
So I've blabbed at you guys about Cymbals Eat Guitars a couple of times before. But this time I'm extra serious. "Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)" is my favorite jam of theirs, and dare I say the best? I dare. It is.
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The World's Tallest Hotwheels Wall Track Puts Your Childhood to Shame
Aug 31, 11:00PM
Remember that awesome Hotwheels track you built when you were a kid? The one that went from the bedroom all the way down the stairs and into the kitchen? Yeah, that was cool, but this one tops it. Meet the setup Hotwheels' is calling the largest wall track in the world.
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Don't You Wish You Were In One of These Beautiful Natural Pools?
Aug 31, 10:16PM
You'd be crazy not to love stark, modern design like the stunning Tangga House, but the natural look can be beautiful too. Take these awesome man-made pond pools from Water House for example. You can't tell me you don't want to dive in right now.
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It Takes a Ludicrous Amount of Work to Build a Quake-Proof Bridge
Aug 31, 9:05PM
Building a road might be harder than you'd think, but we all know that building a bridge is one serious feat of engineering. Here's some proof: 42,000 hours of work time-lapsed down to a hypnotizing 4-minute sprint.
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What's the Most Useful Gadget People Don't Know They Need?
Aug 31, 8:00PM
Plenty of today's best gadgets and devices are well-known and basically mandatory. A good laptop, a decent smartphone, an HD TV. But under that surface, there's a whole other breed of toys that you never actively knew you wanted but now just can't imagine life without. What's yours?
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Google's Crazy Internet Balloons Will Flock Together Like Cyborg Birds
Aug 31, 7:02PM
Google's Project Loon is sort of insane. Then again, that's kind of the point. And to make it actually work, the squadrons of balloons are taking a cue from nature.
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Porn Habits Across the USA, Breathing Liquid, GIFs on Facebook, And More
Aug 31, 6:00PM
Well this is it folks; summer is basically over. Take your final dip in our kiddie pool of summer-style stories. We've got the worst college football uniform designs, Facebook GIFs, humans breathing liquid, how to add a button to your Android phone, US porn habits and more. Dig in!
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