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The Audio Cassette Is 50 Years Old Today
Sep 13, 11:30AM
The humble cassette tape, beloved of 80s music lovers, may now be defunct—but it's hardly surprising given that the once-revolutionary medium turns 50 today.
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Why People Think Friday the 13th Is Unlucky
Sep 13, 10:29AM
Being wary of Friday the 13th is much more than a quaint superstition observed by a few uneducated people in distant, unreachable towns and hamlets. In the United States alone, it is estimated that between 17 and 21 million people dread that date to the extent that it can be officially classified as a phobia.
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Mount McKinley Has Shrunk By 83 Feet
Sep 13, 9:33AM
North America's highest peak, Mount McKinley, has shrunk by 83 feet according to new data acquired by US geographers.
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Is There Anything More Irritating Than Animated Galleries?
Sep 13, 8:29AM
Animated galleries are the blinking text of modern websites: they offend our eyes, but they're all over the internet. Please, please, please make it stop. Please. [XKCD]
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Saturn Looks Simply Stunning From Cassini
Sep 13, 7:45AM
Saturn's never looked more majestic than in this beautiful high-resolution image captured recently by Cassini.
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You Can Pre-Order the iPhone 5C Right Now
Sep 13, 7:01AM
iPhone 5C pre-orders just went live and if you want to brighten up your life with some colorful plastic and if you want to avoid waiting in a silly line, you can head over to Apple.com to get your new iPhone.
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A gold-colored HTC One part has come to light in China.
Sep 13, 6:59AM
A gold-colored HTC One part has come to light in China. The start of a new trend, perhaps?
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The NSA Disguises Itself as Google to Spy
Sep 13, 6:48AM
It's come to light that the NSA has impersonated Google—and possibly other big websites—in order to intercept, store, and read supposedly secure online communications.
Mother Jones reports that the agency managed this by using "man-in-the-middle (MITM)" attacks, which are often used by high-class hackers. PowerPoint slides made public by a Brazilian news channel also suggest the technique is used by the UK-based GCHQ. Mother Jones describes how the hack works:
According to the document, NSA employees log into an internet router—most likely one used by an internet service provider or a backbone network. (It's not clear whether this was done with the permission or knowledge of the router's owner.) Once logged in, the NSA redirects the "target traffic" to an "MITM," a site that acts as a stealthy intermediary, harvesting communications before forwarding them to their intended destination.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: The Longest Road
Sep 13, 4:00AM
The moral of the story: sometimes your vision quest just isn't that f*cking important, is it?
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The History of the Pixar Logo Animation
Sep 13, 2:45AM
Pixar's production logo—that animation sequence that pops up before a Pixar movie—is as iconic as they come. Who can't help but smile when they see cute little Luxo Jr. squash the I in Pixar and turn its bulb towards you. But the Pixar logo animation wasn't always so adorable, a few of Pixar's early shorts had much plainer sequences. Jay Orca combined a lot of them into this wonderful 3-minute video showing the history of Pixar's logo.
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Those Standalone Star Wars Movies Will Be Origin Stories
Sep 13, 1:41AM
Even if you're unsure if you want more Star Wars movies, Disney is going to start shoving them down your eyeballs come 2015. Along with the upcoming trilogy, Disney had previously confirmed that there would be spin off Star Wars movies as well. Now Disney says those spin off films will be 'origin stories' for its Star Wars characters. Which character do you want to see?
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The Truth About Nikola Tesla Is That There Are Two Versions of Him
Sep 13, 1:00AM
Because we live on the Internet and we're supposed to love certain things like bacon and cats and net neutrality, we almost unanimously bow in adoration towards one Nikola Tesla. Anybody who thinks anything different is yelled at with all caps for being anti-science, anti-electricity and anti-life. But the truth is, the Tesla of the Internet's memory is clearly different than the real Tesla. So much so that you can consider Tesla as two Teslas.
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Even a Real Pilot Thinks We Should Use Cell Phones on Planes
Sep 13, 12:11AM
NY Times tech guy and finder of his lost iPhone David Pogue has a fun little interview about airplanes with a pilot that reveals a few things you might have always wondered about flying winged tubes.
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A Speaker Helmet That Maybe Takes First-Person Shooters Too Seriously
Sep 12, 11:00PM
You've already got the hyper-realistic machine gun controller, but you've probably noticed that playing a war-themed first-person shooter on your basement couch just doesn't feel like you're actually at war. There's definitely something missing—and that something surely has to be Hyperkin's new ComRad that packs speakers and a boom mic into a realistic looking helmet.
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The Secret Role That Copy Machines Have Played In Modern Art
Sep 12, 10:40PM
The copy machines of today get a lot of action from office temps and owners of lost dogs, but did you know that the xerox machine has played a small—but crucial—role in modern art? Xerography, a new exhibition at a UK gallery called FirstSite, explored how this 75-year-old technology has been leveraged in the most unlikely of ways.
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Space Taxis, Air Sleds and Skylabs: Retro-Space Concepts From 1961
Sep 12, 10:21PM
Before an American even reached space, the public was already asking what would come next. The space age artists and designers who were dreaming up what was in store for the astronauts of tomorrow were happy to oblige.
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The Only Thing These Superman Coins Will Rescue Is Canada's Economy
Sep 12, 10:20PM
As if Canadian currency wasn't already colorful enough, to help commemorate the 75th anniversary of Superman—which was co-created by Canuck Joe Shuster—the Royal Canadian Mint has created a series of seven coins honoring the fictional hero.
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Meet the Man Attempting to Cross the Atlantic Using Only Balloons
Sep 12, 10:10PM
Jonathan Trappe loves balloons. In fact, the 39-year-old IT manager loves them so much that he's trusting them with his life as he attempts to become the first person to cross the Atlantic using only a life raft and 370 helium-filled balloons. If that sounds crazy, that's because it is.
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What Kid Wouldn't Love Dinner Served In a UFO Bowl?
Sep 12, 10:00PM
What some are calling "the most effective tool ever designed for combating picky eaters" and "the most dangerous toy you could ever hand a child" (ok, just us), these adorable porcelain soup plates are detailed in platinum to look like retro UFOs when flipped over.
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Ray Dolby, Innovator of Cinema Sound, Has Died
Sep 12, 9:42PM
Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby died today in San Francisco at the age of 80. He'll be remembered as the man who made the movies sound as spectacular as they look. Today, his technology is used in basically every movie theater in the country.
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Apple's Patented Technology Would Make iPhone Virtually Unbreakable
Sep 12, 9:40PM
Now that we know all about the latest generation of iPhone(s), it's time to start guessing what Apple's going to do next. This is a time when true fanboys dive into Apple's growing library of patents for clues. And while we can't expect all these patents to make it to market, it's fun to wonder.
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The Ultimate Supercut of Hollywood Stars Falling Through Space
Sep 12, 9:20PM
How does the saying go? "A journey of a thousand vertical feet begins with a single step?" Hollywood has certainly taken that maxim and run with it, regularly incorporating vertigo-inducing shots into modern films. The editing team at Plot Point Productions has assembled more than 50 examples of people falling through empty space from the past century of cinema.
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A Leather iPhone Sleeve That Does More Than Just Look Good
Sep 12, 9:00PM
If you absolutely have to put your iPhone in a case of some sort, Hard Graft's Draw case provides more than just peace of mind. Made from stitched leather lined with a soft felt interior, the case includes a long drawstring cord that does double-duty: It keeps the case securely sealed shut when your iPhone's inside, but also serves to prop it up in landscape or portrait orientations.
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Photoshop Contest: Make All the Things Out of Apple's Horrible 5C Case
Sep 12, 8:56PM
For the most part, the one thing the internet has been able to agree on this week is that Apple's new iPhone 5C case is an affront to the eyes and all that is decent. But for whatever reason, Apple wants you to stick it on your phone! Fine, your iPhone's inconspicuous enough, but what if we applied Apple's fun new discount covering to some of the other items we use in our daily lives?
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Apple just released OS X 10.8.5.
Sep 12, 8:44PM
Apple just released OS X 10.8.5. It fixes a few bugs in Mail and makes Wi-Fi file transfers speedier. You can get it in the App Store now. [9to5Mac]
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