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This Hybrid Robot Cleaner Vacuums and Mops All the Floors In Your Home
Oct 20, 1:00PM
If you've got a mix of hard and carpeted floors in your home that you just don't feel like cleaning, you usually have to rely on two separate cleaning bots to get the work done. But you can write your Roomba and Scooba a letter of recommendation and send them on their way now that Moneual's new Rydis H67 promises to tackle both tasks with one machine.
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Vitamin C: Graduation (Friends Forever)
Oct 20, 1:19AM
"What?" you say. "This isn't my middle school graduation! Why is Vitamin C playing? What's going on around here!" Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is my graduation from Saturdays to not-Saturdays, and I would be honored if you would take a moment to celebrate with me.
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How an Illegal Streaming Kingpin Makes a Living Off Piracy
Oct 20, 12:00AM
If/When you download a torrent full of juicy copyrighted content (shame on you!), you're not paying anyone; that's part of the appeal. But there's money to be made off sharing stuff for free, otherwise why would anyone do it? Torrentfreak sat down with a professional pirate to hear his story. It's fascinating.
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Use a Laser Pointer to Turn Your iPhone Into a Microscope
Oct 19, 11:12PM
We've seen ways to turn your iPhone into a DIY microscope before, but they always require buying something kind of exotic, like a ball lens, or an actual microscope. This new take from Yoshinok on Instructables just requires $10 bucks, a shitty laser pointer, and little bit of makin'.
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A Poster of Every Star Wars Character from Just the Good Movies
Oct 19, 10:00PM
So you want a Star Wars poster featuring all the characters, but Jar Jar Binks and kid-Anakin keep polluting the scene? I feel your pain. But a new print by artist Max Dalton and put out by Spoke Art has you covered. It has all your favorite heroes...from episodes IV-VI and nothing else.
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Report: Twitter Music Is Already on Its Deathbed
Oct 19, 8:52PM
Hey remember Twitter Music? Hadn't thought about it in a while? Well apparently that's a common problem, and according to a report by AllThingsD, Twitter is very seriously considering putting the service out of its misery.
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What Is Your Computer's Name?
Oct 19, 8:00PM
You've probably developed a pretty serious relationship with your computer, we all do. And whether you're one to name inanimate objects or not, your computer needs one to identify itself on networks. A perfect excuse!
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These Literal Suicide Machines Exist Only To Destroy Themselves
Oct 19, 7:00PM
It's one thing to build the most useless machine, but artist Thijs Rijkers takes things one big step further; his machines actively destroy themselves.
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Windows 8.1, One-Handed Future Zippers, Cheating at Physics, And More
Oct 19, 6:00PM
Who'd have thought one of the awesomest things we'd see this week would be a zipper. But that's not all! Join us for a tour of the cave beneath Central Park, at look at Windows 8.1, an explanation of the iPhone 5s acceleromter problems and more.
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Having trouble trying to update to Windows 8.1 RT right now?
Oct 19, 5:46PM
Having trouble trying to update to Windows 8.1 RT right now? That's because Microsoft had to temporarily pull it thanks to an installation "situation." It should be back soon.
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This Insane Rocket Is Why The Soviet Union Never Made It To The Moon
Oct 19, 5:06PM
Americans tend to talk a lot about the Space Race and how we made it to the Moon and we were first and no one else was second because we are the best. It's put into context by the fact that the Soviet satellite Sputnik was the first in space, but by the time we get around to discussing the moon landings no one mentions why. And this enormous, absolutely insane rocket is the reason.
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What's Actually Inside the Antennas of Google's Wild Internet Balloons
Oct 19, 5:03PM
When Google first announced Project Loon, its plan to cover the world in a blanket of Wi-Fi using internet balloons, it was sort of hard to believe. It still is, but now Google's taking us inside the antenna.
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Watch the Watchers With This DIY Police Radio Scanner
Oct 19, 4:00PM
The frequencies employed by law enforcement and first responders can be a source of vital information in emergency situations but you can't tune in using any old radio. But rather than spend big bucks on a conventional police scanner, you can easily create your own for less than $20 with this (pretty technical!) guide from Instructables member Harrison Sand.
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HP Chromebook 11 Review: Cheap and Cheerful
Oct 19, 3:00PM
Google's Chromebook line is often maligned as inexpensive but underpowered or, in the case of the Pixel, a really nice screen in front of limited functionality and an exorbitant price tag. But by pairing a solid build with a $280 price tag, HP seems to have finally found the right balance of affordability and performance in the new Chromebook 11.
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The Megaupload Takedown Killed At Least 10 Million Innocent Files
Oct 19, 2:08PM
When Megaupload got taken down two years ago, it took a whole hell of a lot of data with it. And eventually it got obliterated. Some of it was pirate data, sure, but some was legit too. And new research shows that, at the very least, ten million innocent files got the axe.
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What's Fox News Do With Its Absurd, Giant iPads? Play Candy Crush, Duh
Oct 19, 1:11PM
When Fox News first introduced its new news room full of ridiculously giant iPad-lookin' Windows tablets, our first question was "why?!" but now that the team has done a little journalism on Candy Crush, it's all suddenly crystal clear.
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The Totally True History of Video Game Graphics
Oct 19, 5:00AM
Humans? Usually unappreciative and typically awful. But it wasn't always like this! When we didn't have fancy technology with so many features they become useless and couldn't trap amazingness in a box in our pockets, we enjoyed the little things. Like 8-bit graphics and physical buttons and cords and cartridges. Hell, we even though the graphics were great. Now? It could be real life and we wouldn't be impressed.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: The End
Oct 19, 4:00AM
Until we get a better handle on this whole time travel matter—and stop letting Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Willis near the machines—we can only speculate as to what really caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Animator Chris Meyer explores five of the more exotic theories/wild guesses in this delightfully deadly short.
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Dick Cheney Was Scared of Getting Assassinated By a Heart Hack
Oct 19, 2:57AM
Though this sounds like a joke, former Vice President Don Cheney and his doctors were legitimately scared about him getting assassinated via terrorists hacking into his defibrillator and causing a heart attack. So they turned off the wireless feature so nobody would kill him via heart hack.
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Breaking Bad Creator Admits Illegal Downloads Helped the TV Show
Oct 19, 1:31AM
Breaking Bad, a TV show permanently sculpted onto television's Mount Rushmore, whipped itself from a critically acclaimed yet not exactly ratings dominant TV show into THE bizz-bizz-buzzy pop culture phenomenon of the year as the series raced to its end. How did it happen? According to Breaking Bad's creator Vince Gilligan, illegal downloads help.
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Apple Hilariously Called the Gold iPhone 5S 'The Kardashian Phone'
Oct 19, 12:45AM
As Apple was prepping the perfectly glitzy hue of the goldpagne iPhone 5S, the phone was being referred to as "the Kardashian phone" inside Apple according to NY Times reporter Nick Bilton. Yes, that would be the same Kardashian as notorious iPhone auteur Kim and her well manicured yet totally overexposed family. Which means yes, Apple was completely aware of how ridiculous the goldpagne iPhone was going to be.
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Google Hangouts for iOS now lets you make free phone calls to the US and Canada.
Oct 19, 12:21AM
Google Hangouts for iOS now lets you make free phone calls to the US and Canada. If you use Google Voice, you can receive phone calls through the app too. [App Store]
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Most Beautiful Items: October 12 - 18, 2013
Oct 19, 12:00AM
How can a thousand photos turn into a single timelapse? And what's it like inside an artificial cave 200 feet below Manhattan? The answer to both of these questions and more lie in the most beautiful items of the week.
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Now Available: Kindle Fire HDX, Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, Sony Xperia Z1, More
Oct 18, 10:40PM
Like some kind of six-months-delayed springtime thaw, or an ominous but perplexing metaphor for global warming, summer's trickle of new gadgets has turned into a gushing waterfall. But don't tread those swift waters alone. Let us be your earthy, outdoorsy guide.
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Would This Bike With Storage Inside the Front Wheel Even Be Rideable?
Oct 18, 10:20PM
They don't need gas, they can weave in and out of traffic, and you don't even need a licence to ride one. But unless you tack on a set of panniers or a basket, bikes are notoriously lacking in storage space; a problem that Industrial Designer David Hotard might have eliminated with his novel Transport bike, which features trunk space inside the bike's front wheel.
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