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Four Stepper Motors Can Make Beautiful Sand Art
Dec 08, 3:30PM
There are challenges to making art in any medium, and with sand the issue is clearly accuracy. How do you keep everything in place while you're working? David Bynoe, a kinetic sculptor in Calgary, Alberta, created this drawing machine for the Telus Spark Science Centre to solve that problem.
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It's Surprisingly Useful to Get a 12-Fact Recap About Amazon
Dec 08, 2:19PM
Last Sunday Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon was doing early R&D on delivery drones. And whether it was a legitimate revelation or more of a marketing ploy, the idea of Amazon drones burrowed quickly and deeply into the cultural consciousness.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: The Onion Debates Stop-And-Kiss
Dec 08, 1:00AM
This week, The Onion takes a look at the NYPD's most controversial tactic: stop and kiss. Tensions run high between supporters and opponents in the debate over this police activity.
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Researchers Discover Huge Freshwater Reserves Under Ocean Floors
Dec 07, 11:00PM
As earth's population surges, mankind faces an increasingly limited supply of fresh water. Thankfully, Australian scientists report this week that they've found vast new fresh water supplies. Unfortunately, it's in one of earth's least accessible places: under the ocean floor.
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On this day in 1972, the Apollo 17 crew snapped this photograph, later dubbed "The Blue Marble."
Dec 07, 10:07PM
On this day in 1972, the Apollo 17 crew snapped this photograph, later dubbed "The Blue Marble." Photographed using a 70-millimeter Hasselblad camera with an 80-millimeter Zeiss lens, and credited to all three Apollo 17 astronauts (Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt), this rare image of a fully-illuminated Earth has become one of the world's most recognizable photographs. No human has since traveled far enough into space to see such a full view of earth, though similar shots have since been taken by unmanned spacecraft. [NASA History Office; image: Wikimedia]
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This Infographic Shows How Crazy Holiday Toys Have Gotten in 50 Years
Dec 07, 8:58PM
Philadelphia-based Abby Ryan Design came up with this fun infographic of the most popular toys from 50 years of holiday shopping. If you were a child during any of that time, you'll doubtless recognize something. Then you'll scratch your head in bafflement at how damned expensive today's most-requested gifts are.
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Ever Had An Online Password Stolen?
Dec 07, 8:00PM
This week, a website called haveibeenpwned launched to help folks find out whether their accounts were compromised in recent hacks on Adobe and Yahoo. The site claims to identify over 154 million hacked accounts. That's a lot of people affected by just a few hacks, of which there are more every day. Have you ever been a victim?
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Disappearing Glaciers, Magical Paint, FBI Webcam Spying and More
Dec 07, 7:00PM
This week we had some bad news: glaciers disappearing at a shocking rate and reports that the FBI can spy on anyone's laptop camera without the indicator light coming on. On the bright side, we also learned that someday you'll never have to worry about inserting a USB upside-down. So that evens out, right?
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Make a Shaken Soda Shoot its Cap Like a Cannon Without Spilling a Drop
Dec 07, 6:00PM
You probably think there are two ways to open a well-shaken bottle of soda: the tediously slow method, and the spill-it-all-over method. Turns out there's a third way, and it's awesome. You're definitely gonna want to try this.
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Federal Agency Still Uses Floppy Disks
Dec 07, 5:25PM
The Federal Register, the daily journal of the United States government, still uses floppy disks to carry out important tasks, including the transfer of the text of executive orders, proposed rule changes, and presidential proclamations. Yes, floppy disks.
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5 Ways to Pack Your Suitcase Way More Efficiently
Dec 07, 5:00PM
Doesn't matter if you're going away for a few nights or a fortnight, there's no need to carry more matched luggage than Princess Vespa. With a bit of planning and these simple storage techniques, you'll be able to pack your holiday's worth of gear into a standard carry-on.
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This week in tech reads, we think more deeply about where we live, the ideas -- both new and very ol
Dec 07, 4:00PM
This week in tech reads, we think more deeply about where we live, the ideas — both new and very old — we post online, and creepy insects.
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Now You Can Explore Gorgeous National Geographic Maps With Google
Dec 07, 3:00PM
A well-drawn map isn't just a functional chart, it's a thing of beauty. National Geographic has been making gorgeous print maps for over 120 years, and thanks to a new partnership, over 500 of them will be available online, powered by Google Map Engine.
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What Happens When a Boeing 777 Tries to Land in a Major Crosswind
Dec 07, 2:00PM
There's a pretty harrowing video making its way around the internet today of a Boeing 777 as it makes an attempt (and fails miserably) at landing. But it's no crash—thanks to an insane crosswind, it literally cannot land.
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This majestic nature time lapse will make you want to go outdoors more
Dec 07, 6:02AM
It's the colors that get you when you're out in nature. If you live in a city, you're mostly dealing with drabs of gray speckled with Instagrams of exposed red bricks. If you live in the suburbs, you'll see manicured lawns, potted trees, stucco and tile roofs until you're myopic. But if you're outside, like really outside, you'll see ballets of pink, golden orgies, blistering diamonds, the honesty of red and mounds of dirt that are baked with life. It's a wonderful world out there and we don't see it enough.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Jim Morricone
Dec 07, 5:00AM
Phil RetroSpector mashes up the Doors and Ennio Morricone to create a haunting home movie reel fit for a Lizard King.
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What kind of sorcery illusion lets these two blocks be the same color?
Dec 07, 4:18AM
One is dark, one is light. One is gray, one is white. These are obviously two different blocks with two different colors right? Wrong. The two blocks are the same color. Seriously, they're the same shade of gray. Just place your finger across the seam (where the blocks meet in the middle) to reveal the illusion. Just crazy.
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Car avoids getting crushed by a semi-trailer that was tipping over
Dec 07, 3:27AM
Some days you get incredibly lucky. This guy who managed to record a video of a semi-trailer truck almost tipping over and crushing his car just had one of those days. The road was wet, the winds were strong and the truck was about to lose control and fall over. You don't want any of that when you're driving next to said truck. Phew. What a close one.
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Lorde Discovers Ruin Porn with Pleasing Results
Dec 07, 2:00AM
You know you feel it—that mix of envy and amazement when your hear Lorde's music. The lyrics feel moody, wise and even fanciful at times. The beats are sturdy. And Lorde herself, she's only 17 years old! What were you doing when you were 17?
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FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light
Dec 07, 2:00AM
Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer's camera "without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording" for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in?
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Watch a real life Human Torch create fire with his bare hands
Dec 07, 1:26AM
Who knew that one of the easiest superhero powers to get (at least on a neutered, pathetic human scale) is the Human Torch's Flame On power? If you're Russian and/or drink a lot of vodka, you can use a hot wire and a debauched sense of pain to create fire with your bare hands. Just pour fuel on the ground, hold a hot wire in one hand and place your free hand over the fuel to complete the circuit. Instaflame.
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Most Beautiful Items: November 29 - December 6, 2013
Dec 07, 1:00AM
There is some truly incredible stuff in this round of the most beautiful items of the week. Yayoi Kusama's infinity rooms? You'll be dying to check them out. Museums that are actually made of gingerbread? You're mouth will be watering over them. Besides those, there are plenty of other wonders of art architecture and design below:
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Watch This Intelligent Quadcopter Recover After Losing a Prop In Flight
Dec 07, 12:00AM
It will be years before Amazon's dream of same day package deliveries via drone will ever become a reality. But you can forget about trying to shoot one down for some free electronics thanks to new software that allows a quadcopter to stay aloft—and on course—even after losing one or more of its propellers.
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10 Desk Accessories Designed From A Single Slab Of Wood
Dec 06, 11:40PM
Desktop accessories might be a bit of a dying breed, but, dammit, it's still nice to have a place to keep your phone, change, pencils, and pocket ephemera organized.
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Smog, Suburbs and Stereotypes: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Dec 06, 11:20PM
Choking pollution sweeps through China, new development could eradicate Mexico's emerging wine industry, and Yahoo can tell you everything that's wrong with where you live (congratulations, Memphis, you're apparently a hellhole). All this and more is What's Ruining Our Cities.
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