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The Next Generation of DSL Can Pump 1Gbps Through Copper Phone Lines
Dec 18, 4:40PM
The last mile issue has plagued ISPs since the advent of the Internet. While projects like Google Fiber can deliver massive bandwidth to your door, they require the installation of an entirely new network infrastructure. Not so with the new G.fast standard. It delivers fiber optic speeds over existing telephone lines.
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Tiny, Intricate Trees Cut From Discarded Shopping Bags
Dec 18, 4:20PM
We collectively use about a million plastic bags a minute, a figure that will peak during next week's holiday rush. As you're sitting around in a post-Christmas funk next week, consider following the lead of Japanese artist Yuken Teruya, who carves tiny, perfect trees out of the flimsy walls of old shopping bags.
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After the FCC's decision to consider allowing in-flight phone calls, Delta Air Lines has just announ
Dec 18, 4:03PM
After the FCC's decision to consider allowing in-flight phone calls, Delta Air Lines has just announced that calls won't be allowed on its flights. Apparently Delta CEO Richard Anderson agrees with the FCC Chairman, who himself thinks in-air calls would be super annoying. [Delta via TechCrunch]
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Her Review: Loneliness Never Looked So Beautiful (or Futuristic)
Dec 18, 4:00PM
On my way to the theater, I asked Siri about the movie Her, and she got confused. "What kind of businesses are you looking for?" Siri replied in her always off-kilter robotic murmur. I barked back some line about Siri being stupid. She cracked some stupid joke. And my phone went back into my pocket.
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How Diet Soda Can Be Used to Track Sewage
Dec 18, 3:40PM
Fake sugar found in Ontario's tap water can be traced back to… sewage. Artificial sweeteners originating in diet soft drinks and foods survive a pretty remarkable journey through our bodies, down the toilet, through the wastewater treatment plant, into rivers, and, finally, into the water flowing out of the tap all over again.
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Your Dog Could Talk Back With This Mind-Reading Headset
Dec 18, 3:20PM
Some dog owners just get their pet. They can interpret every growl, yawn, and yelp the way a new parent can distinguish his or her child's cry. But what if you don't have that perception with your pooch? Enter No More Woof, the headset that wants to translate your dog's thoughts into human-speak.
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The Best Data Visualizations of 2013
Dec 18, 3:00PM
Visualization continues to mature and focus more on the data first than on novel designs and size. People improved on existing forms and got better at analysis. Readerships seemed to be more ready and eager to explore more data at a time. Fewer spam graphics landed in my inbox. So all in all, 2013 was a pretty good year for data and visualization. Let's have a look back.
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A Tiny Night Vision Camera That Lets Your Smartphone See In the Dark
Dec 18, 2:43PM
If you've tried any of the countless smartphone apps that promise to turn your phone's camera into night vision goggles, you already know they're all snake oil. If you really want your device to see in the dark, you need a more sensitive sensor and a healthy blast of invisible infrared light, which the Snooperscope delivers.
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High-Tech Gifts Your Favorite Car Nerd Will Actually Use
Dec 18, 2:32PM
We car enthusiasts are a hard bunch to buy gifts for. Most non-gearheads throw their hands up in defeat and opt for cheesy car-branded stuff. Don't foist another bottle of Ferrari cologne on your petrol pals — spring for high-tech gifts they'll actually use.
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27 Cutaway Drawings That Show All The Secrets Of Buildings
Dec 18, 2:00PM
Cutaway or cross-section drawings are mostly just fancy residues of a long-gone era when engineering and architecture visualisation was based on hand-drawn images that were often closer to art than boring illustration.
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Gawker Harvard Bomb Threat Was Made By Student Who Didn't Want to Take Finals | io9 11 Insane Things
Dec 18, 1:48PM
Gawker Harvard Bomb Threat Was Made By Student Who Didn't Want to Take Finals | io9 11 Insane Things You Didn't Know About Santa Claus | Jalopnik The Best And Worst Cars I've Driven This Year | Jezebel Why Do Daughters Make Parents Conservative? Because Men Exist. | Valleywag NIPS and the Zuckerberg Visit
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The New Mac Pro Finally Goes on Sale Tomorrow
Dec 18, 1:41PM
It's sleek, black, looks a little bit like your waste paper bin, and could just be your ultimate workstation. The Mac Pro is an amazing piece of hardware and, finally, it goes on sale tomorrow.
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This Crazy Music Video Is Made From 166 GIFs
Dec 18, 1:03PM
Take one audio track; combine with 166 different GIFs; create music video that wins the internet. This thing is so much fun to watch, though it might make your eyes and brain hurt a little. Worth it, though. [Vimeo]
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Report: Spotify's Desktop App Just Got Way More Sleek
Dec 18, 12:19PM
Spotify's rolling out a sleek new look for its desktop clients: darker, cleaner, and less cluttered, according to the Verge and some users. There are rounded images, larger text—and a little less information.
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The Evolution of the Water Gun
Dec 18, 11:47AM
The modern, multi-coloured plastic water guns are a familiar sight, and you probably wouldn't be surprised to find out they've been around for a while. That said, it might surprise you to learn that records show they likely pre-date the American Civil War, at least in some form or another.
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Asteroids Look Sensational in Infrared
Dec 18, 11:00AM
It's easy to assume that, close-up, asteroid must be quite boring—they're just big lumps of rock, after all. But look at them in infrared, and the things comes alive.
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Why Do We Get Motion Sickness?
Dec 18, 10:30AM
The majority of the population will at some point have to contend with that dreaded icky feeling of spewing their guts as they ride in a train, plane or automobile. But why do we get motion sickness, and is there any way we can stop it?
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Just Look at What Saturn's Moons Do To Its Rings
Dec 18, 9:30AM
Saturn's moons do more than just orbit the planet: they interact with its rings, too. In this image, you can see the moon Prometheus' gravitational field gently sculpting the planet's F ring.
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This Amazing Life-Size, Air-Powered Lego Car Hits 20mph
Dec 18, 8:30AM
What happens if you take 500,000 pieces of Lego and 256 pistons, then hand them over to Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida? This fully functioning, life-size, air-powered Lego car is what.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: 88 Minutes of Soul Train
Dec 18, 5:00AM
Put on your finest velour leisure suit and kinkiest disco boots, we're going dancin' down memory lane with this incredible supercut of Soul Train's iconic dance line. Who knows, you might even recognize an earlier you in the crowd.
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Beautiful woman in bikini turns into Santa Claus in reverse Photoshop
Dec 18, 3:32AM
Well played. Ad agency Victors & Spoils poked fun of mass media's tendency to turn normal humans into plastic Barbie and Ken dolls through their abuse of Photoshop by, well, using Photoshop in reverse. That is, they took a viral photo of a girl in a bikini that had been heavily altered and added more alterations to the original alterations to transform the skinny Barbie into a fat Santa Claus. The power of Photoshop swings both ways.
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Watch the visual effects reel of Thor: The Dark World's prologue
Dec 18, 2:51AM
If you watched Thor: The Dark World, you surely remember the epic sequence that kicked off the movie. The opening battle did a great job in setting the tone and looked absolutely incredible. Blur Studios, the shop who did the visual effects for the prologue, lifts the curtain a bit to reveal how they made it in this video. You see green screens and nothingness turn into geometric shapes and layers which turn into a thrilling movie. What a ride.
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Insane bike trick seems to murder the laws of physics
Dec 18, 1:53AM
We no longer live on Earth, my friends. We're in some weird world where people can do the impossible. Do you want to fly? You should try. Do you want to spin in the air in both directions? I think you can. Because this insane Superman double backflip bicycle trick destroys everything that should be humanly possible. The rider does a full back flip while fully extended in a Superman pose, somehow re-gathers himself onto the bike and then does another full back flip. All in one jump. Sweet.
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Stabilized video of lunar buggy ride is even cooler than the original
Dec 18, 12:10AM
There are few things more amazing than watching humans driving a lunar rover. I mean—these guys came in a spaceship from another planet to drive a goddamn buggy on the bloody Moon. The only way to better that video is to stabilize it.
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This Is What 400,000 Hours of TV News Looks Like
Dec 18, 12:00AM
Ever wonder what places get the most attention in American news? The answer is more striking than you might think. This geography of U.S. attention is beautifully illustrated in a new animation that maps the geographic subjects of U.S. television news broadcasts over the span of four-years. It's kinda sparkly.
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