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Uh Oh, Drone Operators Can't Tell a Weapon From a Shovel
Dec 30, 5:30PM
You know how it feels to squint at a pixelated video. Now imagine if being able to tell what you're looking at were a matter of life or death. According to a searing first-hand account in The Guardian, that's a situation drone operators face all the time.
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Ireland Is Tearing Down Thousands of Empty, Brand New "Ghost Homes"
Dec 30, 5:00PM
Phoenix, Madrid, even Astana: These are the cities we tend to hold up as examples of the havoc that construction booms—and busts—can wreak on a housing market. Ireland is in the news less, but its situation is just as dire; an estimated 300,000 brand-new Irish homes have sat empty for years. And now the government is demolishing them.
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This outstanding photo shows the future we once dreamed of—and lost
Dec 30, 4:39PM
This incredible photo of a SR-71 Blackbird being refueled in mid-air was taken by Sgt. P.A. Tubridy in 1988. It was the symbol of the United States' military power. It was the symbol of the country's incredible technological prowess. Now, it represents the future that we used to dream of—and make. A future that feels gone forever.
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These Pigs Glow-in-the-Dark to Save Lives
Dec 30, 4:30PM
Though they may not be the first set of glow-in-the-dark critters born for the sake of science, the newly bioluminescent pigs of the South China Agriculture University aren't any less incredible—or for that matter, adorable. Wilbur, eat your heart out.
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The Design Genius Behind the NYT Mag Is Leaving to Revamp Apple
Dec 30, 4:18PM
Bad news for New York Times readers, great news for anyone who's sick of rolling their eyes at Apple's unbearably twee ad campaigns: Arem Duplessis, the Design Director at the NYT Magazine, is leaving his post to become Creative Director at Apple.
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The Most Important Gadgets of 2013
Dec 30, 4:00PM
Every year, we're hit by yet another wave of new gadgets. Some of them are good, a lot of them are bad, but a very select few manage to be important. Here are the gadgets that had the biggest impact on the technological landscape in 2013.
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BBC Servers Were Hacked and Access Auctioned Off on Christmas Day
Dec 30, 3:30PM
How about giving a nerdy Doctor Who fan the ultimate gift this year: hacked access to a BBC server. That was the deal apparently on offer on some "underground" internet sites on Christmas Day, after a hacker allegedly gained access to a BBC server and tried to sell on his access method.
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SD Cards Are Tiny, Hackable Computers (For Good or Evil)
Dec 30, 3:02PM
An SD card isn't just a dumb chunk of memory; it's a dumb chunk of memory with a built-in brain, a microcontroller. And at this year's Chaos Computer Congress, enterprising hackers showed off exactly what those brains can be used for: cheap hardware for makers or malware machines for malcontents.
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This Minimalist Outdoor Grill Rolls Open Like a Sleeping Bag
Dec 30, 2:40PM
There's nothing quite like roasting a meal you just caught while you're braving the great outdoors. It's an experience made all the better with a campfire grill that doesn't feel like a sack of bricks in your backpack. And while designer Roee Magdassi's Stakes grill doesn't exist just yet, we're hoping at least one manufacturer sees the brilliance of this design.
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A Golf Cart Skateboard Sounds Like the Best Way To Play 18 Holes
Dec 30, 2:20PM
Unless you're a doctor, retired, or the kid of someone who already plays, golf seems like an impossibly boring undertaking. Its only redeeming factor is tooling around a course on a golf cart, or even better, this electric-powered skateboard that's strong enough to carry you and your clubs.
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7 Smart New Affordable Housing Projects Making Cities Stronger
Dec 30, 2:00PM
The looming affordable housing crisis will likely be the biggest issue facing our cities in 2014. A convergence of cataclysmic real estate prices, a development slowdown, and a weak job market are squeezing low-income residents out of urban areas. But all is not dire: I found seven new projects that are bright spots in the U.S.'s affordable housing future.
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Deadspin Make Going To The Gym This Year's Resolution (And Piss Everyone Off) | Jezebel Justin Biebe
Dec 30, 1:50PM
Deadspin Make Going To The Gym This Year's Resolution (And Piss Everyone Off) | Jezebel Justin Bieber's Totally Not Retiring, Say Justin Bieber's Party People | Kotaku Kid Stays Up Late Gaming, Saves Family From Burning House | Lifehacker Stock up Asparagus and Other Hangover Foods Before New Year's Eve
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Your Next Real Christmas Tree Might Have a Wacky New Color or Scent
Dec 30, 1:47PM
Botanists have been busy trying to iron out the pesky needle drop from Christmas trees for years by crossing different species of fir. But now, scientists are getting involved—and the results could mean that your next tree looks or smells completely different.
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Samsung's New Chips Could Put 4GB of RAM Into Every Phone
Dec 30, 12:20PM
There's an inherent trade-off when designing a phone, between pure power and respectable battery life. Fortunately, Samsung's latest memory chips are so efficient that they could make 4GB of RAM in phones an industry standard—and make 4K phones a very real thing indeed.
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Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside
Dec 30, 11:40AM
While there have been many fantastical proposed origins of this seemingly odd modish style amongst comic artists -my favorite of which being that most superheroes lost their parents at an early age, so they had no one to tell them underwear goes UNDER your clothes -the true origin is pretty simple. According to Julius Schwartz (famed editor of DC Comics from 1944-1986 who edited the most famous of all external-underwear superheroes, Superman), this was simply modeled after the garb of aerial circus performers and wrestlers of the era in which the first superheroes proudly donned their underpants over their tights.
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These 100 Year-Old Negatives Were Found Frozen in Antarctic Ice
Dec 30, 11:09AM
These images look pretty great considering they're 100 years old. They look even better when you learn they've been sealed in Antarctic ice for 100 years.
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Death laser ray spider-bot bring us one step closer to the apocalypse
Dec 30, 10:54AM
From the DIY Laser Guy: "I present my most terrifying laser creation as of yet... the remote controlled death ray drone bot! This beast packs a potent 2W blue laser that fries anything in it's path. It can walk around and shoot it's death ray at the touch of a button."
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Martin Scorsese's Hugo is free on iTunes today as part of its 12 Days of Gifts promo.
Dec 30, 10:47AM
Martin Scorsese's Hugo is free on iTunes today as part of its 12 Days of Gifts promo. That's pretty great!
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These guys put a GoPro camera inside a running airplane jet engine
Dec 30, 10:26AM
This video shows the typical life of an Airbus A340, one of the most popular long-range airliners in the world. As a passenger, and even as a pilot, you never get to see this beast from most of these angles—especially from inside one of the jet engines.
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Why Is Time Slower in Space Rockets?
Dec 30, 10:22AM
You've probably heard that if you get in a rocket ship and fly fast, time will slow down. But, unless you've majored in physics, you probably don't quite know why. Fortunately this video does a great job of explaining the phenomenon.
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This 110-Inch Monster Is the World's Largest Ultra HDTV
Dec 30, 9:30AM
At last year's Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung unveiled the world's largest 4K TV. But its paltry 85-inch size is now dwarfed by a bigger brother, which offers up 110 inches of screen real estate. This things is crazy big.
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WSJ: Google and Audi Are Working on In-Car Android
Dec 30, 8:45AM
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has been working with Audi to develop in-car entertainment and information systems based on Android—and the pair plan to make an announcement at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Auld Lang Syne Isn't Always Lame
Dec 30, 2:12AM
This morning I decided that I was going to write a soundtrack post called "Here's the Deal with Auld Lang Syne." And then around 4pm "What's the Deal with Auld Lang Syne?" went up on Huffington Post. So cool. Go there for your 1788 Scottish poetry/music lesson.
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A Maximally Simple Breathalyzer Makes Sense for Drunk People
Dec 30, 1:33AM
There are a lot of smartphone breathalyzers out there, but they don't tend to prioritize design aesthetic. It's more of an 'am I too drunk, yes or no,' kind of thing. But the Lapka Bam Breathalyzer is all about bringing form and function together.
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More Than Half of Internet Traffic Is Just Bots
Dec 30, 12:42AM
People attribute a lot of annoying internet stuff to bots. Twitterbot followers, bots that sneak past spam filters, bots that send weird gibberish on messaging services. It sounds kind of tired, but maybe the situation is exactly as bad as everyone thinks.
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