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Maximum City: Dizzying Images of Mumbai's Sky High Building Boom
Jan 19, 6:00PM
Mumbai's housing market is a series of extremes: There are hundreds of skyscrapers being built, yet more than 60 percent of its citizens live in slums. Single families occupy immense towers, but the average living space is less than 14 square feet per person. Alicja Dobrucka, a Polish artist, set out document the city's changing landscape last year.
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The Universe's Most Important Alarm Clock Will Wake Up Rosetta Tomorrow
Jan 19, 5:00PM
Two and a half years is a long time to sleep—even for a machine. That's how long Rosetta has slumbered in its decade-long journey towards the comet where it will land. But in the dead of the night, at 2am PST tomorrow morning, Rosetta will awaken. Here's how its alarm clock works.
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Tour the Hidden Art Gallery on the High Line's Last Unfinished Stretch
Jan 19, 4:00PM
It's easy to forget that beyond the tourist- and greenery-covered High Line, there are still 300 yards of old, rusting train track. This last patch of decaying NYC railway will soon be turned into the final stretch of the super-successful park—but for now, they're home to a little-known outdoor gallery.
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Christophe Claret's Latest Watch Lets You Kill Time By Playing Poker
Jan 19, 3:30PM
Christophe Claret's first foray into the seedy world of wristworn gambling was the Blackjack 21 that let deep-pocketed watch aficionados pretend to squander away even more of their fortunes. That was followed by a Baccarat model, and now the company is introducing an even more complicated model that lets up to three players enjoy a quick game of Texas Hold'em Poker.
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Check Out the Condos Being Built On the Roof of a Historic NYC Building
Jan 19, 3:00PM
361 Broadway, a cast-iron building in SoHo, has stayed put as the neighborhood around it transformed its factories and workshops into restaurants and high-end boutiques. Now, after 133 years, it's changing too—thanks to two $15 million metal penthouses due to alight on its roof.
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These Clamps Turn Any Old Slab of Wood Into a Table, No Drill Required
Jan 19, 2:00PM
Buying furniture is expensive. And making furniture is hard. But with this set of table legs, you can fashion a beautiful custom table without so much as a toolbox at your disposal.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: Sustainable Kidnapping
Jan 19, 2:00AM
We live in an increasingly eco-conscious world. With organic food, local crop shares and sustainable business, we can give back to our communities. So why not give a green makeover to one of the oldest trades out there? That's right, we're talking about kidnapping—the sustainable way!
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Scientists Observe Ball Lightning In Nature For The First Time Ever
Jan 18, 11:55PM
Ball lightning, lyrically known as St. Elmo's Fire, is a phenomenon where electrical storms create a moving, glowing sphere that hangs in the sky. Scientists have created ball lightning in the lab, but had never observed it in nature until now. And it's just as crazy as it looks.
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What's The One Thing You Keep Searching For But Can't Find Online?
Jan 18, 10:00PM
On a road trip about four years ago, I heard this great song on the radio. It was unique, catchy, and it stuck in my head. Ever since, despite Googling the lyrics, humming the melody to SoundHound, and poring over Youtube, I still can't identify it. It's my internet white whale. What's yours?
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Wood-Backed Moto X Gets 3 New Finishes And a $75 Price Cut
Jan 18, 9:00PM
When Motorola launched the very impressive Moto X, one of the most unique (some would say puzzling) features the company touted was the bamboo back plate. Now, Motorola has added 3 finishes—walnut, teak, and the ebony seen above—and dropped the price to $25.
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Why do videos go viral, while audio doesn't?
Jan 18, 8:01PM
Why do videos go viral, while audio doesn't? What's the most high-tech music device you can purchase in prison? Who were the first meme cats? Answers to all this, and more, in this week's Tech Reads!
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Report: Paramount Pictures Cuts Film, Goes All-Digital in U.S.
Jan 18, 7:00PM
The Los Angeles Times reports that Paramount Pictures is the first major Hollywood studio to ditch 35mm film and go all-digital for United States theater releases, with The Wolf of Wall Street being shipped to theaters in digital format only. Sorry film fans, it sounds like that's a wrap.
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This meticulously crafted 777-replica is made of manila folders
Jan 18, 6:45PM
This is genuinely incredible. Luca Iaconi-Stewart may just be the world's greatest paper-airplane-maker. Seriously – this guy's work makes your crease-and-fold creations look like utter child's play.
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Net Neutrality, Nest, a Terrifying Devil Baby, and More
Jan 18, 6:00PM
Big week here, from serious FCC rulings to seriously scary real-life emoji and the completely bonkers way they unload lumber from ships in Canada. Here's the best stuff we wrote this week!
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World's most beautiful beach glows like millions of stars at night
Jan 18, 5:59PM
Flickr user hala065 brings us these otherworldly images of a beach in the Maldive islands that glows with millions of pinpoints of glowing blue. The light from these bioluminescent phytoplankton looks like a fantastic starry sky somewhere deep in the universe. It's mesmerizing.
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The Man Who Invented The Telephone Was A Secret Speed Freak
Jan 18, 5:30PM
On February 14th, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell got his name put in the history books when he beat fellow inventor Elisha Gray to the patent office with his new creation, the telephone. And while the telephone's importance to humanity is neat, it's not exactly Bell's most adrenaline-pumping idea. For that, you need water. And speed.
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How to Install Parental Controls on All of Your Gadgets
Jan 18, 5:00PM
Let's face it, the internet is a wicked cesspool of filth and debauchery filled with weirdos, pervs, and foul-mouthed trolls. You can ensure that your kids remain untainted by these corrupting influences while they surf the web simply by activating the integrated Parental Controls of every major OS and gaming system. Here's how.
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Gorgeous Infographics Show What Made The Beatles Great
Jan 18, 4:00PM
It was fifty years ago today (well, next month) that The Beatles took America by storm. And a graphic design duo is marking the anniversary with a Kickstarter collection of gorgeous infographics delving into every detail of The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me.
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Rating Obama's NSA Reform Plan: EFF Scorecard Explained
Jan 18, 3:00PM
Yesterday, President Obama announced a series of reforms to address abuses by the National Security Agency. We were heartened to see Obama recognized that the NSA has gone too far in trampling the privacy rights of people worldwide. In his speech, the President ensured that National Security Letters would not come with perpetual gag orders, brought new levels of transparency and fairness to the FISA court, and ended bulk collection of telephone records by the NSA. However, there is still much more to be done.
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Give Your Browser Some Serious Nostalgia With These Emulator Websites
Jan 18, 2:00PM
Want to stroll down virtual memory lane? You could futz around with classic software on a virtual machine or rummage through yard sales for a working model of your first computer. Or, you could cruise the classic Windows and Mac OS emulator sites found by Ars Technica. Which sounds a hell of a lot easier.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Waiter
Jan 18, 5:00AM
A hardworking barrista drinks himself sideways, on mescalin apparently, in this surreal animated short film by Ryoji Yamada.
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Lightning struck Rio's Jesus Christ statue and broke off his fingers
Jan 18, 3:51AM
Rio de Janeiro, which has been getting lit up with lightning storms this week, just got hit with another one—and this one struck the city's famous 125-foot tall Christ the Redeemer statue on top of the Corcovado mountain. A lightning bolt broke off a few fingers on his right hand.
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How ILM created Hong Kong with special effects just to destroy it
Jan 18, 3:29AM
Probably the most insane fight sequence of Pacific Rim was when a Jaeger fought a Kaiju in the streets of Hong Kong. The entire city was destroyed, glass shards flew everywhere, neon lights were exploding, streets were being crushed, shipping containers somehow were involved and the whole battle was just beyond epic. Here's how ILM made it happen. It involves a lot of computers, yes, but also a miniature scale set filled with 3D printed goodies.
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Bird steals camera hidden in an egg and films entire penguin colony
Jan 18, 2:42AM
From BBC's Penguin - Sky in the Huddle, comes this adorable footage taken by John Dowder of a bird of prey, the Striated Caracara, stealing a hidden camera inside a Penguin egg and taking it for a fly to film an entire Penguin colony. The bird made sure to get the camera angle just right to capture the massive amounts of happy feet dancers.
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Starchitects, Bridges, Drought: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Jan 18, 12:00AM
Starchitects don't build 'em like they used to—and now one's getting sued for it. Chris Christie remains in troubled waters over a bridge. And if you thought the Polar Vortex was bad, how about the looming Emergency Drought? It's all this week in What's Ruining Our Cities.
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