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How Space Heat Helps Us Hunt Down Alien Technologies
Feb 10, 7:20PM
My colleagues and I have begun the Glimpsing Heat from Alien Technologies (G-HAT) SETI program, which has been written about here on Centauri Dreams and in other places, like in this nice summary article. I describe some of the foundations of the search here on my blog, but I have written up this short primer for Centauri Dreams to collect much of what is there into a single post.
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According to 9to5Mac, new Apple TV hardware is showing up in some iOS 7 builds, and as it's been rum
Feb 10, 7:01PM
According to 9to5Mac, new Apple TV hardware is showing up in some iOS 7 builds, and as it's been rumored, a new box should be on its way in the not-so-distant future.
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Tell Me You Wouldn't Buy This Snow-Fighting Fire Plow
Feb 10, 6:50PM
Sick of shoveling the snow off your sidewalk? Well, the good folks of 1925 have a brilliant idea for you: just set it all on fire.
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Kindles and iPads, 4K AV Receiver for $200, Sony A7 [Deals]
Feb 10, 6:45PM
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In case you missed it over the weekend, we've got great deals on both the iPad Mini Retina and the Kindle Paperwhite. Best Buy is the proprietor of both discounts, knocking $50 off all iPad Mini with Retina Display models, and 20 bucks off the Paperwhite.
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Can the NSA Really Send a Drone to Bomb Your Phone?
Feb 10, 6:40PM
The world woke up Monday morning to yet more unsettling news about how the NSA is spying on people. This time, though, the repercussions are deadly.
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A Space-Inspired Watch That's Strengthened by a Sapphire Dome
Feb 10, 6:20PM
As a follow-up to its original Astron watch that used a low-power GPS chip to automatically set the time based on wherever in the world it was, Seiko's new Stratosphere version features mostly aesthetic upgrades. But that doesn't mean anyone with the original model won't want to upgrade.
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Bowery Subway Stop Review: Is This Thing Safe?
Feb 10, 6:00PM
The New York City subway system is a hell of a machine. With 468 stations in Gotham's 468 square miles, this maze of rails and turnstiles moves nearly 5.5 million commuters around town on an average weekday. And, because it never closes, maintenance is a tricky proposition. Case in point: the Bowery stop.
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Moby wants you to join his perpetual pool party in Los Angeles, and a group of scientists wants Chin
Feb 10, 5:40PM
Moby wants you to join his perpetual pool party in Los Angeles, and a group of scientists wants China to use "spatial economics" to design more walkable cities. Plus: informal transit in Nairobi, a failed utopia in California, radical ideas for the Vegas of 2034, and a significant prehistoric site that's currently being uncovered in downtown Miami. Check out this week's Urban Reads.
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How to pass time on the train and amuse the entire internet too
Feb 10, 5:36PM
Everyone is talking today about October Jones—the author of Text from Dog—and his commuter photos: He draws alternative heads for fellow train passengers and uses them to replace their real heads in photos so he gets to travel with the Hulk and Kermit.
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Russian Rocket Hardware Looks Even More Badass in a Blizzard
Feb 10, 5:20PM
Okay, confession time: I've got a crush on the Russian Proton-M rocket. Okay, so it's not the most reliable rocket in the world. But that doesn't mean I love it any less. And the blizzard! So Russian!
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Business Insider reports that Barnes and Noble has laid off its Nook hardware engineering team in a
Feb 10, 5:02PM
Business Insider reports that Barnes and Noble has laid off its Nook hardware engineering team in a drastic effort to return the product and the company to some semblance of a competitive position in the ereader/tablet market. B&N confirmed layoffs but declined to comment on their nature.
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Orange Herald: The Bomb Behind Britain's Worst Nuclear Disaster
Feb 10, 4:40PM
In the aftermath of the Second World War, it quickly became evident to the British government that Americans had no intention of sharing their newly acquired nuclear weapons technology despite the UK's assistance in the Manhattan Project. As such the British government set about building its own atomic arsenal which eventually led to the UK's worst nuclear meltdown in history.
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Hackers Can Take Over Your Car With This Simple $26 Device
Feb 10, 4:39PM
There's been a lot of hype and panic about cars being hacked and terrorist teens on laptops in desert bunkers taking over your Toyota, and up to now it's been mostly all just fodder for your crazy aunt to email you about. Now, however, a first viable general-use car-hacking tool has been developed that's also cheap.
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An RC Snowplow Lets You Shovel Your Driveway From Your Living Room
Feb 10, 4:20PM
This six-wheel-drive remote control robot snow plow is the best thing to happen to snowy mornings since able-bodied kids desperate for an allowance. Powered by six 24-volt 127RPM electric motors, its 52-inch wide blade can clear a sidewalk in one pass, and your driveway in no time, all from the comfort of inside your toasty-warm home.
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How the Jacket Zipper Was Perfected After 100 Years
Feb 10, 4:00PM
You might've heard about Under Armour's crazy new zipper that only requires one hand to zip. Though the futuristic magnetic clasp jigsaws nicely with the company's high-performance standards, the zipper was originally had more humble origins: helping a sick man lead an easier life.
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This Fish Is Driving Its Own Motorized Aquarium
Feb 10, 3:22PM
It's always a good idea to give your pets lots of exercise and freedom. But how does that work with a fish who are reliant on a tank full of water to live? That's easy; you just strap its aquarium to an RC car and rig up a device that lets the fish steer.
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This Abandoned Nazi Bunker Just Reopened As a Clean Energy Plant
Feb 10, 2:55PM
The last time Hamburg's hulking air raid bunker saw use, it was 1945—and locals were taking cover from Allied bombs inside its six-foot-thick concrete walls. That was almost 70 years ago. This year, the bunker is serving a new purpose: Supplying the city with renewable energy.
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A Modular Boat You Can Reconfigure For Work or Play
Feb 10, 2:33PM
You want a fishing boat, but the rest of your family wants a cabin cruiser. It's a problem that's been plaguing well-off families who can't afford both for years. Thankfully, Italian boat builder Azure Embark has found a solution with its Ethos E30 that features a modular design that can be reconfigured for different types of activities.
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Jezebel British Dude Tries to Sell Girlfriend on eBay 'As a Joke' | Gawker Professor Wants Schools t
Feb 10, 2:05PM
Jezebel British Dude Tries to Sell Girlfriend on eBay 'As a Joke' | Gawker Professor Wants Schools to Teach Sexy Students to Love More, Bone Less | Jalopnik Watch Video Proof That Russia Isn't Entirely Full Of Crazy Drivers | Lifehacker Top 10 DIY Office Upgrades | Sploid NASA is working on Star Trek healing devices—'it's not sci-fi anymore'
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8 of the Most Fascinating Items From Carl Sagan's Personal Archives
Feb 10, 2:00PM
As America's foremost ambassador to space, Carl Sagan has continued to inspire our fascination with exploring beyond Earth. The Library of Congress has digitized its Carl Sagan archives, and several items just collected online give us an amazing new look into the mind of the astronomer.
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Georges Lemaitre: The Greatest Scientist You've Never Heard Of
Feb 10, 12:40PM
There's a perception that religion and science go together about as well as mayonnaise and marshmallows. In some instances, this is, perhaps, true. But on a typically warm Southern California January in 1933 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California (the same place and same time that Jack Parsons of rocket science fame was doing his experiments – history intersecting!), religion and science proved that these two ideals didn't have to be enemies.
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Rumor: Microsoft Is Building an Xbox Reader App
Feb 10, 12:00PM
Clearly, the future is (possibly) all about reading. A new Microsoft job listing suggests that the company is looking to build "a groundbreaking interactive reading app on Windows, which incorporates books, magazines, and comics."
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How Does the Human Body Create Electricity?
Feb 10, 11:30AM
The human body is just a bunch of humble biological compounds, strung together to form cells and, ultimately, you. So how the hell does it create electricity?
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You Could Download and Print This Titanium Bike Frame
Feb 10, 10:50AM
It may look like an alien desk tidy, but you're actually looking at a bicycle frame hot off the 3D printer.
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Why Do We Get Nervous?
Feb 10, 10:00AM
Fidgety.Increased heart rate. Butterflies in your stomach. There's no doubt about it: you're nervous. Buy why?
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