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This Shocking Prototype Condom Puts Some Wiring On Your Pole

Feb 20, 7:40PM

It's been almost a year since Bill Gates put out his $100,000 call for better, high-tech condoms, and we haven't found a new defacto standard yet. But Firaz Peer and Andrew Quitmeyer of Georgia Tech have a potential solution, if you're OK with putting electrodes on your manparts.

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A Recyclable Cardboard Snowboard That Redefines Shredding

Feb 20, 7:20PM

Signal Snowboards has made a name for itself—at least outside of snowboarding circles—with its experiments using unorthodox materials to make decks. The company's glass snowboard was surprisingly resilient on the slopes, as is its latest creation which was actually made from recyclable corrugated cardboard.

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Google Tango: An Experimental Android Phone That Maps Your Whole World

Feb 20, 7:00PM

Google's new Project Tango is a limited-run experimental phone that'll be handed out to 200 lucky developers next month. It's got Kinect-like vision and a revolutionary chipset to help it process what it sees, enabling phones to see the world in a whole new way. A bit like a really sophisticated Kinect in your phone. It's pretty nuts.

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Quality Budget Headphones, iTunes Credit, Ice Cream [Deals]

Feb 20, 6:45PM

Quality Budget Headphones, iTunes Credit, Ice Cream [Deals]

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50s are a favorite among the Commerce Team, Lifehacker Editorial, reviewers across the Internet, and our readers. Their step-down, the M45s, are available for $50 today from Musician's Friend, which is a great price point for quality audio on a budget. The 50s go as low as $80, but usually hover between $100-150. [Musician's Friend]

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Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything We Think We Know

Feb 20, 6:40PM

Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything We Think We Know

We're almost certainly about to see Samsung's Galaxy S5 superphone next week, the long-awaited followup to the company's Android flagship. With competition heating up from the likes of Motorola and HTC, will it be enough to stay near the top of the heap? Here's what we're expecting to see.

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10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Total Fakes

Feb 20, 6:20PM

10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Total Fakes

The internet can be a tough place to distinguish fact from fiction. Who has time to fact-check all those beautiful, weird, and sometimes horrifying pictures? Well, we do.

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U.S. 4G Coverage Still World's Second-Worst, Now 30% Crappier Than 2013

Feb 20, 6:20PM

U.S. 4G Coverage Still World's Second-Worst, Now 30% Crappier Than 2013

The network-analyzing super-wonks at OpenSignal have released their 2014 State of LTE report, and things aren't looking good for U.S. smartphone users. Not only is our 4G LTE signal once again the second-slowest in the world; compared to last year's report, it actually got more than 30% slower.

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Microsoft's Cortana Could Combine the Best Parts of Siri and Google Now

Feb 20, 6:11PM

Microsoft's Cortana Could Combine the Best Parts of Siri and Google Now

Microsoft is late to the game when it comes to putting a digital assistant on its phones, but the wait might be worth it. Sources close to the project have revealed some of the specifics of Microsoft's upcoming "Cortana" service to The Verge, and it could be the very best of Siri and Google Now.

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DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them

Feb 20, 6:00PM

The dramatic increase of online shopping has fanned the flames of competition between shipping companies. Which is why, using thermal-activated ink, DHL figured the best way to advertise just how fast and efficient its shipping services are was to trick its competitors into doing it for them.

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Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture

Feb 20, 5:40PM

Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture

The design and fabrication of artificial ice-climbing structures is an incredibly creative yet widely overlooked form of experimental architecture. The resulting constructions are often astonishing: ice-covered loops, ledges, branches, and towers reminiscent of the playful 1960s experiments of Archigram, yet serving as some of the most spatially interesting athletic venues in all of today's professional sports.

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This New "Pure" Laser Makes Fiber Optic Networks 20x Better

Feb 20, 5:20PM

This New "Pure" Laser Makes Fiber Optic Networks 20x Better

Whether you're a huge geek or a total luddite, you've got to be excited when scientists invent a new kind of laser, especially one that stands to replace the one we've been using for fiber optic communications for the last 40 years. A team of CalTech researchers did just that. Be excited.

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NYC's New Bathroom Clubs Will Let You Pay to Poop in Private

Feb 20, 5:00PM

NYC's New Bathroom Clubs Will Let You Pay to Poop in Private

A new startup is betting that you can't find a suitable public restroom to relieve yourself—and that you'll pay top dollar for a cushy seat when the urge strikes. Posh Stow and Go is billing itself as New York's "first members-only day storage and bathroom facility," with memberships that allow you to pay-as-you-poo.

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Simple, the Alternative to Big Banks, Was Just Acquired by a Big Bank

Feb 20, 4:51PM

Simple, the Alternative to Big Banks, Was Just Acquired by a Big Bank

Everybody's favorite start up bank is no longer a startup. Simple has been acquired by BBVA, a massive multinational banking group with $820 billion in assets, for $117 million in cash. So say goodbye to your dream of future-forward, independent banking folks. Say goodbye.

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The Incredible Flying Tanks of WWII

Feb 20, 4:40PM

The Incredible Flying Tanks of WWII

Given how devastatingly effective both newly-invented tank and airplane technologies proved during World War I, it was only a matter of time before enterprising military designers on both sides of the Atlantic thought to combine them into a flying Reece's Peanut Butter Cup of armored mayhem. And they almost succeeded. Well, at least the Soviets did.

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The F-35 has a friendly R2-D2 on board connected to an evil HAL 9000

Feb 20, 4:37PM

The F-35 has a friendly R2-D2 on board connected to an evil HAL 9000

DefenseTech has a good summary of a recent 60 Minutes segment on the F-35, America's most expensive combat airplane yet. The Pentagon talks about how it uses "Star Wars-level technology." The pilots, however, aren't so enthusiastic.

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Oh Man, I Want This DIY Mission Control Desk So So Bad

Feb 20, 4:20PM

Jeff Highsmith is probably the best dad in the world. But it's OK other dads, you can take a shot at the king if you too build an incredibly awesome mission control desk. What are you waiting for?

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The Plan to Make DC's Central Library a Home for More Than Just Books

Feb 20, 4:00PM

The Plan to Make DC's Central Library a Home for More Than Just Books

Libraries used to be places for doing bookish. It's not that simple anymore. Washington DC just announced the winning proposal for renovating its historic central library. The winner? An ambitious plan to turn the building into a place where ideas are born—and things actually made.

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This Model Tuna Makes Gutting Fish a Much Less Messy Game

Feb 20, 3:40PM

This Model Tuna Makes Gutting Fish a Much Less Messy Game

It turns out that "fish wholesaler" and "toy designer" are not mutually exclusive professions: Kazuyoshi Watanabe, a Tokyo fish wholesaler, created this wooden tuna to teach people how to properly gut the fish.

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Sensors Show Figure Skaters Absorb 8x Their Own Body Weight After Jumps

Feb 20, 3:20PM

Sensors Show Figure Skaters Absorb 8x Their Own Body Weight After Jumps

The endless impossibly early mornings heading to the rink for practice aren't the only things taking a toll on figure skaters. Researchers at Brigham Young University recently designed and built an unobtrusive skate sensor that can measure the impact when a figure skater lands a jump—and it turns out they're absorbing forces up to eight times their own body weight.

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Can Developers Turn This Old London Dock into a Chinese Super-Hub?

Feb 20, 3:00PM

Can Developers Turn This Old London Dock into a Chinese Super-Hub?

Nine miles from London's city center, Royal Albert Dock lies derelict, as grey and gloomy as the worst of English weather. But developer Xu Weiping has a $1.6 billion plan to turn it into Europe's central hub for Chinese companies.

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This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

Feb 20, 2:40PM

This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

It's nice to see Ghostbusters getting a lot of love in the toy world these days. First, Lego revealed it's making an official Ghostbusters building set, and now some awesome modder has turned his nephew's Little Tikes Cozy Coupe into an adorably miniature version of Ecto1.

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The Xbox One Just Got Its One True Remote

Feb 20, 2:17PM

The Xbox One Just Got Its One True Remote

The Xbox One loves to take control of your TV, but there's something a little uncanny about surfing channels with a dual-stick controller. No more. The Xbox Media Remote is aiming to be your One True Clicker.

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Inside the Ghostly Remains of Budapest's Condemned Amusement Park

Feb 20, 2:00PM

Inside the Ghostly Remains of Budapest's Condemned Amusement Park

After several years of financial difficulties, the Amusement Park of Budapest, the largest amusement park in Hungary was closed on 30 September, 2013. Today I had a chance to take a walk among its remains.

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An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia

Feb 20, 1:30PM

An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia

Centuries after Shakespeare wrote about King Lear's symptoms, there's still no perfect way to care for sufferers of dementia and Alzheimer's. In the Netherlands, however, a radical idea is being tested: Self-contained "villages" where people with dementia shop, cook, and live together—safely.

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A Breakdown of the Gear Used By the World Press Photo Winners

Feb 20, 12:53PM

A Breakdown of the Gear Used By the World Press Photo Winners

When it comes to photography, gear isn't everything—but that doesn't stop us being super interested in it anyway. So this splurge of data about the kit used by the World Press Photo winners makes for interesting reading.

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