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The Teeny, Tiny Microhouse Revolution That's Giving the Homeless Homes
Feb 24, 8:00PM
When most of us hear the term "microhouse," we think of the chic, wedge-shaped homes that have colonized the world's wealthiest cities. But in a number of U.S. cities, microhouses are being used to house a different demographic—the very poor.
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This Hearing Aid Connects to an iPhone and Adapts to Your Surroundings
Feb 24, 7:40PM
For centuries, humans have been using technology to make up for their shortcomings. People missing limbs got prosthetics. People with weak hearts got pacemakers. But, at a certain point, becoming a cyborg is less like fixing something broken than it is like gaining new powers.
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Samsung's Gear Fit Is a Tiny Smartwatch and a Hot Fitness Tracker in One
Feb 24, 7:04PM
In addition to the two new Samsung Gear smartwatches we got saw a few days ago, Samsung is actually showing us something new in its wearable line: The Gear Fit, a combination smartwatch and fitness tracker. It's svelte and slick—and potentially the gorgeous functional wearable we've been waiting for.
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Samsung Galaxy S5: New Design and a Fingerprint Scanner
Feb 24, 7:00PM
Samsung's Galaxy S5 is here, and it's real, boasting a fingerprint scanner, a new design, better camera, and more. Here's everything you need to know.
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The Privacy-Pimping Blackphone Is Here to Lock Up Your Data
Feb 24, 6:50PM
Paranoid? Privacy conscious? Somewhere in between? Well there's now an unlocked (forked) Android phone for you. Blackphone is on the scene and it looks as discrete as it keeps all your juicy info.
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Every iPad Air on Sale, Roku 3 for $70, Titanfall Bundle [Deals]
Feb 24, 6:45PM
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For most people, the iPad Air is probably the best tablet you can buy, and Best Buy today has some of the best deals we've seen on Apple's flagship, with discounts ranging from $50 off a 16GB Wi-Fi model to $105 off higher capacity LTE models. Typically, iPad deals only apply the cheapest SKU, so it's nice to see some variety in today's offerings.
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From the Playboy Mansion to YOLO Estate: The Lure of Backyard Grottos
Feb 24, 6:05PM
Welcome to the YOLO Estate, the $7.7 million residence in L.A.'s Hidden Hills that was recently purchased by Drake. But it wasn't necessarily the home itself that caught the eye of the rapper/songwriter/Degrassi alum, according to a recent interview with Rolling Stone. It was the grotto.
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Get lost in these fascinating spacecraft cutaway illustrations
Feb 24, 6:03PM
Cross section, cutaway, or x-ray illustrations, call it whatever you want, but they're the best way to understand how things work. They are fascinating. In this new Sploid series we will present some of the best cutaway drawings from around the world. The first collection includes 32 awesome spacecrafts.
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Watch the Metrodome Implode and Crumble to the Ground
Feb 24, 5:47PM
After being voted the number one worst stadium in the United States by Time in 2012, Minnesota's iconic Metrodome has received its just reward: complete and utter destruction.
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We Can Now Pave Roads With Used Cooking Oil
Feb 24, 5:40PM
You might not realize it, but quitting our addiction to oil means more than just finding something besides gasoline to put in our cars. If we really want to stop using fossil fuels, we have to change the way we make roads—and cooking oil might just be the answer.
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Watch The Hennessey Venom GT Hit A World Record 270.49 MPH At NASA
Feb 24, 5:35PM
How much track do you need to become the 'fastest production car' in the world? If you're behind the wheel of the Hennessey Venom GT going 270+ mph you have to go where NASA landed freaking space shuttles.
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These GIFs Hide Secret Codes Revealed By A Lenticular Sheet
Feb 24, 5:20PM
For all the time we've spent staring blankly at GIFs, it's crazy to think that those looping animations could have been hiding coded messages all along. Prosthetic Knowledge put together this "Lenticular Encryption" project to show how illicit info can be snuck into everyone's favorite image format.
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Intel's New Atom Chips Are Just Waiting For Phones to Catch Up
Feb 24, 4:56PM
Today at Mobile World Congress, Intel launched its latest dual-core 64-bit mobile processor, Merrifield, and spilled some of the beans on its upcoming follow-up, the quad-cored Moorefield. Now they're just looking for some devices to jump into.
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Head on over to Mobile World Live at 12pm EST to watch Mark Zuckerberg make his keynote address LIVE
Feb 24, 4:49PM
Head on over to Mobile World Live at 12pm EST to watch Mark Zuckerberg make his keynote address LIVE.
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The Military's Newest Drone Can Roam Up to 1800 Miles From Home
Feb 24, 4:40PM
The rapid exit of US ground forces from Afghanistan has caused an unforseen problem for forces in the region: Afghanistan's most remote regions are suddenly out of range of our conventional turbo-prop UAVs, making CIA interdiction against the Taliban nearly impossible. But a new generation of jet-propelled Predator drone will soon take to the skies and venture up to 1800 miles from its base.
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LCD Soundsystem's Frontman Wants To Make the NYC Subway Sing
Feb 24, 4:23PM
The crank and clang of subway turnstiles is abrasive and annoying at the best of times. But James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame wants to make those noises better.
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A Tiny HD DLP Chip Could Finally Put a Projector in Your Phone
Feb 24, 4:00PM
Concerns over battery life aside, the real reason your smartphone doesn't have a built-in projector yet is because it would add too much thickness to the device. And because shaving millimeters helps add to a smartphone's appeal, Texas Instruments might have finally found a way to convince handset makers to include a minuscule projector with its new 0.3-inch HD DLP Pico chipset.
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LG Created a Magazine Ad as Thin as Its OLED TV
Feb 24, 3:20PM
To really drive home the fact of just how thin the company's latest OLED TVs were, LG's advertising firm in Sweden, M&C Saatchi Stockholm, created a brilliant ad for the spine of a magazine called Sound & Vision since it turned out both were around four millimeters thick.
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Our Samsung Galaxy S5 Liveblog Starts Right Now
Feb 24, 3:11PM
Today, Samsung will deploy the Galaxy S5, the latest in its venerable line of Android smartphones. You can watch it live in the stream blow, or if you're more into reading, we'll be providing a delicate coat of analysis and sass in the liveblog even further down.
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Why Are So Many of China's Tall Buildings Designed In Chicago?
Feb 24, 3:00PM
Chicago has long been a global leader in an interesting export category: Maker of the world's tallest buildings. The world's current tallest building was designed here, as well as the one that will supplant it. Now, the city's architects will add even more towers to their list due to a relationship with the planet's most booming development scene—China.
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A Tiny Desktop Museum With Dinosaur Eggs, Moon Rocks, and Titanic Coal
Feb 24, 2:40PM
Don't lament the fact that your tiny podunk town recently spent all its money on a new waterpark instead of a museum. Thanks to a lifelong dream of Hans Fex, with a donation of as little as $79 you can have a tiny museum of your own sitting on your desk, featuring everything from dinosaur poop, to coal from the Titanic, to small bits of the Cheyablinsk meteorite.
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Why Every Writer in the U.S. Is Now Asking Amtrak for a Free Ride
Feb 24, 2:27PM
It began when writer Alexander Chee made a simple, obvious statement in an interview with the literary organization PEN: Trains are great places to write. "I wish Amtrak had residencies for writers," he said.
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WhatsApp Is Getting Voice Calling
Feb 24, 2:15PM
Facebook's new messaging service is about to turn into Facebook's new voice service. Today at Mobile World Congress, WhatsApp announced it's branching out into phone calls.
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Gawker Russia Crushes Sochi Medal Count, U.S.
Feb 24, 2:00PM
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5 Urban Fountains Where Swimming Is Encouraged
Feb 24, 2:00PM
Instead of dreading the thought of sloshing through eight feet of frozen sludge on your way home tonight, let's think ahead to summer, when we'll actually want to feel ice cold water against our faces—in some of our cities' best fountains.
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