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An LED Lamp That Floats Like a Sheet of Translucent Paper
Mar 31, 10:00PM
This ethereal little lamp is the latest creation of visionary lighting designer Ingo Maurer. Made of transparent film mounted with LEDs, Dew Drops adds flowing curves and a soft glow to any room. From certain angles, it almost looks like a grid of tiny stars, peeled back and draped into your wall or desk.
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OKCupid Boycotts Firefox Because of Mozilla CEO's Anti-Gay Beliefs
Mar 31, 9:54PM
Mozilla Firefox users who try to go to popular dating service OKCupid are currently being shown the above message, encouraging them not to use Firefox. The reason? Firefox's new CEO Brendan Eich opposes gay marriage. That's how you play hardball.
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Why Use the Fine China When You Have These Awesome Planetary Plates?
Mar 31, 9:40PM
Back when Pluto had some status in our solar system, a handy way to remember the names of the planets was the 'My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas' mnemonic, where the first letter of each word represented each celestial orb. But it's just confusing now that Pluto's gone, so maybe a set of planet-themed plates might be a better learning tool.
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Protests Heat Up Against the Guggenheim's New Museum in Abu Dhabi
Mar 31, 9:20PM
Growing outrage against the Guggenheim's new museum in the United Arab Emirates kicked into high gear this week: Protesters stormed the Guggenheim's New York location for a second time, and a fake website launched claiming to solicit new, "ethical" ideas for the museum's design.
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A Collection Of Nine Flipbooks Celebrating Disney's Greatest Animators
Mar 31, 9:00PM
Before Walt Disney came along, animation was seen as just for kids. But through the release of a series of now iconic animated films, he was able to turn 'cartoons' into a serious art form, paving the way for blockbusters like The Lion King and Frozen. However, he couldn't have done it without the help of nine well-known animators that are now further immortalized in this wonderful box set.
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Victorinox Tested This Durable Watch By Driving a 64-Ton Tank Over It
Mar 31, 8:40PM
For years now, if you wanted a watch that could survive almost everything up to a nuclear war, Casio's G-Shock line was your goto timepiece. But Victorinox, maker of the venerable Swiss Army Knife, wants a piece of that market. So it's just unveiled its Inox line of 'Tonka-tough' watches that can seemingly survive any hardship.
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The US Grows the Most Productive Plants in the World, Says NASA
Mar 31, 8:20PM
Remember learning about America's "amber waves of grain?" Well, it turns out that the United States' bread basket—a.k.a., the Corn Belt—is even more productive than previously thought. In fact, during its growing season, it's the most productive land on Earth, according to new NASA data.
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13 Unexpected Sources of Energy that Could Save the World
Mar 31, 8:02PM
If humans are going to keep living in the style to which we're accustomed, we need to find alternatives for fossil fuels. Partly that's because we need to reduce pollution — and partly because those fossil fuels are going to run out. But alternative forms of energy may look a lot weirder than you think.
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Scientists Make Bricks With Sludge Filtered From Arsenic-Laced Water
Mar 31, 8:00PM
Arsenic-contaminated water is a massive problem in the developing world. But, even when you filter it out, the toxic sludge that the process produces often gets dumped right back into the water supply. It's tough to dream up a use for arsenic soup, but one research team finally has: They're making bricks out of it.
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The FCC just voted to open up another 100 megahertz of wireless spectrum, which will increase the nu
Mar 31, 7:46PM
The FCC just voted to open up another 100 megahertz of wireless spectrum, which will increase the number of frequencies available to unlicensed wireless networks (read: what you have at your house) by 15 percent. In other words, your Wi-Fi is about to get a lot faster.
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Would You Drink A Beer Made >From Kudzu?
Mar 31, 7:40PM
As the microbrew industry has become increasingly crowded, brewmasters are becoming more and more creative with their ingredients and techniques. The latest trend, Outside magazine says, is spiking batches with foraged ingredients, from sassafras to kudzu. Sound delicious?
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The NSA's Been Spying on Every Single Call, Text, and Email in Iraq
Mar 31, 7:19PM
A couple weeks ago, we learned from leaked documents that the NSA has the capability to record an entire country's calls, texts, and email in real time. That's a hell of a capability, and those documents revealed that it was being used in one country. Now, thanks to a retired NSA leader, we know which country that is: Iraq.
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Who Designed the Hamburger Icon?
Mar 31, 7:16PM
The hamburger icon is a classic. Even if you don't know it by that name, its three black bars are as familiar as your mouse's cursor—a constant companion on your cyber journey since the day you got your first computer. But who designed this icon?
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Magnetic Building Blocks That Interact With Touchscreen Tablet Apps
Mar 31, 6:52PM
There's a fear that touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets will one day turn kids into lifeless, imagination-less zombies. But technology isn't all bad. And to bridge the gap between the toys of yesteryear and tomorrow, researchers at the National Taiwan University created a building block toy that can interact with apps on a touchscreen tablet.
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You Can Finally Use Moto Maker For Your Republic Wireless Moto X
Mar 31, 6:27PM
While you've been able to get the Moto X—the best affordable phone—on Republic Wireless—the cheapest unlimited plan—for several months now, you've been limited to boring ol' black and white phones. No longer! Starting tomorrow (April 1) Republic Wireless will offer access to the colorrific Moto Maker , meaning you can design your phone to your heart's content.
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Tesla's Model S Lock Can Be Opened With a Basic Hack
Mar 31, 6:13PM
Tesla's Model S is supposed to be the safest car on the road —at least where the physical realm is concerned. But apparently, the crazy expensive car's six-character password is vulnerable to some pretty basic hacking techniques, leaving you and your car's data at the mercy of a tech-savvy stranger.
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Switching Fonts May Not Save the Government Millions After All
Mar 31, 5:50PM
We all love stories about teenagers schooling the government, but sometimes we get schooled, too. Last week, we wrote about 14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani's research project that suggested the government would save $400 million by switching from Times New Roman to Garamond. Turns out, it's a little more complicated than that.
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$20 Bluetooth Speakers, 4K Samsung Monitor, Tablet Cases [Deals]
Mar 31, 5:45PM
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This wacky looking speaker is no joke when it comes to sound quality, if the 4.8 star reviews are to be believed. You get your choice of blue, green, or orange for just $20 today on Amazon.
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Is LG's New OLED Table Lamp Really the Future of Lighting?
Mar 31, 5:40PM
You're probably familiar with LG's cutting edge curved OLED TVs, but the company is taking the technology in a new direction. At the Light+Building trade show in Frankfurt, LG unveiled an OLED table lamp. It's a little bit ugly—okay, a lot ugly—but the technology bears some exciting implications.
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Under Armour's Clutchfit Shoes Conform to the Shape of Your Movement
Mar 31, 5:00PM
Under Armour is about to release a new line of gear coated in a sheath of sturdy plastic, designed to provide support while also flexing with the shape of your movement. "Clutchfit," as the new tech is called, isn't aesthetics—it's science.
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Real Apollo 11 Training Photos Look Like Prep For a Fake Moon Landing
Mar 31, 4:45PM
No, these aren't photos from the Hollywood studio where Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing. These are real training simulations in Houston just three months before these men would actually set foot on the moon.
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Listen to John Frusciante's Latest Album Right Now via Satellite
Mar 31, 4:40PM
With the traditional music industry floundering, some acts have embraced the rapidly changing musical landscape more than others. While the Wu-Tang Clan is hawking just a single copy of its upcoming double album, John Frusciante is letting anyone on Earth listen to his for free—at least for as long as the satellite it's riding stays aloft.
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2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: The Jalopnik Review
Mar 31, 4:30PM
If Ferdinand Piëch hadn't set his engineers on a course for 1,000 horsepower and 250 mph (Hello? Bugatti Veyron?), sports-car science projects like the Porsche 918 Spyder might not exist today. But he did, and it does. What's the 918 like to drive? Let's find out.
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The Fossilized Machines Humans Will Leave Behind
Mar 31, 4:20PM
In the debut issue of a new journal called The Anthropocene Review, University of Leicester geologist Jan Zalasiewicz leads a team of five writers in discussing the gradual fossilization of human artifacts, including industrial machines, everyday objects, and even whole cities. They refer to these as "technofossils," and they're destined to form a whole new layer of the earth's surface.
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Solar-Powered Umbrella Automatically Inflates When the Sun Shines
Mar 31, 4:00PM
A passing cloud can make the sun's rays a little more bearable on a hot summer afternoon. Which is presumably what inspired the Netherlands' Studio Toer to create this cloud-shaped parasol that automatically inflates whenever the sun is shining, providing some much-needed shade without you having to get off your comfy backyard lounger.
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