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A Pencil Sharpening Jar That Tracks Your Work Ethic In Wood Shavings
Mar 19, 9:30PM
Take out your No. 2 pencils, people. This isn't a test, necessarily, but this jar will allow you to track exactly how much lead you're using on a regular basis. Don't worry: You will not be graded on your progress.
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This Watch's Spinning Spectacle Is More Distracting Than a Smartphone
Mar 19, 9:20PM
Baselworld 2014—the CES for the watch industry—is just around the corner and you know what that means: an endless parade of mechanical wristworn masterpieces that most of us could never dream of affording. Like Jacob&Co's new Astronomia Tourbillon which features enough spinning components to distract even a devout smartphone addict.
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Why The NSA Is Even Keeping Its Water Bill a Secret
Mar 19, 9:10PM
It's no surprise that the NSA isn't exactly forthcoming when it comes to pretty much everything, but this latest development seems a little extreme even for them: The NSA is refusing to disclose its water bill. But at least this time, there might actually be sound logic behind its discretion—and that's what makes it so troubling.
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Springfield Should Be Ashamed About the State Of Its Public Transit
Mar 19, 9:05PM
A city as progressive as Springfield—renowned globally for its renewable energy production—should be on the forefront of public transit innovation. But as we've learned this week, Springfield is rife with transportation shortcomings.
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The Future of Active Eyewear: An Interview With Oakley's R&D Division
Mar 19, 8:40PM
The pinnacle achievement in active eyewear was once simply making a pair of sunglasses that were light and wouldn't shatter into your eyeballs. While that's still important, technology has obviously progressed. So what is the future, exactly? Heads-up displays? Augmented reality? Cybernetic retinal implants?
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You Could Learn Art History From These Amazing Manicures
Mar 19, 8:20PM
These nails are sporting an unmistakable dose of Basquiat with a smattering of Warhol. It's not a rendering—it's real, hand-painted nail art, taken from Nail Art History, a brand new Tumblr that showcases some very impressive manicures based rather accurately on real works of modern art.
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We Just Tried Sony's PS4 Virtual Reality Headset. We Like It.
Mar 19, 8:05PM
Yesterday, Sony entered the virtual reality fray by announcing Project Morpheus , a new virtual reality initiative aimed at making a VR headset for the PS4. Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Stephen Totilo and I swung by Sony's booth to check it out.
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A Connected Scale That Adjusts Your Recipe If You're Low on Ingredients
Mar 19, 8:00PM
Is there anything worse than raiding your kitchen for a recipe only to discover you don't quite have enough of one of the required ingredients? Going to the store is one solution, but for those of us too lazy to go that route, the iPad-connected Drop kitchen scale will actually adjust a recipe based on the ingredients you do have.
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10 Clinton-Era Predictions For the Future That Were Pretty Damn Close
Mar 19, 8:00PM
Remember 1996? Bill Clinton was president, they finally nabbed the Unabomber, and Alanis Morissette was blowing up the charts with a fundamental misunderstanding of the word ironic. Simpler times, really.
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I Didn't Know Garage Doors Could Be This Cool
Mar 19, 7:40PM
San Francisco, as everyone who lives there knows, is a city desperate for more space. But making due with a small lot can sometimes lead to amazing things—like this 1,900-square-foot home designed by Craig Steely.
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South Korean University Now Accepts Gamers as Student Athletes
Mar 19, 7:20PM
Man, remember how your folks would harass you about getting ahead in life rather than molting in front of a video game for 42 hours on end? Throw this in your mama's face: Chung-Ang University in South Korea now considers competitive gamers the same as traditional athletes. And it's a top 10 (South Korean) school!
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What's Your Most Garbled Google Voice Transcript?
Mar 19, 7:00PM
Google Voice transcriptions read like they came out of the ass-end of a hair dryer. They're surprisingly terrible, especially since Google voice recognition is generally pretty reliable. Let's all point at laugh at your worst examples of botched voicemails, Google-style.
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The World's Fastest Model Rocket Car Just Hit 285 mph
Mar 19, 6:20PM
A toy car could easily break the sound barrier—or go even faster—in a kid's spirited imagination. But back in reality it takes more than that. You need engineering, patience, and a handful of rocket model engines—all of which helped Samvir Thandi's SST-3B-Falcon rocket hit a top speed of 287.59 mph.
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Shooting Challenge: Spring
Mar 19, 6:00PM
I know. Technically, your home may still be buried under 40 feet of snow. But tomorrow is the first day of spring, and doggone it, we're going to photograph it!
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The One Thing Apple TV Needs to Take Over Your Living Room
Mar 19, 5:49PM
Apple has already stopped calling Apple TV a "hobby." It's too important now to the company's future, and too successful in its own right. But the thing that pushes Apple TV into your living room won't be any one box redesign or killer app. It'll be the remote.
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Save on Eneloop Rechargeables, $20 Off Kindles, Headphones [Deals]
Mar 19, 5:45PM
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Once you get past a couple of awesome Kindle deals, today's post features a lot of great items that everybody could use in their life. Flash storage, an external charger, spare USB ports, and Eneloop rechargeable batteries are all represented, and that's just the start.
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Quakebot: An Algorithm That Writes the News About Earthquakes
Mar 19, 5:20PM
The first story published about L.A.'s Monday earthquake had an interesting line appended to its end: "This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author."
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This Swanky Bomb Shelter Might Be Hidden Somewhere Under an NYC Park
Mar 19, 5:00PM
You wouldn't believe it just by looking at it, but this slice of 60s Americana is located three feet underneath a New York City park. Or, at least, it was back in 1964. Whether it's still there remains a mystery—one almost as fascinating as the reason it was constructed in the first place.
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The $3.2 Million Bulletproof, Diamond-Studded Suit With a Built-In A/C
Mar 19, 4:40PM
A bulletproof, air-conditioned, diamond-covered, $3.2 million suit? Even James Bond would drool over this. Not that it would matter; it's also waterproof. Naturally.
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Tents Should Have Had Built-in Air Mattresses Since Day One
Mar 19, 4:20PM
A comfy air mattress can make roughing it feel a little less rough, although wrangling one inside a tent that's a little too small for your queen size bed can be a huge pain. And that's exactly the situation that inspired Dan Robertson to create the Aesent: a tent with a built-in air mattress on its base that's always the perfect size.
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The Earth Was Almost Fried Back in 2012
Mar 19, 4:00PM
A massive solar storm in July 2012 was more intense than thought—and it blasted right through the Earth's orbit. Luckily for us, we were on the other side of the sun, thus missing the chaos completely. But if that storm had hit this beautiful little blue marble in space? "The solar bursts would have enveloped Earth in magnetic fireworks matching the largest magnetic storm ever reported on Earth, the so-called Carrington event of 1859," Science Daily reports.
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The Experimental Satellite that Gave Us Live International Television
Mar 19, 3:40PM
Throughout the 1950s, broadcast television was limited to domestic transmissions simply because we didn't have a means to relay signals far enough to span the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn't until NASA shot Telstar, an unproven, newfangled "active" communications satellite into orbit in 1963, that mass media truly become an international phenomenon.
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Bugs Have Already Evolved Immunity to GMO Corn
Mar 19, 3:20PM
Well that certainly didn't take very long. According to a study published Monday, the Western Corn Rootworm (actually a beetle larvae) has already developed a resistance to not one but two strains of generically modified corn thanks to the over-reliance and improper implementation of the crops by farmers in Iowa.
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You Can Buy the Amazing New Oculus Rift Dev Kit for $350
Mar 19, 3:05PM
When we saw the Oculus Rift Crystal Cove headset at CES we were blown away. It was incredible . And now there's good news : you can pre-order your own for $350 today. It's not the final product but it's still fantastic.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review: Hard Punches, Light Fun
Mar 19, 3:00PM
When you buy a ticket for a Captain America movie you know what you're going to get: A super-powered dude in blue doing crazy things with a shield, busting people in the jaw, and being very Americanny. Good news! Captain America: The Winter Soldier scratches those itches just fine.
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