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Why the Future of Bitcoin Depends on the Silk Road Trial
Apr 01, 10:00PM
Over the weekend, Ross Ulbricht's lawyer, Joshua Dratel, filed a motion asking the court to dismiss all charges against the Silk Road kingpin. It's largely what you'd expect from a bullish defense attorney. But here's the twist: Dratel throws bitcoin under the bus.
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A Riding Mower That Transforms Into an ATV Is All Work and All Play
Apr 01, 9:40PM
Riding mowers and ATVs can cost as much as a decent used car, but expensive or not, they're a must-have accessory if you have to maintain a large piece of property. So a company called Raven has created the MPV7100S, which combines both into a single vehicle—with added functionality that also turns it into a mobile workshop.
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This Cool Coastal House Looks Like It's Floating Over The Ocean
Apr 01, 9:20PM
How's this for a freaking view? The Pole House in Fairhaven, Australia towers 131 feet over a wooded hill. From this vantage point on solid ground it looks like some kind of crazy domestic hovercraft, but once you're inside it's all horizon all the time through the unobstructed floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Slip Your Special Mail Into These Letter-Holder Bookends
Apr 01, 9:00PM
This is just a clever use of space right here. These bookends keep your softcovers in line and your mail in order. All your favorite paper goods, all in one place, tidy and organized. Nice!
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Which State Will Get Tesla's Gargantuan Battery Factory?
Apr 01, 8:54PM
Electric car maker Tesla wants a cheaper, faster way to produce the lithium ion batteries that power its cars, and the company has settled on a gargantuan solution: the so-called "gigafactory" that, if all goes as planned, will crank out more lithium ion batteries than the entire world produced in 2013.
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13 Umbrellas To Keep You Dry and Looking Fly
Apr 01, 8:40PM
April showers bring May flowers, but April showers are also made of rain. Spring is nice, but with it comes immense amounts of precipitation. To survive the next few weeks of rain and make it through to summer, you're going to need an umbrella. And why not one that looks cool? We've rounded up some of best designs below.
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Hypnotic Flapping Wing Turbines Keep Working in the Gentlest Breeze
Apr 01, 8:20PM
There have been many proposed alternatives to the spinning propeller blades used on wind turbines installed all over the county, but none as unorthodox as Festo's new DualWingGenerator. Inspired by the company's work on winged flying robots , the design keeps working when winds are as slow as nine miles per hour.
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Rare Photos of NYC's Museums Under Construction
Apr 01, 8:00PM
Museums are lightning rods for criticism. The most public of all buildings, they're also the most vulnerable, and even long-accepted classics faced scorn in their infancy. Today we're taking a look at vintage photographs of New York City's famous museums while under construction.
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Use Your Favorite USB Keyboard On Your Phone With This Backup Battery
Apr 01, 7:40PM
It can be hard to choose a backup battery when the market is as flooded as Bluetooth speakers and iPhone cases have become. Manufacturers are now finding ways to include added value with their emergency power supplies, like Cerevo's new EneBrick that can turn your favorite USB keyboard into a wireless Bluetooth accessory for your tablet or smartphone.
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Watch Every Cyber Attack in the World in Real Time
Apr 01, 7:20PM
Kasperkspy Labs recently launched a beautifully terrifying interactive map that shows online threats arounds the world in real time. In practice, it's a global visualization of cyber attacks that, Kaspersky hopes, will motivate you to buy their security software. But it's still a hell of a spectacle.
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Why Freezing Yourself Is a Terrible Way to Achieve Immortality
Apr 01, 7:00PM
What happens after we die? It's a question that has plagued the human mind since we first developed the concept of "death." The search for an answer—and, more importantly, a means of circumventing its effects—has encited organized religion and served to shape one of the foundations of human culture.
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30 Photos Taken Straight Up
Apr 01, 6:50PM
We look down at our feet all the time, while view directly above is often. Here are 30 photographs that celebrate the oft-overlooked view...no pun intended.
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This Paleo Beer Is Made With Yeast From a 35 Million-Year-Old Fossil
Apr 01, 6:40PM
As microbrewers continue their quest to brew beer with ever stranger ingredients , here is one possible winner: Yeast living on the 35 million year-old fossil of an extinct whale. Bone Dusters Paleo Brew is the alcoholic brainchild of a paleontology lover and a brew brewer, and it may soon be coming to a tap near you.
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Why One of World's Most Remote Places Has the Fastest Internet
Apr 01, 6:20PM
Ever been to Bjørndalen? No, of course you haven't: This tiny town, located in a remote area of Svalbard, the Arctic archipelago controlled by Norway, has more polar bears than humans. Curiously, it's also home to some of the country's fastest internet speeds.
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Join the Debate: 3D Printed Guns or Government Regulation?
Apr 01, 6:00PM
Here's the question: in a world where the design of a 3D printed gun is freely available on the internet, can we—or should we–regulate open source design? Or are limits impossible in a world of anonymous file sharing? Does any attempt at control go against the whole spirit of open source, decentralized innovation?
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How to hack your air conditioner thermostat to make a wall explode
Apr 01, 5:49PM
Sponsored by the game Watch Dogs, the folks at RatedRR explain how you can hack into anything in real life—from cameras to AC units to smart power outlets to wireless LED lights—to use those home devices as remote bomb detonators. And of course, their demonstration includes actual bombs and explosions for your cheering pleasure.
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$150 Chromebook, Futurama Box Set, Bluetooth Speaker, Nikons [Deals]
Apr 01, 5:45PM
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Acer has refilled its refurbished goody bag with $150 Acer C720 Chromebooks, as well as the touchscreen-toting C720P for $220. The C720 line is regarded for its best-in-class battery life, and is the commerce team's pick for best Chromebook. These sold out quickly last time they were available, so don't delay.
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9 People Who Thought Gmail Might Be an April Fools' Prank
Apr 01, 5:40PM
Gmail's officially entering its tender tween years today , and after a decade with the internet's favorite email service, we can barely even remember our lives without it. But then, that's why we have the internet—to remember for us.
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London's plan to grow up might go down, Elon Musk's quest to make electric cars cool, and funny anti
Apr 01, 5:30PM
London's plan to grow up might go down, Elon Musk's quest to make electric cars cool, and funny anti-Rob Ford ads appear in Toronto. Plus: Learning from streets in Vietnam, Paris, and Manhattan. All this and more in this week's Urban Reads.
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Hackers Can Now Create Fake Traffic Jams
Apr 01, 5:20PM
A couple of Israeli students figured out a way to create fake traffic jams using the popular, Google-owned Waze GPS app. And while it sounds silly at first, these kinds of infrastructure hacks could have serious consequences as we depend more and more on data to help us get around town.
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Does a $20 Glass Built Just for Coke Actually Improve the Taste?
Apr 01, 5:00PM
Any discerning oenophile will tell you that the shape of a wine glass can make a huge difference in your imbibing experience. On the other hand, that could just be a bunch of bullshit. Either way, Riedel decided to do for Coke what it's spent decades doing for pinot: design a glass scientifically optimized for taste. We decided to test it out for ourselves.
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Why OKCupid Took a Stand Against Mozilla's Anti-Gay Rights CEO
Apr 01, 4:42PM
Today, most tech companies are polluting the internet with stupid pranks. But there's one brave statement being made on the internet that isn't a dumb joke at all. OKCupid is blocking Mozilla Firefox users from its service with a message encouraging them to use other web browsers. Why? Mozilla's CEO supports anti-gay causes, and as OKCupid founder Christian Rudder told me today, his company won't stand for it.
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10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Fake
Apr 01, 4:00PM
The fakes just keep on coming. And frankly it's hard to keep up with all the internet-fueled deception. Today we're taking a look at a few more dubious images that you may have seen floating around the web recently. Punking Putin? Airplane selfies? Rocket to Uranus? Fake, fake, and definitely fake.
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Jackass Who Lasered Children's Hospital Chopper Gets 14-Year Sentence
Apr 01, 4:00PM
Astounding moron Sergio Rodriguez got slapped with a 14-year prison sentence earlier this month, convicted of aiming a laser pointer at an emergency medical helicopter taking a young patient to Children's Hospital of Central California. Remember folks, trying to blind pilots midair is a very, very bad idea.
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This Browser Extension Lets You See Any LinkedIn User's Email Address
Apr 01, 3:50PM
Looks like someone finally found a use for the LinkedIn profile you've been sitting on for the past five years. Thanks to a new browser extension, you can now reveal the email address of any one of LinkedIn's roughly 260 million users—whether you're connected to them or not.
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