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How your neighborhood was designed by racists.
May 27, 11:00PM
How your neighborhood was designed by racists. What it's like to sit behind the wheel of a car for four hours every day. The evils of alternate-side parking. And the beauty of traveling by antique rail car. All this and more, in this week's Urban Reads.
Edward Snowden Brags About Being a Spy to Brian Williams (Update: Video)
May 27, 10:45PM
NBC News just published some telling quotes from its much anticipated interview with Edward Snowden. Among other self-aggrandizing things, Snowden said he "was trained as a spy"and is "a technical expert." Snowden added, "I don't work with people." Update: video below.
Bizarre Soviet-Era Theory About New State of Matter Is Actually Right
May 27, 10:40PM
Here's your dose of mind-bending physics for the day. In 1970, a young Soviet physicist named Vitaly Efimov proposed a trio of ultracold particles could arrange themselves in an "infinite nesting-doll configuration." Scientists have now published compelling evidence that this state of matter, once dismissed by physicists, totally does exist.
How Mad Men-Era Americans Imagined the World Would Look In 1970
May 27, 10:00PM
The AMC show Mad Men is in its final season, with its mid-season finale (yeah, I don't know what that means exactly either) airing this past Sunday. The show started with 1960 as its backdrop, and we now see characters in the world of 1969. A lot changed in that decade and, of course, it's a fictional representation of history. But in the real world of 1960, people were making their own predictions for what was to come one decade hence.
How More Bike Parking Could Make Cities Better For Everyone
May 27, 10:00PM
Car parking remains a major part of our economy, and it is easy to realize why its availability and low price are clung to so fiercely. Parking allows access for customers to stores, employees to work, entrepreneurs to meetings, tourists to places where they can deposit all their money, the needy to services, residents to their homes. Because of this, it's harder to see that the costs are so high that they outweigh all economic benefits provided.
Mad guys joke as a tornado comes to destroy them
May 27, 9:46PM
I can't understand why Dan Yorgasson kept recording an incoming tornado instead of getting the hell out of there as fast as possible. He just gets into a truck with a friend and waits to get taken away like Dorothy, all the while laughing and swearing.
Forget Coolers and Store Your Beer In this Underground Elevator
May 27, 9:40PM
Beer coolers are a pain in the ass. First of all, you have to find a bunch of ice. Then, you have to pour all the ice into the cooler. And that's just the pregame for a wet night full of melting ice. Thank God some zany Danes found a better way.
What Will Happen When All Paris Traffic Slows To 19 Miles Per Hour?
May 27, 9:20PM
Sixty percent vehicles in Paris run on diesel, and the city is struggling to curb emissions—banning half its cars for a day , making public transport and bike shares free for a weekend , and pedestrianizing large swathes of the urban grid. Now, a new proposal by Mayor Anne Hidalgo will cap the speed limit at 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) per hour. For the entire city.
Spiked Godzilla Hoodie Lets You Live Out Your Destructive Fantasies
May 27, 9:00PM
With Matthew Broderick out of the picture, and the latest version of the film destroying the box office, it's cool to like Godzilla again. And we all know that the best way to show your appreciation for anything is to wear a hoodie that turns you into a crude facsimile of it—whether it be a gigantic rampaging lizard or a furry co-pilot .
Video of the first dog in the world to fly on a wingsuit
May 27, 8:41PM
I'm all for people risking their lives and getting a thrill out of jumping from anywhere in the world. But I'm not a fan of people who get their dog along for the ride. As fun as it may look, I'm pretty sure the dog—who doesn't understand what the hell is going on—is not a fan of it either, even while he looks calm.
A Car Seat With Retractable Stroller Wheels Frees Up Trunk Space
May 27, 8:40PM
In addition to kissing all of their free time goodbye, new parents also have to get used to every inch of space in their home being filled with baby gear. But not their car, because the Doona is a clever car seat that features a set of retractable stroller legs and wheels so nothing has to go in the trunk—except boxes and boxes of diapers.
PS4 Review Update: Six Months Later
May 27, 8:30PM
A half-year past launch, the PlayStation 4 still feels like an overachiever. The system runs better and is improving faster than its predecessor. Everything is relative, though. The PS4 is still a year-one console and has familiar year-one issues. It's not yet a must-have.
Who Designed the Weather Icons?
May 27, 8:27PM
To modern eyes, they're as intuitive as the alphabet: The bubbly cloud, the circle and its simplistic rays of sunshine. But our weather icons are actually pretty new inventions. Up until the 1970s, meteorologists used an enigmatic system of symbols to forecast the weather—until a design student came along and changed everything.
There's an Electric Skateboard For Commuters Hiding Inside this Backpack
May 27, 8:00PM
Unless you work at a subway station or a bus stop, public transit can only get you most of the way to work. The remaining distance you have to cover by foot, or just hold off on actually getting a job until the Movpak—an electric-powered skateboard that folds up into a backpack—is available.
10 Revealing Photos Of Skin
May 27, 7:40PM
We only think about our skin when something is wrong—it's dry, winkled, or broken out—but our skin is more than a map of our imperfections. It's a record of our lives.
That Time a Commercial Aircraft Ran Out of Fuel Mid-Flight
May 27, 7:20PM
On July 23, 1983, in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, Captain Robert Pearson and Co-Pilot Maurice Quintal expertly glided a 100-ton Boeing 767carrying 69 people to a safe landing without engines, air brakes or flaps, and minimal control of the aircraft.
I never thought fishing with dynamite worked like this
May 27, 7:06PM
I never expected dynamite fishing to be like this. I thought that a lot of dead fish would appear on the surface and then they would pick them up but, as this video shows, the dynamite makes the fish go crazy and they start to jump everywhere—including inside the fishing boat.
Meet the Busiest Citi Bike in All of New York City
May 27, 7:00PM
There's a guy who is working to take his picture with every Citi Bike numbered 0001 through 0100. An impressive venture. But, if you happen upon Citi Bike #17279, you have got your hands on the busiest Citi Bike in all of NYC.
MIT Breakthrough Makes Tiny Apartments Feel Three Times Bigger
May 27, 6:42PM
If you live in a big city, there's a decent chance your apartment feels cramped. Enter CityHome, a closet-sized device recently revealed by MIT that promises to make a 200-square-foot apartment feel three times as big. And did I mention that it's gesture-controlled?
LG G3 Hands-On: Glorious Hardware, With Software That's Actually Usable
May 27, 6:27PM
Last year's LG G2 was a marvel of hardware stuffed with miserable software that made the phone a perfect case for ditching bloat and rooting it , as unappealing as that option might be to normal folk. So I had a feeling that this year's G3 would bring more of the same. After spending a few minutes with the G3, I can safely say the whole package is so much better than I expected.
Facebook Is Going to Stop Forcing You to Overshare
May 27, 6:23PM
After years of inflicting all sorts of obnoxious auto-posts on its users, Facebook is finally heeding their cries. From now on, Facebook will be prioritizing only "explicitly shared stories from apps in News Feed." Which sounds an awful lot like something you shouldn't have to say in the first place.
RIP Massimo Vignelli: The Iconic Designer Who Shaped a Century
May 27, 6:19PM
We'd known that legendary designer Massimo Vignelli was sick: His son issued a plea to designers who were influenced by him to send him a letter, which surely flooded his home with well-designed well-wishes over the past few weeks. This morning, Vignelli passed away at the age of 83. Here, we've collected a handful of his most iconic contributions to design.
Unbelievable Display Technology Uses Levitating Particles as Pixels
May 27, 5:49PM
The Pixie Dust display uses sound waves to create images and animations from real particles that appear to float in mid-air. It probably sounds implausible, but there's video of it in action. And yes, what you're seeing is actually happening, no gimmicks or special effects.
SSDs of All Sizes, the Cookware You Deserve, Fast External Hard Drive
May 27, 5:45PM
If you're ready to bring your PC into this decade, here are some great deals in a variety of SSDs. The 240GB Kingston would be great for your OS and commonly-used apps, while the 840 EVO 1TB drive offers fantastic performance and enough space to store most, if not all of your files.
Hackers Are Using Find My iPhone to Hold iOS Devices for Ransom
May 27, 5:13PM
A strange rash of virtual iPhone kidnappings in Australia recently spread to the United States, and boy, are they strange. Hackers appear to be using Find My iPhone to lock iOS devices remotely, and then demanding a ransom to unlock them. Said ransom is payable through PayPal. You should not pay it.
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