Jump Start Your Car, Your Phone, and Your Morning Routine [Deals]
We're
no strangers to external USB chargers around here, but this will
actually jump start your car as well. Most jump starters are bulky
things with handles and knobs everywhere, but this thing is actually
pretty svelte, and should tuck away nicely in your trunk. [PowerAll PBJS12000R Rosso Red/Black Portable Power…
The evolution of film opening titles
This neat short film explains the evolution of film opening titles
throughout history. Even if they are not as necessary as they used
to—you can get any cast and crew information on the internet—they are
still really important to set the mood of the film and to let us know
that is time to shut up and start dreaming.
Watch two lunatics base jump off a rooftop bar in the middle of London
Here's a recipe for fun:
Go up to the 48th floor of a skyscraper in London. Enjoy a beer at the
rooftop bar. Change into your base jumping gear in the restroom. Make a
beeline for the balcony and jump into the heart of London. Illegal?
Probably. Fun as hell to watch? Absolutely.
The strange and beautiful sensuality of Chet Faker's Gold
Who the hell is Chet Faker, you ask? I didn't know until I came across the video for the first single of his first album, Built in Glass. The song is called Gold and it's officially going straight into Sploid's soundtrack—yes, there's one. We just started it. And I'm the DJ and I'm going to save your life tonight.
These Bhutanese Postal Stamps Play Like Real Vinyl Records
The most valuable stamp in the world is a red smudge,
but the coolest postal payments just might be these itty bitty stickies
from 1970s Bhutan. They'd legally get your letter where it needed to
go, and play the country's national anthem (yes, really!).
Your Wimpy Workout Has Nothing on Houdini's Bizarre Training Regimen
Forget
everything you know about Harry Houdini being a "magician": he was
actually an escape artist and a total badass. While he's quoted as having said "My brain is the key that sets me free," his body — which he kept in oh, hell no condition — definitely contributed to his success. Think you're tough because you can…
This lightning photo is so amazing that I thought it was fake
Canadian photographer Richard Gottardo got
this very rare double exposure of a lightning strike—a one in a million
shot taken through the car's window while driving away from a storm.
Gottardo is a professional photographer and storm chaser who sent us a selection of his amazing work.
The Show That Warned Us Enemy of the State Was a Documentary
"PFFFFTTTTTT! WE ALREADY KNEW THAT!"
was a common response from some people when last summer's Snowden leaks
revealed that the NSA was monitoring American communications. And in
some ways, they were right. We already knew a lot thanks to PBS
documentaries. So what PBS documentary will we point to when we learn
that…
Ballmer Yelled His Email Address at Ballmeriffic Clippers Event
The former Microsoft head-honcho and now owner of
the Los Angles Clippers sportsball club took to the stage for the first
time since dropping $2 billion on the team. There was fanfare! There
was Ballmer Yelling™! Personal contact information was revealed! Wait what?
Diplo: Sarah
The
first time I heard Diplo, it was on a mix CD burned for me by a boy I
liked in the 11th grade. I remember thinking "what is a Diplo," and
searching Kazaa furiously for more songs by this person or people. Now
the dude is everywhere.
Steve Ballmer Carried On Like A Maniac At The Clippers' Fan Festival
Steve Ballmer, who just bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and is also that guy who screamed "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!"
at a conference one time, greeted Clippers fans at a fan festival
today. He spent a good portion of his speech screaming like a crazy
person, obviously.
Report: YouTube Music Key Will Bring Offline Playback for $10 a Month
Android Police reports
that Google's forthcoming subscription version of YouTube will be
called YouTube Music Key. And even if there are tons of streaming music
services out there, this YouTube offering sounds like it could be
different in some exciting ways.
Atari arcade games inspired the original Apple mouse
It's
hard to say if the Macintosh would've been so successful if it hadn't
had such a revolutionary interface—namely, the mouse. While Apple didn't invent the mouse, it did commission the now legendary engineer Jim Yurchenco to make it viable. And he looked to Steve Jobs' former employer for inspiration.
This Color-Changing Camouflage Is Inspired by Octopus Skin
If you have not yet witnessed the wonder of an octopus changing color instantaneously, then you should go do that right now. We humans are only slowly playing camouflage catch up. A new color-changing sheet that adapts to the light it senses brings us a tiny step closely to octopi.
Scientific Error Delayed the Search for Alien Life
In
the 19th century, astronomers believed that solar systems formed in
nebular clouds throughout the universe. But 20th century scientists
rejected that idea, arguing that our solar system was an aberration.
This mistake derailed the search for exoplanets, and extraterrestrials,
for decades.
This LED Flashlight Is Powered by Spherical Solar Cells
Solar-powered flashlights consistently suffer from one glaring problem: They're ugly as hell. But that's nothing that a multidisciplinary creative collective from Japan can't solve.
Watch Charles and Ray Eames Debut Their Most Famous Chair On TV In 1956
Charles
and Ray Eames were the archetypal design power couple, who each brought
their own distinct kind of creative genius to the personal and
professional partnership. When they visited NBC's daytime Home show in 1956 to debut their (now-iconic) eponymous lounge, Charles introduced themselves thusly: "Ray is a…
I Just Spent Two Weeks Being A Space Commander
"Don't be That VR Guy," I keep thinking. I've spent the last couple of weeks playing Elite: Dangerous, a PC space-sim that works with the newest Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. It's been pretty amazing, and I'm having a hard time not being That VR Guy.
MIT Explains How To Turn an Old Car Battery Into a Working Solar Cell
There are over 1 billion cars in the world,
and the vast majority of them use batteries made from lead. As lithium
batteries replace these old timers, eventually there may be many of the
lead suckers sitting in landfills. Which is why MIT wanted to find a way to reuse them—by turning them into a new kind of solar…
The Disco-Blasting Robot Waiters of 1980s Pasadena
In
1983, a Chinese fast-food restaurant in Pasadena, California hired a
curious-looking pair of servers: two robots named Tanbo R-1 and Tanbo
R-2.
HP's Stream 14 Is a $200 Windows-Powered Chromebook Competitor
In order to combat the continued sales growth of ultra-cheap Chromebooks, Microsoft and PC manufacturers are offering Windows machines at at comparable, $200 prices. We knew this was coming, but now a leak of the upcoming HP Stream 14 gives us our first look at what these laptops will actually be.
PR workers outnumber journalists 5 to 1 in the US
Back in 2004, public relations specialists outnumbered journalists
about 3 to 1 in the United States. Today, as steady jobs in journalism
disappear, it's roughly 5 to 1. One reason more Americans are taking
home a PR paycheck? It certainly pays a lot better than working in
journalism.
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