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Inside the Bunker Where Soviets Kept Their Secret Stash of Nukes
During the Cold War, Hungary was one of the westernmost allies of the Soviet Union. As a member of the Warsaw Pact, Hungary had to station a significant number of Soviet troops and military equipment on its territory. Now we've gone inside one of their most classified bases, and taken pictures.
Paul Vo's Physics Defying Wand Makes Guitars Sound Entirely Different
Inventor Paul Vo's latest crazy musical innovation is a hand-held wand that changes the sound of guitars like magic. Hold up to a guitar string, and the string starts to vibrate. Depending how you use the wand, it opens the door to a multitude of new sounds. Vo did it again.
The FAA's Drone Ban at the Super Bowl Is Absurd
You may have heard about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) quietly declaring that this year's Super Bowl will be a "no drone zone." You may not have heard just how big that no drone zone will be. It's 60 miles wide. The no drone zone is larger than the city of Phoenix. Seems a little bit absurd, huh?
Hunting Ducks from a Folding Kayak
The folding Oru Kayak goes from flatpack to floating in just minutes. Tough enough for the real world? We took it down the Colorado River, armed with a shotgun, to find out.
Watch this Coach Lead His Team Of Party Guests To Pizza Domination
We all learn from our mistakes, especially when they result in not having enough delicious pizza. Delivery guys may get stuck in snow, they may get lost — they're in no way immune to the harsh realities of February weather. Plus, there are many other factors that could cause your party experience to be, well,…
Have We Hit Peak Food?
Better question: what are we doing about peak food? The world hit peak wheat in 2004, peak eggs in 1993, and peak dairy way back 1989—all according to a recent study in Ecology and Society that leads to the worrisome conclusion we could be running out of food.
The Gorgeous View From a Delivery Drone Over Hong Kong
Drone delivery is inherently dangerous—regardless of how excited companies like Amazon are getting about the idea, the thought of airborne robots weaving in between skyscrapers and over cars is downright unnerving. That's why it took months of preparation for agroup of hobbyists to stage Hong Kong's first drone…
Watching this octopus tractor mowing a roadside ditch is hypnotizing
After a few hours on the road you get bored and your mind starts asking questions like: How the hell do they mow the ditches on the roadside. Don't worry we have you covered. They use awesome machines like this—the CLAAS Xerion 3300 VC Octopus. I want one.
Tell Us About Your First Internet Community
The first thing I did when my family finally broke down and purchased internet service was disobey my mother. I'm sorry, Mom, but I made a ton of internet friends.
Samsung NX1 Review: A Mirrorless Camera Packing Heat But Lacking Glass
Samsung sells a crapload of cameras all around the world. But not for pros. At $1500, the new NX1 is the first Samsung cam packing enough power to be taken seriously by photography enthusiasts. It shoots 4K video and fires off super fast 15 frame-per-second bursts. It's a good camera... but maybe not good enough.
The Forgotten 13th Avenue That New York City Built and Then Destroyed
Yesterday we looked at the great "fattening" of New York and all the parts that are built on what basically amounts to trash. But it turns out that parts of the city have also disappeared—and for a few decades, New York even had 13 grand north-south avenues, not 12.
Moby Whisk Is a Great (Egg) White (Mixing) Whale For Your Kitchen
It seems the recent trend of giant sea creatures invading your kitchen isn't going away anytime soon—and we're not talking about calamari made from giant squid. This adorable mixing tool, affectionately known as Moby Whisk, is the perfect accompaniment to that Nessie Ladle from last week.
The Cops Don't Care About Violent Online Threats. What Do We Do Now?
I. "Hey Anna, do you like pizza?" I was just sitting down to dinner one evening this past November when I looked through some new Twitter notifications on my phone. My night, I realized regretfully, was about to get very, very stupid.
Watch a Rotten Orange Full of Fireworks Explode at 62,000 FPS
Every wonder what it would look like if you exploded an orange and filmed the carnage at 62,000 frames per second? Turns out, it looks a lot like the end of a very small world.
Cecil B. DeMille Kept a Wolf and Guns To Defend Against Edison's Thugs
Why did Southern California become the epicenter of the American film industry? The nice weather certainly helped. But there's another element that modern Hollywood probably hopes you'd forget: Rampant piracy. Even though it was just the piracy of movie camera tech rather than the Jack Sparrow variety, there were…
Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
A smartphone isn't much without apps. It's where the whole "smart" part of the equation comes from. Without them, we're back in the 1990s again. Nobody wants that—except maybe Dustin Diamond. So exercise some of those smarts and outfit your phone with the best apps of the week.
Dell Is Back
Dell is the company building the most interesting computers right now. Dell is making computers interesting again, period. Who would have thought?
11 Ways The Future Could Turn Out Differently Than You Expect
Many of us, owing to an intuitive sense of where technological and social progress are taking us, have a preconceived notion of what the future will look like. But as history has continually shown, the future doesn't always go according to plan. Here are 11 ways the world of tomorrow may not unfold the way we expect.
I Totally Want This Camera Bag That Looks Like a Normal Bag
Camera bags are not only almost always ugly, but they also shout to the world that you are carrying expensive objects around. The Brevitēis a backpack that looks gloriously normal yet has all the necessary compartments to stow your camera gear.
The Insane Camera Rig Being Used to Shoot 360-Degree Oculus Porn
Producing quality 360-degree video for Oculus Rift-like headsets is still really difficult to do, which is why high-tech porn company Huccio had the $250,000, seven camera rig above custom-designed for its venture into the world of immersive video.
The Navy's Newest Linux-Powered Command Center Is Right Out Of Star Trek
The DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer could very well revolutionize the way the Navy does its surface warfare business. One of its biggest innovations is ditching the cramped, darkly lit Combat Information Center (CIC), a fixture for many decades on past USN combat ships, and replacing it with the state-of-the-art,…
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