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Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story Of How Monster Lost The World
There’s never been anything like Beats By Dre. The bulky rainbow headphones are a gaudy staple of planes, clubs and footpaths everywhere: as mammoth, beloved and expensive as their namesake. But Dr Dre didn’t just hatch the flashy lineup from his freight train chest: The venture began as an unlikely partnership between a record-industry powerhouse and a boutique audio company best known for making expensive HDMI cables.
This Is What A Movie Made Of All The Superhero Movies Would Look Like
Video: French graphic designer and editor Michael Deleau put together this trailer for all the superhero movies released in 2014. It all combines so naturally and seamlessly that it really highlights how all these movies use the same visual language — albeit with different end results, of course.
Nike Designer: Back To The Future II Shoes Will Be Released This Year
Did you ever dream of having Marty McFly’s Nike powerlace shoes from Back to the Future Part II? Well, if all goes according to plan you might get your chance to own a pair. Nike reportedly has plans to release some version of the MAG shoes sometime this year. But they’re not saying precisely when.
Samsung SUHD TV (S9500): Australian Eyes On
After Samsung unveiled its new range of SUHD TVs at CES this week, I finally figured out what the S is for: it’s Samsung’s by-letter for the very first series of trendy, flagship TVs, to slot in with the range of S-branded tablets and phones. We went eyes-on with the absurdly huge 88-inch model, and it’s both eye-popping, and a little curious at the same time.
This Is The Way The World Ends. This Is The Way The World Ends.
Briefly: Not with a bang but with a selfie stick for your butt. There is a selfie stick for your butt. You can buy it, and take pictures of your butt from an angle previously unavailable to takers of selfies of butts. Gizmodo is receiving a test unit in February.
Watch This Aussie Air Tanker Plane Fighting Victorian Bushfires
Video:Meet RJ. RJ is the short name the Country Fire Association has for one of its RJ85 Large Air Tanker planes that load up with fire retardant to slow the advance of vicious bushfires in Victoria. Thankfully, the CFA attached an action camera to the underside of RJ so we can see it dumping the agent on the fire from close up. Awesome. Keep up the good work, CFA.
We Found A New Antibiotic, And A New Way To Find Antibiotics
Amidst the onslaught of bad news about antibiotic resistance, here’s something very good: Scientists have found a new class of antibiotics in soil bacteria, one whose mechanism could make it particularly resistant to resistance. More significant than this single new antibiotic, though, is how scientists found it.
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