Should American airports screen passengers to identify those who may have Ebola? Government officials and U.S. airlines are considering this, as public concern in the West grows after news of new cases affecting non-Africans.
Read the restOne of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends was incapable of lying to the FBI about visiting his dorm room and removing a backpack, because he was simply too high to recall what he did on that day, said the man's attorney Monday.
Read the restPro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong have ebbed in numbers, but continued into early Tuesday. Thousands of participants, many of whom are students, are still gathered the city center.
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From Corridor Digital: “We can't actually do flips and tricks in real life, so we applied a bit of video magic.” Facebook, Twitter. [Thanks, Joe Sabia!]
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Egyptian diver Ahmed Gabr dove to 1090 feet, setting a new SCUBA record. He spent 12 minutes achieving the depth, and the next 14 hours decompressing.
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One of the motorcycles I ride is now offered complete with Kung Fu grips. They are so cleverly named, I must try them.
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I already can (and do) nap anywhere, but the Nap Anywhere looks like it would make it more comfortable to do so. Here's a video demo. (Thanks, Tanya Schevitz!)
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If you must stand in line for over 30 minutes to clear a security check for your job, is that part of your job and should you be paid for that time?
Read the restThey're from the creator of "Brogamats," a line of yoga stuff for dudes, and intended to inspire veterans and people who like the military to try out a little yoga.
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Great Maps is a visual treat that begins with one of the world’s earliest existing maps – the Bedolina Petroglyph (1500 BC) – found in a valley in northern Italy that charts fields, livestock, and houses of its day.
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Tabletop photographs of incredibly realistic tiny dioramas by Satoshi Araki.
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A reminder that I'm heading out on tour with In Real Life, the graphic novel I co-created with the wonderful Jen Wang, starting at New York Comic Con this coming weekend.
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"Eleven long-haired friends of jesus in a chartreuse microbus."
Play videoAgbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana is the world's largest dump for electronic waste from all over the globe. Meet the teenagers who tend it in this short film, Regolith, directed by Sam Goldwater.
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MIT researchers are developing a "second skin" space suit lined with tiny coils that contract when switched on, tightening the garment around the body.
Read the restReading Daniel Pinkwater's novels as a kid changed my life for the better, and I've never looked back, so this beautifully written profile by Josh Nathan-Kazis was a pure delight to read, from Pinkwater's experiences as a cult member to the time that Terry Gilliam blamed him for killing Harvey Kurtzman's Help! magazine, putting R. Crumb out of a job.
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Welcome back to Twin Peaks.
On Friday, David Lynch tweeted "Dear Twitter Friends: That gum you like is going to come back in style! #damngoodcoffee"
Play videoFortune's Kieran Snyder surveyed women who left tech, and finds that "the industry’s culture is the primary culprit, not any issues related to science education."
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Abhominal displays "posthuman structures"--the sort of thing you imagine will happen when cultivated human tissue gets out of hand: "To modify nature is our nature." [via JWZ]
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Mapsburgh sells delicate hand-cut paper street maps and fantasy maps in the style of Tolkien—and he'll make a custom map of any place in the world.
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Ocarina of Time is lauded among the series' greats, but some find its early 3D graphics charmless. A fan project is remaking the game with chunky pixel art to give it that perfect old-school look.
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James Zark's portrait of Alan Moore as the Joker from the classic 1988/2008 Killing Joke graphic novel is nothing short of inspired.
Read the restKen writes, "We're a small hardware company based out of Akron, OH in the US in the US that make tiny electronics and have a popular platform called the TinyDuino (a small Arduino compatible board)."
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Sick of being called a social justice warrior? Correct the record with a pin declaring your Social Justice character class (Wizard/Ranger/Warrior/Cleric/Bard/Rogue).
Read the restAt first glance, Yaara Derkel's 'Coppelius' chair appears to be a friendly "thonet" style wooden chair.
Read the restA man in New Jersey was arrested after using a shotgun to shoot down his neighbor's drone. The neighbor was using the drone to take photographs of a nearby home undergoing renovations.
Read the restTo inaugurate the publication of his brilliant new book How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (also a PBS/BBC TV series), Steven Johnson has written about the difficult balance between reporting on the history of world-changing ideas and the inventors credited with their creation
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Obi Canuel is an ordained Pastafarian minister from British Columbia who's fighting for the right to wear his religious headgear -- a pasta colander -- in his driver's license photo.
Play videoA promo video from Pinkroccade, a prominent IT contractor to Dutch local governments, makes the case for spying on wearables (if your heart-rate rises because you're about to be mugged, the police could be alerted, and get GPS from your phone, find nearby phones belonging to people with criminal records, check the view from your Google Glass, and respond -- case closed).
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Leigh Alexander has a partial list, from their use as military recruiting tools to Apple's censorship of games critical of the electronics industry's manufacturing ethics to actual paid-review sites to the naked pay-for-play of popular Youtube game-reviewers.
Read the restAn ACLU Freedom of Information request reveals that the NSA considers Reagan's "Executive Order 12333" (previously) its "primary source" of spying authority -- and so it conducts this surveillance without reporting to Congress on it.
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The $4.50 ECTO-1 Ghostbusters keyfob is just one of the many delights at the Unofficially Original Etsy store; OUTATIME Back to the Future version. (via Geeky Merch)
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"Give a smile from your lips and say I'm free, yes I'm free, now I'm on my way."
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The protesters accuse the police of working with the thugs, who wore masks as they attacked the encampments; the violence has led to postponement of the planned talks between the Umbrella Revolution leaders and the Hong Kong administration.
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Ruth from the Open Rights Group says, "We are really proud of the amazing people Open Rights Group are bringing you as speakers at this year's national digital rights conference."
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It's grown 6,700% since 1983, to $144.7B in 2013 -- greater than the net worth of 1,782,020 average Americans.
Read the restBetabrand's Think Tank project solicited clothing designs from tech notables, putting them up for the community to vote on in a charity drive; I'm very fond of the STL Jacket by Makerbot's Bre Pettis, "inspired by the tessellated patterns of 3D mapped images and the name is an ode to the .STL file format."
Read the rest"We apologize and we are deeply sorry if we offended anyone," says Intel, though it carefully avoids admitting having anything to apologize for--and has no intention of restoring the ads it pulled from a site that was sharply critical of sexism in game culture, a significant market for the chipmaker.
Read the restWho were the original comic artists that left an indelible mark upon the world, paving the way for those who followed? Monte Beauchamp identifies the genre's early masters Read the rest
Steven Johnson blends the history of science with keen social observation to tell the story of how our modern world came about—and where it's headed. Cory Doctorow reviews How We Got to Now, also a six-part PBS/BBC series, which ties together a lifetime of work Read the rest
Street Angel, a new comic series by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca. This issue: insane geologist Dr. Pangea has escaped his maximum security prison cell! What chaos could he wreak? Read the rest
Laurie Penny, author of Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution explains "Social Justice Warriors" and why they're winning. Read the rest
A Nashville convention center figured out how to boost its revenue from selling Internet service: it illegally jammed guests' and exhibitors' Wi-Fi networks. Glenn Fleishman explains the technical scam and why it earned a six-figure smackdown. Read the rest
Is it possible that a basic calisthenics app can actually change your body? Nicole Dieker hadn’t expected it to, but nearly a year later, a friend told her “Wow, you’re getting really ripped from that app.” Read the rest
Lisa Granshaw on the amazing world of a Samurai rabbit—and the power of an artistic community Read the rest
Our guest for this episode of Gweek is Veronica Belmont, new media / TV host and writer. Read the rest
Danaus plexippus is in trouble. David Mizejewski raised one to demonstrate its life cycle, and explains what you can do to help them thrive Read the rest
If you think the symbolism Freud saw everywhere was just a figment of his filthy imagination, a good look at the humor of his era — the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — will convince you that he wasn’t the only one with a dirty mind. Read the rest
Game designer Stefan Feld has designed eight published games that focus on dice. Each takes its own approach to using the 5,000-year-old randomizers without creating a random winner. By Matt M. Casey Read the rest
Jason Weisberger imagines a near-future where Google gets a little too eager to please. Read the rest
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH a brave congressman proves that we have nothing to fear from global warming because SCIENCE! Read the rest
In the new Flying Eye picture book No Such Thing, a little girl named Georgia finds herself in a delightfully spooky situation: things in her home keep going astray -- but Georgia knows that there's no such thing as ghosts. Cory Doctorow field tested the book on his six year old, and comes back with a tale of mystery, delight, and fright, just in time for Hallowe'en. Read the rest
Why do Holocaust deniers, young Earth creationists, people who think they’ve lived past lives as famous figures, people who claim they’ve been abducted by aliens, and people who stake their lives on the power of homeopathy believe things that most of us do not? David McRaney investigates. Read the rest
What should you expect from the D&D; Fifth Edition Monster Manual? Matt M. Casey says depth, texture, and story. "It may be Wizards’ best Monster Manual ever." Read the rest
The week's Hip Hop Family Tree strip by Ed Piskor about the origin of the famous Kurtis Blow anthem. Read the rest
Adapting Shakespeare for kids is an age-old tradition stretching back almost to the time of Shakespeare itself. But as Cory Doctorow discovered, The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth brings The Scottish Play to life for audiences young and old in kids-comic form with a lot of broad humor and some grisly murder besides. Read the rest
