Not all of us can stand and stare at artwork and pretend to be impressed and then stare again and then focus in on how the brushstrokes add up to the emotion of what the artist was feeling during his struggle when his father did not approve of his calling. Some of us want more fun when it comes to art. This hilarious…
Because China lives in a world where they can build anything by tomorrow, we often get to see a lot of architectural miscues
After centuries of medical science I thought doctors knew every single bit of the human body. Incredibly enough, ScienceDaily reports on the discovery of a new body element called the anterolateral ligament, which apparently has been hiding all this time in our knees.
The wonderful folks at The Art of the Title specialize in putting together compilation videos of, you guessed it, title sequences. They can be from movies
With sequestration and whatnot, the Navy's suffering for resources. So they're getting creative. Creative like launching drones off aircraft carriers? Well, yes, actually—but it gets more exciting than that. The Marines might soon start fighting pirates.
Journalist Andrew Blum's deep spelunking tour through the geography of the internet—the crawlspaces and warehouses where the wires and cables really go, the actual, physical "tubes" of international data transfer
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If you're like most people, you stopped using docks back when Apple stopped including them with iPods. That's exactly why we were so pleasantly surprised when we saw the Bluelounge Saidoka lightning charger for iPhone. It actually looks useful!
If the only thing that gets you through a long day of work is drowning your sorrows at quitting time, this enabling timepiece is the watch for you. Five o'clock is the only hour that's clearly labeled, as far as the Ish watch is concerned the rest of the day is a fuzzy blur. But if you squint hard enough, you can make …
You know how your mom used to yell that playing video games would turn your brain into mush? Turns out she was exactly wrong. A new study shows that playing Super Mario 64 for half an hour a day over the course of two months causes a "significant" increase in brain size.
Your Christmas tree says as much about you as it does your love for the holidays. So this year why not skip the traditional ornaments like glass bulbs and shiny stars and go for something that will bring real character to your tree? If you've been a gamer for as long as you can remember, ThinkGeek's got a $20 set of …
The Philips Hue smart lighting system is, by virtually all accounts, very awesome. I mean, who wouldn't want access to all 6 million colors of the LED rainbow at their fingertips? But damn, if the stock Hue app doesn't leave a lot to be desired. Luckily, as the Hue's popularity grows
Derek Thompson over at The Atlantic has a new video about the costs of air travel in the United States. He goes through the history of deregulation in the industry and shows how air travel today is quite a bargain. While he gets a lot about the industry right, Thompson has some bizarre conclusions.
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Virtually all of the 32 American states that allow the death penalty rely on a deadly chemical cocktail to slowly and quietly kill the condemned. But America has found itself running dangerously low on sodium pentothal, the injection's primary ingredient, after the only US supplier stopped making it. So how are we…
It's hard to imagine that it's been only three years since the original iPad came out, since tablets were a part of our daily world. Sure there were tablet computers before, but there weren't tablets the way we know and use them today. And while the iPad changed personal computing forever, it has remained mostly unchanged—especially on the outside. That is, until now.
Digg just launched Digg Video, a clearing house for the funny/weird/interesting/actually educational videos the internet bubbles up. Digg says a mobile version is coming soon, too, so you'll never be without distraction ever again. [Digg Blog]
Passwords are obnoxious, but until desktops start coming with a fingerprint/retina/any other type of body part scanner, they're stuck dealing with the passcode security of yesteryear—or so it would seem. The new Knock app for iPhone, though, takes a more fun approach.
Whether Fox News got hacked (unlikely) or their giant new iPads are causing something to go haywire, the stars seem to have aligned in our favor today. And the result, friends, is glorious.
Boosting the battery life on a mobile device is easy; they just need to get a lot thicker. But since none of us are willing to give up our svelte smartphones or tablets, we've bought into a life that involves bringing charging cables wherever we go. A hassle that's now slightly less annoying with these ultra-thin USB…
The Day of the Dead celebrates, not only those who've passed, but our own mortality. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, you adopted its powerful symbol: The human skull.
While we're on the subject of ice and architecture
Who knew counter-cultural icon and Harvard-exiled LSD aficionado Timothy Leary was also a video game designer? Kotaku recently paid a visit to the seemingly endless, labyrinthine collections of the New York Public Library to see Leary's lost games in action, sitting down for an interview with archivist Don Mennerich…
A clever design and ad campaign to raise money for Fondazione ANT, an Italian organization that provides free social assistance, healthcare and prevention against cancer. I kind of find La Gioconda more beautiful without the hair.
We recently recommended you buy the Panasonic ST60 Plasma, because it's the best TV. However, if that's way out of your price range, or you don't like Plasma, then this 50" Smart LED, also from Panasonic, which is selling for $1300 elsewhere, is only 750 bucks today on Amazon. Ballerina not included. [Amazon]
Most of the news coming out of robotics research has us really worried about mankind's future, but Cornell University finally brings us a glimmer of hope. Researchers there are working on developing an algorithm through physical feedback that will teach robots to be more careful with certain objects—like say when…
In an effort to more accurately diagnose player concussions in the middle of a football game, a Brigham Young University student has developed a nano particle-embedded foam that's able to detect and measure impacts, providing real-time feedback about the severity of a hit or tackle.
From the shop that brought you the iconic SoundSticks
We can do a lot with Photoshop, from faking entire military operations to whatever this is. But sometimes, low-tech trickery is just more fun
Google just pushed a major update to its search app that effectively makes Google Now as useful on iOS as it is on Android. That means iPhone users can finally enjoy all those cool features like Google notifications telling you who won the World Series and what time to leave your house to make that appointment.
