The 90s! The dawn of a hybrid of pop/counter-cultural archetype: the Cyberpunk. Many strived to include themselves in the ranks of these rebels. If only they'd had this graphical rubric guiding them. More »
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Memorial Day is coming and, if you have a dog, you would probably want to keep him or her busy while you honor those who fought on countless battles to preserve your freedom to stuff your face with BBQ'ed burgers and ribs. More »
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Because it apparently has nothing better to do, the New Yorker will tweet the entirety of an 8,500-word short story from the @NYerFiction account. Written by Jennifer Egan, the author of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner, A Visit From the Goon Squad, the piece will be posted over the span of 10 nights, starting tonight, with one tweet added per minute between 8 and 9 p.m. Eastern. More »
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Thanks to the relatively compact nature of LED technology, lighting designers have been able to create some truly unique designs now that they don't have to accomodate a bulb. Like Peter Stathis' Symtra lamp which turns the fractured shade into the source of illumination. More »
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TimeHop is a curious thing—it's the purest form of the stupid Internet faux nostalgia phenomenon. But it's also a lot of mindless, sentimental fun, a snapshot of your (digital) life a year ago. Now it reads your texts. More »
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We make no secret of our love for Muppets, so we're psyched that these new augmented reality Band-Aids are bringing our favorite stop-motion puppets into the 21st century. More »
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Here are three Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing tying a Humvee to a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter—one huge mother that is. This whole lifting cars in the air business seems like a lot of fun. More »
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Technology makes life so easy, and advances at such a breakneck clip, that sometimes we forget that all the tech in the world still can't change the way some people experience the world. David Peter explains how the world works for the deaf. More »
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Fuji's beautiful new mirrorless camera, the X-Pro1, suffers from a lack of available lenses. But come June, you'll be able to easily mount a host of equally desired Leica M-Mount lenses to it for your photo-snapping pleasure. More »
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Fortune has a lengthy profile of Tim Cook on tap in this week's issue, compiling reports of the CEO's performance through the first 7 months and how that has affected Apple. Mostly there's nothing new; Cook is an accessible, efficient CEO who is putting his expertise in factory production to good use. But there are a few bits of interest, including murmurs of Apple's future products. More »
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The best part of YouTube user ConnorRWilson's faithful stop motion reproduction of World 1-1 from the Super Mario Bros. isn't that it's all made from paper. Or that they even animated the flashing version of Mario when he's invincible. More »
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Blood runs thicker than water and, apparently, familial iPhones are more important than real police work. At least, that's the case in Berkeley, where Police Chief Michael Meehan ordered ten of his officers to look for his son's stolen iPhone. More »
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Apple's wireless Bluetooth keyboard plays wonderfully with all of the company's hardware, from laptops to iOS devices. But for whatever reason, Apple has limited its lovely aluminum remote to IR, so it won't work with your iPhone or iPad. So Satechi has stepped in to save the lazy day. More »
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Nokia's 808 PureView made a big splash and caused a fair bit of controversy at MWC this year. 41 actual megapixels crammed into a cameraphone? It sounds ludicrous, especially when you hear it's running Symbian. The 808 PureView will be out around the start of June, so we grabbed some time with it to see if that beastly sensor is really everything Nokia promises it'll be. More »
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Yahoo has just released its Axis extension—a visual search tool that links across desktop and mobile devices—but sadly, there's a hitch. During the release, Yahoo managed to leak a private security key in its Chrome version, that could allow anyone to create malicious plugins masquerading as official software. Oops. More »
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Calcium supplements—previously thought to help prevent heart disease and stroke—have now been shown to almost double the risk of heart attack. Doctors are now warning that such supplements should be taken with caution, and even then only for vital medical reasons. More »
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The proverbial continues to hit the fan over Facebook's IPO. Investors are trying to get their lost money back through the courts and Morgan Stanley are being blamed for all kinds of dubious activities. Now, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed the names of companies who Morgan Stanley tipped off about Facebook's doomed offering. More »
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Bandwidth on Navy ships is a scarce, expensive commodity. For sailors using non-essential systems, like recreational computers? Dial-up speeds - if they're lucky. But by the end of the year, for the first time, the Navy will put a 4G LTE wireless network aboard some of its ships, giving a whole new communications tool to sailors and Marines: their smartphones. More »
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One of the few things that makes the humble BlackBerry attractive is the Messenger service, which has been embraced by teenagers and the corporate world alike. But as people migrate from RIM's handset to other smartphones, BBM contact lists around the globe are shrinking—and now the software's future looks uncertain. More »
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Amateur iPhone photographers know that Apple's camera is capable of producing some impressive images, by most standards. With each new model, the camera only gets better. So, at this point, it seems almost appropriate for a line of slick clip-on lenses to come on the market—no matter how impossibly twee they might be. More »
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Do this right now: Go to Twitter and type the words "get help." Or try "get hungry" or "get high" or "get laid." Really, any two-word pair beginning with "get" will do. Now send the Tweet. What's that? It vanished? Exactly. More »
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Anyone who works in an open office, one without cubicles or private spaces of any sort, knows that having a place to escape to, if even for a few minutes, is invaluable. But bathroom stalls aren't exactly tranquil, and faking a phone call is more work than it's worth. More »
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John Mayer kind of stinks, but at least you get the sense that understands he stinks and has some fun with it. Like with his born-in-New-Jersey malfunctioning nudist hologram, slated to go on tour in his stead. Which, you know, might not be the biggest downgrade in the world. [College Humor]Click to view More »
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