- Tech NewsDesign
A Co-Working Table With Hidden Depths
Co-working can be tough: regular users of a space have their natural sprawl, while those spending just a few hours at a desk would prefer a minimum of clutter. This desk has hidden depths to cater for all. The ‘Co-Worker’ table is the brainchild of German designer Tobias Lugmeier, and it’s based around a neat … Continued
- ScienceSpace
What Will Happen When the Earth’s Magnetic Field Switches
The Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth, shielding it from damaging radiation and moderating our climate. So the idea that it could completely flip around, or collapse altogether, should cause us to worry, right? Well, yes and no. Magnetosphere Basics The result of electrical currents generated deep within the Earth through dynamic action, the … Continued
Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com - Tech NewsSamsung
Samsung Galaxy Owners Now Have a Custom Kindle Store With Free Stuff
Got a Samsung Galaxy device? You’re in for a treat: Amazon is building a custom Kindle store for you and your device—and it comes with perks. The new store, announced this morning, will provide Galaxy users—initially just those with an S5, but more will follow—twelve free books a year. You’ll get to choose from four … Continued
- Tech News
Eyefi Cloud Syncs Photos From Your Camera to the Internet in a Flash
Basically every new camera that comes out these days has Wi-Fi on-board, but the technology hasn’t progressed to the point that it’s seamless. There’s still a little friction when you’re trying to get photos from your camera to another device—and that’s still one step removed from the internet. Wi-Fi enabled SD card maker Eyefi is … Continued
- Tech NewsGoogle
This Google App Lets You Control Your Computer From Your Phone
Remote desktops are nothing new, but Google has now released a slick app that makes the process a pleasure rather than wildly frustrating. The new software will let you control your Mac or PC from any Android device. Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android—snappy!—is an extension of existing Google software that allows to control your … Continued
- Tech NewsApple
Bloomberg: iOS 8 Will Have Shazam’s Song Identification Baked In
Can’t name that tune? No worry: Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is partnering with Shazam to embed song identification software right into its forthcoming iOS 8. The news agency reports that two of its sources believe Apple is “planning to unveil a song-discovery feature in an update of its iOS mobile software that will let … Continued
- Tech NewsSploid
This drone footage showing the aftermath of a fire is so heartbreaking
A fire in Valparaíso, Chile has destroyed more than 2,500 homes, left 11,000 people homeless and killed at least 15 people. It’s an unfathomable tragedy that has destroyed an entire community. This drone footage from Skyfilms attempts to show the extent of the damage caused by the fire’s wrath. It looks like a set of … Continued
By Casey Chan -
- io9
Stunning Paintings Of Mermaids Inspired By Real Underwater Life (NSFW)
Renee Nault‘s lovely watercolor mermaid paintings often depict full underwater scenes, showing off not just her mythological creatures, but also the real life creatures swimming and growing beneath the surface. Each Friday, Nault posts a new mermaid to her blog and website (where you can find many, many more mermaids), and she sells originals and … Continued
By Lauren Davis - io9
Hogwarts Is Now Offering A Way To Get Your Magical Education Online
This isn’t official, but it’s so very impressive: Hogwarts Is Here is an online LARP in which players basically get an education, just like the students of Hogwarts. There are no battles and no mayhem; just classes to take, digital textbooks to “buy”, and homework to do. Which sounds like a nightmare to me, but … Continued
By Rob Bricken - io9
Your New Desktop Wallpaper: The First Spacewalk of the Shuttle Program
From the archives: On June 7th, 1983, Astronauts Story Musgrave (left) and Don Peterson orbit the Earth at over 17,000 miles per hour, tethered to the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the inaugural spacewalk of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. How’s that for breathtaking? Photo Credit: NASA I will never get over the … Continued
- Tech NewsSploid
Science explains why babies are so darn cute
What makes adult sized humans go gaga and coo coo and ooh ooh when they see a little baby? Their adorable cuteness! But are babies really that cute to make people forget how to speak? They are! And it’s scientifically proven. ASAP Science says we love round faces, big eyes, protruding cheeks, big forehead and … Continued
By Casey Chan - io9Books
A 400 Year Old Utopia That Includes Polygamy And Eugenics
City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella is one of the earliest utopian novels — and one of the rarest, since only 20 copies exist. One of those has just come into the library at UC Riverside, where you can read it if you have California ID. (And read Latin.) Completed in 1602 during Campanella’s … Continued
- Tech News
The Hollywood Bowl Started as a Natural Amphitheater Named Daisy Dell
From the back benches of the Hollywood Bowl, with the sounds of the Los Angeles Philharmonic floating through the warm air of a summer evening, it might seem hard to believe that this L.A. landmark is anything but a masterpiece of engineering. And to be sure, the venue’s iconic band shell, speakers, and other improvements … Continued
- io9Television
This May Have Been Person of Interest‘s Darkest Episode Yet
Last night’s Person of Interest gave us a long, hard look at this show’s darkest theories about how the government actually works. Plus, it looks like the battle of the AIs is about to begin. Spoilers ahead! Our number of the week was McCourt, a congressman who serves on the House Rules Committee (which Finch … Continued
- io9Television
Supernatural Has Broken The 4th Wall So Often, Its Hands Are Bleeding
This was sort of a fascinating episode of Supernatural, a show that is now older than God but still manages to spark with life from time to time. The show promised us another “metafictional” episode, along the lines of the Trickster and Carver Edlund romps or “The French Mistake,” but delivered something very different. Spoilers … Continued
- Tech News
Background Art From Tekkonkinkreet Is Beautiful And Haunting
This thread on the subreddit Background Art (which is overflowing with amazing art if you like this kind of thing) has a particularly beautiful collection of images from the 2006 anime adaptation of Taiyō Matsumoto‘s manga Tekkonkinkreet. The story revolves around two orphans living in the once-wonderful but now slum-like city of Takaramachi. Kuro is … Continued
By Jason Krell - Tech News
The Small Town Utopian Ideal at the Heart of Hot Fuzz
There’s something seriously wrong in Sandford—but you wouldn’t know it just by looking around. The Gloucester haven has won Village of the Year for who knows how long. It’s a model of British country living—but beneath the picturesque facade is something far more sinister. We’re talking utopias here at Gizmodo this week, and Hot Fuzz—the … Continued
- Tech NewsSploid
Map shows which country has the most sex and which has the longest sex
I’m proud to be an American where at least I know… we bone the most. At least according to this map which measures the frequency of sex and duration of sex by country. We don’t have the longest sex, though; that honor goes to Australia. Those down under have sessions that last for a “marathon” … Continued
By Casey Chan