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Your Playlist Sucks
Do you feel that chill? That sensation is your Bieber Fever finally breaking. Yes, the road to recovery is hard, but fortunately there is a sure fire cure. Simply take this short survey, and you could win $150 gift card to the iTunes store — where you can get a bunch of music that’s, you … Continued
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New Snow White and the Huntsman trailer is like Middle-earth with Dopey and Grumpy
We saw these scenes from Snow White and The Huntsman at Wondercon on Saturday — now behold the latest trailer for director Rupert Sanders’ dark fairy tale. I’m getting a 1980s fantasy vibe, not unlike Legend but without the power ballads. If I were a savvy studio executive, I’d greenlight a Trixter cover of “Whistle … Continued
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Destroying the New iPad With an Automatic Assault Rifle Is Harder Than You Think
What happens when you fire an HK53 assault rifle against the new iPad? I know, the answer is obvious, but you may be surprised. Watch this video and see. Obviously, the HK53—and the Benelli shotgun he uses later—is going to make a lot of holes on the iPad’s surface But I was surprised to see … Continued
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How Einstein Came Up With Special Relativity
Time dilation. Length contraction. The fact that time moves faster at your face than it does at your feet. These are all experimentally verified consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity, proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein. But the theory also helped explain one of the most nagging questions of modern physics, namely: how anything … Continued
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Daydreaming Makes You Smarter
At high school, it’s invariably the kids that day dream who get told off. But a new study suggests that it’s those of us whose minds wander that have the best working memory—and working memory is itself directly associated to intelligence. A new study, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Max Planck Institute … Continued
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The Best Tablet Display: Guess Who?
Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies separates the best smartphone, tablet, HDTV, and multimedia displays from the worst with his Display Technology Shoot-Out series. So there’s no one more qualified to tell you if that new iPad retina lives up to the hype: Introduction The iPad has been a phenomenal runaway success – to a … Continued
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Kermit the Frog Is Not a Fan of Twitter
Technology and non-human lifeforms are not mutually exclusive things. And in a very poignant, hard-hitting interview with USA Today, the de facto leader of the Muppets, Kermit the Frog, sat down to discuss his favorite and least favorite technologies. Kermit is something of a tech curmudgeon, proclaiming a dislike of thumb typing, texting, Twitter, multitasking. … Continued
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Women can have orgasms from exercising, say scientists
A scientific study has now confirmed what many women have known for ages, which is that certain types of exercise can induce orgasm. Indiana University health researchers Debby Herbenick and Dennis Fortenberry have just conducted a study of hundreds of women who report “exercise induced orgasms” (EIO), or “coregasms.” Most of the women were not … Continued
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NetZero Is Alive and Offering Free 4G Data Now (Updated)
NetZero, the lovable late 90’s free internet provider, is back from the dead (though it never really died) with a new, more relevant option: free 4G data. Yep, if you buy a NetZero hotspot or USB stick, you can get data for free. Of course, the free-ness of it all has its limitations. NetZero can’t … Continued
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This is what a week-long car crash looks like
At an installment for the AV Festival in Newcastle England, an automobile accident is unfolding at the thrilling rate of 7 millimeters an hour, thanks to extremely slow hydraulics. This doomed VW Golf is the brainchild of Jonathan Schipper, who previously crashed two muscle cars over a span of six days. “With a dramatic inevitability … Continued
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Outlet Alarm Lets You Wake To the Roar of Power Tools
If the incessant beeping of your regular alarm clock doesn’t get you bounding out of bed in the morning, Kihyun Kim’s alternative might. It controls a set of built-in outlets that can power up another electrical device when it’s time to wake. Sure, you could plug a lamp into one of those outlets if a … Continued
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How Einstein (Sort of) Fixed All of Physics with the Special Theory of Relativity
The Special Theory of Relativity. It’s the most famous thing the most famous physicist ever did, but what makes it so special? Turns out, it helped prove that we could, uhh, move. Seriously. Here’s the latest in MinutePhysics’ crusade to educate the stupid, stupid world about Einstein. [MinutePhysics]
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Escape from Canada’s Manga Censorship Dungeon
Last summer, civil liberties groups Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund helped defend Ryan Matheson, an American citizen who faced a year in Canadian prison for possession of child pornography. Why? The charges against the 27-year-old software engineer had come via Canadian customs officers who found manga on Matheson’s laptop. … Continued
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Find out if your house will be underwater by 2100
We all know sea levels are rising — since 1880, global sea levels have risen by about 8 inches, and the rate of rise is increasing every year — but what sort of effect can we expect these increases to have on our day-to-day lives? One way to measure their impact is to forecast the … Continued
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Educational Apps’ Advertising Introduce Kids to Scientology, Guns, Casinos and Sex
If you have kids, better watch out for free educative apps with ads in them. Apparently, they can be a backdoor for R-rated messages about hot dating, guns and, even worse, scientology. Check out the image for a small sample. The first case was caught by a man living in Austria. His 6-year-old son was … Continued
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Upgrading the Slingshot Master’s Insane Homemade Arsenal
Slingshot mastermind Joerg Sprave spends a lot of time dreaming up insane and pseudo-apocalyptic death gadgets. But his latest video is a bit of a look back, with deadlier upgrades to some of his more popular recent slingshots, like steel-tipped pencils for the pencil launcher. P.S. Joerg, will you please come to our summer Super … Continued
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Why the lightsaber battles in The Phantom Menace were the safest fight scenes ever
Blame the 3D re-release, but The Phantom Menace is now undergoing a new golden age of withering scrutiny. In this Jedi tutorial by YouTuber First Man on the Spoon, proper lightsaber safety is meticulously broken down. Remember, a good lightsaber battle has more in common with The Electric Slide than any preexisting form of sword … Continued
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Watch the real-life Brazilian Batman take to the streets, inspire millions
Remember André Luiz Pinheiro, the fellow who’s dressing up as a police-commissioned Batman to provide inspiration to the children of crime-plagued Taubaté, Brazil? The BBC recently did a short feature on his outreach efforts. Wearing the cowl in broad daylight is definitely a throwback to the “Batman digs this day” school of crimefighting. Will the … Continued
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Superman’s home planet might not look like what we expect in Man of Steel!
The costume designer for Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot recently explained why their version of the character has a giant “S” on the middle of his costume. And his explanation hints that Krypton may look very different from what we’ve seen before. Plus director Marc Webb reveals a truly awesome Easter egg in The Amazing Spider-Man. … Continued