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Tech NewsSploidAll you need to know about Gaza in one clear animated map
Everyone talks about Gaza, but few people really know what the hell is going on and how did it all get to this point. French newspaper Le Monde created this easy to follow animated map that clearly explains all you need to know. Just the pure facts laid out in a clear way. A must … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHilarious video replaces all the sounds in The Matrix with 8-bit sounds
Like most people with eyeballs, I’ve scrubbed the memory of The Matrix sequels from the creases of my brain. That’s why I had so much fun when I watched this scene from The Matrix Reloaded. Oh and hearing 8-bit sounds instead of real noises makes it way more enjoyable. It’s an action comedy movie now! … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy This Japanese Village Is Full of Creepy Dolls
Guys, dolls are creepy. They have unblinking, soulless eyes. They seem like they could come alive at any moment and murder everyone with their tiny hands, their uncanny plastic features morphing from a facade of innocence to PURE EVIL. So an entire village populated mainly by life-size dolls is not an un-terrifying proposition. In fact, … Continued
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Tech NewsSomebody Crashed a Drone into Yellowstone’s Hot Springs
If you’re going to roundly ignore the ban on drones in America’s national parks, then indeed you deserve to lose your toy in the murky, 160-degree depths of a hot spring. This past weekend, a tourist crashed a drone right into Yellowstone’s iconic Grand Prismatic Spring. The incident is under investigation, and officials hope to … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Beatles: Birthday
Every year, my parents would wake my brother and sister and I up to this song on our respective birthdays. It’s a tradition that my father, a Beatles fanatic, started before I was even so much as a thought. I anticipated the White Album song serving as my alarm clock on one morning every year. … Continued
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No, The Man Tested for Ebola in NYC Does Not Have Ebola
The CDC has now officially confirmed that the man in New York who, as of Monday, maybe (but almost certainly not) had Ebola definitely does not have Ebola. While the mention of even a Ebola test set off scary, screaming headlines all over New York, there would be no reason to freak out even if … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching a transparent mantis eat is both disgusting and fascinating
Watch this video of a young glass mantis eating a blue bottle fly. Why? Because while it’s totally gross, you won’t be able to look away as the food travels all through his body. It’s fascinating and gross beautiful and gross but cool all at the same time. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome … Continued
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The Power Went Out At This Antarctic Research Station While It Was -67F
It’s been a very, very cold winter in Antarctica, with scientists reporting record lows all over the continent. Which makes the fact that researchers living on the Brunt Ice Shelf lost power for 19 hours even scarier. Today, the British Antarctic Survey announced it’s halting all science until the situation gets resolved. There are 13 … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Google May Bring Multiple Accounts To Your Smartphone With Android L
Having multiple accounts on desktops and tablets seems like common sense. After all, we don’t need nosey roommates or tablet-savvy children who sometimes act like nosey roommates interfering with our sacred apps and digital configurations. With Android L, it looks like Google is extending the same logic to smartphones. In an official developer forum, one … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
A Side Table For Charging Gadgets That Plugs Right Into the Wall
The wireless utopia we’ve all been patiently waiting for (while tripping over cords) is still nowhere to be seen, but it’s not for lack of trying. Designer Youmin Vincent Kim has come up with a wonderful interim solution with the Soak desk that leans up against, and plugs directly into, a wall—allowing it to serve … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsA Genuinely Smart Watch That Puts a Hands-Free Flashlight On Your Wrist
Nearly every non-mechanical watch comes with a light of some sort letting you read the time in the dark, but SureFire’s 2211 Luminox WristLight is the first to come with a built-in light that can illuminate an entire room in the middle of the night. Specifically designed for law enforcement, the military, and emergency response … Continued
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Tech NewsMIT Invented Magnetic Hairs That Can Make Water Flow Uphill
Inspired by the coats of fur on some animals, researchers at MIT have developed a flexible skin-like material covered in thousands of tiny magnetic hairs that can move in varying directions in the presence of a magnetic field. That might not seem particularly useful, until MIT points out that the new material can be used … Continued
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Ancient Worms May Have Saved Life on Earth 530 Million Years Ago
About 2.5 billion years ago, microbes began making a poison that would cause one of the largest mass extinctions on Earth. The few organisms that could handle this poison flourished, going on to become our ancestors. The poison? It was oxygen. It’s a wonder that oxygen levels didn’t keep rising until Earth became uninhabitable, though, … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Watch the Evolution of Amazon’s Kindle Hardware In a Single GIF
The Amazon Fire Phone is kind of whack, but being ugly is not one of its problems. Amazon’s hardware design has improved over the years, and the GadgetLove team created this GIF to illustrate how its products have evolved since that first clunky, oddly designed Kindle. Not every iteration is included (no Paperwhite, for example) … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The Weirdest Products Apple Tried To Sell In the 1980s
In 1986, Apple tried to turn itself into a beacon for the fashion world. Banking on the popularity of the Mac, the company launched an extensive catalog of clothing and accessories known as the Apple Collection. And it couldn’t have been more 80s. A lot of the photos from the catalog are well known—the baseball … Continued
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Tech NewsLemmings don’t commit mass suicide, Disney pushed them off a cliff
Lemmings have gotten a bum rap as being panicky rodents prone to throwing themselves from cliffs during their annual migration. But it turns out that the “documentary” that first promulgated this lie was more snuff fantasy than scientific fact. You don’t normally expect that from a Disney production. The year was 1958. The film was … Continued
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Twitter’s Latest Test Suggests That Tweet-Based Shopping Is Coming Soon
A group of Twitter users have spotted a “payment and shipping” option within their Android apps. As The Next Web pointed out, this is just one in a series of tests that suggest Jack Dorsey might be able to buy his latest monochromatic designer suit from within the platform he helped build. The option can’t … Continued
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Boston’s First Police Cars Were Steam-Powered
It’s easy to forget that a century ago, gasoline-powered cars didn’t completely dominate the automobile market. In 1900, roughly 40 percent of all cars sold in the U.S. were steam-powered. And in fact, when the Boston police bought one of the country’s first cop cars in 1903 it was running on steam. The Boston PD’s … Continued
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Did Astronauts Returning From the Moon Really Pass Through Customs?
I love the Customs forms signed by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their return trip from the moon, but are they real? Yes, but not really. The form is a real form, but it wasn’t filled out by the Apollo 11 astronauts when they transited Hawaii. Instead, it’s more likely that the form was created … Continued
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Disney Is Reportedly Building a Major Star Wars-Themed Attraction
Star Tours! You’re gonna have company! After hints last year of a potential Star Wars Land in the works, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced today that the theme park(s) would be getting new attraction(s) tied to everyone’s favorite space saga, and the elusive plans will be revealed next year. Variety‘s Marc Graser is reporting (via … Continued