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Tech NewsMacklemore and Ryan Lewis: Can’t Hold Us
Hollywood’s streets are paved with the album inserts and broken dreams of one-hit wonders. But this ambitious music video from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis shows the Seattle-based pair has no intention of going anywhere but up. The red-hot hip-hop duo has just released the “Can’t Hold Us” single—the first since their breakout hit “Thrift Shop”—and … Continued
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Tech NewsCustomizable Pixel Stamp Lets You Painstakingly Punch Out Any Design
Perfect for scrapbookers, teachers, or banking types who don’t think ‘rejected’ is a strong enough term, Quirky’s upcoming Pixit stamp lets you create a custom image or text by painstakingly setting a grid of pins into any design. So you’re not just going at it all freestyle, the Pixit can be repeatedly reset into a … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Strophes: The Beautiful Lyrics Reader Is Finally Mobile
While lyric reading app Strophes has already been in the Mac App Store for a while, more often than not, it’s when you’re on the go that you’ll need to whip out lyrics at a moments notice. So whether want to sing along or end a friendly argument about the correct words (or lines… or … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
This Fully Loaded, Column of a Kitchen Is Actually Becoming a Real Thing
With populations growing and cities overcrowding, space-saving designs are amassing a huge, highly lucrative following. The only problem is that they often stay just that—designs. But after being unveiled at the recent Milan Furniture Fair, at least one innovative appliance is leaving concept land to become a reality: Ecooking, a fully functional, vertical kitchen. https://gizmodo.com/the-tiny-transforming-apartment-that-packs-eight-rooms-5967622 … Continued
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Dungeon Dice Let You Roll an Imaginary Adventure
Role-playing board games like Dungeons & Dragons are known for their overly complicated multi-sided die. But this particular set turns the dice into the actual dungeon, letting players discover a new random challenge every time they roll. All 30 sides of the five die have different dungeon layouts with entry and exit points that let … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazonThe Trailer for Amazon’s Zombieland Original Series Isn’t Very Original
Behold what appears to be the trailer for Amazon’s Zombieland pilot. We’re worried that this whole Amazon making its own television idea is about to get off to a very, very rocky start. Give it a whirl, and you’ll see what we mean. A series based on the excellent 2009 movie was greenlit for an … Continued
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Tech NewsA Googler Shows Off How We Should Really Be Using Glass
Google Glass are only just now being delivered, so we’re starting to see the very first videos taken with them. But this pleasant clip of a viola through Glass is our favorite use yet. Sure, the clip was put together by a guy who works at Google (the same one who made the NYC subway … Continued
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This Transforming Chair Is Your Space Saving Camping Trip Champ
You have limited space when you go camping, so it’s not like you’re packing the entire living room. So to consolidate the essentials, say hello to this clever transforming chair. Made of duck canvas, white oak, and reinforced brass, the little guy can bear up to 350 pounds. It’s $185, but it’s basically three pieces … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
Lovely Pastel Furniture That Looks Like Aerogel
As Salone del Mobile wrapped up in Milan last week, plenty of attendees commented that the best stuff at the show was found on the fringes—the Salone’s proverbial seedy underbelly, if you will. Here’s a prime example: Haze, a series by Korean designer Wonmin Park, which was apparently on view in a basement under one … Continued
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Tech NewsWasps In Super Slow Motion Are 4,700 FPS of Freaky
It’s a general rule that everything is better in slow motion, but at 4,700 frames a second, wasps just go from “creepy” to “still creepy.” The footage you see above is actually a .8 second clip by Cinematographer Alan Teitel that’s been slowed down over 100 times to show the individual flapping of each insectoid … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
TomTom’s New GPS Watches Are Easily Controlled With a Large Cyclops-Like Button
A couple of years ago TomTom partnered with Nike for what was one of the first GPS sport watches that didn’t look like some monstrous fitness accessory strapped to your wrist. But now the company is parting ways with the swoosh and releasing a set of TomTom-branded watches called the Runner and Multi-Sport for those … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
Every Library Should Come With This Built-In Slide
It’s no secret how the recently built Panorama House, which stretches along the hilltop like a beautiful, stone accordion, got its name. But while the outside is lovely to behold, it’s what’s hiding within that really caught our attention: an awesome library-slide crossbreed in a stadium seating body. Moon Hoon, the South Korean architect who … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignPinch To Zoom Is Literal On This Elastic Touchscreen Display
We spend a lot of our time running our greasy little fingers over all kinds of touchscreens, but they just sit there unmoving as untouchable blocks of colors dart around beneath the surface. The Obake display isn’t quite so lifeless, and it’s just begging to be poked and prodded. Designed by MIT Media Lab’s Dhairya … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
10 Visions of the Los Angeles That Could Have Been
Los Angeles isn’t generally famous for its innovative urban design. But there have been many attempts to transform the city into a modern metropolis through visionary architecture and transportation projects. In their exhibition Never Built: Los Angeles, the Architecture and Design Museum is showing off the coolest of what LA could have become. Frank Lloyd … Continued
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The iPad Keyboard Case You Want Is Your Deal of the Day
The iPad is not designed to be used with a keyboard. But that hasn’t stopped moms, businesspeople, and tactile enthusiasts from using one anyway. If you know someone who likes their iPad big and bulky, don’t try to convince them that the touchscreen is good enough. They’ve already made up their mind. What you can … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignBurn It Down (Then Take a Seat)
Most people who set fire to their work tend to be pretty much, uh, over it. For Kaspar Hamacher, it’s just the start of a new piece. Hamacher, a 32-year-old Belgian furniture maker, describes his process of design-by-conflagration as “sculpting with the elements.” In 2010, after finding Brussels way too cosmopolitan for his tastes, Hamacher … Continued
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Toshiba KiraBook Hands On: Is an Amazing Screen Enough to Make a Computer Great?
Toshiba is taking aim at the MacBook Air. We know this not because its new KiraBook ultraportable, with its 13-inch 2560×1440 display, resembles an MBA—it doesn’t, really—but because, over and over, Toshiba referenced ways it’s better than or on par with a MacBook Air, as reps explained how the company’s focus with the Kira revolves … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Carnival Is Upgrading Its Fleet to Not Be Floating Shit Barges
Carnival has had a pretty crappy couple of months after fires and massive systems failures in two of its ships turned things into scenes from Lord of the Flies. So the cruise company has planned a $300 million upgrade for its 24-ship fleet to make sure it’s prepared for the worst. Here are the highlights. … Continued
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Krang Apron: Perfect for Ninja Turtle Soup Prep
Spending $150 on an apron that’s bound to get splattered with grease and covered in stains sounds a little ridiculous, doesn’t it? Not when it makes you look like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles supervillain Krang. Even those desperate for world domination can use the occasional R&R, and who knows, maybe grilled turtle is actually … Continued