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Bank Robber Caught While Heading Back Into Bank to Withdraw Taxi Fare
Some people are so stupid they deserve to be arrested. Like an accused bank robber from Atlanta, Georgia, whose failed bank robbery saw him head out to his getaway taxi—only to realize he didn’t have any money for the fare and return to the bank to take out some cash. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “According … Continued
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Chinese Drones Will Evolve New Sub Hunting Methods on the Fly
China’s new fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) could reportedly find use as an autonomous, ship-launched defense against submarines. And, according to a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials Research, the UAV’s will use genetic algorithms to spot the subs faster. A genetic algorithm is one that works much like natural evolution. It narrows … Continued
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Giant Airbags Could Protect Japanese Houses from Earthquakes
As Japan continues to rebuild after last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, one company has developed an ingenious new method to protect homes from the shaking—let them ride it out on a cushion of air. The method, developed by Air Danshin Systems Inc., is radically different than conventionally employed dampers and band isolation systems. When … Continued
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NSA Agents Will Make All Their Private Calls with a Fishbowl
The National Security Agency, America’s eyes and ears, constantly deals with highly-sensitive data. Problem is, discussing that data over unprotected airwaves represents a huge security risk, often requiring agents to communicate in code. That’s why the Agency has developed its own super-secure Android handset. Dubbed the “Fishbowl,” these devices make fully-encrypted calls that are secure … Continued
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Intoxicase Opens Your Bottles and Tallies Your Level of Debauchery
Spending an afternoon drinking in the alley with your favorite neighbors is all well and good, but around the 8th bottle of Alamo things might get hazy. The Intoxicase for iPhone not only tracks how many man sodas you’ve consumed, it will even crack you open a freshie as well. The Intoxicase is a two … Continued
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Trike Drifting Is the Best Thing to Ever Happen on Three Wheels
If you asked the 6-year-old me to think of the single awesomest activity possible, I would have have answered, trike drifting (I was huge into Big Wheels). And, after watching this video, my 30-year-old self is still inclined to agree. From the crew that brought us the most epic of rope swings, this montage of … Continued
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Photoshop CS6 Will Easily (and Skillfully) Fake a Shallow Depth Of Field
Even though you’re only shooting with the crappy camera built into your smartphone, Photoshop CS6’s new Blur Gallery will easily make it look like your shots came from an expensive DSLR. Properly faking a shallow depth of field usually involves creating and strategically masking multiple layers with various levels of blur on each of them. … Continued
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Facebook Will Prove You’re Alive During the Next Disaster
When an earthquake ravaged Fukushima and terrified all of Japan, the entire country had one reaction: is everyone OK? And if you knew someone in an afflicted area, you might’ve been thinking, is my husband okay? Now Facebook will tell you. Facebook’s new Disaster (currently in trial for Japan only) feature is so simple and … Continued
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The New York Times Tells Its Entire Life Story on Facebook Timeline
The New York Times’ Facebook Timeline goes all the way back to 1851, and it’s filled with some choice photos and milestones from the paper’s history. It also tells the story of how technology changed the business of keeping you informed. Newspapers have changed a ton since the Times was founded in 1851, and it’s … Continued
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Police Locked Down a School Because Autocorrect Is So Terrible
Autocorrect has been behind more than its share of misunderstandings, but today it stirred up a whole heap of trouble, even by its sketchy standards. Some poor college student’s phone corrected “gunna” to “gunman” and got a school put into lockdown by the police. At West Hall High and Middle schools in Gainesville, GA, the … Continued
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Bet Real Money on iPad 3 Predictions
Are you tired of going all Zapruder on every piece of Apple minutiae and discussing it in public forums? Now you can put your money where your mouth is. Then, take the money out of there and make a bet. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-ipad-3-hiding-in-plain-sight-5888989 Will the iPad 3 have a Retina Display? If you say yes, that’s one … Continued
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In Japan, You Can Order McDonald’s Using Your Car Navigation System
Apparently fast food still isn’t fast enough for the residents of Japan. Starting in March, McDonald’s will be testing out a new system allowing drivers to order and pay for a happy meal right from their car’s navigation unit. Using the country’s wireless traffic news network known as the ITS, vehicles passing near one of … Continued
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This Is the Best Use of Drones In the History of Drones
This is so damn good: watch this squad of little flying drone quadcopter bastards playing the James Bond theme. The only way they could have made this better is if they added a hundred more drones playing the horn section from the original theme.
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This Ridiculously-Easy-to-Clean Whisk Needs To Exist Right Now
If you’re like me and simply buy a new whisk every time you cook because they’re too hard to clean, you’ll adore Kwon Hansol’s Divisible Whisk with a handle that splits in two, stretching out the wires for easy cleaning. What you won’t adore is the fact that Kwon’s whisk isn’t actually for sale. It’s … Continued
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The Best Way to Watch Baseball on Your Tablet or Phone This Season Is Out Now
It’s really hard to beat going to a baseball game on a summer afternoon. But if you can’t be at the park, the MLB At Bat app is one of the best ways to follow any sport from a mobile device, and the 2012 version just hit all the app stores. You can watch live … Continued
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Meet the Next CEO of Microsoft: Steven Sinofsky Is the Heir Apparent
It was summer 2009. Microsoft had just shipped the final code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, who had begun burning it onto the tens of millions of new computers that would ship that Christmas. It should have been a triumphant moment for Steven Sinofsky. In just over three years of running Windows, Sinofsky and … Continued
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The New Essential Apps February 2012
iPhones. iPads. Android. We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: iPhone | Android | iPad The Best iPhone … Continued
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Russian Mogul Plans to Plant Our Brains in Robots and Keep Them Alive Forever
The Pentagon’s new Avatar project, unveiled by Danger Room a few weeks back, sounds freaky enough: Soldiers practically inhabiting the bodies of robots, who’d act as “surrogates” for their human overlords in battle. But according to Dmitry Itskov, a 31-year-old Russian media mogul, the U.S. military’s Avatar initiative doesn’t go nearly far enough. He’s got … Continued
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Redirect the Sun’s Rays With This Solar-Powered Self-Controlled Mirror
Instead of an electricity generating solar panel, a motorized sun-bouncing mirror known as a heliostat is another approach to solar-powered lighting. And for just $400 the SunFlower will redirect up to 50,000 lumens of sunlight directly into your home. Heliostats are already popular in industrial applications, but typically come with industrial-sized price tags. So the … Continued