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The First American Subway [Retromodo]
Recently my local paper, the Boston Globe, was lucky enough to explore the abandoned sections of our sometimes working subway system. As reporter Noah Bierman described it, the experience played out a lot like film noir, compete with wingtip shoes. A...
The First American Subway [Retromodo]
Recently my local paper, the Boston Globe, was lucky enough to explore the abandoned sections of our sometimes working subway system. As reporter Noah Bierman described it, the experience played out a lot like film noir, compete with wingtip shoes. A...
HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don’t Recognize Black People [Webcams]
This is awkward. It appears that HP's new webcams, which have facial-tracking software, can't recognize black faces, as evidenced in the above video. HP has responded: We are working with our partners to learn more. The technology we use is built ...
HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don’t Recognize Black People [Webcams]
This is awkward. It appears that HP's new webcams, which have facial-tracking software, can't recognize black faces, as evidenced in the above video. HP has responded: We are working with our partners to learn more. The technology we use is built ...
Verizon Defends $350 Early Termination Fee to the FCC [Verizon]
Have you guys heard? Verizon needs to charge a 0 ETF on smartphones to survive! Otherwise they won't be able to pay for their network! Wait...that doesn't make any sense. Yes, Verizon has responded to the FCC's inquiry with just what you'd expect: so...
Verizon Defends $350 Early Termination Fee to the FCC [Verizon]
Have you guys heard? Verizon needs to charge a 0 ETF on smartphones to survive! Otherwise they won't be able to pay for their network! Wait...that doesn't make any sense. Yes, Verizon has responded to the FCC's inquiry with just what you'd expect: so...
Researcher Talk Translated Into Truth [Comics]
For those who don't understand what a researcher really means when they tell us that flying solar powered cars will be on the market in 10 years, xkcd has provided this super handy chart. [xkcd] Continue reading ...
Researcher Talk Translated Into Truth [Comics]
For those who don't understand what a researcher really means when they tell us that flying solar powered cars will be on the market in 10 years, xkcd has provided this super handy chart. [xkcd] Continue reading ...
How Your Cellphone Is Giving Hand Jobs [Gadgets]
Oh, that naughty iPhone! And you, filthy Android! What about you, Kindle, you raunchy digital book, you! You just don't get tired of being fondled and rubbed in front of the cameras, don't you? Apparently not, according to Danielle Korwin: The heyda...
How Your Cellphone Is Giving Hand Jobs [Gadgets]
Oh, that naughty iPhone! And you, filthy Android! What about you, Kindle, you raunchy digital book, you! You just don't get tired of being fondled and rubbed in front of the cameras, don't you? Apparently not, according to Danielle Korwin: The heyda...
How Your Cellphone Is Giving Hand Jobs [Gadgets]
Oh, that naughty iPhone! And you, filthy Android! What about you, Kindle, you raunchy digital book, you! You just don't get tired of being fondled and rubbed in front of the cameras, don't you? Apparently not, according to Danielle Korwin: The heyda...
See What’s the Big Deal About 3D Printing [Makerbot]
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] C...
See What’s the Big Deal About 3D Printing [Makerbot]
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] C...
See What’s the Big Deal About 3D Printing [Makerbot]
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] C...
See What’s the Big Deal About 3D Printing [Makerbot]
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] C...
See What’s the Big Deal About 3D Printing [Makerbot]
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] C...
According to This Commercial, We All Need and Deserve HandJobs [Image Cache]
This commercial has left me convinced that I need to order a five dollar HandJob right now. I'm just confused about whether I'll be getting what I think I'm getting or a weird kitchen tool. I guess with that price, odds are that it's probably the k...
Santa’s Real Workshop: Amazon’s Gargantuan Distro Centers [Retail]
Kids imagine that their Christmas presents come from a huge, crowded workshop full of elves at the North Pole. In reality, they come from huge, crowded warehouses full of workers in the 'burbs. These insane shots come from Amazon UK's distribution ce...
Parallel Image Display Is Low-Res and Gorgeous [Art]
Just because it isn't HD doesn't mean it can't be beautiful. The Parallel Image display uses photoreceptors to transmit brightness levels to the other side of the display. I'm in love with all of that gorgeous copper. The project represents how video...
Parallel Image Display Is Low-Res and Gorgeous [Art]
Just because it isn't HD doesn't mean it can't be beautiful. The Parallel Image display uses photoreceptors to transmit brightness levels to the other side of the display. I'm in love with all of that gorgeous copper. The project represents how video...
Terminator Salvation BD-Live Director’s Commentary Liveblog [Liveblog]
It's starting. [Live updating] 6:05: Logging into the Warner Bros. BD-Live account now. 6:08: There's a Harry Potter one on December 12, apparently. 6:12: Trying to figure out how to log into this commentary. 6:12: Sorry, I may have already had a fe...
Terminator Salvation BD-Live Director’s Commentary Liveblog [Liveblog]
It's starting. [Live updating] 6:05: Logging into the Warner Bros. BD-Live account now. 6:08: There's a Harry Potter one on December 12, apparently. 6:12: Trying to figure out how to log into this commentary. 6:12: Sorry, I may have already had a fe...
Terminator Salvation BD-Live Director’s Commentary Liveblog [Liveblog]
It's starting. [Live updating] 6:05: Logging into the Warner Bros. BD-Live account now. 6:08: There's a Harry Potter one on December 12, apparently. 6:12: Trying to figure out how to log into this commentary. 6:12: Sorry, I may have already had a fe...
At Least the Camangi Tablet Is Still Coming Out [Camangi]
The Crunchpad is dead and the Apple Tablet is MIA. Luckily Camangi is here to fulfill our tablet needs. Preorders for the 7" Android tablet are up, and should ship before the end of the month. [Camangi via Engadget] Continue reading ...
OK, Now I’m Nervous About the Large Hadron Collider [Blockquote]
I used to think that nothing would happen with the Large Hadron Collider. I even made fun of the nutters saying it's going to destroy the world. After reading CERN Director for Accelerators's latest statement, I'm not so sure: The LHC is a far bette...
Apple Tablet Concept App Struts Its Hi-Res Stuff on Video [Apple Tablet]
We still don't know what the fabled Apple Tablet actually looks like, or if it even exists, really, but this concept magazine reader from Condé Nast gives us a glimpse at what to expect from tablet apps. Turn down your volume before hitting play, ...
How Do You Hide From the Internet? [Internet]
Wired writer Evan Ratliff spent 27 days in constant fear of getting caught as a small army of amateur and professional investigators hunted him. He had a bounty on his head and the Internet nipping at his heels. Vanish, a combination of a manhunt and...
Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007) [Flashback]
March, 2007: Windows Vista's initial sales are great, "more than doubling" those of its predecessor, Windows XP. Flash forward to November, 2009: Windows 7 initial sales are 234% higher than Vista's. Those numbers sound awfully… Continue readi...
Move Out the Way Dyson, the iPhone Is Here to Blow [IPhone]
At last, after being blowed a billion times, it's the iPhone's turn. Believe it or not, there's a new application for the iPhone that uses its speaker to blow air. No peripherals. No attachments. Check the video for yourself. The developers say th...
Baseball King Balls Throw the Curveball for You [Sports]
I wasn't blessed with a modicum of sports talent, but I can get behind this idea: cheating. Baseball King Balls are specially designed polyethylene baseballs from Japan. By making adjustments to that band in the center of each ball, you can alter the...
