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#humor
10 Terrible Tips for Longer Battery Life
Nowadays, everything comes with a rechargeable battery, but who knew that getting long battery life could get soooo confusing? Here are 10 expert-backed tips to keep you from running low on the juice: More » -
#nsfw
This Inflating Bra Commercial Left Me Confused Yet Reaching For My Wallet
Based on my non-existent Chinese skills, I managed to understand that this inflatable bra makes boobs big, BIG, BIG. And I guess it comes with odd sound effects included? Can someone watch please this commercial and translate for me? More » - Yesterday - November 6, 2009
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#architecture
Office Building Or Home To A Super Heroine?
Switzerland gets all the cool offices. This particular one's dubbed "Cocoon" and acts as headquarters for an architecture firm. I prefer to imagine it as home to a super heroine who zoom-zoom-zips down that spiral and saves the day. More » -
#iphoneapps
New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup
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#bags
Pangolin Backpack
The Pangolin is a spiny anteater covered in razor sharp scales, with razor sharp claws, that can shoot acid out of its anus. This backpack is inspired by the creature. More » -
#diy
5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
Bob Davis scored a complete power supply including a 5 KV transformer, 100 uf Capacitor and a contactor on eBay for $100 and did what any sane person would do—he built a can crusher. More » -
#evilgeniuses
My Favorite Top 10 List Today: The Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
Ooooh, io9's fantastic Charlie Jane Anders has a Friday treat for us: The Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses of All Time. This was definitely one of my favorite reads today and I particularly agreed with number two. [Io9] -
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#nanoparticles
Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It
If I could visualize nanoparticles, I'd think of them as crime bosses because apparently they can mess with DNA without ever having direct interaction. Like a true godfather, a nanoparticle commands obedient molecules to do the dirty work. More » -
#rc
The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water
It's no miracle, the G-Bound remote control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tires. More » -
#diy
DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator Almost Makes Regular Bluetooth Headsets Look Stylish
This DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator instantly reminded me of a comment a dear reader left when I shared a Star Trek fantasy. He was right: Bluetooth is the ruin of Star Trek. But this is a fun quick-n-dirty project. More » -
#2012
Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
Director Roland Emmerich knows how to blow humanity to smithereens. He did it in Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow and now 2012. We talked to the apocalypse-master himself, who explained that there are 8 simple rules for ending the world. [io9] -
#iphoneapps
This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! More » -
#google
The Queen of Google: "I Do Code All Night!"
This is Marissa Mayer, the queen of Google. Every Google thing that you use goes through her. And she's nerd. So she says, sitting on her red ball in that red dress: More » -
#spork
The Folding Titanium Spork Is the Ultimate Portable Eating Utensil
As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design. [Tad Gear via The Awesomer] -
#lawsuits
Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D
In 1989, Franz A. Wakefield invented the iPod, the iPhone, and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he's suing her and Apple...and my head's spinning. More » -
#diy
Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
I finally started watching Californication recently, but my big annoyance since then is that my—ahem—mostly-legally downloaded episodes take ages to transfer wirelessly from laptop to media center PC. Thankfully Lifehacker's got a DIY wiring solution for my troubles. More » -
#tgif
10 Classic Analog Games Defiled By Digital
So, I'm doing the Mindflex game review, and I start thinking about the evolution of classic board games. Personally, I like the fact that many of them got a 21st century makeover. These 10 games may have purists thinking otherwise. More » -
#inventions
A History of the Theater Gimmicks Meant to Save Hollywood
You may not have known you wanted it, but now you're going to get it. 3D redux is here with its biggest tentpole to date, Disney's $180 million Christmas Carol, followed shortly after by the release of James Cameron's Avatar. [Gawker] -
#mouse
OpenOfficeMouse Is An 18 Button Freak, But I Want It
18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analog Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever-else-is-in-there. 18 buttons! Yes, I'm a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And yes, I will waste $75 on this. More » -
#android
The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know
You've had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple's crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you're going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here's what you need to know. More » -
#google
Google Promotes Droid Day With Rare Homepage Ad
Hey Google! I adore your celebration of Sesame Street's 40th anniversary and such things, but what are you doing sticking an ad on your homepage? An ad for Verizon's Droid of all things. More » -
#landscapes
We're Not So Different, Earth and Mars
Here are two galleries for you, both of photos taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It's amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More » -
#humor
A Bunch of Ridiculous New Peeks to Follow the TwitterPeek
The TwitterPeek is a crazy device. But hey, now that Peek has gone down this road, why stop there? Here are some free ideas for the next generation of Peek handheld devices. More » -
#dealzmodo
Gadget Deals of the Day: Futuristic Friday Edition
Embrace the technology of tomorrow by capturing a Motorola Droid for $150 or an HTC Droid Eris for $70. Just don't let the Halo 3 Mongoose distract you from the incredible offer for free downloads of six top Mac apps. More » -
#advertisement
Meet Alain Yves: The Winner of a Brand-New Suzuki Boulevard Cruiser!
You voted, and Alain Yves, the busy teacher and road-warrior dad, has won a brand-new Suzuki Boulevard Cruiser! (That's him on the left, with his little girl.) Read Alain's Suzuki-winning story here. Suzuki Boulevard Cruiser: the Official Bike of You! -
#shootingchallenge
20 Terrifyingly Toxic Fast Food Photos
You may be excellent photographers, but some of you have atrocious (OK, delicious) taste in food. Here are winners of this week's Shooting Challenge: Fast Food. More » -
#myka
Myka ION HD Player Is the First To Deliver Both Hulu and Boxee
You may remember Myka from their BitTorrent player, but now they are bringing Hulu, Boxee and NVIDIA ION graphics to the table with the Myka ION. More » -
#robots
Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot
Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. More » -
#flashmemory
Samsung's New Ultra Slim 30-Nanometer Flash Memory Chips Will Cause Gadget Shrinkage
With stacks of eight being only 0.6mm thick, Samsung's new 30-nanometer NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. More » -
#newcars
Local Motors Rally Fighter: The First-Ever Creative Commons Car
This is Local Motors' Rally Fighter, the first car openly developed and built using crowd-sourcing. It will change the auto industry forever. More importantly for me, with its P-51 fighter plane-influenced design, it might be the coolest-looking car ever. [Jalopnik] -
#btw
All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings the Apple doesn't want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets, a free, super-simple app, helpfully wrangles into one place. More » -
#blockquote
Eric Schmidt Takes The Gloves Off with Microsoft
There's no love lost between Google and Microsoft, at least based on a recent interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. More »
