There Are Optometry Charts For Spy Planes Scattered All Over The Country
They work for satellites, too. This is what they look like from the air: Via: clui.org And on the ground: Via: clui.org The Center for Land Use Interpretation, which supplied these photos (via...
View ArticleWhat The Hell Is A "Next-Generation" Video Game?
The new consoles from Sony and Microsoft are imminent. Here's what you'll be playing on them. On Wednesday night, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Sony will announce its new PlayStation....
View ArticleBurger King's Twitter Account Hacked
“Just got sold to McDonalds because the whopper flopped =[” Someone's having a bad day over at BK HQ. The fact that it's a national holiday probably didn't help matters: The hack has been going on for...
View Article28 Adorable DIY Gadget Cases
Your phone doesn't deserve to be boring. Neither does your laptop, e-reader, tablet, or whatever else the kids are using these days. You can resize most of these projects to fit whatever item you...
View ArticleHow Men And Women Tweet
A recent academic study looked at linguistic differences between 14,000 men and women on Twitter. There are different trends between the genders — but the whole picture isn't so simple. A recent...
View ArticleFirsts In The Field Of Photography
Stop taking selfies on your smartphone and appreciate some history! The field of photography can be considered an art, science, and skill. It has the power to transform our world as well as document...
View ArticleFinally, An Arcade Game That Gets You Drunk
Fighting game Beercade: The Last Beerfighter rewards the winner with sweet, sweet booze. As anyone who has visited a bowling alley or Brooklyn's own Barcade knows full well, alcohol and arcade games...
View Article8 Awesome Forgotten Video Games Of My '80s Childhood
Anyone up for a Wizards & Warriors tournament? As a little kid in the mid- to late '80s, my world revolved around Cabbage Patch Kids, Cyndi Lauper, Family Ties and sticker albums. (So many...
View ArticleRiding The 'Draw Something' Roller Coaster
Draw Something's creator pushes back against claims about the game's collapse. Plus: the limits of branding, living at the mercy of Facebook, and the saddest request the company has ever received....
View ArticleStanford University Owes Sergey Brin Over A Thousand Dollars
Fun with California's unclaimed property search engine. Pick up your grad school paychecks, dude. LINK: Stanford University Owes Sergey Brin Over A Thousand Dollars Fun with California's unclaimed...
View ArticleNow You Can Print Out Gun Parts At Home
“It's a good hobby and it doesn't harm anybody.” Travis Lerol, a software engineer demonstrates for the Washington Post how he prints out accessories for his AR-15 at home in Glen Burnie, Md. View...
View ArticleJeep's Official Twitter Account Hijacked (Just Like Burger King's)
“Sold To Cadillac.” By the same crew who did the Burger King hack yesterday. The same people who pulled off a hour-long hijacking of Burger King's account yesterday have struck again, this time taking...
View ArticleThe Best Job At Google
Google Street View team is now mapping the wilderness — on foot. What it's like to carry one of Google's monstrous cameras to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Image by Google The image of working at...
View Article#MTVHack Is Actually A Publicity Stunt
Evidence suggests that the MTV and BET Twitter accounts have not been hacked after all. View Entire List ›
View ArticleHow The Gaming Press Got The Wii U Wrong
Sony announces the PlayStation 4 tomorrow. Who will tell us the truth about it? Nintendo Co's President Satoru Iwata poses with the company's Wii U game controller at the company headquarters after an...
View ArticleThe Innocent-Looking Site That Helped Hack Apple And Facebook
This is what a cutting edge cyber attack looks like: An old iPhone enthusiast forum. AllThingsD reports that at least some of the major cyber attacks reported in the last week, including those that...
View ArticleThis Is The View Through Google's Glasses
A tour of the world, as seen through Google's Project Glass. With actual footage. Many of these locations are linked to Project Glass sightings — the shots from the catwalk, for example. This is real...
View Article10 Terrifying Images Of Daleks Invading London
The villainous aliens from Doctor Who take over Westminster Bridge. Source: David Dewhurst / via: flickr.com Source: David Dewhurst / via: flickr.com Source: David Dewhurst / via: flickr.com...
View Article8 Crazy Global Warming Solutions Scientists Have Actually Considered
Most of these ideas seem crazy, but at least we have options if things really go downhill. Since global warming became an international concern scientists have been hard at work looking for possible...
View ArticleGaming's First Depression Simulator
Lots of gamers struggle with depression. Until now, there haven't been any games about them. Video games are power fantasies. The reason that most popular game genres — the shooter, the...
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