The red deserts of Mars have revealed a surprise: an altogether new type of sand dune. Today a team of scientists led by Mathieu Lapotre, a planetary geologist at Caltech, announced a new type of geological formation in the Martian sands. Lapotre’s team discovered waves of windswept sand that are totally unlike the two features…
Month: July 2016
Can You Sense A “Force Field” Around Your Body?
It sounds like something out of the supernatural, but new scientific evidence suggests that us mortal humans actually have sense comparable to the feeling of a “force field” around us that can help us avoid harm. A recent study published in the journal Cognition looked at a phenomenon that allows us to “feel” things in our “peripersonal space,”…
Can You Transform Rectangles Into Circles in the Mirror
What in the sorcerous hells is this? Kokichi Sugihara’s ‘Rectangles and Circles’ illusion is a mind-bending visual trip that turns squares into circles and circles into squares right in front of your face. Different shapes are placed at a mirror and what you see in front of you is totally different from what you see…
Woman Arrested for Plot to Kill Stephen Hawking
An American woman was arrested this week for flooding Stephen Hawking’s email with death threats, then stalking him at an astronomy festival in the Canary Islands. The woman, a US citizen who lives in Norway, sent emails to Hawking telling him she would kill him at the Starmus Festival, a legendary astronomy conference that’s happening…
Man marries his iPhone after falling in love for years
Aaron Chervenak is one of the many grooms who has experienced a quickie wedding in Las Vegas. On May 20th, at the Little Las Vegas Chapel, Chervenak was married to the love of his life, his Apple iPhone. Chapel owner Michael Kelly said, “At first it was like what? And then I was like… Alright…
Can We Create Artificial Gravity?
Yes, we can. We can totally create the artificial gravity seen in movies like2001: A Space Odyssey or Elysium, it’ll just cost a lot of freaking money and require a lot of freaking resources. Real Engineering explains how centrifugal force works as artificial gravity and estimates (using math cribbed from how much the ISS costs)…
Convert your USB Charger Into a Linux Computer
Chris Robinson has made projects like handheld Raspberry Pi powered Linux terminal and this Linux computer project is even smaller. This Linux computer fits inside a modified USB charger plug and runs on a very small power. This design uses ODROID-W development board, which is Raspberry Pi and Raspbian compatible. You’ll also be needing a…
iPhone 7 new dark concept
Apple might be going back to black with the iPhone 7, making it the darkest iPhone since the days of the iPhone 3Gs. We got a major crush on the deep blue iPhone 7 earlier this month, but now that mockup artist Martin Hajek has whipped up this Space Black creation, we’re torn between what Apple’s…
Facebook is listening to your phone calls
Facebook has shut down rumors that it uses your mobile device’s microphone to eavesdrop on conversations so it can better target ads. In a statement issued on June 2nd, Facebook said it “does not use your phone’s microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed.” The company says it only shows…
The Coolest gaming laptop ever ($5,000 custom System Shock PC)
In the world of System Shock, the evil mega-corporation known as TriOptimum is indirectly responsible for the near-destruction of Earth, humanity, and at one point the literal fabric of reality. If it were a real company, I would be totally on board with that, as long as it sold this laptop. The machine above is…
How To Get A Job At Google Just By Its Search
Google has one of the most rigorous and byzantine processes of recruitment. It’s not that you don’t know of, you might at some point at your life wished or even prepared for a job at Google. But, here’s something you don’t know. You don’t essentially have to knock on Google’s door to get a job…
what reviewers said about the original iPhone
To call the iPhone a revolutionary device is nothing short of an understatement. Given the myriad of ways in which Apple’s iconic smartphone has profoundly impacted not only the way we use mobile devices but how we communicate and interact with the world at large, the iPhone is undeniably a once-in-a-lifetime device whose far-reaching influence…
