Tall Bike Bobby: From Vancouver to LA on a Hand-Made Bicyle
From Vancouver to Los Angeles on a hand-made tall bike.Read the full article on MAKE.....»»
Streetlight Manifesto: Ungrateful
Streetlight Manifesto's new record, The Hands That Thieve, is an instant classic in the ever-shrinking world of really stellar ska music simply by virtue of being a Streetlight Manifesto album. But what "Ungrateful" brings to the table is something a litt.....»»
NYPD wrongfully seize wrong SD card
Photography is not a Crime shares the story: New York City police officers arrested a woman who was video recording them from a public sidewalk as they conducted some type of “vehicle safety checkpoint.” The officers apparently stole a memory card f.....»»
Unusual Offshore Octopods: The See-Through "Glass" Octopus [Video]
[caption id="attachment_483" align="alignleft" width="291" caption="Glass octopus courtesy of R. Larsen/Fish and Wildlife Service/R. Harbison, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/YouTube"] [/caption]Octopuses that live in the deep open ocean are diff.....»»
"Crazy ant" invading Texas, destroying electronics
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that the US fire ant population is being pushed out by "tawny crazy ants," with an affinity to the interior of electronic devices. The ants are capable of nesting in nearly any container, an.....»»
Axio returns as Melon, an EEG headband that"ll help you learn to focus
The quantified self movement's gaining steam, with companies creating all sorts of gadgets to track our activity levels, sleeping habits and even what's going on inside our heads. Melon's an EEG headband that taps into your brain's inner workings to show .....»»
Hell No, Tumblr Users Won"t Go To Yahoo!
We’ve all by now heard about how Yahoo is trying to get some “cool” with a supposed $1 billion purchase of hip blogging platform Tumblr, but it may be a moot point if Tumblr’s users fail to stick around post-sale. Microsoft and Fa.....»»
"Crazy ant" invading Texas, destroying electronics
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that the US fire ant population is being pushed out by "tawny crazy ants," with an affinity to the interior of electronic devices. The ants are capable of nesting in nearly any container, an.....»»
One of the Basic Math Rules You Learned In School Is Wrong
There are probably a lot of things you learned in school that you don't even remember, but the "order of operations"—also known as PEMDAS—is likely to be one that stuck with you; you'll mess up even simple equations without it. The catch? Well, it's w.....»»
Life-Size Mouse Trap Kicks Off Maker Faire
Classic board game epitomizes the DIY ethos of gigantic arts, engineering and technology festival. Continue reading →.....»»
Cast AR hands-on with Jeri Ellsworth at Maker Faire 2013 (update: video interview)
When Valve's first hardware hire, Jeri Ellsworth, tweeted back in February that she was fired from the company, we were disappointed but also intrigued by what she meant by "time for new exciting projects." Well we finally saw what she's been up to here a.....»»
Video: Reboots that need the boot, part 2—SimCity
The 2013 SimCity reboot is heartbreakingly awful. A video examination of EA's advertising platform masquerading as a city simulator. (video link) This is the second in our series of reboots that need the boot. We looked first at Alien vs. Predator. T.....»»
Editorial: Apple"s billions are building an empire for the future
Given that Apple now sits on well over $144.7 billion in liquid resources, there's lots of discussion about how the company could or should be spending it. What Apple is already doing with its cash is actually more interesting. .....»»
Ex-Valve Engineers" Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face
Want some more tech to put on your face? Neither full-on goggles like the Oculus Rift nor slender no-AR-yet specs like Google's Glass, CastAR takes a whole different approach to modified-reality tech by slapping tiny projectors on your face, and The Verge.....»»
Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board
Today, Arduino announced a revolutionary new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux. Read the full article on MAKE.....»»
Radio Shack Unveils the New Delta Series Mini PC Board at Maker Faire
Radio Shack is showing off a sample of their new Delta Series mini PC boards at Maker Faire.Read the full article on MAKE.....»»
Google I/O 2013 wrap-up: Expanding the Android Ecosystem
Because Google’s most popular operating system – and the most popular operating system on the planet, mind you – is Android, it only makes sense that much of the company’s yearly developers conference would be centered in this mult.....»»
Love museums? Hate pants? Try these virtual museum tours from your PC
Numerous museums have put parts of their collections online and easy to explore with the click of a mouse. Here are some of the best online tours and collections of the famous museums in the world......»»
How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago
"Facebook was not originally created to be a company," CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his SEC Registration letter a little more than three months before Facebook went public on May 18, 2012. "It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the w.....»»
Share between devices painlessly with Instashare
There will come a time when you would like to simply transfer a file from one iOS device to another or to a Mac; it's inevitable. When the time arises, you will discover as most of us already have that the process is not as straightforward as one would th.....»»