Say what you will about the rabidness of Star Trek and Star Wars fans, Battlestar Galactica has fans like Gary King who build incredible six-foot-long, hyper-detailed models of obscure ships entirely out of LEGOs. More »
Concussions are a huge concern in virtually every sport—baseball, hockey, even women's lacrosse—but none more so than in football. And while the NFL is taking steps to better protect players, there's still much the medical community doesn't understand about the injury. The X2 Impact mouthpiece aims to change that. More »
Why the hell would I scuba? It's dark down there. And cold. And I 'm allergic to the Bends. I'd rather float along the surface with these seven luxurious snorkeling tools thankyouverymuch.
If you weren't quick enough in pre-ordering your iPhone 4S, you're going to be waiting an extra week or two. Launch Day supplies of the newest Apple phone have been depleted, according to MacRumors, which cites the new waiting times on the pre-order site above. [MacRumors] More »
Nobody's sure why the glass vial of Clostridium perfringens spores was buried in a cornerstone of Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1897, but its discovery could help scientists understand how much this common microbe has evolved in the era of antibiotics. More »
Since I'm on night shift tonight, I had the opportunity to wander about Fleet Week this afternoon and now I'm feeling a bit patriotic. So, I'm dedicating tonight's soundtrack to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. More »
I spent two hours trying to pre-order my iPhone 4S last night. According to AT&T's press release, I wasn't the only person swearing at its site every time it told me it couldn't process my order. More »
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »
By all accounts, Terminal 6 at NYC's JFK Airport is an architectural gem. Today, however, it sits unused. And soon it won't even exist. More »
I get it, ladies. You feel objectified. Fetishized. Just-a-thing-to-me-ified. We totally suck do all that stuff. But it's maybe sorta because we've never been on the other side of that fence. No more! Here's women's love letter to the fleshy crotch bag. More »
With the iPhone 4S, Apple says it will deliver an iPhone that works anywhere in the world, and with fantastic reception. More »
Apple realized that wearing the iPod nano as a watch became a thing, so when they introduced the new iPod nano they tossed in 18 different watch faces to keep people from ever getting bored. Some of them are pretty weird! Here's five. More »
It's Fleet Week here in San Francisco and that means Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron aka The Blue Angels are back in town for the celebration. This is what it takes to convert a battle-ready F/A-18 Hornet into a marvelous stunt-flying Angel. More »
Audiophiles love tube amps because of the warm, full sound they provide. But the vacuum tubes wear out, and generally requires a specialized, increasingly rare, technician to diagnose which ones are bad. High-end audio manufacturer McIntosh say their redesigned MC275 tube amp remedies part of that problem. More »
SwipePad: SwipePad is a better app switcher for your Android phone. Instead of holding down the home button to launch your recent apps, SwipePad uses hotspots-corners and edges of your phone's screen-to trigger a new 'pad' (which is sorta like a dashboard of apps). Just drag your finger from a hotspot to the middle of the screen and the app switcher will pop up. It's like adding another layer to your phone. Free
Chefs Feed: It's a restaurant guide app that distills recommendations by only showing you what the best chefs in your city eat. It's like being friends with these star chefs and texting them for recs every time you want to eat somewhere! You can search by chef, search by dish, find dishes per your location, see what the chefs in your city are tweeting at the moment, mark dishes off your to do list, rate them and more. Chef's Feed only supports the big cities-New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago-but within those cities are an ace list of chefs-seriously it's a who's who list-that tell you what they love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqLAsyG1U1UBack in Time: The app takes you back in time, from the moment of the Big Bang to now, 13.7 billion years later. There's 300 stunning images, more than a 100 animations, videos and timelines and countless fun little facts that you probably didn't know about our universe. You basically twirl a clock's hands around to see the defining moments of our history, jumping million of years at a time to see what type of life, if any, existed back then. $8
Fujifilm's new pro-caliber X10 point-and-shoot just got a official price: $600, and it'll be out in early November. The X10 can't keep pace with its big brother the X100, but it's got all the features you'd expect from a high-end point-and-shoot, and it's a damn pretty sight, too. More »
