Free Copy of Lightroom with a 5TB Drive, $12 IR Thermometer, and More
$145 for a 5TB hard drive isn't a bad price on its own. When you toss in a free copy of Adobe Lightroom 5, which is currently selling for $138 on Amazon, it's insane. [Seagate Expansion 5TB External with Lightroom 5,$145]
London's Crazy Stupid Garden Bridge Is Actually Going Ahead
Let's say, right, you're the council for a giant city with a rising population, serious housing problems and a centuries-old public transit system. And you've got $300 million to spend on a new infrastructure project. Do you think you should a) spend that money on a garden footbridge that's only open during the day,…
Why tracking our lives may be key in the next step of human evolution
Our friend Jason Silva gives an interesting argument in this video: Rather than thinking that tracking ourselves—geographically and biologically—will inevitably result in our individual alienation and the ultimate slaving of humanity, he believes that it would help each and everyone of us to realize our full potential.
Google's just added a handy new feature to Gmail: you can now convert attached Microsoft Office files to Google Docs and edit them, all within your inbox. There's also support for 15 lesser-used MS Office filetypes, and increased support for tables and charts and the like. Happy spreadsheeting. [VentureBeat via The…
Watch a woman show what 100 years of beauty looks like in 1 minute
Different eras have different definitions of beauty. A look in the early 1900s can fall out of favor a few years down the road or maybe inspire a style decades later. Cut Video made this video that shows a model getting her and make up done to show what beautiful meant from 1910 to 2010.
You're Too Old to Ask for Money this Year, But Here's $150, Anyway
You're a grownup, right? And as such, you're required to accept all holiday gifts with a grateful, spirited smile on your face — even if Aunt Betsy bought you $100 in socks when what you could've used is some snow tires for your car.
Report: Iran Has Been Hacking Major Infrastructure For Last Two Years
Last year, we discovered that Iranian hackers had breached Navy computer systems, which sent an understandable wave of panic through the administration. But it looks like that might've just been the tip of a much bigger, more sophisticated and more deadly iceberg.
Fascinating graphic shows a man's heart rate during marriage proposal
Redditor sesipikai did something wonderful: He wore a heart rate belt during his trip to Rome, in which he proposed to his soon-to-be-wife. He then exported the data to an XML file and created this fascinating graph using Excel.
Half of The Twilight Zone's Brilliance Was Its Faces
The Twilight Zone is probably the best TV show of all time. You're free to disagree, but you'd be wrong. So why not watch one of the greatestTwilight Zone episodes of all time tonight, "Mr. Dingle, The Strong"? It's a great example of one (often overlooked) feature that made the series so brilliant: Everyone in it…
How many of these pop culture references do you recognize in this video?
Cruisr's music video for their song All Over contains so many pop culture references in its animation that I can't even keep up. There are famous couples side by side and there are movie scenes recreated and it's just so much fun trying to spot them all. It's like seeing all the movies I've ever seen in one video.
Verizon Has Quietly Killed Its Embattled Tech News Site
A few months ago, Verizon set up a silly-sounding but innocuous-looking tech news site called SugarString. Then its editor said the site would not cover net neutrality and government surveillance, hot button issues that could impugn Verizon. DSL Reports notes today that the SugarString is no longer online.
Jessie Ware: You & I (Forever)
This video for Jessie Ware's beautiful is total sap. But it's beautiful, and it's absolutely fine to fall right into that trap.
The hypnotizing process of making a handmade steel knife
Damascus steel is a Middle Eastern type of steel famously known for its resilience and distinctive patterns. Its secret was a unique forging technique that has been long lost. Nowadays experts try to reproduce it and, while it may not be exactly the same process, watching them doing it feels like magic.
The bugs on a single NYC median can eat 14 pounds of food per year
Bugs and rats have lived for centuries in a deadlocked battle for the title of Worst Pest in NYC, but the scientists behind a new study may have just dealt bug fans a decisive victory by proving how urban insects are our friends—or, more specifically, our garbage .
Don't Forget, Pixar's Toy Story That Time Forgot Airs Tonight
It's officially coming, but Toy Story 4 isn't hitting theaters until 2017—in fandom years that's like an eternity away. So to make the wait more bearable, Pixar has been churning out some equally enjoyable Toy Storyshort films, and the latest one, Toy Story That Time Forgot, premieres tonight.
Stephen Hawking's ACAT: Changing the Life of One of Our Greatest Minds
Were it not for technology, one of the greatest minds of our time, that belonging to Professor Stephen Hawking, would lack a voice, a means to express ideas that greatly expand our understanding of the universe.
Over half of death sentences in the US come from 2 percent of counties
Virtually every rich nation in the world has abolished the death penalty. But since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976, courts have sentenced over 7,000 people to die. Shockingly, about 56 percent of death sentences currently come from just 2 percent of U.S. counties.
The definitive answer to why we must invest in pure science research
The answer to why we spend money in pure science research and space exploration is obvious to me, but I often see people whining about how we can invest those (very limited!) dollars on doing other things with direct material benefits. Physicist David Kaplan's has the perfect answer to these complains.
A Memorial to Qatar's World Cup Worker Deaths That Will Never Be Built
Thousands of immigrant workers have died over the past year as they labored at the sprawling construction sites for Qatar's World Cup in what Amnesty International calls "modern-day slavery." Now a pair of architects have shared a proposal for a memorial to the workers—and it's a horrible reminder of just how many…
This Finger-Pinching Spinning Desk Toy Is a Shortcut to Worker's Comp
It's hard to define what exactly makes the perfect desk toy, because when you're bored even just a paper clip can be entertaining. What's most important is that it gives you an outlet for fidgeting, and this Main Reduction Gear Unit salvaged from a plane's engine and re-branded as a desk toy should fit the bill.
This Life-Sized Marty McFly is Creeping Me Out
I can't look away. This "realistic" life-sized Marty McFly I found on eBay is just too... creepy. The uncanny valley is definitely in full effect here.
Career Spotlight: What I Do as an Aerospace Engineer
From the birth of aviation to the space age and beyond, the aerospace industry has transformed transportation, commerce, and communication. Countless engineers have worked hard to literally give flight to the technologies that drive the modern world. But what does the job really entail? What is the average day for an…
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