We know how extreme photo retouching can get when human bodies are the focus . But what about when the subject is an inanimate object? This time-lapse shows the insane levels of doting that go into make a Rolex watch look its absolute best. Read more…
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It’s Amazing How Much Retouching Goes Into Even a Rolex Photo
According to theory, it may be possible to create an advanced propulsion system that would harness the available energy from an evaporating black hole, a so-called Schwarzschild Kugelblitz drive. Here’s how it would work. Read more…
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How to power a starship with an artificial black hole
Costco is one of the best places to buy quality ingredients in bulk and save money on food. With just one trip and $150, you can pick up enough to make nearly three weeks’ worth of dinners (4 servings each)—and have lots of leftovers. Read more…
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Make 20 Meals to Feed a Family of Four for $150 and One Trip to Costco
The NSA is monitoring thousands upon thousands of offline computers every day. It’s watching cellphone calls, location data. And if that wasn’t enough, a new report from the Guardian indicates it’s also scooping up around 200 million text messages a day. At random. Read more…
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The NSA Scoops Up 200 Million Random Text Messages Every Day
Until now, Spotify’s free accounts provided unlimited as-supported streaming via its desktop client for six months, until it then imposed a cap on your streaming. Now, though, that cap is being scrapped. Read more…
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Spotify Now Provides Unlimited Free Music on its Desktop App
An anonymous reader writes “Google today released Chrome version 32 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes tab noise indicators, a new look for Windows 8 Metro mode, and automatic blocking of malware downloads. You can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Google Chrome 32 Is Out: Noisy Tabs Indicators, Supervised Users
A new report by the BBC reveals that China isn’t just experimenting with cloning—it’s doing it on an “industrial scale.” Which is at best interesting and at worst more than a small cause for concern. Read more…
When we last saw metamaterials, they were helping us create real-life invisibility cloaks . But, in even more exciting news for true nerds, light-bending metamaterial can also do math. Not just simple math, but calculus. Read more…
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This Amazing, Light-Bending Metamaterial Can Do Calculus
sciencehabit writes “Hidden ruins are customary in the wild jungles of South America or on the white shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Now, researchers have uncovered a long-lost culture closer to Western civilization — in New England. Using aerial surveys created by LiDAR, a laser-guided mapping technique, the team detected the barely perceptible remnants of a former ‘agropolis’ around three rural New England towns (abstract). Near Ashford, Connecticut, a vast network of roads offset by stone walls came to light underneath a canopy of oak and spruce trees. More than half of the town has become reforested since 1870, according to historical documents, exemplifying the extent of the rural flight that marked the late 1800s. Some structures were less than 2 feet high and buried in inaccessible portions of the forest, making them essentially invisible to on-the-ground cartography.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Even with perfect typography, a stunning design, or a novel shape, a business card is still an antiquated way to share your contact details. So the folks over at TechKeys—makers of custom keyboards—wanted to design a card that reflected their work and left a lasting impression—and what better way to do that than with a business card that doubles as a working keyboard . Read more…
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You Won’t Mind Pocketing a Business Card That’s a Working Keyboard