Vine, Twitter’s six-second looping video app, just pushed another big update to its website, and it looks strangely familiar. It’s got playlists, channels, trending tags, and a “popular now” curated feed. And you no longer have to be a Vine user to use it. In short, it looks a hell of a lot like YouTube, packed to the brim with looping vids that are GIFs in spirit if not in form. Read more…
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Vine’s Website Turned Into a Massive Searchable Library of Tiny Vids
When it comes to military special operations, getting there can be more than half the battle. America’s elite commandos insert deep into enemy territory often undermanned and outgunned, so getting in and out without getting caught is key. Enter DARPA’s hybrid-electric AWD stealthy motorcycle. Read more…
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U.S. Commandos To Get This Stealthy Hybrid All-Wheel Drive Motorcycle
The TSA Pre program lets you quickly go through security at participating airports—no need to take off your shoes and belt. Until recently, the program was only for select individuals , but as of December 2013, it’s open to everyone—and seems like a pretty good deal. Read more…
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TSA Pre Open to All: Breeze Through Airport Security for $17 a Year
Apple’s computers come with all kinds of warranty options. From basic tech support to AppleCare, it’s easy to lose track of when your warranty expires. Thankfully, The Sweet Setup reminds us that it’s actually really easy to track your warranty info right on Apple’s site. Read more…
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How to Find Out If Your Apple Device is Still Covered by a Warranty
General Mills has plans to make K-Cups for oatmeal and Campbells’s Soup has similar plans. However, you can skip those pre-packaged solutions and use your Keurig (or other K-Cup brewer) as an instant hot water dispenser— just like a coffee pot . Read more…
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Make Instant Meals in a Keurig K-Cup Brewer
There are plenty of ways to deal with chemical waste: You could ship it across the ocean . Or pump in into Ohio . Or, you could use plasma gasification—a Back to the Future -style process that “recreates the conditions inside a volcano” to incinerate waste. One byproduct of the process? A glassy synthetic obsidian. Read more…
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This Obsidian Mirror Was Once Toxic Chemical Waste
Today, the Japanese tech giant Hitachi announced a contract to build two of the fastest elevator in the world for a forthcoming skyscraper in China. Seems innocuous enough, right? But buried within the press release are a few fascinating details that illustrate how China’s skyscraper boom is affecting the global economy—including the fact that it bought a whopping 60 percent of all elevators sold in 2013. Read more…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you never had to plug in your phone? Well, a team of Korean scientists say that they’re one step closer to making that fantasy a reality with new wireless power transfer technology that works from over 15 feet away. And it works pretty damn well , too. Read more…
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New Wireless Power Set Up Charges 40 Smartphones from Across the Room
This is no 20 GB video file, painstakingly pulled from a render farm. All of it was generated in real time by one tiny algorithm. And it’s amazing. Read more…
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This Incredible Animation Was Made By Code That Could Fit on a Floppy
As anyone who’s driven through Middle America knows, it feels like there’s very few places in the U.S. that don’t have at least a few inhabitants. But as a map by cartographer Nik Freeman proves, there are still some amber waves of grain and fruited plains that remain. Emphasis on some. Read more…
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Here’s a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives