Wine is old as hell and probably came from Israel, based on the discovery of a 3, 700 year-old cellar in the city of Tel Kabri. What did the wine of yesteryear taste like? Accounts range from “medicinal” to “hints of cinnamon.” Read more…
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The Discovery of a 3,700-Year-Old Cellar Reveals the Origins of Wine
Crabs are red alien water tarantulas who can regenerate like a mutant. Just look at this crab literally climb out of its old shell and toss away that used exoskeleton like it’s a dirty pair of pants. So gross but so cool. I kind of wish I could shed skin like this. It’d probably be the most refreshing feeling ever. Read more…
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Watch a crab climb out of its old shell like a mutant
No one likes bloatware, especially on a shiny new laptop. If you find wading through the program manager in Windows tedious and annoying, Decrap will volunteer to do the work for you. Read more…
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Decrap Uninstalls All the Bloatware on Your New PC Automatically
Sometimes a free trial comes along and you want to check it out, but in order to do so you have to enter a credit card number. Perhaps you don’t want to share that information just yet. That’s where GetCreditCardNumbers comes in. It creates “real” numbers you can use so you don’t have to give up your actual information. Read more…
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GetCreditCardNumbers Generates "Real" Numbers for Use in Free Trials
Researchers at MIT have developed a handheld milling machine that turns anyone into a skilled sculptor. Like with a 3D printer, users start with a 3D model on a computer, but instead of a machine laying down layers of plastic, the handheld mill removes only what’s needed from a solid block of material to eventually reveal a fully formed 3D object. This could basically turn anyone into a Michelangelo when we’re all able to buy one. Read more…
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Whoa, This Handheld Router Only Cuts Where Needed To Reveal 3D Models
De Rotterdam, a massive tower designed by Rotterdam darling Rem Koolhaas, has opened. It is the city’s largest building—a little bit of Manhattan, in Rotterdam. It’s also, in an odd way, a tribute to the original World Trade Center. Read more…
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The Netherlands’ Biggest Building Opens 16 Years After It Was Designed
If you want to add books you don’t purchase from Apple into your iBooks library, you have two main methods: sync with iTunes or sync with the iBooks app in Mavericks. They’re both not the most intuitive things in the world though, so if you’re sick of bothering with them, Cult of Mac points out that sending an email with an Epub attachment does the job. Read more…
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Skip iTunes and Add Your Own Books to iBooks with an Email
The answer to designing ships that are both fast and stable has traditionally been to make the vessels as narrow as possible (to reduce drag) and sit them lower in the water (to reduce the buffeting effects of plowing through waves). But US Navy’s M80 Stiletto is not your typical ship. Combining cutting edge construction and a unique hull design, this fast attack boat can cut through rough seas like a hot knife through drawn butter. Read more…
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America’s Largest Carbon Fiber Ship Is a Seafaring Speed Demon
From the audience, this instrument looks like a typical grand piano. Then the maestro takes his seat and begins to play. It’s a sound nobody has heard before, because this instrument, designed by Leonardo Da Vinci five centuries ago, has just been built for the very first time. And it sounds heavenly. Read more…
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Listen to Da Vinci’s Genius Piano-Cello Played for the Very First Time
Home security and automation are rarely mentioned in the same sentence as the word cheap, but it’s totally possible if you’re willing to do a few things yourself. We checked out a $200 DIY kit called Ninja Blocks , and were able to get a home automation and security system up and running in about 10 minutes. Read more…
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Make Your Own Cheap Home Automation in 10 Minutes with Ninja Blocks