France’s national railway operator, SNCF, recently ordered 2, 000 new trains at a cost of more than $20 billion. Now, it’s found out that they’re too big for many of the stations they’re supposed to pass through. And this isn’t the kind of order you can return. Read more…
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France Spent $20 Billion on Trains That Don’t Fit Its Stations
To learn how the whole brain works, it doesn’t do to just record from one neuron—you want to know what every single neuron is doing every millisecond . Now scientists have invented a technique that can actually capture the 3D activity of an entire brain milliseconds at the time—possibly the most complete picture of brain activity we’ve ever had. Read more…
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Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale
Holy crap, this guy made the best Wolverine claws replicas ever. These 12-inch steel blades are fully automatic: they can deploy or retract with the push of a button. I’ve seen many tries at making these, but nothing as amazing as this these ones. And for sure, you can use these as real—very—mortal weapons. Read more…
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These fully automatic Wolverine claws are as badass as the real thing
As many as 50, 000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles early this morning when a 20-inch pipeline ruptured. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department , the oil is knee-deep in places. Read more…
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Thousands of Gallons of Crude Oil Spill In Los Angeles
If you’re deaf or in an emergency where you can’t speak, getting a hold of 911 is problematic. In just a few hours, the nation’s leading mobile providers will start the support of texting to 911 for emergencies in certain areas. Read more…
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You Can Text 911 in an Emergency, Starting Tomorrow
I recently switched from an iPhone to Android, and discovered shortly thereafter that my phone number was still associated with iMessage, meaning that any time someone with an iPhone tried texting me, I’d receive nothing, and they’d get a “Delivered” receipt in their Messages app as though everything were working as expected. Read more…
CGI is everywhere now. In many cases, it’s almost completely indistinguishable from things that were actually filmed. You can only tell by the impossible camera angles. It wasn’t always that way though—you remember The Last Starfighter , don’t you? Still, 20th century CGI had its high points, and these are 10 of them. Read more…
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10 of the Best Moments From the Early Days of CGI
Russia Toda y has unconfirmed reports that Russia announced today a plan to shut down all 11 American-run GPS stations within Russian territory starting June 1st. Russia has also threatened to stop supplying the rocket engines the U.S. uses to launch military satellites into orbit. Read more…
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Report: Russia Will Shut Down All U.S. GPS Stations Within Its Borders
After 500 years, archaeologists believe that they have found the wreck of the Santa Maria— Christopher Columbus’ flagship—at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti. The leader of the expedition, Barry Clifford, told The Independent that all the evidence “strong suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous flagship, the Santa Maria.” Read more…
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Archeologists may have found the wreck of Columbus’ Santa Maria
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive information from its Internet search results. Maybe that’ll happen in the U.S. at some point, too? Read more…
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The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive informa