Most of us— at least the cynical ones —assume that the NSA has probably beaten most of the encryption technologies out there. But a new report from Der Spiegel that draws on documents from Edward Snowden’s archive shows that this simply isn’t true. There are some tools that the NSA, as recently as two years ago, couldn’t crack. Read more…
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The Encryption Tools the NSA Still Can’t Crack Revealed in New Leaks
LEGO isn’t just a great toy for kids of all ages—those bricks have lots of other productive uses . If you’re looking for just a few pieces or a complete set, BrickLink’s the place to buy or sell LEGO parts. Read more…
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BrickLink Is like Craigslist for LEGO
How hard can it be to blow up a building? My childhood experience with knocking over waist-high towers of cardboard blocks leads me to say “not hard, ” but this botched job by a demolition team in Sevastopol suggests otherwise. I mean, come on guys. Read more…
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Worst Demolition Team Screws Up Same Explosion Twice
My, this is beautiful. Artists Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad teamed up in this projection map installation to create a ‘bioluminescent forest’ . The entire forest glows with light, from the mushrooms to the trees to the leaves to the grounds to the insects. The darkness is transformed into a magical place. Read more…
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A glow in the dark forest is a magical and trippy place
The holidays are one of the best times to meander down memory lane. After all, many of us are probably even sleeping in our old childhood bedrooms while visiting our parents this Christmas. And because so many of you enjoyed Dinosaur Dracula’s look at a 1985 JCPenney Christmas catalog yesterday, we wanted to point you towards this even better follow-up they posted of the best toys in Sears’ 1982 Wish Book . Read more…
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The 1982 Sears Wish Book Featured Some of the Best Toys From the ’80s
Used to be that even the smallest tweaks to an upcoming automobile’s design could require weeks of fabrication to produce the modified clay, wood, and metal models. And while physical representations of prototype vehicles are still a big part of the production process today, a new 4K UHD monitor wall from Chevrolet could soon supplant them all. Read more…
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Chevy’s Insane PowerWall Display Has More Pixels Than an IMAX Theater
When you’re learning to code, it’s best to start with small projects. This tutorial, for example, will get you started with a simple to-do list app, and it walks you through the whole process, from start to finish. Read more…
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This Start-to-Finish Tutorial Helps You Build Your First iPhone App
Google is a front runner in the autonomous auto future. Back in May , Google showed off an early prototype, a hack together little car with an exposed roof sensor and non-functioning headlight stickers. Today, in a short blog post , the team revealed the first fully functioning model. Read more…
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Here’s Google’s First Fully Functional Self-Driving Car Prototype
If you’re the type of person who likes to do things the needlessly complicated way, then come on over. Here’s how to make AA batteries entirely by hand, courtesy of YouTube’s NurdRage . Read more…
With Yosemite, you can create your own voice commands on your Mac using Automator. Blogger Jacob Salmela points out that if you like to live on the edge, you can make a voice activated self-destruct sequence. Read more…
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Give Your Mac a Voice-Activated Self Destruct Sequence