When you plan to have something for a long time, it makes sense to pay for quality. And it makes even more sense when companies will replace your item if it wears out or becomes unusable. GOBankingRates rounds up 32 brands with lifetime warranties. Read more…
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A Huge List of Brands That Come With Lifetime Warranties
Like how some animals can regenerate limbs or like how humans can, uh, make babies, 3D printers can 3D print the 3D printer parts necessary to make more 3D printers. Thankfully, they still require some living person to put these parts together because if they didn’t, they could just start eliminating us one by one as they self-replicate and replace us all. Read more…
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Watch how 3D printers 3D print 3D printer parts to make more 3D printers
About a billion people live without electricity , and they often turn to kerosene lamps: ultra dangerous, carcinogen-spouting, open flames that could turn homes into tinderboxes. So a new Indiegogo campaign’s out to provide safe, reusable lights that need zero outside energy sources. Read more…
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A Clever Lamp That Requires No Batteries, Electricity, or Sun
Another great thing you can do with drones—take stunning footage of ancient royal burial chambers. This National Geographic video offers an entirely new perspective on the Nubian pyramids that have stood the test of time in the Sudanese desert for over 3, 000 years. Read more…
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Drone Captures Incredible Footage of Ancient Nubian Pyramids
Whether you’re camping or just enjoying the outdoors, a reliable source of light is a must, and The Sweethome thinks the UST 30-Day is the best LED lantern for your money. Read more…
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The UST 30-Day LED Lantern Is a Great Camping Lantern for Your Money
Curious about just how far they could take the company’s additive manufacturing technology, engineers at GE Aviation’s Additive Development Center in Cincinnati successfully created a simple jet engine, made entirely from 3D printed parts , that was able to rev up to 33, 000 RPM. Read more…
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GE 3D-Printed a Miniature Jet Engine That Runs at 33,000 RPM
The interactive Homicide Monitor allows you to click on a country and see its murder count in a specific recent year, and the rate the number represents per 100, 000 people. For some countries, you can also see the weapon most commonly used. (No surprise, the good ol’ USA has some of the more terrifying stats.) Read more…
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An Interactive Map Of Murder Rates Around The World
Back in 2013 , the FAA saw sense, and ruled that passengers can use their electronic fondleslabs during takeoff and landing. And, shortly after, the Association of Flight Attendants sued, claiming the FAA had overstepped its bounds. An appeals court just ruled against the AFA, meaning takeoff Candy Crush is here to stay. Read more…
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Appeals Court Rules That Your Electronics Can Stay Turned On In Flight
On April 27th, a Russian resupply ship to the ISS started spinning out of control shortly after reaching space. For more than a week, Progress 59 has been hurtling around the Earth in an increasingly unstable orbit, but tonight, it re-entered safely (and violently) over the Pacific Ocean. Read more…
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Russia’s Rogue Spacecraft Disintegrated Safely
During a thunderstorm, it’s normally the lightning bolts that take over Instagram — after all, it’s a little difficult to apply the X-Pro II filter to a soundwave. That is, if you’re a heliophysicist armed with rockets, your own lightning bolt, and some heavy science. Read more…
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Here’s The First-Ever Picture Of Thunder