I have always wondered about two things since I was a kid and saw James Bond screwing a silencer into his gun: How the hell does a silencer look inside and how does it work? The picture above answers the first question and t his animated infographic by SilencerCo , the second : Read more…
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A gun silencer cut in half looks really weird inside
Remember those rumors about a 12-inch MacBook that ditched a MagSafe connector and traditional USB ports for a single USB Type-C port? If true, SanDisk’s new Dual USB Drive will be the first flash drive that’s able to connect to that redesigned hardware without an ugly adapter. Read more…
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SanDisk Has the First Flash Drive With a Reversible USB Type-C Connector
Stop for a second and take a look at the fingernail on your baby finger. That’s roughly the size of a microSD card that can now hold a whopping 200GB of data thanks to SanDisk. Remember when USB flash drives with a full gigabyte of storage were mind-blowing? We were so foolish back then. Read more…
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SanDisk Squeezes 200GB Into a Tiny microSD Card
Concrete is an amazing building material: cheap to create, strong when used correctly, and hard-wearing, too. But turning it into exotic and shapely forms can be prohibitively complex and expensive. Now, a 3D printer capable of producing one-off moulds as large as a phone booth could help turn architectural dreamw into affordable reality. Read more…
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A Room-Sized 3D Printer Will Make Freeform Concrete Design Easy
Today, New York Councilman Daniel Dromm will reportedly introduce legislation that will force the NYPD to stop using typewriters. That’s right, the NYPD still has typewriters in all 77 precincts. Read more…
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It’s Completely Absurd That the Police Still Use Typewriters
You would need a microscope to be able to see all of the miniature components etched onto the single tiny microchip powering the clock in a digital watch. But you can see them all with the naked eye on artist Gislain Benoit’s The Clock , which is made from 1, 916 hand-soldered components that end up weighing a hefty 14 pounds. Read more…
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Some Very Patient Genius Soldered a Digital Clock From 1,916 Components
Microsoft is offering a somewhat insane cloud storage deal: You can get 100GB of free OneDrive storage for nearly two years if you sign up for a Bing Rewards account. Read more…
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Microsoft Will Give You 100GB of Free OneDrive Storage for Two Years
Security consultant Mark Burnett has just published 10 million passwords along with their corresponding usernames. It’s a thoughtful offering to other researchers—but a legally risky move given the current legal situation surrounding hacking. Read more…
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A Researcher Just Published 10 Million Real Passwords and Usernames
Facebook’s policy on real names only has got it in some PR hot water in the past, when it forced members of the LGBT community to use their legal (but not preferred) names . But it also seems like it has a track record of stupidity when it comes to the Native American community. Read more…
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Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names
If you’ve ever gone elbow-deep inside your computer to do some tweaking, you know all about the joys(?) of meticulously applying thermal paste or grease. Even if you’re a pro at applying the goop, there’s a trick that you probably don’t know about: You can just use Nutella instead . Seriously. Read more…
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Out of Thermal Paste for Your PC? Just Use Nutella