If you want to take your bicycle off-road, you need larger and larger tires depending on how rough the terrain gets—and that makes it harder and harder to pedal. But maybe Ron Schroer has found the perfect off-road cycling alternative with his Boneshaker Big Wheel that rolls and walks all at the same time. Read more…
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This Giant Rolling, Walking Bike Can Probably Tackle Any Terrain
Like the thousands upon thousands of games it hosts, Steam has secrets . Read more…
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Eight Steam Features You Probably Don’t Know About
By the numbers, Gorilla Glass 4 is seriously tough, able to withstand a one-meter drop onto concrete. That’s impressive on its own, but this video seems to show it withstanding something far more impressive. Read more…
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This Drop Test Looks Too Good To Be True
Google is working on an exciting new feature for YouTube: videos you can’t watch! Blame your shitty computer and internet connection. Read more…
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YouTube’s Absurd 60FPS, 4K Videos Are Too Awesome for Your Computer
This beautiful satellite image shows one of the most saddening long-term natural disasters on Earth. The black patch in the upper left corner is the remaining body of the Aral Sea, located on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia—which has lost around 90 percent of its water volume since 1960 because of Soviet-era irrigation schemes. Read more…
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The Dying Aral Sea Is Like an Abstract Depiction of Human Stupidity
The ultimate expression of the lazy smart home is probably turning the lights off from your phone. It’s not necessary, and it probably doesn’t even save any time ; but damn it’s cool. This switch will let you do that, without needing to be an electrical engineer. Read more…
Watch out Dropbox, Amazon’s coming at you with a new cloud storage plan that’s ridiculously cheap. You can now store an unlimited number of files in the cloud for $60 a year. That’s five bucks a month for everything. Read more…
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Amazon’s New Unlimited Cloud Storage Plan Is Dirt Cheap
A decent surge protector is an important piece of equipment in any office or entertainment center. They don’t last forever, though, so make sure you take the time and purge your surge on occasion to keep your electronics protected. Read more…
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Why You Should Periodically Replace Your Surge Protectors
Construction teams around the world rely on bitumen—an incredibly sticky by-product of crude oil production—as the main binding agent for asphalt. But a team of scientists reckon that a compound found within plants could help replace it, making road-building a greener, more sustainable practice. Read more…
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A Compound From Plants Could Replace Bitumen to Make Roads Greener
Chrome: If you’re a regular Google Keep user, you might have missed a (relatively) new feature in the app. If you paste an image into a note, Google lets you convert the image into editable text. Read more…
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Scan Images Into Text with Google Keep’s OCR Feature