Polyphasic sleep is a method of training your body to requiring much less sleep by taking multiple short naps throughout the day instead of one long sleeping time at night. Over at Quartz, science-trained journalist Akshat Rathi reports on his year-long experiment attempting to “cheat sleep.” Read the rest
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How one person “cheated sleep”
The “Ukrainian lacing” method puts a pair of loops in both sets of top eyelets, cross-laces to the bottom, and anchors the laces with a pair of hidden knots, so that you can slip your foot into a “tied” shoe, then tighten it and tie a perfect bow with no loose ends. Read the rest
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Tie your shoes the Ukrainian way
Even though the price of an 1/8th ounce of recreational cannabis in Colorado has dropped from $50-$70 to $30-$45 in the last year, revenue is up, because the number of visitors to stores has greatly increased. Read the rest
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Survey says weed prices are crashing in Colorado
By 2017, Dutch designer Joris Laarman plans to use his company’s MX3D metal printing technology to 3D print a 24-foot-long steel pedestrian bridge over an Amsterdam canal. (more…)
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Company to 3D print a steel pedestrian bridge in mid-air
“Born Like Stars” (2011) by Brent Hoff. (more…)
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Watch the otherworldly beauty of a squid giving birth
This image is a detail of an 1896 United States $1 note from the Educational Series of silver certificates issued by the United States Treasury in 1896. It is widely regarded as the most beautifully designed money in U.S. history. Read the rest
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Film producer and real estate developer Nile Niami is building a massive Bel Air, California residence, containing a 74, 000 square-foot main house and three smaller homes, that he will try to sell for $500 million. Here’s what that pocket change gets you: Read the rest
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For sale: the largest, most expensive home in US history
Claw machines can be programmed to automatically reduce their grip strength to maximize profits, while allowing an infrequent full-strength grip to entice suckers. Read the rest
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As you suspected: claw machines are rigged
Applied Hacking’s Samy Kamkar ( previously ) has released Opensesame , an app for hacked IM-ME texting toys that can open millions of fixed-code garage doors in less than a minute. Read the rest
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Open garage-doors in less than a minute with a hacked kid’s toy
$100 buys you a snap-fit 3D printer. Whitney Hipolite of 3DPrint.com says the resin-based Peachy Printer is ” amazing .” One of the great things about the Peachy Printer is that since it is only available in kit form, it can can be completely customized to the size you want. Read the rest
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The $100 Peachy 3D Printer is amazing