Plastic pumpkins are a mainstay around Halloween, but if you want to give the ubiquitous little candy holder a bit more character, Adafruit has a guide for adding lights and custom sounds. Read more…
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Just in time for Halloween, researchers have uncovered a new species of millipede that boasts an impressive array of features guaranteed to make you squirm. Read more…
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Creepy Millipede With 414 Legs and Four Penises Will Haunt Your Nightmares
Using the Hubble Space telescope and other observatories, astronomers have completed the most accurate census of galaxies in the observable universe to date. In terms of the actual number, let’s just say we were way the hell off. Read more…
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We Were Very Wrong About the Number of Galaxies in the Universe
The jaw-dropping new Surface Book arrived with a splash of glitter and surprise . It’s so beautiful, so powerful, so— Oh wait holy shit the screen comes off?! Nobody expected this, and that’s exactly how Microsoft wanted it. Read more…
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How Microsoft Kept the Surface Book’s Coolest Feature a Secret
Not every piece of audio on the internet is a podcast, but if you’re interested in making your podcasts feeds from any audio files you want, JustCause does the job. Read more…
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JustCast Turns a Dropbox Folder Into a Podcast RSS Feed
Last week it was announced that the US will be getting its first driverless bus fleet in a Bay Area office park as soon as next year. But say you can’t wait that long. You want to see the future now . So why not hitch a ride to one of these cities where you can ride in a public, autonomous vehicle in 2015. Read more…
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5 Cities With Driverless Public Buses On The Streets Right Now
Have you ever gotten a piece of tape wet and noticed it loses its stickiness? Water and adhesives usually don’t mix, but researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have created a new type of glue that works in wet environments because it only hardens when a voltage is applied. Read more…
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A Glue That Only Hardens When Electrified Will Even Work Under Water
Samsung’s serious about virtual reality , and not just with a fancy headset accessory for the Note 4. The company’s also built its own lightweight 360-degree camera, dubbed Project Beyond. Read more…
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Samsung Project Beyond: A 360° Camera For Streaming Virtual Reality
Welcome to another installment of Reading List where we take a look at some of the the great tech and science reads from around the web. This week we enter the weird world of sweeping, gaze through the lens of ghost cams still haunting the internet, look at why technological limits made Abbey Road Studios so influential, and wonder at how counterfeiter Frank Bourassa was able to make his illegal millions. Take a quick Sunday break, grab all that left over Halloween candy, and read some of the best stories on the internet. Read more…
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How the Most Prolific Counterfeiter in America Made His Millions
Two-factor authentication is generally seen as the safest bet for protecting your Gmail account. But a harrowing tale from indie developer Grant Blakeman , whose Instagram was hacked through Gmail, reveals how not even two-factor authentication can beat every security threat. Read more…
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How Hackers Reportedly Side-Stepped Google’s Two-Factor Authentication