…and it can all be yours for a measly £16, 245 (or about $27, 000) from the London-based Prop Gallery . Just check out all that insane signage (more pix at the link). It’s a potent reminder of how a really well made miniature (built in this case by veteran modelmaker Martin Bowers ) can trump CGI in terms of surface detail. Read more…
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The level of detail in this Nostromo model component is INSANE
Since you probably don’t use most of the buttons on your remote control, why not make them work for other things? This project shows you how to use an Arduino to decode the signal from a remote and then use it to make an outlet switch keyed to that code. Read more…
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Control Any Circuit with a TV Remote and an Arduino
Pushbullet recently updated with IFTTT support, following Tasker integration last month . That’s a lot of our favorite words together in a single sentence. Naturally, it’s a good time to take a look at some of the best uses for Pushbullet. Read more…
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How to Use Pushbullet to Get Notified of Anything on Any Device
The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3, 000-year-old skeleton . Analysis of the remains , which were found in a tomb in what used to be ancient Nubia , revealed metastatic carcinoma — a form of cancer that spreads to other parts of the body. The discovery shows that the disease is not strictly a modern affliction . Read more…
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The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3,000-year-old skeleton.
Two-factor authentication is critical for protecting your online accounts, but sadly, not every site supports it (even, shockingly, many banks ). TwoFactorAuth.org is a new site that all the sites that do or do not support two-factor authentication. Read more…
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TwoFactorAuth Lists All the Sites with Two-Factor Authentication
Have an office without a window? Not sure whether to grab your jacket or umbrella on the way out. Sure you could hit the Internet or pop open a weather app on your smartphone, but what fun would that be? Read more…
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Build a DIY Ambient Weather Indicator with an Adafruit Neopixel Ring
Are you a jealous lover, helicopter parent, or otherwise neurotic human being with crippling trust issues? Then we’ve got the answer to all your problems right here. No, it’s not therapy (although, you know, good idea); it’s a top-of-the-line smartphone that comes pre-loaded with all the spyware an overbearing human could ever hope for. Read more…
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Dear Creepers: You Can Buy a Smartphone Pre-Loaded With Spyware Now
No, this portrait isn’t made up of thousands upon thousands of magnetic sculpture beads . The metallic wonder’s lifelike contours and shimmer comes from painstakingly hand-placing 13, 000 variably sized platinum beads. Read more…
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Watch Pure Platinum Turn Into a Pricey 3D Portrait
A US Court, at the behest of movie studios, has ordered the shutdown of domains related to DVDFab, one of our favorite DVD and Blu-ray ripping tools . For the time being, DVDFab reps say you can get around it by going to the company’s Japanese website . Read more and see the full injunction over at TorrentFreak . Read more…
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Languages are evolving, living things, a fact that this graphic that charts just which languages English has been taking its loanwords from over time makes clear. Read more…
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A graph showing all the languages whose words invaded English