After the hoverboard, there are few sci-fi inventions more worked-on than Star Trek’s tricorder. Portable, simple diagnostic machines have been promised for years — there’s even a $7 million prize for building one — but most designs are still years away from reality. Read more…
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A Smartphone Dongle That Will Tell You If You’ve Got STDs
Earlier today, RadioShack stumbled one step closer to death with the news that the NYSE is trying to delist its stock — basically, the company is fucked. And according to Bloomberg , Amazon — which is, let’s be honest, the number one RadioShack murder suspect — might buy up some of their retail stores. Read more…
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Report: Amazon Might Buy Up Radioshack Stores
Check out this detailed video timeline showing every single X-Men member that ever joined the team from September 1963, when Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby debuted X-Men #1 with Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Marvel Grey, led by Professor X. Read more…
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Every X-Men member ever in one video timeline
Lockheed Martin sent us this impressive shot by Matt Short of the F-35 Lightning II showing all the weaponry it can carry. Of course, it can’t carry everything you see at the same time. This is the stuff that has been certified so far. Read more…
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Impressive photo of the F-35 Lightning II with all its weaponry lined up
8chan, the online message board that brought you some of the nastiest shit on the internet ( and Gamergate! ) has had its domain seized by its Bahamas-based registrar. According to the takedown notice, “child abuse” content on the site is to blame. Guess the internet’s trolls will have to find a different bridge to hide under. [ Ars Technica ] Read more…
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8chan, the online message board that brought you some of the nastiest shit on the internet (and Game
Welcome to Reading List , a breakdown of some wonderfully constructed words, phrases, and sentences you should really be reading this week. Before you get too excited, take a second to take a peek over all our exhaustive (seriously I’m still recovering) coverage of CES 2015 . But when you get a gadget overload, take a look at some of these great reads from around the web. Read more…
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Why California’s High-Speed Rail Matters
According to The New York Times , Google isn’t going to let Skype runaway with all the high-tech, language barrier-smashing fun . An upcoming update will allow the app to auto-recognize popular languages and translate them into text in real time. Read more…
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Google Translate Is Getting Upgraded To Take on Skype
The New York Times’ Upshot blog reports that regular New York City taxi medallion prices have fallen about 23 percent since last year’s peak. A medallion now sets taxi drivers back about $805, 000. Why are prices plunging? Uber. Well, probably. Read more…
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NYC taxi medallion prices have fallen almost 25% since last year
This gigantic car transporter has been run aground—on purpose—after it began to list just off the coast of the UK. It weighs 51, 000 tonnes, is laden with 1, 400 cars—and now needs to be righted. Read more…
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A 51,000-Tonne Cargo Ship’s Been Deliberately Grounded Near the UK
The people at the beautiful Woods Hole Inn* have snapped these photos of Steve Jobs’ yacht in the wild. It’s the first time we have seen Venus open like this, offering a peek at its interior design. It looks like a summer home from this angle. Here are two more views of the starboard and the bow. Read more…
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First peek into Steve Jobs’ luxury yacht interior