Here’s a new device cops can use to catch bad guys: a compressed air gun that shoots sticky GPS balls at fleeing vehicles. Continue reading
Category Archives: Coolness
Musical wizard Jacob Collier turns classic song into a masterpiece
Here’s the ideal way to start your weekend: a magnificent rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing,” arranged, performed and recorded by the one-man musical juggernaut that is the astonishing Jacob Collier.
He’s not just singing a song here. He’s taken the chord structure of Stevie Wonder’s song and blasted it into a whole new level. If you know music, you’ll immediately recognize this guy has genius-level knowledge of jazz chord structure and style. And he has the chops to arrange and perform it all by himself. Continue reading
iPhone case’s retractable earphones banish tangled wires forever
A quick glance at this brilliant design concept by Yuljae Lee will make you wonder why this iPhone case hasn’t already been invented. The Integrated Case Earphone (ICE) solves that pesky problem of tangled earphone cables, retracting them into a colorful case. Continue reading
Top 10 most magnificent images of Saturn ever created
Astronomy buff Gordan Ugarkovic created a masterpiece when he combined 36 images of Saturn taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. He blended together the individual pics into a perfect composite, allowing us to gaze down on the full planet Saturn from its north pole in this spectacular composite.
The 36 images were taken by the casino spacecraft on October 10, 2013. The resulting view you see above was an enormous hit, spreading across the Internet like wildfire. Continue reading
Behold, the coolest rocket footage ever shot
Last Monday, SpaceX flew its hovering Grasshopper rocket to a record 2,440-foot altitude and slowly lowered itself back to Earth, which was a feat unto itself. But the best part of the story was the spectacular footage the company shot of the test launch, released Saturday. The video was captured by a sharp and stable camera on board a 6-rotor hexacopter drone. Continue reading
Robot Roundup: Trio of killer bots is on the way
Check out these three bots, making such serious progress that one is now untethered, another can walk across rough terrain without even flinching, and a third is actually a group of bots that can self assemble into a variety of shapes. Come along for a peek at the machines that will someday turn into killer bots, ready to replace all us meat puppets. Continue reading
Blizzident 3D-printed toothbrush gets the job done in 6 seconds
Consider the simple toothbrush, one of the most prosaic of devices and a fixture of almost every bathroom. However, it turns out we’ve been doing it wrong all these years — now there’s the 3D-printed Blizzodent, custom-fitted to your teeth and able to get the job done in a mere six seconds.
First you have a mold made of your teeth, and then a 3D printer gins up this odd-looking bundle of soft plastic, bristling with what its makers call “a dense field of tailored bristles” that also includes a tongue scraper and even deftly-positioned flossing strings as an option. Continue reading
10 things you probably didn’t know about the iPhone
Take a look at this infographic that includes a boatload of astonishing stats about iPhones. Even if you think you know everything about those baubles that get the fanboys all worked up, this inventive poster probably features lots of fun facts you didn’t know about iPhones.
There are some big numbers in here. For instance, who knew Apple had sold more than a third of a billion iPhones? That iPhones were faster than desktop computers were 10 years ago? That Apple has sold more than 50 billion apps? Continue reading