Back in the early Wired magazine days, we used to joke about technology that seemed to be perpetually "just around the corner" — like storing the entire Library of Congress… Read the rest of the article: Augmented reality contact lenses get real

In the 1990s, Marc Newsom designed the Apple retail store concept as imagined in this presentation video by Me Company.

From the 2010 Rush documentary "Beyond the Lighted Stage," Neil Peart, who died last week, talks about the power of Tom Sawyer. What you say about his company is what… Read the rest of the article: Rush's Neil Peart talks Tom Sawyer, with vintage studio footage

Twitter user @sydneywhitson reported that "her coworker called in (yet again) and said she had a nail on her tire that caused her to have a flat" and reportedly sent… Read the rest of the article: Woman used badly photoshopped image to convince boss she had a flat tire

In 2019, knife crime in England and Wales hit record highs with police counting 44,000 offenses over a year span, half of which were stabbings. In an effort to help… Read the rest of the article: Company sells square tip knives to help reduce knife violence

In Tampa, Florida, Emily Stallard, 37, was arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside a Walmart using materials she grabbed from the store shelves. From CNN: "A security guard… Read the rest of the article: Florida woman arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside Walmart using items from the store shelves

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In November, we posted that mysterious rolls of cash were showing up on sidewalks in the small English village of Blackhall Colliery, on the North Sea coast of County Durham.… Read the rest of the article: Solved: mystery of random cash rolls appearing on sidewalks in UK village

From old-school bOING bOING editor Gareth Branwyn's must-read e-newsletter "Gareth's Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales": I love The History Guy on YouTube. In this episode, he examines the history of… Read the rest of the article: Secret history of the screwdriver

Our cities' sewers are some of the most incredible structures in the built environment. In a new book, "An Underground Guide to Sewers: or: Down, Through and Out in Paris,… Read the rest of the article: The beauty of sewers before the first flush

The r/StarWarsLeaks Subreddit is erupting with the leak of what is reportedly an early draft of the Star Wars Episode IX script, as penned by the original director and writer… Read the rest of the article: This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly

On January 13, 1979, Bauhaus (then called Bauhaus 1919) played their second live gig, at the Romany Pub in their hometown of Northampton, England. YouTube user Halfman Halftripod documented the… Read the rest of the article: Watch the earliest footage of Bauhaus playing live (1979)

The Uganda Revenue Authority recently nabbed a smuggler attempting to bring banned cosmetics into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The cosmetics were stuffed inside footie pajamas to… Read the rest of the article: Smuggler busted carrying fake child stuffed with illegal cosmetics

Composer Janek Schaefer drew from the work of John Cage, DJ Shadow, The Orb, Marina Abramović, Steve Reich, Chris Watson, and so many other greats to create this powerfully evocative… Read the rest of the article: Listen to this strange and compelling mix of field recordings, cut-ups, and sound art

Burt Ward, who played Robin on the 1960s Batman TV series, claims that the ABC television network insisted he take pills to shrink his genitals so they wouldn't be so… Read the rest of the article: TV's Robin had to take pills to shrink his genitals while Batman stuffed his underwear

This 350 pound Warsaw grouper was caught with a hook and line off the coast of southwest Florida a couple weeks back. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation… Read the rest of the article: Florida man catches 350 pound grouper with a hook and line

The New South Wales Government is dropping thousands of pounds of carrots and sweet potato from helicopters to feed the endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies that are starving as a result of… Read the rest of the article: Australia fires: Carrots and sweet potatoes dropped from the air to feed starving animals

In 2006, Erik Helwig created the Rickroll. Maybe. Over at MEL Magazine, Brian VanHooker's "An Oral History of Rickrolling" takes us back to a time when the worst of the… Read the rest of the article: An oral history of Rickrolling

James O'Donoghue, a planetary scientist at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), made this excellent clip comparing the rotations, tilts, and sidereal day lengths of the eight planets and two of… Read the rest of the article: Excellent animation comparing the rotations of the planets in our solar system

The 10,000+ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will sleep on bed frames made of strong cardboard. According to the Athletes Village manager Takashi Kitajima, the frames can hold up to… Read the rest of the article: Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will sleep on cardboard beds