When New Jersey police went to the wrong house to investigate a 911 hang-up call they shot resident 76-year-old Gerald Sykes, who called 911 to let them know he'd been… Read the rest of the article: "Please send the police. I've been shot," says 76-year-old man mistakenly shot by police
At the Daily Grail, Greg Taylor posted a fascinating essay about the Pokemon Go experience seen through the lens of medieval occult practices in which "incorporeal entities have sometimes been… Read the rest of the article: The occult magick of Pokemon Go
Want to see what kind of house $300k will buy in Finland, Greece, Dominican Republic, Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, USA, Turkey, France, Croatia, and Indonesia (above)? Check out… Read the rest of the article: What kind of house $300,000 can buy around the world
In a new British TV show called A Granny's Guide to the Modern World (Channel 4), three adorable ladies ages 73, 78 and 82 try weed for the first time… Read the rest of the article: Watch charming grannies smoke weed for first time in Amsterdam
On Reddit, Llaver showed how to reveal the inner workings of a Skype messaging bot. He/She explained that it was a mistake: "I was going to send some quick and… Read the rest of the article: How to break a chatbot
UC Berkeley researchers are developing "Neural Dust," tiny wireless sensors for implanting in the brain, muscles, and intestines that could someday be used to control prosthetics or a "electroceuticals" to… Read the rest of the article: Neural Dust: tiny wireless implants act as "electroceuticals" for your brain
Our guest on the Cool Tools show this week is Star Simpson. She is an electronics designer whose greatest joy is designing objects and tools that are useful to others,… Read the rest of the article: Interview with hardware hacker Star Simpson
Long before Suntory boosted its brand awareness thanks to Bill Murray in Lost in Translation (2003), the inimitable Sammy Davis Jr. really did pitch the Japanese whiskey in 1974. Amazing.… Read the rest of the article: Watch this killer Sammy Davis Jr. TV commercial for Suntory Whisky (1974)
Perry Rosen turned his passion for jukeboxes into a career. This man knows from motors, vacuum tubes, and turntables. If I had a jukebox, I'd ask Rosen if he could… Read the rest of the article: Meet one of the last jukebox repairmen
GPS security is increasingly implicated in both physical and information security: from steering a super-yacht (or a super-tanker) into pirate-friendly waters to diverting self-driving cars or even unlocking geo-tagged tokens… Read the rest of the article: Spoofing GPS is surprisingly easy; detecting it is surprisingly hard
Surfing the web today is packed with all sorts of perils–hackers, annoying trackers, ads, you name it. Luckily, there's still a way to protect yourself and ensure anonymity when you're web… Read the rest of the article: How to throw pesky snoops off your digital trail
Cool behind-the-scenes special effects shot from a movie I've never heard of. Filming with a green screen [via]
This squabble between a rock-throwing human and a nimble excavator went on for several minutes. Finnish police arrived and broke it up before a clear victor emerged.
Without an accurate census, it's virtually impossible to make good national policy, which is why so many countries make census participation mandatory (when former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen "Dumpster Fire"… Read the rest of the article: Decision to retain personally identifying information puts Australian census under threat
Silicon Valley's legendary housing crisis — now several decades old — has led to the establishment of semi-permanent homeless camps on public lands, including a notable camp on the banks… Read the rest of the article: Residents of Silicon Valley homeless camp clear 48,000 Lbs of garbage from creek, ask for housing
Conway's Game of Life—the OG cellular automaton toy—is put in three dimensions by Samuel Levy. You can spin the playfield as it mutates, too! It beat the hell out of… Read the rest of the article: Game of Life in 3D
Moments before a crash-landed jet at Dubai airport burst into flames, amid screams and billowing smoke, passengers chock the aisle to fetch bags from overhead bins. The video starts sometime… Read the rest of the article: Cabin video from Dubai crash landing: "Leave the bags!"
20 years ago, Congress ordered the FCC to begin the process of allowing Americans to buy their pay TV boxes on the open market (rather than every American household spending… Read the rest of the article: Copyright Office to FCC: Hollywood should be able to killswitch your TV
In the wake of Donald Trump's public war of words with the parents of a dead war hero and whatever disgust at it his own party could muster, insiders are… Read the rest of the article: Insiders claim Trump campaign staff "suicidal"
Wouter Scheublin's 2006 design for a Walking Table echoes Theo Jansen's iconic Strandbeest: the complex mechanical linkages on the legs allow the table to walk when it's given a moderately… Read the rest of the article: Walking Tables: a strandbeest for your dining room
