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A British woman of Muslim descent was detained and questioned by police under terror laws after a flight crew member noticed she was reading a book about Syrian art while… Read the rest of the article: British Muslim detained for reading a book about Syria while on a plane

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They've "expressly prohibited" turning anything from the Olympics into "animated formats such as animated GIFs (i.e. GIFV), GFY, WebM, or short video formats such as Vines."

Aerospace corporation Airbus's Light Rider concept motorbike looks a bit like something HR Giger would draw (although his, of course, would be much cooler). In reality, the 3D-printed frame was… Read the rest of the article: Airbus designed and 3D printed a motorbike inspired by a skeleton

See sample pages from this book at Wink. Building Stories by Chris Ware Pantheon 2012, 260 pages, 11.7 x 16.6 x 1.9 inches (hardcover, softcovers, boxed) $31 Buy a copy… Read the rest of the article: Building Stories – Chris Ware's magnum opus includes 14 lavishly presented stories in different formats, all in one box

I'm flying into Kansas City for part of Midamericon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, and while there, I'll be on panels, give a reading, and sit down with… Read the rest of the article: My Kansas City World Science Fiction Convention schedule

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.