guitar The automobile industry killed a legendary guitar pickup. 40 years later, Fender just brought it back. Thom Dunn

Science SpaceX rockets caught spreading metal pollution Séamus Bellamy

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UFOs Tom Delonge is using his UFO research institute to direct a sci-fi movie Thom Dunn

conspiracy theories Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

art Noah Wall paints audio portraits using the structures of New York Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Library Socialism: a utopian vision of a sustaniable, luxuriant future of circulating abundance Cory Doctorow

Kids The Mars Curiosity Rover's wheels are as thin as credit cards Andrea James

Boing Boing Gadgets Solid brass octopus escape key Rob Beschizza

robots The Boston Dynamics bipedal robot can run now Rob Beschizza

Science Wood that's stronger than steel David Pescovitz

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makers The future of manufacturing will happen on your desktop Erin Lynch