Sep 25
Jetboil’s newly designed MiniMo is a lightweight, modular backpacking stove that not only excels at boiling water, but can now simmer and cook real food as well. We’ve been testing it in the Norwegian wilderness .
Sep 25
Shellshock, the newly discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to inject code into your machine , puts your Mac or Linux at a serious risk for malicious attacks. Here’s how to test if your machine is vulnerable.
Sep 25
The Federal Aviation Administration just granted its approval for six film and TV production companies to use drones on set. This is just the second time the agency’s approved the use of commercial UAVs, it’s no surprise Hollywood was first in line.
Sep 25
Most bridges are compromises: Cars want to speed low and straight across the water, but but boats want to pass under them. So we wind up with either tall bridges (expensive) or moveable bridges (clunky and awkward). But now a Dutch engineering firm has come up with a radical solution that doesn’t involve the bridge—instead, it lowers the water 26 feet to let ships safely pass.
Sep 25
When Hermann von Helmholtz designed what was essentially the world’s first electric keyboard, he didn’t do out of a need to lay down crunchy riffs on the shores of the Rhine. What he needed was a way to generate tones and mix timbres in a bid to…
Sep 25
Us humans are normally good at making quick judgments about neighborhoods. We can figure out whether we’re safe, or if we’re likely to find a certain store. Computers haven’t had such an easy time of it, but that’s changing now that MIT researchers…
Sep 25
Instagram has updated Hyperlapse, their home-grown time-lapsing camera for iOS. With the update, you’ll now get the ability to take drawn-out selfies using the front camera. Instragram is also continuing to brush Android off, but now we know why. Via the update to iOS, Instagram makes it easy to share selfies, provided you’re cool with sitting for a prolonged period … Continue reading
Sep 25
If you’ve ever reached out to a Developer of an app and been ignored, you’ll like this update to the Play Store. Now, those Devs who have paid users reaching out to them must respond within three days of receipt of the email. Google is also making it easier for Developers to reach out across the pond and sell their … Continue reading
Sep 25
Depressed about the worst software bug in history? Worried your iPhone 6 Plus might be less than rigid? Disappointed that Instagram’s latest Hyperlapse update isn’t live for Android? By all means then, look at this brand new KFC chicken leg case. It’s just magnificent. We must assume this case was mocked up by the viral advertising department of the Japanese … Continue reading
Sep 25
Fall is the season of pumpkin spice lattés everything, so it’s fitting that there are also now pumpkin-spice-scented candles. Because nothing says fall more than a pungent, seasonally-specific candle.
We’ll be the first to say it: A lot of these autumn-themed candles smell like a bit much. But we still want to get in the spirit and burn one of these babies all season long.
But which one? How do you find the perfect autumn candle? We took it upon ourselves to test 16 different candles. We lit each candle, put it in a room and had innocent victims come in and rate each on its “pumpkin spice” factor, the strength of its scent and the look of the actual candle. The scale ran from 1 to 10 — 1 being absolutely horrible; 10 being the best thing they’ve ever experienced. We then averaged the three scores for each candle.
Here are the results ranked from best to worst:
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