Hasta La Gadget!

That fancy high-speed Phantom camera is pretty much a child’s toy when compared to MIT’s new hardware which can record at 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second. Fast enough to capture slow motion footage of light waves. More »

Remember when the best free phone you could get was monochrome candy bar phone? And you were thankful because that Nokia phone had Snake on it. Things are better now—you can get an actual smartphone from a carrier for free (with the usual two-year contract). But which is the best one from each carrier? Let’s jump into the bargin bin and find out. More »

When I got my wisdom teeth pulled I was in some serious pain. I’m fairly certain the doctor braced his feet on my face for leverage and just yanked like crazy. This resulted in me being on some rather serious pain-killers for something like ten days. That whole period was a blur. I watched virtually every movie I had ever intended to see, but once the drug-fog lifted I couldn’t remember any of them. From time to time, though, I’d be watching a movie and want to look something up. I’d hunt for remotes to stop the movie, walk over to my computer, look it up, then go back, hunt for the remote again (okay, my room was messy… I was on meds, leave me alone), and resume. This all would have been so much easier if I’d had the Vizio VTAB1008. Not only does it act as a universal remote, but it’s also a low-end Android tablet. I could have paused, looked something up on IMDB, and unpaused without ever moving, which would have been awesome. Yeah, it’s a two-star Android tablet, but consider this: a fancy universal remote can cost upwards of $140. This is only $160 and it’s good for a lot of other stuff. Games! Music! Internets! I can’t wait for those bedsores. -BR More »

You’re not with him/her anymore. The lovely days, over—and so are the days of lovely, considerate gifts. But what if you still want a holiday gesture for your ex? Might as well have it make them feel bad. More »

Moon mining isn’t the only thing election and adultery enthusiast Newt Gingrich is worried about—the GOP candidate has repeatedly, publicly, manically claimed that America is on the verge of being hit with an electromagnetic pulse attack. This is crazy. More »