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Tech NewsMiG-15: The First Great Soviet Interceptor
Coming out of WWII, America’s Air Force was the undisputed champ of the skies. That all changed during the Korean War when Soviet forces unveiled the MiG-15, a sprightly swept-wing interceptor that would go on to spark decades of dogfights. The very first turbo jet fighter to come out of the Soviet Union was the … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Smoking BHO, Catching Joeys, and All Hail the Hypno-Goat
How to Catch a Kangaroo If I had known that procuring contestants was this easy, I would have started the Unified Kangaroo Boxing Federation years ago. [Daily What] I, Pet Goat II – Heliofant If any of you have any clue as to what the hell is going on here, I’m open to suggestions. [Cartoon … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Antarctic Ice Core Drill Bores 100,000 Years into the Past
Antarctica a viciously inhospitable land, averaging a balmy -70 degrees F in the continent’s interior. That’s precisely where an intrepid band of American scientists have dug clean through 3405 meters of ice sheet, in an effort to research an eon’s worth of climate change. To do it, they used this one-of-a-kind coring machine. The West … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: The Beatles Do Japan, Anchorage Does Winter, and President Obama Outlaws Spice
Anchorage By Winter – Zan Butler Alaska’s gorgeous and all but you couldn’t pay me to live there. I’m sorry, what’s that? They pay you to live there? How much? $500 a year? Where do I sign up? [Bo…om] The Beatles – Live in Japan 1966 It’s the Beatles. In Japan. In 1966. You’re welcome. … Continued
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Tech NewsThis New Kisai Watch Reads Between the Lines
Tokyo Flash, the Japanese watchmaker with a flair for optical extravagance, has just released its newest user submitted design—the Kisai Online. Originally submitted by Samuel Jerichow of Germany to the Tokyoflash Design Studio, the Kasai Online features an encrypted display of the current date or time in the form of continuous unbroken lines that can … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightThis $1.9 Billion Super Telescope Array Will Scan Space 10,000 Times Faster Than Ever Before
From the Byrd telescope in West Virginia, to the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico, to the MeerKAT system in South Africa, the world is not hurting for gigantic radio telescopes. These large arrays are precise and powerful, but come 2024, they will all be eclipsed by the capability of the Square Kilometre Array—a telescope system … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Boiling Oil, Dancing Chromatophores, and a Fruit Salad Binger
Star Wars Moto-X The Empire may be run by a bunch of species-enslaving, planet-destroying pricks but they’re not so evil as to deny the grunts a little R&R from time to time. I’m just glad to see they finally put the sand dunes of Tatooine to good use. This Edible Binger Provides Your Daily Recommended … Continued
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Help a Fellow Giz Reader Achieve His American Dream
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all well and good but, for Giz reader John W., the true realization of the American dream will only come about when he can watch television from his throne—no, not his Lay-Z-Boy, his bathroom throne. So here’s the deal, John is currently remodeling his bathroom and wants … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
What Really Happens When You Get Blown Out of an Airlock
Smooth move, Dave. You’ve done pissed off the ship’s Nav-com enough to warrant bailing out of an airlock. Now, find yourself in the cold embrace of interstellar space sans helmet. Here’s what you have to look forward to during your last few moments alive. Death by vacuum has become a hallmark of modern space cinema. … Continued
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Tech News
This Is the Only Submarine Evac System to Ever Work Right
Between 1925 and 1927, the burgeoning US Naval submarine force suffered two high-profile submarine failures—the loss of the S-51 in 1925 as well as the S-4 in 1927—together resulting in the deaths of 71 US Servicemen. Seeing an opportunity to save lives, Charles B. “Swede” Momsen set about devising a means to pluck submariners from … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Slugs vs Robots, Spider-Man vs Batman, and Ken Block Blows the Doors Off of SF
Gymkhana V That is some major league hoonin’ right meow. Exoids – Aristomenis Tsirbas And for all their advanced technologies, in the end, both slugs and machines were destroyed by their common enemy—salt. [Cartoon Brew] Weed May Help Obese Diabetics Burn More Fat “Metabolic Syndrome” is a deadly trifeca of diabetes, high blood pressure and … Continued
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Tech News
A New Breed of Camcorder for a New Breed of Citizen Journalist—Or Bootlegger, Whatevs
Just because virtually every cell phone on the face of the Earth now doubles as a camcorder doesn’t mean it does a particularly good job of it—especially when tasked with recording in low-light or noisy environments. The Q2HD from Zoom, however, is designed to record (and stream) in full HD regardless of the circumstances. The … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Jerry Seinfeld Gets Coffee, Stan Lee Drops In, and The Doors Smoke the Hollywood Bowl
There is Nothing But Bacon in This Burger (Except for the Fried Egg) Saints alive, there is not a munchie on the face of the planet that can withstand The ‘Merica from Slater’s 50/50, a three-restaurant Southern Californian burger chain. It builds on the success of its 50/50 burger (half ground beef, half ground bacon) … Continued
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Tech News
Six Designs That Would’ve Been Impossible Without Computer Modeling
After three decades on the market, Autodesk’s software has radically transformed modern architecture, science, and art. In downtown San Francisco, Autodesk exhibits a rotating gallery showing off twenty of its most impressive design feats. On a recent tour, Gizmodo saw the stunning range of the program’s capabilities. Engineers use it to plan the most the … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Ship Flips to Rise Five Stories Above the Sea Surface
In the early 1960’s, the US Department of Naval Research needed a new way to study the acoustic targeting for submarine rockets. The ship had to be silent and stable—more buoy than boat. The design that met the requirements became the world’s only vertically-flippable research vessel. Either that, or the lamest Transformer since Bumblebee. The … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Hemp Oil, Government Studies, and Other Things That Can Backfire Spectacularly
Dubstep Dispute by Jason Giles Awww Moooooooooom, plain green energy cubes again? Why can’t we eat Energon steaks like the Jeffersonbots next door? [Cartoon Brew] Say Goodbye to Schedule 1—New Government-Backed Study Confirms Medical Uses for MMJ Marijuana’s current Schedule 1 status relies on a key tenet, “There is a lack of accepted safety for … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
How to Get on a Plane Without ID
Because July 4th falls on a Wedneday, a lot of Americans will spend a five-day weekend traveling and drinking. It’s pretty common to misplace a wallet or a purse on that kind of vacation. And getting on a return flight without a valid ID, as you might imagine, is not easy. But it can be … Continued
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Tech NewsAegis Missile Defense—a Floating Iron Dome
While the US Navy is generally immune to IED attacks (the USS Cole tragedy notwithstanding) it must remain vigilant against ballistic missile strikes launched by hostile nations. When that happens, even before the Phalanx system begins to spool up, US warships engage the Aegis BMD—a nearly impenetrable ship-based missile shield. The Aegis BMD (Ballistic Missile … Continued
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The Stoner Channel: Stunting Plants, Stone on Weed, and Colombia Says “Si, Se Puede” to Cocaina
Indoor Gardens Are Selling Plants Short Researchers from the Julich research institute in Germany recently trained an MRI machine at the roots of potted sugarbeet and barley in an effort to view water absorption by their roots. The team, led by Dr. Hendrik Poorter, made a very surprising find—potted plants’ root systems are rarely as … Continued
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