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  • InnoWave headphones

    The InnoWave headphones, for me, go into the design hall of fame for their wonderfully funky aesthetic, pulled straight from music, and applied into physical and visual design… More at YD. They go into my ‘I would not be seen… Read More ›

  • Films condensed into a single frame

    Jason Shulman captures the entire duration of a movie in a single image with his series Photographs of Films. New large-scale versions of the works are being shown as part of the Photo London festival, 17-21 May. The series is… Read More ›

  • Photographing the Moonlit Firefalls at Yosemite

    Before we dive into the moonlit firefall, let me quickly explain how the more popular firefall event works. That is, the one driven by direct sunlight during sunset. It’s basically a rare event that happens in specific dates when the… Read More ›

  • How Big is My Penis?

      On the Internet, people say all kinds of things they’d never say aloud — about sex and race, about their true wants and fears. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz has spent years parsing the data. His conclusion: our online searches are the… Read More ›

  • Huge Hands

    “I have three children, and I’m thinking about their generation and what world we’re going to pass on to them,” Quinn told Mashable’s Maria Gallucci. “I’m worried, I’m very worried.” The hands of his 11-year-old son actually provided the model… Read More ›

  • Coffix

    Coffee is the universal morning (and all day) pick-me-up and it always seems to makes things better and that’s just the thinking behind studiomateriality’s design of coffix, a coffee shop in Athens, Greece. The quaint space boasts a happy palette… Read More ›

  • Smart DIY parking spot

    A bit of time needed each day to park, but a perfectly sensible solution.

  • Twitter: new privacy settings

    Twitter have changed some of their privacy options. You might want to untick this box… tweeted by Jon Topper. On desktop, I found it under Settings / Personalization and Data – click Edit and untick the box.

  • Use Apple Pay for everything

    I have been under the misunderstanding that Apple Pay was limited to £30, just like my contactless debit card, but Neil has put me right on that. He has used it for many payments and has had no problems at… Read More ›

  • How accessible tech can transform lives

    Meera is nonverbal, living with a rare condition called schizencephaly that impacts her ability to speak. But with the help of her iPad and text-to-speech technology, she can make her thoughts and opinions known — and she sure does. From… Read More ›