Month: March 2013
Control Group, a design company hired by the MTA, is trying to bring the future to the New York City subway system by unveiling their touch-screen subway maps. It’s like Google Maps on steroids. Touch where you want to go, and the screen will give you ways to get there, factoring in weather, seasons, delays […]
A newly discovered species of wasp that lays its eggs inside other insects, which kill their hosts as they hatch, has been named for an appropriately badass fictional character: Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride, the protagonist of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Science Codex points to Kiddo’s mastery of the five point palm exploding heart technique as potential […]
First day of spring? Sure, whatever. (Free) Macaron Day NYC? HELL. YES. What, you might ask, is a macaron? It’s a French confectionary tradition, a dainty cookie with a soft, almond-based shell with a creamy ganache center. Basically, it’s how the French do Oreos. Yum. Today, bakers all over NYC will be dishing out these […]
A team at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland has presented a second version of their previous amphibious robot, titled Salamandra robotica. Behold, Salamandra robotica II. While comparing the two, you can see that the new Salamandra now tucks its “feet” in when swimming, and also reacts to the transition between water and land […]
Brooklyn-based artist Antoine Catala wants help making drones. No, not the government’s killer drones. These will be small, made for flying around an art gallery, and shaped like one of the four popular Internet categories: cat, car, butt, or pizza. So if you know how to program a drone, notably the AR.Drone 2.0, please let […]
Brooklyn-based technologist Matt Richardson created this badass dynamic bike headlight, which detects the speed at which you’re riding and projects it onto the street in front of you. In the above video, Richardson explains how he made the device, whipping it together using a speed sensor mounted on the front wheel, a single-board computer called […]
“I had to syphon gas out of ur car @ 3AM,” reads the note above, found and photographed by Lower East Sider Topper Luciani. “Gas stations were closed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Here’s some cash… Thanks!!!” And beside the note was a fresh $10 bill. I’m not sure if this makes the “random stranger” who […]
For its inaugural mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s new nonprofit CASIS enlisted Shepard Fairey to create the smart-looking patch above, which each astronaut will wear on their shoulder. It’s not the first time a street artist has sent work to space, but it might be the most official. “I wanted to convey the […]
As stop-and-frisk goes on trial at Manhattan Federal Court, another hearing on the state of the police department happened in Jamaica, Queens last night. At a mayoral debate, seven candidates discussed the NYPD, focusing on stop-and-frisk, commissioner Ray Kelly, and the proposal to create an independent inspector general to oversee the department’s operations. The highest-profile […]
Ferguson, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
