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July 24, 2015
This Industrial Exoskeleton Helps Workers Carry Their Loads
An experimental new exo-suit is designed to decrease the wear and tear on industrial workers' bodies.
Welders, grinders, and other industrial tools can be very heavy, and they can take a serious physical toll on men and women who use them all day long. A new exoskeleton under development promises to lift away all that weight, allowing workers to do their jobs without suffering.
1.4 Million Chrysler Cars Recalled Due To Security Flaw
A Wired article published this week detailed how security experts remotely hacked a Jeep, prompting the recall.
Fiat Chrysler is recalling about 1.4 million cars after a Wired article published Tuesday revealed that hackers were able to remotely hijack a Jeep steered by a Wired reporter. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, the security researchers who acted as hackers, were testing a security hole they found in Chrysler's Uconnect system, which evidently enables car hackers to gain access to a vehicle through its entertainment system—so much so, that they could even cut the brakes and transmission.
Pro Video Gamers Will Now Be Subject To Drug Tests
The ESL will begin testing professional gamers for performance-enhancing drugs come August.
Doping isn't just for athletes anymore. On Wednesday, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) announced that it will start screening professional video game players for performance-enhancing drugs at a competition this August. The move comes after prominent gamer Kory Friesen let slip, in a recent interview, that his team had taken Adderall at an ESL competition.
Evergreen Eyelashes Are Nature's 'All Natural' Cosmetic
Would you put pine needles on your eyes, if you could be assured the product was truly natural?
"Natural" beauty products are hogwash. The term is vague to begin with—after all, everything we have on earth is derived from something on earth; what matters are the biological and environmental impacts—but furthermore, the FDA enforces no regulation on the term "natural" or even "organic" across the cosmetics industry.
These Beautifully Styled Food Photos Are Like Visual Recipes
Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj's gorgeous photos document meticulously arranged ingredients before they're made into meals.
Cooking is an exercise in precision. Even once you get the hang of things and start to forego recipes for intuition, you still need a level of innate exactitude for your dishes to come out just right. Danish photographer Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj captures this sentiment with his collection of pristine still life images of meticulously arranged ingredients before they're made into meals.
Report: 30% Of Etsy Sellers Earn Money Solely From Creative Work
Etsy also disclosed that a whopping 86% of its sellers are female.
If you're a young, female creative type, Etsy is the place to be: In a new report released Thursday, the online marketplace divulged that 30% of its sellers rely solely on their creative endeavors, both on and off Etsy, as their primary source of income. And women make up an overwhelming majority of Etsy's vendors—86%, to be exact.
Tokyo's 1960s National Stadium Immortalized In Clever Furniture
Salvage love.
Just as Japan "lost" one National Stadium this week, its previous arena has returned—this time in the form of handsome stools, chairs, and benches reincarnated from the cobalt-blue seats originally located in Kenzo Tange's 1964 structure.
A Pair Of Sunglasses That Simulate LSD Hallucinations
The Mood Sunglasses aren't very fashionable, but if you want to trip without chemicals, they're a start.
Viewing the world through rose-colored glasses is boring. What about hallucinogenic-, psychotropic-, electric-Kool-Aid-colored glasses instead? Wayfarer, meet way out: Hungarian artist Bence Agoston has created a pair of sunglasses that can simulate hallucination. (At least the visual kind.)
July 23, 2015
Uber Will Now Deliver Xiaomi Smartphones To Your Door
If you live in Singapore or Malaysia, that is. Talk about a genius publicity stunt.
Xiaomi, a Chinese phone giant looking to boost its profile in global markets, is attempting the mother of all publicity stunts: delivering phones to customers by Uber. This morning, Uber announced that it would ferry Xiaomi's new Mi Note smartphone to users in Singapore and Malaysia.
Today in Tabs: Struggle Takes
Featuring plagues, animals, despair, and media. But I repeat myself.
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