Blinkist App Solves the 'Too Many Books, Too Little Time' Dilemma via InfoToday more "...The Blink system is designed to present a book in the shortest and most easily absorbed way. Each Blink has a title that summarizes it. The last Blink has a short, one-paragraph Final Summary. The system is skillfully designed to accommodate your time availability. If you have a leisurely 15 minutes, you can read all of the Blinks. If you are a bit rushed, you can choose among the ... Read More
A Hologram Machine in Every Home, Ruscha’s Road Trip, and Elon’s Riddle
PORTL: If you Can Be There, Beam There! discover The projector can transmit images any time of the day or night, and using PORTL’s capture studio-in-a-box means that anyone with $60,000 to spend and a white background can beam themselves into any portal anywhere in the world. Part of the selling point, beyond just the gimmick of the hologram’s next-level verisimilitude, is its interactivity. Through the studio rig and PORTL hardware, users can hear what people standing ... Read More
David Blaine Takes Flight, Splendid Isolation, and Lambo Go!
How David Blaine plans to float up to 25,000 feet using just helium balloons watch DB takes flight this Monday, August 31 6:00AM ET . Watch it free on YouTube with ads or get YouTube Premium to watch ad-free with exclusive bonus footage. Read more on British GQ here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u84hYvlxXLE&feature=emb_title Do we really need another Batman Movie? watch (Editor's note: Maybe!) Starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano, Zoe Kravitz, Collin ... Read More
TheirTube, Hard Knocks Returns, and Wipe Out of the Year
Interesting Internet Pt.1: TheirTube Lets You Visit Radically Different YouTube Recommendation Bubbles via Kottke more Explore TheirTube here. Interesting Internet Pt. 2: Watch the Internet Move In Real Time via WebFx explore the data The Sly Psychology Behind Magicians' Card Tricks via Ars Technica the prestige "Pick a card, any card. It's a staple of traditional magic tricks. But if you choose the three of diamonds, chances are you may have been "primed" by ... Read More
EV Apex Predator, Mars 4K, and the Reon Pocket
EV Apex Predator: Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 via Car & Driver specs With seven motors and a targeted 1400 horsepower, the Mach-E 1400, the work of Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Ford, is built for thrill rides... Raffa Got a Boat: Tour Nadal’s New 80-Foot Catamaran, ‘Great White’ via Robb Report covet No need to Mind the Gap: Astrophysicists fill in 11 billion years of our universe’s expansion history via SDSS full story Be Amazed: Mars in Ultra 4K via ElderFox ... Read More
The Legend Returns, Say Hi to Neowise, and How to Hack Your Memory
Art at a Distance: Gerhard Richter 2020 Exhibition @ Marian Goodman Gallery walk through Marian Goodman Gallery New York's exhibition of new work by Gerhard Richter presents new abstract paintings and new drawings from the past three years, as well as a series of ink jet prints from 2012, and overpainted photos from 2008. See More: The MGG show coincides with a comprehensive survey of the artist’s work at The Met Breuer, New York, Gerhard ... Read More
The Rebel Physicist, Hot Rod Garage, and Art & Craft
Hot Rod Garage Season 8 Premiere: 3-Way Drag Racing! Unfinished Business! via MotorTrend more "Three cars that desperately need redemption get out to the track. Tony and Lucky dig into a Cummins-swapped '70 El Camino, a Hemi-swapped '70 Duster and a ratty '79 Camaro with a turbo LS, get them track ready and then just see what they can actually do..." Subscribe +Watch on MotorTrend TV App here. Read more about the new season here. Embrace Debate: ... Read More
