Author Archives: Jesus Diaz

This Awesome Credit Card-Sized iPhone Tripod Blew Me Away

Sometimes the simplest things are the most useful, but rarely something makes me shake my head at how clever and cool it is like the Pocket Tripod 360º has. I keep thinking "why didn't someone do this before" and "what a great idea that I wish I'd thought of." I'm still blown away that the angle is adjustable like that.

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Apple iOS 7: Everything You Need to Know

Apple iOS 7: Everything You Need to Know

The new iOS 7 is here. Jony Ive's first iOS—minimalist, elegant, devoid of the infantile artifice that infected its latest incarnations. It's pretty impressive. And here's all you need to know about it (updating live).

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Apple iOS 7: Everything You Need to Know (Updating Live)

Apple iOS 7: Everything You Need to Know (Updating Live)

The new iOS 7 is here. Jony Ive's first iOS—minimalist, elegant, devoid of the infantile artifice that infected its latest incarnations. It's pretty impressive. And here's all you need to know about it (updating live).

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Video: BASE Jumper Fails and Miraculously Survives Unharmed

BASE jumps! If they go wrong, most of the times they are fatal. But not for Maria Steinmayr, who has miraculously survived a failed Extreme BASE jump from the top of the Gran Bali Hotel in Benidorm, Spain. Her parachute failed, making her crash agains...

Lego Must Make These 80s TV Show Cars ASAP

Lego Must Make These 80s TV Show Cars ASAP

I'm eagerly awaiting for Lego to release the official Back to the Future sets—note to Billund: you should make the RC model too—but I want more. I want all my childhood remade using Danish bricks (never mind that most of my childhood was actually made of Lego bricks). I really want all the sets above to be official: the Ghostbuster's Ecto-1, the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee, the A-Team's GMC Vandura, and Knight Rider's KITT. [Mad Physicist's Flickr via Brothers Brick]

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Lego Must Make These 80s TV Show Cars ASAP

Lego Must Make These 80s TV Show Cars ASAP

I'm eagerly awaiting for Lego to release the official Back to the Future sets—note to Billund: you should make the RC model too—but I want more. I want all my childhood remade using Danish bricks (never mind that most of my childhood was actually made of Lego bricks). I really want all the sets above to be official: the Ghostbuster's Ecto-1, the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee, the A-Team's GMC Vandura, and Knight Rider's KITT. [Mad Physicist's Flickr via Brothers Brick]

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The Only Lego Set You Will Enjoy Destroying More Than Building It

I guess this had to happen sooner or later: Lego's latest and greatest Star Wars megaset is not an awesome spaceship, a short astromech or a moon-sized metal ball that makes death. No, my dear friends, this $250 1,990-piece set is the Ewok Village.Rea...

Unique Photo Shows the Ridiculous Size of America’s First Spaceships

Unique Photo Shows the Ridiculous Size of America's First Spaceships

One of the things that always shocks me when I go to the Kennedy Space Center is the tiny size of the Mercury (left) and Gemini (right) capsules—the missions that jumpstarted the American space exploration program. This unique photo clearly shows how ridiculous these tin cans are.

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China Has Their Own Stealth Drone

This is China's stealth combat drone, an airplane that seems very similar to the American Northrop Grumman X-47B. The unmanned combat air vehicle was photographed while performing taxiing tests. Given the development speed of China's other military ai...

China Has Their Own Stealth Drone

This is China's stealth combat drone, an airplane that seems very similar to the American Northrop Grumman X-47B. The unmanned combat air vehicle was photographed while performing taxiing tests. Given the development speed of China's other military ai...