A muckle went down this week . Surface Pro reviews came out , but that ’s not all . We ’ve get a collection of head - blow optic conjuration , the longest sad lon - con ever , the exercising weight of Thor ’s malleus , the torturous tail of how Monster screwed up its chance with Beats , unfly - capable Persian stealth fighters , the best and worst Super Bowl tech ads , and much more . Check it all out below .
https://gizmodo.com/beat-by-dre-the-exclusive-inside-story-of-how-monster-5981823
There ’s never been anything like Beats By Dre . The bulky rainbow headphones are a tatty staple of malls , airplane , clubs , and sidewalks everywhere : as mammoth , beloved , and expensive as their namesake . But Dr. Dre did n’t just think up the showy batting order from his freight rate train chest : The speculation begin as an unbelievable partnership between a criminal record - industriousness powerhouse and a dress shop audio companionship best known for make overpriced HDMI cable television service . More »
https://gizmodo.com/thors-hammer-weighs-as-much-as-300-billion-elephants-s-5982302
Neil deGrasse Tyson just took the mystery out of a cosmic legend in comic strip , and somehow made it even coolheaded . How much does Mjolnir , the hammer of Thor and forged from a collapsing sensation , actually weigh ? turn out , stars weigh a mass . More »
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-should-have-made-a-laptop-5982189
Whatever you conceive about Microsoft ’s Surface Pro , it ’s impossible to traverse its beautiful design , and the calibre of the the tech behind it . It ’s a femme fatale , entice you into an oddly metaphored vortex of unsure typewriting . I ’ve been using it for close to two weeks now , and the full clock time I could n’t escape one tactual sensation : Microsoft should have made a laptop computer . More »
https://gizmodo.com/20-optical-illusions-that-might-break-your-mind-5981603
Viewer delicacy advised ! Do not scroll down unless your psyche is made of steel and your nerves are Teflon . Some people but can not stand up optical illusions . For the rest of you : Check out teh awesommmmmmmez . More »
https://gizmodo.com/the-perfect-definition-of-this-goddamn-digital-life-5981609
Brazilian illustrator Felipe Luchi made this exquisite illustration for Go Outside Magazine . It ’s the perfect definition of this digital life . More »
https://gizmodo.com/why-irans-new-home-grown-stealth-fighter-will-never-get-5981525
On Feb. 1 , 2013 , Iran unveiled its autochthonic fighter jet named “ Qaher 313″. The prototype of the Q-313 ( or F-313 according to the stencils use to the aircraft ) , was presented to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and in public displayed as part of the Ten - Day Dawn ceremonies held in Iran to celebrate the 1979′s victory of the Islamic Revolution . More »
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-surface-pro-review-too-much-future-5981224
The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new technical school of 2012 . Its first iteration - Surface RT , a confusingly named and market tablet - with - a - keyboard - bomb . Pretty firmly . So why believe in the full - power Surface Pro ? wide-eyed . It ’s a braver and more diverging take on the laptop computer - tablet overlap than anyone else has lay on the line so far . More »
https://gizmodo.com/man-spends-three-years-of-his-life-destroying-company-s-5981498
In 2009 , Edward Sobolewski was choke over for a heave in his job at British marketplace inquiry firm Frost and Sullivan . So he spent the next three eld of his living destroying the company ’s host using cleansing supplies . That ’s what you call a long confidence game . A very recollective , very sad con . More »
https://gizmodo.com/super-bowl-tech-ads-from-worst-to-best-5981395
The best part of the Super Bowl was the Beyoncé half fourth dimension show . The second best part of the Super Bowl were the commercial . Here are our favorite technical school advertizement , ranked from bad to best . More »
https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-a-900mph-ping-pong-serve-hits-your-pa-5981379
There ’s no shortage of plans online for work up a bare ping niff cannon that can fire ball at hundreds of mile per hour . But you ’re probably not going to find the details of Purdue University Professor Mark French ’s cannon , since his creation can speed a Ping River niff ball to 900 statute mile per 60 minutes , or just over Mach 1.2.More »
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