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Spanish restaurant hacks a sandwich press to bake ‘hot’ ice cream. Say what?

The ice cream brioche at one Catalonian restaurant is made using a reconfigured sandwich press to bake bread with an ice cream scoop waiting inside.

Better late than never: Flickr iOS app update adds live filters, free premium camera tools

Yahoo has given the Flickr iOS app a nice refresh complete with new camera tools, live filters, and the ability to customize personal filters.
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Hands on: Foursquare’s Windows 8 app ditches gamification for local discovery

The launch of Foursquare's Windows 8 app is a big win for Microsoft as popular social media companies begin to start developing for the operating system.

Now you can control Philips Hue lights straight from your Mac

OS X users can now use a third party app to control the colorful Philips Hue smart lightbulbs right from your Mac's Menu bar.

Quirky’s ‘Snapchat for grocery shopping’ device will remind you what’s in your fridge

Quirky's latest invention bills itself as a Snapchat for your fridge, taking photos each time the door is opened so you can remotely check your inventory.

Motion-controlled ‘Area’ light is the 21st century Clapper

See ya, Clappers, this German-designed lamp allows users to determine how much light they want by placing their fingers under areas they need lit.

This flat, ‘deconstructed’ printer design aims to eliminate paper jams

Designer Mugi Yamamoto has given printers a fresh makeover with the Stack which eliminates all the bulky parts down to one tray that needs no paper load.

Uji shower head glows furiously red when you take too long in the shower

A team of three Tufts University grads have designed a lighted shower head that changes its color to indicate when you need to hop out of the shower.
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My lady brains can’t comprehend this terribly sexist Samsung SSD commercial

An internal commercial meant for industry insiders has landed Samsung in the hot seat thanks to some terribly offensive acting, racism, and sexism.

Imagine that: Crazy dentist wants to clone John Lennon using his tooth

After buying John Lennon's tooth from an auction in 2011, Canadian dentist Michael Zuk now plants to extract its DNA to clone the legendary musician.

Latest Fujifilm Instax Mini instant film camera is all sorts of retro-inspired fun

Fujifilm is exciting the hearts of retro lovers again with the Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic instant camera - a design nod to the company's current X series.
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Blow everyone away – literally – with the Quirky 360 fan

Rather than waiting for a traditional fan to oscillate and come back to you in a few seconds, the Quirky 360 fan will blow air in every direction.

Compact KISS espresso machine is made for the ultimate minimalist

Don't let the KISS espresso machine's size fool you. Despite its adorable size, the machine is capable of making coffee strong enough to rival the big boys.

New low for Instagram stupidity as rapper tips cops in record-breaking gun bust

A Brooklyn-based rapper's stupidity led cops to the largest gun haul in New York's history. What'd you think would happen if you posted ads for guns online?

New York’s secret underground tunnel is an audiovisual reminder that stories live forever

Open to pedestrians for the first time in centuries, the Voice Tunnel lets visitors record their voices and watch as light renderings sped down the chamber.

DJ Roomba gets disco fever with ColorWare customizations

Your iPhone isn't the only thing that can come splashed in gold. You can now add some ColorWare to the Roomba 780 to give some extra personality.
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Your next end table is just one download away from this open source collection

If you're sick of shopping around for the right furniture in your home, now you can just download a design and get the parts sent to you for assembly.

A guy spammed Mark Zuckerberg’s wall because Facebook ignored his bug report

Khalil Shreateh just wanted a Facebook security bug fixed. But when the company ignored his report, he took a direct hit on Mark Zuckerberg's wall.

Recess! Florida prison cells opened randomly thanks to computer ‘glitch’

Officials are investigating whether two computer "glitches" that opened the cell doors at a Miami prison are part of a bigger conspiracy.
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Yahoo’s latest attempt at relevancy is … a new toolbar?

Yahoo has finally unveiled its new product: A freshly redesigned toolbar. We wish we could say the company was trolling us, but it's serious.
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Street artist punks Best Buy by stocking its shelves with recreated crap

A street artist managed to prank Best Buy into selling a "useless" plastic box valued at $100. Social commentary and hilarity at its finest.

NASA-engineered Airocide makes air as clean as Mother Nature intended

Now you can own a piece of NASA technology with the Airocide, one of the most efficient and complex air filtration systems on the market.
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Sense-enhancing brain implant could turn us into mutants

Scientists at Duke University have experimented with a brain implant that may help humans enhance our existing senses, paving way for a mutant-like future.
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Learn how cameras (and film!) work with the Lomography Konstruktor

It's easy to dismiss Lomography's new build-it-yourself Konstruktor as a child's toy, but it teaches you the ins and outs of how a film camera works.

Motorized ‘For Rent’ sign stalks pedestrians until they give it some love

For Sale, For Rent... signs all look the same. It's why one artist installed a motion-detection camera so the signs can follow pedestrians until they look.

Scientists invent skin-prodding laser device to tell you when you’ll die. Thanks, science.

Two professors have invented a device that could administer some so-called "death tests" to determine how long a person has left to live.

A look behind the scenes at how Dyson beats the crap out of vacuums

Here's a rare look inside how Dyson torture tests its vacuum cleaners to make sure the quality is above the rest.

Self-expiring medicine packet changes its look after the drugs have gone bad

A doctor-designer duo have designed a new drug packaging to remind consumers of the dangers of taking expired pills.

30 different logos? Yahoo’s identity crisis just hit a new low

Yahoo is unveiling 30 new logos before showing off a final version. It's a cherry on top of the company's midlife crisis that we hope comes to a resolve.

Dyson Hot+Cool hands on: It’s what Goldilocks would’ve wanted

The Dyson Hot+Cool fan heater hybrid hopes to give everyone in the house a fair compromise on what's considered room temperature.

Philips expands its Hue smart bulb line with LivingColors Bloom and LightStrips

Home automation gadgets are constantly on the rise, so why stop with a multicolored smart bulb when you can have portable or light strip versions?
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Unsurprisingly, the $300k lab-grown burger tastes horrible. Here’s what to eat instead

Since the lab-grown "cultured beef" patty tastes nothing like real meat, priced at $331,200 a burger, here are the things you could be eating instead.

Ikea’s new augmented reality app superimposes furniture into your empty room

With the 2014 Ikea catalog, users can use the augmented reality app to test virtual furnitures in their home and see if the product matches with the room.
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6 hypnotizing videos we’re Chromecasting the hell out of

The Google Chromecast arrived in our office for a good hour before we realized the best use case was to loop Internet videos all day long.