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“If the roast beef is right, they’ll be back,” said Thornton Mellon and that has been the motto of Swiss watchmakers since the beginning of the burgeoning smartwatch revolution. It’s the expectation (potentially flawed) that old customers will stick with the brands through thick and/or thin and new, fashion-forward customers – customers who might not be enamored… Read More

All in the Family producer Norman Lear made this one-minute TV commercial to challenge the political ambitions of the well-financed Moral Majority organization of the Christian Right. The commercial objected to the Moral Majority's propaganda that you had to vote a certain way in order to be a good Christian.[via]

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The homophobic, anti-semitic morons of Westboro Baptist Church were protesting outside the Foo Fighters' Kansas City concert on Friday, so the Foo Fighters drove by in a pickup truck and rickrolled them.Below, the time the Foo Fighters trolled the Westboro protestors back in 2011.

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If you've ever spent much time in a city, you've probably seen murals or other street art that breaks up the monotony of building after building. In cities all over the world, artists turn brick and mortar walls into works of art. With that in mind the Google Art Project has given us the Street Art Watch Face for Android Wear. The Street Art Watch Face revolves around the pieces of art developed by a variety of artists. The watch face moves from one piece to the next at the beginning of the hour. While the app isn't filled with tons of options, you can see the care that was put into what is available. The colors of the actual time display stand out from the artwork, without taking away from each individual piece. There are three distinct ways to display the time on your Smartwatch. The default is to have an analog display, clean and easy to read with a hour, minute, and second hand on the clock. The digital display gives you bold numbers at the bottom of your screen. Your third choice is a minimal display. You get a simple circle for your clock, with two beads to display the hour and minute. It might take an extra moment to decipher the time, but it's definitely minimal enough that you can easily enjoy the artwork.

World of Dance just held their World Finals in Los Angeles, and the breakout team in the Youth competition brought insane levels of energy and breakdancing precision to win their division. Read the rest

Hugo Arcier's Camgirl odalisque "aims to establish a connection between classical nude artworks, odalisque figures (such as Ingres’ or Manet’s), and the more contemporary vision that camgirls represent." Read the rest

Neighbours worry former pub could be redeveloped

At this point in the 3D-printing game it should be obvious why the tech exists and why we should all own 3D printers: because they can change lives. Nowhere is that point hammered home more than in videos featuring the E-nable arms. In this latest video a girl named Isabella gets an amazing purple and pink 3D-printed hand from a volunteer named Stephen Davies who built and delivered the arm… Read More

Accessing all the info you need by just glancing down at your Android Wear device saves you time everyday. The Driver Watch Face gives you the time, date, and two readouts of the time along with 3 customizable widgets for the rest of your info. Combined with a design that gives you options, it's got undeniable style. The Driver Watch Face has a clean, and fairly simple design. The top of your screen has 3 widgets, all of which can be adjusted in the settings. The bottom right quarter gives you the battery readout for your Smartwatch, a digital readout of the time, and the date. The rest of the watch face is analog, with a second counter around the edges. From your watch there aren't many editing options. The ability to change colors is all you get. All of the real settings are available only through your phone. Your options are all on the same vertically scrolling menu, with a preview of what the watchface will look like with your changes. Driver Watch Face is jam packed with options, so that you can adjust things until they are a perfect fit. As far as appearance goes you can change the background of the watch, the dials that hold the widget info, the type of hands on the analog face, and the color of the borders, background and text. Those are just the beginning.

Android Wear’s watch faces are getting a bit more interesting today. Developers were always able to display a lot of information on their watch faces, but users couldn’t interact with it. Starting today, however, you’ll be able to install interactive watch faces that allow you to pull up more information and launch apps with a tap right from the watch face (and developers will… Read More

The update lets app developers customize the main screen of Android Wear.

The LG G Watch R will be gaining Wi-Fi functionality thanks to the recently-announced Android Wear update. With this, the watch will be able to communicate with your phone, even when the two don't have a direct Bluetooth connection. Wi-Fi functionality was enabled on many watches in the previous Android Wear update, but it is only just now coming to the G Watch R.

The latest Android Wear update brings along with it interactive watch faces, which will make it even easier to stay connected on the go. Currently, users have to fumble around with their watch to try and see what the next event in their calendar is, or to launch an app, but that is all changing. With the new functionality, developers can add additional information to watch faces that can be revealed with just a single tap.

Google and Ustwo partnered to figure out how to create "shallow" apps for smartwatches. The post Google Just Made Its Smartwatch Faces Actually Useful appeared first on WIRED.

Takeshi Kamisato is a master of the spintop, accurately described by this book as a "universal toy, enduring pastime." Read the rest

Some movies we can only hope for. The post Cape Watch: Let’s Start Bugging Marvel About More Sequels appeared first on WIRED.

All singing, all dancing audio system ticking all the right boxes Pics Ever had a great idea but not everyone seemed to think so? That was pretty much what happened to Yamaha when it first launched MusicCast back in 2003. A CD-ripping music server with wireless client speakers and Ethernet too, if needed. What a great idea.…

Iraq’s Sunni tribesmen are considered key to turning back the extremists who have taken control of much of their territory. But the chaos at a conference in Baghdad to discuss the counteroffensive inspired little hope that they can present a united front.

Last week, Samsung held a big conference in New York. While many anticipated the announcements of the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the company also teased a new upcoming device — the Samsung Gear S2. This new smartwatch looks nothing like the Samsung Gear S. It’s a smaller, more fashionable watch that will go head-to-head against the Apple Watch. Read More

Themes & Variations, by Ziye Liu, is an animated short film, based upon the art of Yayoi Kusama and Ai Weiwei, which uses computer extrapolation techniques to create "new versions" of their work. There's more at blog.ziyeliu.com.

This lifelike re-enactment of the Chicxulub impact event was meticulously researched prior to filming by Field Day and The Slow Mo Guys. Read the rest

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YouTube personality TheiBookGuy produced an easy-to-watch, easy-to-understand explainer piece on how computer graphics worked in the 1980s.In part one of a multi-part video series, he digs into the limitations of color on eighties-era computers and early game consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Commodore 64.

Well it turns out that people who are willing to drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on gadgets like to use gadgets to spend more dollars. An exclamation point-laden report released today from Wristly, an organization that Apple has cited in the past, detailed the pretty impressive impact that Apple Watch has had on adoption of the Apple Pay service. The data, which comes from a… Read More

Everyday we are walking around with tech in our pockets-and on our wrists-that used to belong only to worlds of science fiction. Instead of going simple, or taking a step backwards for a retro look, the Psychron Watch Face for Android Wear makes your Smartwatch look like the future. This face gives you the time, weather, and temperature, along with a few more features and a design made to turn heads. We've got all the details for you below. The Psychron Watch Face is available now in the Google Play Store as a free app. The face definitely has a sci-fi flair, and plenty of information to help you along your way. This is an analog face that is practically overflowing with features available at a glance. You only get numbers at 12, 3, 6 and 9, with notches for seconds at the outer edges of the face. At the bottom of your screen, above the 6 is a readout of the date along with the day of the week.

At Intel's Developer Forum, Fossil took to the stage to give a glimpse of its upcoming Intel-powered Android Wear smartwatch. While actual details and specs were not divulged, this is our first look at the new watch. The design looks very similar to the Moto 360, right down to the flat tire design.

Play yourself out, Keyboard Cat. Theremin Cat is on the scene, showing effortless natural theremin skills on the solo from the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." Read the rest

New Zealand's Waitomo Glowworm Caves shimmer with a constellation of glow worms, and Jordan and Jenna from Stoked for Saturday got this gorgeous footage after a lot of trial and error. Read the rest

I don’t carry cash anymore. Ever. Sometimes I get caught in a situation where I need it, mostly when I want to tip someone. I use either a credit card or Apple Pay to pay for things, and I send money to people I know using Square Cash, almost exclusively.If you have any money left over from buying an Apple Watch, you can now send it to friends and family using Square Cash from your… Read More

AnimalRobot takes NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" into Grand Theft Auto V with GTAV's Rockstar Editor and Adobe Premiere. "Damn, that shit was dope." (YouTube)

Earlier this month, Spencer Seabrooke broke the world record for the longest free solo slackline ever. He walked 209 feet, 1000 feet above a canyon in Canada. He slipped off the rope twice and had to catch himself.The soles of my feet start to hurt when I watch videos of people doing crazy high-elevation stunts. Does that happen to anyone else?

Samsung debuted two Android phablets, teased a round Tizen watch amid rumors of a “Z3? Tizen phone, and touted a $100 million investment in Tizen for IoT.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory just released a video of their latest adhesion technologies designed for use in space. Read the rest

The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the fourth and final time on August 14, 1965. Over 70 million people tuned in to watch. Read the rest

We went all-out to bring you as much coverage of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ announcement this week in New York City, and that includes a nice wrap-up video that covers our hands-on time with both phones.

It looks as though anti-feminist blogger Daryush Valizedeh, a.k.a. Roosh V., was run out of Mississauga over the weekend, but claims he held his speaking engagement in Toronto yesterday “in the original hotel.”

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Filmmaker darwinfish105 created this lovely look at a day in the life of Japan's Haneda Airport. Read the rest

French artist Thomas Blanchard mixed paint, oil, milk, honey and cinnamon to create these hypnotic swirlings of color and shape. The film is set to Lost in Space by Max Richter. Read the rest

In this episode, we catch up with the majestic/awkward ocean sunfish, the biggest bony fish on Earth. The post Absurd Creatures: Watch the Giant Swimming Face of the Sea appeared first on WIRED.

Finding a Watch Face that gives you the info that you need to know, while keeping it simple aren't always easy to find. Many get you that info, but wind up looking cluttered, others have a clean and simple look, but you don't get the details you need at a glance. If that's the case then the Nova Material Watch face for Android Wear might have you covered. The Nova Material Watch Face has a clean, understated look to it. It's got a fresh, minimalistic appeal while still getting you the information that you want out of your watch. Lets take a look. The top of your screen has two indicators for notifications. On the top left is a small speech bubble, accompanied to the right by an envelope. Otherwise known as messages, and emails. If your inboxes are full of nothing but read messages, then you'll just see the icons themselves. On the other hand if you have unread messages, then a small colored bubble will appear with a number within it; the number of unread messages you have waiting. The middle of your screen is where most of your information is waiting. In the middle of the screen is a 12 hour digital readout of the time. Just above it, is the current date, along with which day of the week it is. To the left of these you'll see a weather indicator to give you a clue about what to expect if you venture outside.

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