Footnotes: Hemophilic Weaponry and 1,001 Nights of Not Being Murdered

This week on Footnotes, I get my hair cut too short, thus exposing my funny-shaped head. Now that that's out of the way, we can get into the search for the holy grail, which inspired countless knights to beat the hell out of peasants and other...

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9 Awkward Hollywood Cameos by Tech Founders

If you want to know why technology executives aren't video stars, look no further than these eight founders – plus one founder's dog – trying to look natural in movies, TV shows, and commercials. Their performances are glitchier than Facebook's privacy...

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Review: The Master Elegantly Dissects Cult Psychosis

The Master follows a pseudo-religious movement and its leader, Lancaster Dodd, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman (center).Images courtesy The Weinstein Company Beautiful to look at, strangely hypnotic and utterly original, The Master examines...

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How Windmills Are Making More Fuel-Efficient Mazdas

Image: Mazda What do windmills and Mazdas have in common? More than you'd think. In an effort to boost fuel economy, the Japanese automaker is looking to pilfer the windmill parts bin for the resilient capacitors capable of standing up...

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Ultimate Silicon Valley Perk: Custom Chips From Intel and AMD

Google and Facebook design their own servers and all sorts of other hardware for their massive data centers. Evidence suggests they're also getting customized processors. Illustration: Ross Patton Asked if Intel customizes microprocessors...

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Bonfire of the Van-ities: Burning Question Fuels Photog's Social Media Rise

Name: Fernanda Ávila Age: 21 Location: Santiago, Chile Occupation: Engineering student What would you take with you if your house caught fire? That's the burning question Foster Huntington came up with to filter potential...

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7 Scholastic DIY Projects to Customize Your Study Space

Make a lamp out of an old globe. Photo: Frida Ramstedt for Trendenser.se Nine months of algebra homework doesn't feel so bad when you're studying in style. And now that school is back in swing, it's time for one of our favorite activities:...

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Post-Interception 'Momentum' Is a Myth, Researchers Say

The Carolina Panthers' Charles Godfrey (30) is congratulated by Haruki Nakamura after his interception return for a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Many said the play changed the momentum of the game. They're wrong. Photo:...

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Payment Processor Stripe Goes Loonie

Payment processing company Stripe has a growing base of U.S. fans, and it's about to get some love in the Great White North. The company is launching its beloved online credit card processing service in Canada. If you don't accept credit cards online,...

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How Do You Make Home Heating and Cooling More Exciting? Add a Touchscreen

Image courtesy of Venstar Who'd a-thunk thermostats could be sexy? No one, that's who. And yet when the Nest thermostat started hitting walls earlier this year, homeowners went ga-ga over its Jetsonian design, web-savvy features, and almost...

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Hotels for the Dead: Mausoleums Reveal Spectral Light and Kitsch Decor

America in the '50s was a time of consumer optimism. The post-war economy was booming and in addition to brand-new tract houses and shiny state-of-the-art appliances the popularity of a more opulent burial style was also on the rise. Instead of being...

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Why Dirty Streets of Heaven Writer Tad Williams Isn't Going to Hell ... Probably

Photo: Deborah Beale These days, Tad Williams is a best-selling writer, but once he was a struggling author waiting to hear back from a publisher on his first novel. That's when he hatched a devilish scheme to force the editors to take...

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Saucy or Stale? Alton Brown Defies Twitter With Weird Post-it Notes

Alton Brown of Food Network had strong feelings against Twitter, but an even greater aversion to Facebook. When his agent demanded he choose one, he picked what he felt was the lesser of two evils and began tweeting. Right off the bat, it felt like...

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To See in the Arctic, Darpa Might Stick Sensors on Icebergs

Floating ice in the Arctic, which the Pentagon's researchers could now use as a platform for submarine-tracking sensors. Photo: Darpa Hyped-up fears of a coming Arctic war have, appropriately, cooled down recently. But Arctic ice is melting...

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Kabbage Raises Some Serious Cabbage for Small-Business Loans

You have a prototype for the world's greatest dog collar, skateboard ramp, tea cozy, iPhone 5 case/hand warmer — you name it. With Amazon, eBay and Etsy you have almost instant distribution. What you don't have is money to manufacture your gizmo and...

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The Era of the 'Smart' Transmission Is Upon Us

Image: BMW AG How can your navigation system improve your fuel economy? By linking up with the transmission, it can predict the terrain ahead and shift into the appropriate gear before you make it 'round the bend and up the next hill. ...

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Google Spans Entire Planet With GPS-Powered Database

Three years ago, a top Google engineer named Vijay Gill was asked what he would do if someone gave him a magic wand. At the time, Gill helped run the massive network of data centers that underpins Google's online empire, and he was sitting...

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10 Things You Didn't Know About the Original Muhammad Controversy

Kurt Westergaard shows off some work in his heavily secured home.Photo: Peter McGraw With thousands taking to the streets in protest after a YouTube video mocked Muhammad, many pundits are comparing the situation to the mother of all Muslim...

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