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This Ice Sign Is The Ghost Of Winter Traffic Enforcement

12:40AM February 3, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

As the harsh winter washes over the northern hemisphere, it’s amazing images like this that remind people to go outside and enjoy the majesty of snow and ice. Actually, let someone else go outside and take photos. It’s cold. More »


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I Don’t Know What Suntel Electronic Does, But Its CES Booth Is Blinding

2:00AM January 12, 2012 | Brian Barrett

SUNTEL ELECTRONIC OPEN OPEN OPEN PHONE CARDS COFFEE VINTAGE PHONES OH GOD MY EYES MY EYES THEY BURN PIZZA COFFEE OPEN.


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Iconic Yahoo! Neon Sign Being Torn Down

2:30AM November 19, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

A symbol of the internet’s success, a reminder of the the dot.com crash, and otherwise just a nice-looking neon sign, the Yahoo! billboard has welcomed drivers to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco for more than a decade. Sadly, its time has come. More »


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Jokester Redesigns Languishing Construction Hole As Playpen

1:00AM August 22, 2011 | Jack Loftus

While we doubt the three-year-old construction “hole” that’s plagued Seattle neighbourhood Green Lake will actually become a play area — complete with 65-space unicycle parking lot — it’s really the thought that counts, and the thought here is pretty clever. More »


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Here’s How To Hack Electronic Road Signs

5:22AM June 25, 2011 | Adam Pash

Two-and-a-half years ago we published a guide on how to hack electronic road signs. Now America finds itself drowning in a sea of zombie warnings – and we’ve become the unofficial whipping boy of the highway Lite-brite hacking community. [Jalopnik]


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Digital Skeleton Scares New Yorkers Into Heeding Speed Limit

7:00AM May 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

How do you encourage drivers to stay safe on the road? STARTLE THEM WITH SKELETONS! At least, thats New York City’s plan, which is deploying a fleet of new speed limit signs with a speed-activated skeleton warning. More »


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A Fence Made From Road Signs

10:00AM March 21, 2011 | Casey Chan

In a project that combines recycling and repurposing, YouthBuild built a fence from old road signs. The signs were cut, sanded, filed and drilled to create pickets and I think the finishing result looks great. Instead of just mirroring the road signs, they were broken apart and combined to create a swarm of colour and character. I’d love to do this to my tool shed (if i had tools or a shed, for that matter). More »


Gadgets

Missing: One Toy Helicopter

7:26AM February 23, 2011 | Jason Chen

A man and his poor piloting skills manage to lose a toy helicopter. If found, please call. Answers to the name Steve. [Mission Local via Twitter]


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Rhode Island City Plans To Leave 600 Rogue Stop Signs Standing

10:40AM February 9, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

At some point in recent years, a ghost in the urban planning machine put up 700 rogue stop signs in Cranston, Rhode Island, (pop. 80,000; stop sign pop. 2600). They’re totally undocumented, and the city can’t figure out where exactly they came from. But after an investigation by a specially appointed committee, they’re planning to leave 580 of ‘em right where they are. More »


Mobile

All Hail The Awkward World Order

11:40AM November 9, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Attention, citizens! This is how we live now: constantly playing with our phones to avoid human contact, forsaking all else in the name of our smartphone gods. Which, honestly, how else am I gonna up my Doodle Jump score? More »