It's only Android 1.6, but still, that's impressive! Naturally, the sourcefiles are on Github. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3GsOR-9-P38/texas-instruments-graphic-calc.html

I was too harried, when my classic BMW motorcycle died on the side of a busy highway, 150 miles from home, to visually test both the plugs. This simple tester would have saved me from my own laziness.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/53qdRTTO_II/now-i-carry-an-in-line-spark-p.html

In 1961, new parents David and Doris Wagner had a baby and Doris went on the birth control pill, just approved by the FDA the year before. Quickly though, Doris and David realized that it was too easy to forget a day and not realize it, so they invented a calendar dispenser that was the basis for the compact-shaped dial packs still common today. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/XUAoncD2Ym0/story-behind-the-birth-control.html

There's much YouTube evidence of wild animals swimming in our man-made swimming pools, as more of our homes encroach on the land they once roamed. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/FTq5yzHJlG0/7-videos-of-wild-animals-swimm.html

What's the difference between RUSHING past a dangerous trap and it CRUSHING you to a pulp? Just a tiny sliver of alphabet. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/F2jjLPMHoJg/typoman-a-platform-game-where.html

“What would a nature documentary be like if the animals were armed with our favorite weapons?”

(more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/x-KKv4yOsjI/watch-michael-bay-style-bat-v.html

Years of below average flows have exposed caches of sediment, and gold, that have been inaccessible for years.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MZV9UxOUJNM/with-water-down-gold-prospect.html

The origin of this "large face" on the side of a cliff remains unknown. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_1Vf5fQt-dg/large-face-found-in-rock-c.html

After his daughter complained her toy car was not fast enough, YouTuber ThatHPI GUY decided to mod it so it could pop wheelies. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/pljBndpFAc8/watch-gentleman-mods-mini.html

Superhero movies are nothing new (Superman, Batman, Spiderman...) but they began to snowball in 2000, after the success of X-Men.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/b_uJFlfv-uY/here-are-51-yes-51-superhe.html

The city is nearing a settlement with several Muslim clerics who filed a 2013 federal discrimination lawsuit alleging illegal NYPD spying. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/95haj3q4500/new-york-nears-settlement-with.html

Another southern state tears down the popular symbol of racism and slavery. In this Reuters photo, state workers take down a Confederate national flag on the grounds of the state capitol on Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/fINkcpWiyIU/alabama-governor-orders-confed.html

A man who was anesthetized for a colonoscopy in Reston, Virginia was surprised to hear a recording on his smartphone of the anesthesiologist and others on the medical team acting like total assholes and mocking him while he was unconscious. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/T7KERs79vM0/unconscious-patient-recorded-m.html

Luhu is a kitty whose naturally droopy eyes make her look like a sad cat from a 1960s Gig (Girard Goodenow) painting. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IKBgW0HGu78/perpetually-sad-looking-kitty.html

The so-called unlimited cash out operations used hacked debit cards with withdrawal limits removed to make ATMs spew money. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/sbgb1OWIjUc/accused-turkish-cybercriminal.html

The fields of bioinspiration and biomimetics look at animal evolution to improve machine function. Chen Li at UC Berkeley's Poly-PEDAL Lab found that an oval cockroach shell atop a small robot helps it squeeze through tight spaces more easily. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/E6HCfK3DhPA/watch-adding-a-cockroach-shel.html

A 40th floor view of the crowd instantly filling NYC's Bryant Park on Sunday night for a free showing of Ghostbusters. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Fb8HYdH572U/fantastic-aerial-video-of-crow.html

This cute sampler box of Tea Forte's herbal collection makes a lovely gift. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/O8Vs_a90_hs/a-lovely-sampler-of-tea-forte.html

The world’s 15 youngest countries are all in Africa. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kAHjcJduUMM/map-shows-where-worlds-oldes.html

Built with extreme attention to detail, right down to imported mud from the festival site. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IJYGIoskEAQ/lego-glastonbury-music-festiva.html