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Sleek smart clasp gives your analog watch a brain

We're all curious about smartwatches, but we don't want to let go of our beloved analog timepieces.A project that just debuted on Indiegogo is …

BMW has the first smart emergency system for motorcycles

While cars and trucks have long had smart emergency systems to send help in the event of a crash (think services like OnStar), motorcycles have had to go without -- a scary thought if you've ever worried about wiping out miles away from help. That's where BMW might just save the day, though. It's …

Here's a gorgeous shot of America's newest wilderness: #BoulderWhiteClouds in Idaho. Today, President Obama signed a bill into law that protects nearly 276,000 acres of #Idaho's high mountain backcountry as #wilderness -- an area of the country that is home to crystal lakes and abundant wildlife. The #Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act preserves Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness, White Clouds Wilderness and Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness. Photo courtesy of Ed Cannady Photography.

Build Your Own Teardrop Camping Trailer by Yourself

We introduced Happy Camper’s H1 travel trailer last week. Right, impressive, but expensive. Need some alternative? If you know some hands-on skills, …

Photo of the Day! Getting to this hidden spot wasn't easy, but it's worth the view. Photo by @johnonelio of @helene_gerasimchuk. Share your best photos with us at gopro.com/submit #GoProGirl #Hike

Supercharged Motus MSTR Hot Rod | WILD FILE

The regular duties of Motus Motorcycles co-founder and Design Director Brian Case have focused on the overall design of the proprietary V-4 engine and …

Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Factories Chart Industrialization’s Demise

Dramatic shots of disused factories around the world reveal an economic force on the wane.Korean photographer Taewon Jang grew up intimately familiar with the world of industrialization. His father spent 36 years working for a cement factory, during which time Taewon witnessed the industry’s …

Manufacturing

Camp - Top Ten Most Scenic Campgrounds in the U.S. : Cabela's

The Most Scenic Camping Spots in the United StatesOur picks for the camping destinations with the most breathtaking views.Across the United States …

National Parks

Interview: John Spies' Magnificent Photos Reveal the Hidden Wonders of Underground Caves

With more than 30 years of experience as a cave explorer and guide under his belt, Australian photographer John Spies is an expert at navigating the incredible formations and winding passages of underground sites never before seen by man. Camera in hand, the adventurer has journeyed into the depths …

Habitats

National Geographic Travel

Canadian business adjusts to a new Liberal government

Canada's business leaders aren't enamoured with the new federal Liberal government's approach to business, although they are attracted by its "sunny ways."The latest quarterly C-Suite Survey shows that almost 60 per cent of corporate executives feel the election of a new government led by Prime …

Why are we still using a ‘second-rate’ calendar system ‘imposed by a pope over 400 years ago’?

If Canadian-born astrophysicist Richard Conn Henry were in charge, New Year’s Eve would have been four days ago.Under the intricately designed …

U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source | News Home | Reuters

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.An entrance gate to Sony Pictures Studios is pictured in …

North Korea

Residents below aging B.C. dam warned: in case of major earthquake, get out in 10 minutes or die

VANCOUVER — After deciding it would be too expensive to rebuild a 103-year-old dam built in one of the most collapse-prone areas of Canada, British …

Police Can Create Fake Instagram Accounts To Investigate Suspects

According to a recent opinion passed down by district court judge William Martini in New Jersey, it is 100 percent legal for a police officer to create a fake Instagram account, friend you, and use evidence found in your Instagram feed against you, should you get yourself into the kind of mess that …

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Most Expressive Pumpkin Faces Ever!

Just when we thought our pumpkin carvings were creative, we ran across these! We've seen Ray Villafane's expert hand at sand sculpting, but his original expertise lies in pumpkin carving. With Halloween creeping up on us, the New York native's pumpkin sculptures are in season. Each wrinkly, orange …

Sculpture

15 Gravity-Defying Homes From Around the World

Ingenious engineering and the will of slightly crazy homeowners, brings architecture to new heights.

U.S. using fake cellphone towers on planes to gather data: WSJ | News Home | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An agency of the U.S. Justice Department is gathering data from thousands of cell phones, including both criminal suspects and innocent Americans, by using fake communications towers on airplanes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.A man takes a photo of the U.S. …

Surveillance

Comet lander faces a power struggle as solar panels left in the dark

Despite an errant bounce that left Europe's Philae comet lander in a precarious sideways position, scientists working with the probe have said they will deploy a key instrument that can tell them what the comet is made of.The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) is a coffee-cup size device that …