The Behind the Scenes Story of the Nike Air Mag, the McFly Jacket and More [Video]

The Nike Air Mag auction has wrapped up and has raised $5.6 million for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($11.2 if you count Sergey Brin's contributions). It was an absolutely worthy cause for the iconic shoe.

In all, there were over 38,000 bids on eBay with the cheapest pair being sold for $2,300 (a Size 7) and the most expensive pair being sold for $9,959 (size 10). Other pairs sold for more in different auction settings. Sneaker News has the full recap of the auction and it's a really great source for number nerds.

Also, Nike recently released the full story of the Nike Air Mag and as I'm still absolutely in love with the shoe, I can't stop watching and reading any new material about them. And I'm still learning new stuff! Like I didn't know one version of the "power laces" in BTTF 2 actually had holes in the sole so someone could pull down the laces underneath the street (the magic of the movies!). They've also released videos about the auto-resizing, auto-drying "McFly" jacket too (which I didn't know Nike had a hand in making). Watch them all.

I really hope they come out with a 2015 version. I also really hope I can afford to buy it by then. [Nike, Sneaker News]

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Fake Google SIMs, Real Weird Bikes, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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11 Computers from Behind the Iron Curtain [Hardware]

By Oobject Sep 9, 2011 6:00 PM 119,882 9

In the 1950s, the Soviet computer industry's future seemed bright with the MESM. But by the '80s, they were more content to simply clone their Western counterparts. Oobject brings us this collection of 11 incredible Soviet-made number crunchers.

Once you've had your fill of these, check out some Soviet satellites, ten more Soviet ripoffs, and these marvelous mechanical calculators.

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Manspresso Machines, Spotify Hacks, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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Kiwi Wi-Fi, German Beer Bikes, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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Behind the Scenes at Ground Zero [Video]

On September 6th, Gizmodo went behind the cordon to tour the progress of the World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial. From the first floor to the 71st, see how these incredible structures are taking shape—from the inside.

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Left Behind: Ringtones, Techno-Post-Its, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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Familiar Headphones, Tweeting Strangers, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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Courier Rising, Fox Falling, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

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Booze Bottles, iPad Grub, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

Click-counting agency comScore has decreed Facebook the third-largest video site on the internet, behind Google and Vevo. To which I say thumbs up Facebook and all but Vevo? Seriously? Music videos are the second-biggest draw on the entire internet? That's nutters and kind of wonderful. [TechCrunch]

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York wrote a sternly worded letter to carriers asking them to shut down cellphones that have been reported stolen. Which ignores what cellphone companies should really, do, which is to include explosive self-destruct buttons on every handset that activate in the event of theft, bricking, or BlackBerry purchase. [NY Daily News]

There's nothing we don't really like about these fancy Johnnie Walker bottles. They're just a little outside our wheelhouse. Still, though, if you like drinking and you like design and you like drinking and you like drinking, it's well worth taking a tour through some of these limited edition (read: super expensive) bottles of Johnnie. [Born Rich]

A Manhattan restaurant called De Santos now uses iPad menus. And iPad payment systems. And they serve petit fours on tiny little iPads and the only dish is iPad Thai and iPad iPad iPad. GUH. This kind of activity is in no way to be encouraged. The iPad is great and all, but so is going to a nice dinner and not having an LCD display shoved in your face. [Inc via TNW]

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