You Can Buy One of the Super Rare DeLorean Time Machines Used in Back to the Future [Back To The Future]

By Casey Chan Oct 16, 2011 6:00 PM 14,618 24

Profiles in History is auctioning off over a 100 Back to the Future props but the one that's got me—and about the entire rest of the world—shaking in my boots is the DeLorean used in BTTF III. It's one of only seven DeLoreans used throughout the entire series.

The DeLorean being auctioned off is the one that Marty McFly "used in the 1955 drive-in movie scene when Michael J. Fox drives it into the past and lands in 1885 to find Doc". The auction house says it's one of only three to have survived after filming. I've always said when I could afford a DeLorean, I was going to buy one but... I can't afford this one. The BTTF III DeLorean is expected to fetch $600,000. Gulp.

I guess I'll have to look past the DeLorean and check out the other stuff which ranges from "original costumes, the Tales From Space comic, Doc's burned toy Cadillac, Clock Tower cables, Gray's Almanac, the Doc Brown committed/commended newspapers" and drum roll please: a full set of all five types of hoverboards. Hoverboards, you are mine. The auction starts in December so I'll be saving every penny until then. [Profiles in History via LA Times]

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Lego Blocks Plus Smartphone Equals Super Smart Petri Dish [Video]

By Kristen Philipkoski Oct 11, 2011 6:40 PM 7,946 14

Caltech engineers built an ingenious Petri dish from Lego blocks that uses a cell phone image sensor and a smartphone light to send pictures of what's happening inside the dish directly to scientists' laptops.

Here's how it works (see it in action above): Scientists place a sample on an image-sensor chip, which uses an Android phone's LED screen as a light source. They then place the whole device in an incubator and connect the chip to a laptop with a cable. Software on the laptop organizes the images.

It sounds so simple and looks like a toy. But it could significantly (and inexpensively!) streamline cell culture experiments (which means any cells, from bacteria to stem cells, grown in a controlled environment) in several ways:

1. Because the device sends images directly to a laptop, scientists don't have to move the cells they're studying to look at them under a microscope, which means less chance of contaminating the sample.

2. Scientists can observe many samples at once, rather than checking out one at a time under a microscope.

3. The image sensor snaps hundreds of pictures of the cells growing in real time. Then they're stitched together on the laptop, creating a high resolution image. So researchers get see the big picture of what's happening in the dish, rather than focusing on a tiny part with a microscope.

The scientists say number three will be particularly interesting for studying stem cells, which move around a lot and transform into various types of cells. And they report that the resolution is similar to a traditional microscope-you can make out the inside of cell nuclei.

The CalTech researcher published details on the prototype in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Technology Review via BoingBoing; Image: Guoan Zheng, California Institute of Technology]

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Motorola's Latest Phone Has the First Ever qHD Super AMOLED Screen (Update: It's the Droid RAZR) [Leaks]

This Is My Next just got a look at Motorola's latest LTE handset, the Motorola Spyder, and it has the unique pedigree of being the first 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED screen. That combination is a promise of crisp, high-res visuals.

Rounding things out is an unnamed 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of memory, and an 8MP rear-camera. It's already pretty similar to the Droid Bionic, but the new screen should help solve that graininess issue. More details are sure to come. [This Is My Next]

Update: One of TIMN's tipsters has learned the name this new phone will go by: the Droid RAZR. They're reviving the RAZR name? I'm suddenly getting mid-aughts flashbacks.

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The Bose Chihuahua Is Supposed to Be a Super Small Speaker [Rumors]

This is my next is reporting that Bose will launch an oddly named speaker docking station called the Bose Chihuahua. It's supposed to be ultra small, compatible with your phone and will work with Bose's SoundLink tech.

The super small speaker will be unveiled next week and we'll be there to check it out. TIMN suggested it could be something like the Jawbone Jambox. [TIMN]

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Super Badass Photographer Joao Silva Talks About His Injuries and the State of Photojournalism [Photography]

Photographer Joao Silva lost both of his legs last year to an IED landmine explosion in Afghanistan. He kept shooting as he was dragged to safety and treated by medics. But to hear him tell it, he's just an ordinary guy who ran into some bad luck.

I heard the mechanic click. I knew: this is not good. And I found myself lying face-down on the ground, engulfed in a cloud of dust, with the very clear knowledge that this has just happened and this is not good. I could see my legs were gone, and everybody around me was dazed. I was like, "Guys, I need help here."

Beyond his chilling description of the explosion and its immediate aftermath, he also talks about the ethics and craft of being a photographer in a warzone—"The things that we see go through the eye straight into the brain. Some of those scenes never go away."—and the current state of photojournalism.

It's a moving and inspirational bit of wisdom from a supremely humble, self-aware, and talented photographer. And as a reminder, you can still buy prints of Joao's work to help support him, with any excess funds going to a charity of his choice. [NY Times, Support Joao]

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Samsung's New Notebooks Are Super Skinny MacBook Clones (and Look Damn Good) [Laptops]

Samsung's heavy borrowing of Apple's design is pretty established by now—they're getting the shit sued out of them for it! But, undeterred, they're dropping the new Series 7 notebook, with wonderfully thin bezel, Apple looks, and great specs.

The Series 7 is only 0.9 inches thick, but the tiny bezel's what catches my attention: only 0.25 inches. That's a gorgeous thing to have in front of your face. Underneath all that brushed aluminum are some pretty damn good guts for the price: a 2.2-GHz Core i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, a 750 GB (mechanical) harddrive, AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics, and two USB 3.0 ports. For $1,300? Very nice. It may be a MacBook ripoff, but I'd like to see Apple ripoff that price. [BusinessWire via Laptop Mag]

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Jaw-Dropping Super Slow-Motion Footage of the World's Scariest Wave [Video]

Tahiti is home not only to a million resorts, but also to the deadliest wave in the world. Known as "The End of the Road", it is the stuff of hydraulic nightmares, and this new footage is absolutely jaw-dropping.

This footage was shot with one of our favorite toys: the super slow motion camera by Phantom. If watching the top 32 surfers in the world eat shit and do cartwheels down the face of a wave in slo-mo is wrong, then I don't wanna be right. (Watch both of these vids in full-screen, if you know what's good for ya.)

The wave is called Teahupoo, and while it can't equal waves like Mavericks or Jaws in height, it arguably trumps them in power. Instead of turning the wave's power into height, Teahupoo channels that power into thickness. Waves at most surf spots look like humps in the water. When waves at Teahupoo get big they basically have no back, so when you fall on one, it feels as if the power of the whole ocean is steamrolling you. Worse, the beast breaks over just a few feet of water. Literally. Just under the water's surface is a forrest of mal-formed, jagged, razor-sharp coral heads. It's taken lives in the past, and just in the last few days it has claimed many surfboards, jet-skis, bones, and a whole lot of flesh. And then, this happened.

Last weekend Teahupoo was hit with a mammoth swell, and it just happened to occur when the world's top 32 competitive surfers were there for a contest. This other footage is from August 27th, when it was arguably bigger than anyone has ever surfed it. The contest was put on hold and a crew of madmen used jet-skis to whip each other into some unfathomably massive barrels. There was a ton of carnage, but thankfully no, deaths. Un. Be. Fu. King. Lievable.[Billabong]

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Nikon's First Rugged Cam (!), Super Bright Projector Mutant Camera and Pro Point-and-Shoot [Cameras]

So Nikon announced about a million new cameras today, including its first go-anywhere, do-whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-it point and shoot. It's like when Gizmo eats after midnight, except with Nikon cameras instead gremlins. Here's a quick rundown on each of them.

AW100
The AW100 is Nikon's first rugged point and shoot. Since we're pretty well behind all-rugged-everything, that's great to see. But what the hell took so long? Anyway, the AW100 is shockproof, waterproof (to 33 feet), and freeze-proof (whatever that means?). It packs a 16.1MP BSI CMOS sensor and has built-in GPS and internal mapping functions, like a travelogue to view your path. So you can use this thing to go snowboarding way out in the middle of nowhere, or like, search for Amelia Earhart.

Our current favorite rugged camera is Panasonic's Lumix TS3, but we we're crossing our fingers that the AW100 will jump into the lead. Its specs look great, and we've been waiting for a rugged cam from Nikon for too long for it to not be awesome. $430 in September.

P7100
If the P7100 looks familiar, it's probably because it's a gussied up P7000, with essentially just a 3-inch LCD and a new dial separating the two. But that's not really a bad thing, since the P7000 was a pro-worthy camera, with pretty stunning low light performance for a point and shoot. $500 in September.

S1200pj
Well if we're going to be shoving projectors into just about everything, why not our point and shoots? The S1200pj connects to either your computer or your iPad/Pod/Phone, can pull media from local storage or from online, and is 40 percent brighter than its predecessor. Nikon thinks you're going to use it to play 720p movies in your living room, but, umm, I'm pretty sure even college kids have too much dignity to resort to that. $430 in September.

S8200
The S8200 is the option for if you want a solid point and shoot, but don't want to drop $500 on the P7100. It's got decent video capabilities—1080p at 15, 60 and 120fps—and a 16.1MP sensor with optical zoom, but won't handle low light nearly as admirably as its big brother. $330 in September.

S100
The S100 has a sort-of-huge 3.5-inch, 820,000-dot OLED screen and a 5x optical zoom, which should probably make it the ultimate 2AM-in-a-bar, self-plus-one-shot camera. $300 in September.

S6200
There's not a whole lot to say about the S6200. It's got a 10x optical zoom, which is nice, but aside from that its features are a little, shall we say, dated? (Shoot in black and white! And sepia!) Still, it's got decent enough specs, and it's the least expensive of the bunch. $230 in September.

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The Super Tourniquet That Stops Penis Gunshot Wounds from Bleeding Out [Gadgets]

Getting shot in the groin has to suck beyond all imagining. So too must getting shot anywhere else, let alone places where you can't cinch a tourniquet. The CRoC, or Combat Ready Clamp, gives your bleeding hard-to-reach spots the pressure they need.

The CRoC was designed with military personnel primarily in mind, because they're the one who'd likely have to worry about getting shot in awkward places. But the device works for any part of the body where it would be difficult or impractical to apply a tourniquet, like the chest, abdomen, or neck. As for the average consumer, maybe you just got mugged near your house. Or you have a really deep shaving injury. Either way, this could save your life. [Combat Medical Systems via OhGizmo]

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