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Learn How To Make Stereoscopic GIFs With Mr. GIF

Mr. GIF reveals how to make twitchy GIFs using a 3D camera and Photoshop.
Kevin Holmes
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

A Chinese Ship Carrying 11 Tons of Endangered Pangolins Crashed into a Protected Reef

This story is phenomenally face palm-worthy, but its absurdity just stands to highlight the pervasiveness of the illegal wildlife trade.
Derek Mead
4.18.13
Words

The Arrival: DJ Shadow

The legend on yelling at his audience and why he’s not an entertainer.
Michelle Lhooq
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Abu Dhabi Built the Biggest Solar Power Plant in Africa

This solar plant will run 10% of Mauritania.
Brian Merchant
4.18.13
News

Reddit Wants the Boston Bomber's Blood

Only one day after the Boston bombings, a subreddit was formed to collate and analyze photos of the crime scene, expanding to more than 3,000 users in less than half a day. We spoke to Rather_Confused, one of the subreddit's mods, to get a feel for...
Matt Shea
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Ripe for Capture: Artist Kari Altmann Is a Prophet

Altmann's work defines a generation unsurprised by and unafraid of Stellar Wind, for whom privacy, like politics, has become a purely esthetic concept.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
4.18.13
News

Oxycontin in Ontario: Wildly Addictive and Barely Regulated

OxyContin is basically a synthetic version of heroin, and as such, is often referred to as ”Hillbilly-heroin.” It was marketed as an effective, time-released painkiller, but its highly addictive nature has created an epidemic of severe long-term...
Angela Hennessy
4.18.13
You Need to Hear This

Laurel Halo Gave Us A Playlist

To give us a hint of what her brand new EP on Hyperdub will sound like.
Suze Olbrich
4.18.13
Stuff

Jury Duty: It's Your Civic Duty

The county of Los Angeles wants to let me, a complete degenerate, participate in the judicial process and give me enough scratch to buy one flavorless sandwich per day at the court snack bar? SIGN ME UP.
Megan Koester
4.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Superman Is 75 Years Old Today, But We Can't Let Him Retire Yet

It's Superman's birthday today. He's still invincible and dull, but we need him now more than ever.
Brian Merchant
4.18.13
New music

Odd Couple Feat. King L, Mikey Dollaz & Big Colour - "Pink Champale"

Listen to King L spit over a copacetic cushion of a beat .
Ezra Marcus
4.18.13
News

Should We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?

This year, four men have come down with meningitis in New York City, bringing the number of infections to 22 and the death toll to seven since 2010, and similar cases have appeared in West Hollywood, California. How worried should we be?
Mitchell Sunderland
4.18.13
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