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Even at 40, the First Scientific Pocket Calculator Still Looks Sexy as 7734
On February 1, 1972, Hewlett Packard introduced the world's first scientific pocket calculator, the HP-35. You may be thinking, really, who cares but a bunch of geeks. That's exactly what the marketing people at HP thought when Bill Hewlett released...
Lara Heintz
2.1.12
Design

A Futuristic Alien Pod House Lands In Beijing
Architect Wang Yaohua explores the remaining space upon Beijing’s industrial district.
Xue Tan
2.1.12
Pen Pals

Where Love Goes to Die
My ex-girl wrote this letter to me as she sat in a cell across the hall at the county jail.
Bert Burykill
2.1.12
The Mercy Rule

Meet the Super Bowl’s Sociopaths
In the interest of helping you enjoy the football-related portion of Super Bowl Sunday more, here is what you need to know about the two teams involved.
David Roth
2.1.12
Stuff

Syringes and Serenades - Reminiscing About Our Time at Transvestite Quran School
We talked to the host of "The Warias" about her time spent smothered in the silicone-bolstered bosoms of Jogjakarta's Islamic transsexuals.
Royce Akers, Photos by Oliver Purser
2.1.12
videos

Apocalyptic Robo-Art Performers Survival Research Labs Have Been Banned in San Francisco
Survival Research Laboratories, the group started by Mark Pauline and known for its apocalyptic robo-art performances, has been banned from performing in San Francisco by the SF fire department.
Derek Mead
2.1.12
Motherboard Blog

Beat Hysterics: Diagnosing the Great Dance Plague of 1518
When Frau Troffea took to furiously dancing in the middle of a road in Strasbourg, France, in the summer of 1518, no one would join her. In a time of widespread hand wringing, confusion and fear over women succumbing to the cultish clutches of demonic...
Brian Anderson
2.1.12
News

Notes from the Florida Primary
The drive from Miami to Orlando is basically one giant landfill next to a Dairy Queen on the beach.
Elizabeth Glover and Elizabeth Gorman
2.1.12
Design

Communism's Still Big In Europe
Two French architects have measured the exact dimensions of the French Communist Party HQ. And yeah, it’s in red.
Morgan Poyau
2.1.12
NSFW

My Debut as a Craigslist Hooker
There are plenty of ways to make money as a broke student in London, but I decided that allowing older men to fellate me for money was the easiest.
Will SIlverman
2.1.12
Art

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Computational Designer Reza Ali
Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kevin Holmes
2.1.12
Motherboard Blog

One Hundred Thousand Sympathy Calories: This Super Bowl, You're Getting Fat
The Super Bowl is upon us and, as usual, it's time to reflect on how little the actual game matters in the midst of all the spectacle. If you're team's not in it, or you're not hate-cheering, like many viewers of this year's game will be, or you just...
Derek Mead
2.1.12
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