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BioLite CampStove | Burn Wood, Cook Meals, Charge Gear

I hate to admit it, but sometimes my girlfriend is right.

When I first heard her say she was buying a camp stove I thought, “Cool.” When she told me it the fire would power a USB charger I started to laugh.

I’ve tried it. I’m not laughing.

This thing is amazing. It has a built in blower that is powered by the fire itself! You use a combustible fire starter brick to get it going. The energy in the starter is enough to generate a quick burst of power sufficient to start the blower.

From there, you just have to keep adding twigs.

Very nice.

BioLite CampStove | Burn Wood, Cook Meals, Charge Gear.

China losing control as stocks crash despite emergency measures – Telegraph

Just in case you hadn’t heard…

The Shanghai Composite index fell 8.5pc despite emergency measures to shore up the market, with a roster of the biggest blue-chip companies down by the maximum daily limit of 10pc. The mood was further soured by news that corporated profits in China are now contracting in absolute terms, falling 0.3pc over the past year.

via China losing control as stocks crash despite emergency measures – Telegraph.

Hacking Drones Close to Being Drawn up by Boeing and Hacking Team

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed Wi-Fi.

Leaked emails between Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team and Boeing subsidiary Insitu revealed that drones carrying malware to infect targeted computers via Wi-Fi by flying over their proximity is close to becoming a reality.

via Hacking Drones Close to Being Drawn up by Boeing and Hacking Team.

Yale Library Is Putting Thousands Of Mystery VHS Tapes Online | WSHU

Oh, Yale – you so crazy!

Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is planning on putting more than 2,000 VHS tapes online by the end of 2016. And the archivists working to digitize them say even they don’t know what’s on them until they put them in a VCR and press “play.”

via Yale Library Is Putting Thousands Of Mystery VHS Tapes Online | WSHU.