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Kevin Hall

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Kevin Hall is the former Editor-in-chief of DVICE dot com. He lives in Brooklyn and likes PC gaming, robots and space shuttle launch videos.

One engineer's quest for the perfect pen

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 11:14am
 
There isn't really a perfect pen out there. Some prefer the control of a ballpoint; a few may like the give of a felt-tip; others still may opt for a pen that can write in space. For 22-year-old engineer Ian Schon, none of the options on the table were for him. So what is an enterprising young tinkerer to do? Why, design his own pen, of course!

What celebrities would look like as everyday people

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 6:44am
 
New York photographer Danny Evans could have made a killing cooking up images for tabloids. He recently started a project whereby he takes some of today's biggest names — such as Jay-Z and Beyonce, seen above — and edits them to look like "they were never famous." In the words of Sammy Sosa, "It's so real!"

43 years ago, Neil and Buzz walked the moon, took these photos

Kevin Hall
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 12:10pm
 
Astronaut Neil Armstrong took the photo above 43 years ago to the day on July 20, 1969. It was his first snap after setting foot on the surface of the moon. Soon after, Buzz Aldrin would also climb down from the Apollo 11 lunar module, called Eagle, and the pair would become the first humans to walk on a celestial body other than Earth.

Gorgeous Faraday e-bike embraces its electric side

Kevin Hall
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 1:04pm
 
Sure, you can slap a battery-driven motor on the gears of a bicycle and call it an e-bike, but that's ignoring all of the other great stuff you can cram in there once you go electric. The Faraday Porteur, designed by Adam Vollmer and currently rising on Kickstarter, is one e-bike that's not afraid to let its electric side shine.

Bad news from NASA: Martian pizza to skip the cheese

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 10:02am
 
NASA-led scientists are busily prepping a menu that future explorers of Mars will be able to take advantage of. Whereas space nosh for orbit is whipped up following tight constraints and is typically bland, NASA research-chefs are able to boldly explore new territory in the realm of interstellar eats.

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