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The idea of AfterShokz headphones seemed sweet--the bone conduction sports headphones could pump music through your cheekbones instead of your ears. But the original headphones sounded pretty weak, and they came in fourt...

Exploring micro-gravity climates like Mars, which has just 38 percent of the Earth's force, or its moon, Phobos, which has 1000 times less gravity than that, can be a challenge for rovers that rely on wheels or skitterin...

It's been one hell of a year for the smartphone industry, and 2012 produced some of the biggest and most unique innovations to date. More important than the increase in pixel density or the additional processing cores, t...

There's been a ton of innovation happening over the last several years. Yet, there are several places that haven't been touched much by technology, or at least places where technology hasn't gone far enough. Here are a f...

The term "bokeh" is often used in the world of photography to describe the quality of the out-of-focus blur in photographs. Do you know how it's pronounced? The term comes from the Japanese word "boke" (暈'/ボケ), whi...

Having offered a party of a doodle for New Year's Eve, today Google presents the cleanup, in which the only character remaining is deep in thought.

It doesn't matter what unspeakable acts or atrocities they grew up to commit, at one point all mad scientists--from Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. No--started life as adorable infants. But what turns an innocent toddler into an...

I don't know what's wrong with helicopters in Brazil, but they keep crashing them in the most idiotic ways possible. Check out this rescue helicopter going a little bit too close to the water until it finally crashes aga...

There was a huge heist at an Apple Store in Paris on New Year's Eve. As police were monitoring the area around the Champs-Elysees for the New Year celebrations, armed thieves broke in and made off with an estimated milli...

For the entrepreneur, this time of year typically means a mad dash to wrap-up remaining projects, close deals, and squeeze in time for family and friends. As the days get shorter, it starts to feel like time accelerates ...

Here's an interesting idea to try: if you ever find yourself shooting fireworks and it starts to lightly drizzle, keep on shooting instead of putting your camera away. The tiny drops of rain that fall on your lens can ad...

If you ever have enough patience and dedication to capture one photograph of something each day for an entire year, you should think about creating a collage with the photos once the project is completed. Tiffany Yung sn...

Even four times as deep as most scuba divers venture, the Great Barrier Reef blooms. A new exploration by a remote-operated submersible has found the reef's deepest coral yet.

Disney Pixar unleashed a new college-inspired ad campaign this week for "Monsters University," the upcoming prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc." More About: disney, Entertainment, films, Monsters, monsters university, Movi...

It's not Monday, but we're still taking some time off from preparations for the super bowl of electronics to record the Engadget HD podcast. You can tune in live at 5:30PM and be be a part of it. Start by reviewing the l...

If you've ever wanted to live in a mathematical head-scratcher, the Moebius House is the home for you.

Well, it's no "you're holding it wrong," but we can't say we're 100 percent satisfied with Apple's response to the recent discovery of a bug affecting iOS's Do Not Disturb feature. Starting January first, ringers failed ...

1. "Rewind, YouTube Style 2012" (YouTube) See if you can name all the references (and guest appearances) in this mashup of 2012 culture.

Over the top (OTT) VOIP users will top 1 billion by 2017, according to some new research. It's no surprise that traditional voice call usage is going down, but that doesn't mean that people are stopping voice calls all t...

Come on, guys, guess! It'll be fun! International Space Station astronaut Chris Hadfield just tweeted this photo of... some sort of tank or something on board the International Space Station. This vital equipment is used...

After users complained about bad online video experiences, France's telecom regulator launched an investigation trying to figure out if a local ISP was blocking YouTube or if it was just underinvesting in its network. A ...

A conception of an ancient and/or future Mars, flush with oceans, clouds and life. Credit: Kevin Gill Over the years, scientists have found evidence revealing that an ocean may have covered parts of the Red Planet billio...