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'Mega Man' creator takes to Kickstarter to fund spiritual successor
The Verge - 1 Sep 2013 20:41
Keiji Inafune has taken to Kickstarter to fund his next project, a side-scrolling action game called Mighty No. 9. Inafune is best known for his work on the Mega Man franchise, and his latest effort has quite a bit in co...
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The Huffington Post - 1 Sep 2013 20:13Dredd: So Dumb, So Fun
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 03:00
I put off seeing Dredd for a long time. You might be in the same boat. Maybe you've heard vaguely good things about it, but just never really bothered to hunt it down and check it out because, well, it's a movie called "...
The World's Tallest Hotwheels Wall Track Puts Your Childhood to Shame
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 01:00
Remember that awesome Hotwheels track you built when you were a kid? The one that went from the bedroom all the way down the stairs and into the kitchen? Yeah, that was cool, but this one tops it. Meet the setup Hotwheel...
Switched On: The smartwatch Microsoft needed yesterday
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 23:30
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. The announcement of Steve Ballmer's impending retirement from Microsoft cast a spotlight on the company's transition to becoming a devices...
Xbox One indie program will support free-to-play games, microtransactions
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 22:21
Looking into Microsoft's ID@Xbox program for independent developers? You'll be happy to hear that the company won't be placing any restrictions on your desired distribution model. Speaking to Joystiq at PAX Prime, Micros...
CARROT Wakes You Up With Empty Threats...And Some Real Ones
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 22:19
Getting out of bed is the worst. And anyone who says they don't mind waking up can just leave now. Some of us are employing desperate measures to get going every morning, and a manipulative/verbally abusive alarm clock s...
What a Sweltering City Really Looks Like in the Summer
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 21:00
It seems like it's always hot here in NYC, but it's not only when the oppressive sun is beating down. No, the buildings like to help spread the love around by hoarding the heat and dishing it out themselves. This is what...
Is this the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch?
Android Central - 1 Sep 2013 20:32
Samsung's smart watch leaks ahead of its IFA debut According to sources at Venture Beat, you're looking at a prototype of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Gear smart watch. It was sent to a trusted partner, who showed it, and a...
What Do People Do On Labor Day?
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 20:00
Instead of the typical lazy, under-achieving feelings, we all get to be pleased with ourselves tomorrow. We're making productive contributions to the work force, or we're trying to, and every little bit counts! But Labor...
Is This The Samsung Galaxy Gear?
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 19:56
We've heard some rumblings about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Gear smartwatch and what it may or may not be. But VentureBeat got its hands on what it claims is a real prototype ahead of the gadget's likely September 4th rel...
Reuters: Verizon's $130 billion bid for Vodafone stake to be voted on this weekend
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 19:17
Vodafone and Verizon might finally be "resolving" their business relationship, according to Reuters: the pair are said to be striking a deal this weekend. The typical folks "familiar with the matter," say that the firms'...
Feeding Digital Images Through This Mirror Will Warp Your Mind
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 19:15
There's a lot of lore about what we see in mirrors, or what happens if we go through the looking glass. And this vaguely sinister app offers some control of the situation. Unsigned Mirror is an openFrameworks Windows and...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: birth simulator, wave-powered desalination and carbon dioxide bricks
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 17:15
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. As if the Hyperloop and Tesla weren't enough to keep him busy, real-life Tony ...
Cramming Into A Tiny House May Not Be So Bad
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 16:21
Between crippling recessions and human environmental impact things have gotten complicated, and frankly kind of negative. That may be why the small house movement is so appealing . Downsizing everything means less stuff ...
This Bathroom Scale Also Suggests Exercises To Maintain Your Weight
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2013 15:00
Good news if you're tired of your personal fitness trainer's constant nagging you about eating healthy and staying active. You can just replace them with this bathroom scale that not only tells you how much you weigh, bu...
GenShock electricity-generating active suspension is coming to passenger cars, eventually
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 14:03
Levant Power's energy-producing GenShock suspension has been stuck in limbo for a while, but the company has just announced a deal that could finally put the technology in passenger cars. Automotive component firm ZF has...
Target's Ticket video on-demand service launching soon
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 11:10
If you can't get enough digital video storefronts, there's one more on the way -- Target's Ticket service. The video on-demand service has been in closed beta for awhile now, and, according to TechCrunch, employees have ...
Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction
Fox News - 1 Sep 2013 09:15
A psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is set to become the country's first facility of its kind to offer an inpatient treatment program for people it diagnosis with severe Internet addiction.
Lockbox Aims To NSA-Proof the Cloud
Slashdot - 1 Sep 2013 08:17
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Lockbox, a tech startup founded in 2008, just received $2.5 million in seed funding for its end-to-end encryption cloud service, Client Portal. So, how does end-to-end cloud encryption work? Lockbo...
Project Loon simulations test internet from above the clouds, virtually
Engadget - 1 Sep 2013 08:01
To make sure Google's Project Loon is more internet via balloon than pie in the sky, the search giant turned to data simulations. Loon Rapid Evaluator Dan Piponi's goal was to determine the possibility of a "nicely space...
Google shows how Project Loon could ride wind currents to keep balloons evenly spaced
The Verge - 1 Sep 2013 07:22
Anyone looking to poke a hole in Project Loon — Google's ambitious project to use balloons to bring internet access to remote regions of the world — would likely point out that you can't keep a balloon in one spot. G...