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Morphing DIY robot looks like a Portal 'bot for real
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 16:27
Don't look now if scuttling robots send shivers of dread down your spine: engineer Kåre Halvorsen is bringing the sort of transforming 'bot tech you'd expect to see in CGI …
Atari Minimum combines Minecraft-style crafting with third person shooter
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 13:58
Atari has announced a new video game that will hit the PC via Steam this spring. The game is called Minimum and one glance at it will remind many of …
Nest sees biggest business in selling data not thermostats
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 23:38
Nest expects selling thermostat usage data to energy providers to eventually bring in more cash for the smart home brand than the hardware itself, though chief exec Tony Fadell still …
Gawker Texas Parents Angered by Fourth-Graders' Bizarre Adult-Themed Homework | Jalopnik The Mazda M
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 14:36
Gawker Texas Parents Angered by Fourth-Graders' Bizarre Adult-Themed Homework | Jalopnik The Mazda Miata's Creator Is Happy You Think His Car Is A Chick Car | Jezebel Craigslist Ad Offers You $175 to Bathe in Ramen Noodl...
FaceTime outage reported by iOS 6 users
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 13:03
FaceTime has been around for the iPhone for several years now. The feature allows iPhone users to make video calls with other iPhone users. Reports are surfacing that iOS 6 …
Inside the Nokia HERE HD Maps putting Google on notice
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 18:25
Where exactly am I? That's the question Nokia is facing, not in its position following the Microsoft deal that will see it shed its phone business, but in how it's …
Raise Your Glass for the Dragon Slayer
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 23:00
Around the world, but especially in America, the feast of St. Patrick--the patron saint of Ireland--on March 17 is celebrated with a pint (or several) of Guinness. Meanwhile, St. George's Day on April 23, when we could b...
The Humble Supermaterial: There's More to Tin Than Cans
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 14:15
Hear mention of tin and your thoughts instantly turn to cans stuffed with limp vegetables. But while the metal has become ubiquitous thanks to its use in convenience food packaging, it actually serves all manner of exoti...
Honeywell's Bluetooth air purifier gets pollen alerts from your smartphone
Engadget - 18 Apr 2014 06:27
Your air conditioner may already be connected to the web, but what about that lowly air purifier gallantly battling dust in the corner? If a completely connected home is on the docket, prep your 270 bucks and get ready f...
Tubecore wants you to hack and mod its beautiful, modular speaker
Engadget - 18 Apr 2014 23:21
Let's be honest: Wireless speakers are a dime a dozen. The options are seemingly endless, and new ones arrive on an almost daily basis. Companies have begun to push the boundaries of design as of late, making options tha...
Titanfall pushes Xbox One sales to 5 million total, but it can't pass PlayStation
Engadget - 18 Apr 2014 01:09
Sony and Microsoft's console sales were neck and neck for awhile, but the gap is starting to widen: according to the latest NPD numbers, Sony is winning the race. Yesterday, the Japanese hardware manufacturer announced t...
IEHP In Ear Headphones by Grain Audio
The Gadget Flow - 18 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $99 The IEHP In Ear Headphones by Grain Audio brings back the ideal combination of solid wood and music in a way that's simply thrilling from all aspects. Acoustic instruments have been known to use solid wood for...
Clearer photo of mysterious unidentified flying object taken in Kansas
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 02:59
A clearer photo of the mysterious unidentified flying object in Texas has surfaced. The image--enhanced above--clearly shows a boomerang-shaped blended wing object with two exhaust nozzles that seems clearly different fr...
Ubuntu 14.04 is ready for a world filled with hi-resolution touchscreens and tablets
Engadget - 18 Apr 2014 03:07How a Simple Design Error Could Have Toppled a NYC Skyscraper
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 23:20
When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at 59 stories, the seventh-tallest building in the world. You can pick it out of the New York City skyline by its...
When A Sleepy California Town Was At The Center of War in the Pacific
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 21:55
The newsmen ignored the Japanese bombs shaking seventy-five feet of rock above their heads. It was June 1940, and a team of Chinese and Western broadcasters continued their reports from a tunnel beneath Chongqing, China'...
Facebook Paper update brings assemblage of new features
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 20:32
On launch, Paper was widely viewed as the best app Facebook had created, with many preferring it to the app proper. It lacked a few features the Facebook had, which …
I Wouldn't Be Here Without the 1982 World's Fair
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 17:45
On a recent trip home to Knoxville, Tennessee, I had a flashback. Not an acid flashback (I don't think). We were weaving through the hilly streets of downtown in the shadow of the Sunsphere, a discoball of a monument bui...
Chromecast adds MBL.TV baseball as dongle services expand
Slash Gear - 18 Apr 2014 17:25
Google's Chromecast has gained another service, with the streaming media dongle now adding live MLB.TV support for baseball games. As with other Chromecast integration we've seen, the functionality relies on …
Google's digital art prize winner is a poem you control with your body
Engadget - 18 Apr 2014 00:28
Google asked artists to prove that code could be beautiful with its DevArt competition, and hundreds delivered on that promise. However, there can only be one winner: The Metamorphosis of Mr. Kalia, a visual poem from Cy...
California's Drought Is So Bad, They're Drinking Toilet Water
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 00:48
At this point, we all know that California's superdrought is bad--really bad . We don't yet know how Californians are going to cope with the consequences. According to a recent billion dollar allocation of taxpayer money...
Get a Rare $25 Discount on the Nest Learning Thermostat
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2014 21:03
There have been a few promo code tricks or gift card offers to get the price of the Nest Learning Thermostat down, but today we've got a straight $25 off. This is the best cash discount we've seen, and the best overall d...