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Final Fantasy III slated for PC
Slash Gear - 19 Apr 2014 01:40
After making its way to the PSP and Nintendo DS, mobile devices, and even the Ouya, Final Fantasy III will be making its way to the PC. The information comes …
Acer TravelMate X313 Convertible Ultrabook Review
Slash Gear - 19 Apr 2014 19:20
Acer has introduced a new ultrabook, the hybrid laptop/tablet TravelMate X313. With this device comes a removable tablet component with an accompanying keyboard-equipped case, allowing users to pop the main …
DARPA issues grant for stealth military motorcycles
Slash Gear - 19 Apr 2014 00:07
The latest DARPA grant has gone to Logos Technologies, which will use it to develop an almost completely silent stealth motorcycle for military use. There isn't much information on the …
KAIST Wireless Power: Charge 40 phones at one go
Slash Gear - 19 Apr 2014 16:48
Researches at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are on to something big; so big that it will change your perception about wireless charging forever. With the technology …
Nike reportedly killing the Fuelband to focus on fitness software
Engadget - 19 Apr 2014 02:18
Just days after Nike announced the launch of its Fuel Lab location in San Francisco to enhance partnerships with other digital services for athletes, there's a report that it's fired much of the team behind its FuelBand ...
Watch a super genius honey badger break out of all kinds of cages
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 03:30
No matter what you do, you can't keep this honey badger locked up. It's a master jail breaker. Lock the gate? It'll find out how to slide it open. Put it in a deep pit with high walls, it'll build a rock ramp. Take away ...
Anti-Bus Laws, High Rents, and Pee: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 22:00
Tennessee lawmakers tried to make Nashville's buses illegal, a dude pissed in a reservoir and Portland has to flush 38 million gallons of water, and--let's say it all together--the rent is too damn high. This is your wee...
Windows Phone, Haunted Houses, Muppets, and More
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 20:00
Well it was another busy week here at Gizmodo. On top of Utopia Week, our week-long look at past, present, and future visions of a perfect society, we brought you reviews of new phones, cameras, and smartwatches, a hard ...
Reframe Roundup: This Week's Best Photography Posts
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 01:00
Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It's called Reframe, and it's where you'll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuf...
Boa Wine Decanter by Riedel
The Gadget Flow - 19 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $525 Introduced especially for the Chinese year of the Snake, this gorgeous Boa Wine Decanter by Riedel opens up your wine flavor in no matter of time. The meandering glass design is what makes it extremely unconv...
EFF and Sunlight Foundation come together to build Contact-Congress
Engadget - 19 Apr 2014 15:27
If you've never contacted your congress person then you might not realize how difficult our politicians have made it to get a hold of them. There are 535 members of the House and Senate all whom have some arcane contact ...
Super Mario Song Played on Wine Glasses Sounds Just Like the Real Deal
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 15:00
If you listened with your eyes closed, you'd think this was just a video of someone playing Super Mario Bros on a vintage Nintendo. But there's not a controller in sight. Just 48 wine glasses and a frying pan. Dan Newbie...
South Korean Ferry Captain Says Frigid Waters Delayed Evacuation
Mashable - 19 Apr 2014 15:55
The captain of the South Korean ferry that sank Wednesday, leaving 300 people missing or dead, said Saturday that he had feared passengers would be swept away in frigid seawater if he had issued an evacuation order too q...
Raindrops and toilets can potentially power your home
Slash Gear - 19 Apr 2014 13:31
Scientist from South Korea have a found a way to harness power from a flushing toilet to generate electricity. Technically the application can be extended from toilet flushes to rainwater, …
Irish school children are building worlds for the Oculus Rift
Engadget - 19 Apr 2014 11:18
If games, wildlife documentaries and virtual strolls in the park aren't enough to validate virtual reality for you, try this one: educational motivation. School children in Ireland have been using a open source version o...
AllCast's screen-mirroring magic arrives on Amazon's Fire TV App Store
Engadget - 19 Apr 2014 16:46
Been putting off sideloading AllCast's SDK to your brand new Amazon Fire TV? Well, friend, your procrastination has paid off. Now, all you have to do to install the casting and screen-mirroring app is download it straigh...
Ex-Microsoft engineer invents a new machine to help you brew the perfect batch of beer
BGR - 19 Apr 2014 04:30
Home brewing is rewarding but it’s also often fraught with peril -- if you don’t thoroughly sterilize all of your equipment or if you drop in the yeast while your wort is still hot, it can ruin hours of hard work. Bl...
This Week in Time Capsules: You're Capsuling It Wrong
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 00:20
This week in our time capsule news round-up we have the good, the bad, and the boring.
This week in Tech Reads: the biological basis behind yawning, the suspicious backroom deals that und
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 21:30
This week in Tech Reads: the biological basis behind yawning, the suspicious backroom deals that undergird "sound science," high-tech toilets, and a Silicon Valley inventor who's either a prolific genius or a criminal co...
Everything We Know About the Army's Uncanny Chatbots
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 00:00
Sgt. Star is the U.S. Army's dedicated marketing and recruitment chatbot, and he isn't going to turn whistleblower any time soon. There's no use threatening him for answers either--he's programmed to report that kind of ...
Sorry, Laser Zeppelin, This German Light Show Is Way Cooler Than You
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 01:40
Whoa. It's happened. Laser-Zeppelin has met its match. The crazy creative folks at Urbanscreen have transformed the cavernous interior of the Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany, into a wild light show that looks all kinds ...
Satellite photo shows giant, monster-like biological shape at Loch Ness
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2014 00:57
Is that the Loch Ness monster in this satellite photo used by Apple Maps? Or at least something that looks like a giant biological form underwater? It's similar to the shape spotted in Google's satellite imagery.