Technology News
Should you overclock your PC's processor?
Digital Trends - 11 Aug 2015 21:10
Overclocking your computer is easier than ever, but it still requires more advanced cooling and some hard work. Whether it's worth the effort depends on how you use your PC and the hardware you've access to. The post Sho...
First drive: 2016 Honda Accord
Digital Trends - 11 Aug 2015 12:15
Honda's 2016 Accord has little to prove among midsize sedans, but with better safety & convenience tech and sleeker styling, it builds on a winning formula. The post First drive: 2016 Honda Accord appeared first on Digit...
Touch Slab Wooden Trackpad
The Gadget Flow - 11 Aug 2015 23:00
The word trackpad doesn't really make you think of a wooden design but this Touch Slab Wooden Trackpad is here to bring some change. It comes from the team of Orée Artisans who are renowned for their creations that have...
IBM Wants Artificial Intelligence to Help Identify Disease
Wall Street Journal - 11 Aug 2015 06:38
IBM's planned acquisition of Merge Healthcare, which sells systems that help doctors store and access medical images, is a crucial step in its plan to put artificial intelligence to use in medicine.
This invention could turn your body into a touch sensitive control panel for your phone
Digital Trends - 11 Aug 2015 14:20
Scientists have developed a pressure-sensitive, second-skin control system for your mobile device, that could mean almost any part of your body could be turned into a touchable control panel. The post This invention coul...
Heatworks MODEL 1 gets a 12-year warranty!
Coolest Gadgets - 11 Aug 2015 21:30
While there are heaters which we use to keep ourselves nice and warm whenever the winter arrives, this does not mean that we should make do with freezing cold water. No sir, a water heater, too, is essential – especial...
A Tour of the French Alps with Lukas Furlan
Twisted Sifter - 11 Aug 2015 21:06
Photographer Lukas Furlan recently spent a few days hiking through the French Alps and shared an amazing series of photos from his travels.
That Time the Navy Used the Grateful Dead's Amps to Listen to Soviet Subs
Motherboard - 11 Aug 2015 15:05
Rosie McGee was cracking up at her desk when Dennis "Wiz" Leonard walked in from lunch. "What's the story?" Wiz asked McGee, then a receptionist and bookkeeper at Alembic, a California-based custom electric guitar, bass,...
It's Official: The Universe Is Dying Slowly
Live Science - 11 Aug 2015 07:07
The slow death of the universe was revealed in 21 wavelengths, as scientists map the energy of a nearby region of space.
UFOlogists are freaking out over this NASA pic of a supposed Martian woman
BGR - 11 Aug 2015 03:30
The truth is out there… but you probably won’t find it at UFOlogist websites. Mashable draws our attention to an article posted over at UFO Sightings Daily that dissects a recent picture taken by NASA’s Curiosity R...
Grandma malware warning: smartphone app downloads of death
Slash Gear - 11 Aug 2015 22:44
If you're reading this article, chances are you're the person in your family that does all the tech support. Today we've got a bit of a warning for you from the likes of a developer by the name of Rudis Muiznieks. This f...
If you hit MIT's Hermes robot, its human controller will feel the blow, and can hit back
Mashable - 11 Aug 2015 08:16
We've seen films depicting human-controlled robots with lightning reflexes, mimicking its human puppet master, but the reality of such constructs has been less than viable, until now The Hermes robot is shown in a video ...
DEF CON focuses on vehicle security and beyond in wake of Jeep hack
Gizmag - 11 Aug 2015 06:33
Last month, security researchers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller made headlines when they remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee, killing the transmission as a Wired reporter drove at high-speed down the freeway. But with cars...
Verizon tests new fiber system that hits 10Gbps speeds
Engadget - 11 Aug 2015 21:24
Verizon has announced that it has successfully completed field tests of its new super-fast fiber optic technology, dubbed the next-generation passive optical network (NG-PON2). It could offer users connectivity speeds an...
This Map Visualizes Every Nuclear Detonation on Earth
Motherboard - 11 Aug 2015 17:57
The nuclear bomb is a weapon of mass destruction that's infamous for decimating Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. It has caused many a scientist to question their contributions to science, and it's just had...
Perseid Meteor Shower Gets a Boost from Dark Moon, Jupiter
SPACE.com - 11 Aug 2015 16:03
The Perseid meteor shower is the most widely observed and dependable annual meteor display of the year, and its peak this week has all the earmarks of being an excellent example of celestial fireworks, weather permitting...
NASA wants more ideas for its low-cost CubeSat nanosatellites
Engadget - 11 Aug 2015 15:31
NASA's CubeSat is a (sort-of) adorable tiny satellite that makes space exploration a (relatively) low-cost prospect. Now, the space agency is looking to offer the cube's talents and exploration skills to even more NASA c...
New offshore wind turbine boosts energy yield by nearly ten percent
Phys.org - 11 Aug 2015 15:16
Siemens has increased the generator capacity of its gearless offshore wind turbines from six to seven megawatts.
What Was This Texas Congressman Doing at the Hacking Conference Def Con?
Motherboard - 11 Aug 2015 15:00
Among the almost 20,000 people who went to this years' Def Con--perhaps the world's premiere hacking conference--were hackers, cybersecurity professionals, lawyers, activists, and also an unexpected guest: the former CIA...
'iPhone 6s' Could Face Negative Growth Due to Low China Sales & Ambivalence Towards Force Touch
Mac Rumors - 11 Aug 2015 14:51
Despite the immense popularity of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, a recent KGI prediction estimates that Apple may sell somewhere between 65 and 75 million of the so-called "iPhone 6s" and "iPhone 6s Plus" in Q4 2015, po...
Cheap prosthesis made from PET are light and heat sensitive
Phys.org - 11 Aug 2015 14:21
One problem that prostheses present is that by lacking sensitivity, they can become damaged when exposed to objects emitting high temperatures and consequently burn the user. To avoid this, the Protesa group was given th...
Research team creates a superfluid in a record-high magnetic field
Phys.org - 11 Aug 2015 12:09
MIT physicists have created a superfluid gas, the so-called Bose-Einstein condensate, for the first time in an extremely high magnetic field. The magnetic field is a synthetic magnetic field, generated using laser beams,...