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Google Translate now accepts handwriting as an input--so you can offer your scrawl up to be converted.

The movie Inception is getting closer to reality. By planting false memories into the minds of mice, neuroscientists at MIT have created the first artificially implanted memories. And they've brought us closer to underst...

Plants grown and sustain themselves through photosynthesis--a seemingly invisible process that converts sunlight into energy. Now, NASA scientists have developed a way to measure photosynthesis from satellites with unpre...

NASA is now closer to the sun than Icarus could have ever dreamed, thanks to the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, IRIS . The mission, which launched on June 26 to examine the sun's atmosphere, just released its fir...

Interested in jumping on the Geeksphone Firefox OS bandwagon? Its first consumer-oriented device, the Peak+, is up for pre-order and we now know a lot more about it. It doubles up the RAM to 1GB over its Peak and Keon de...

Three free months of Netflix with the purchase of Google's $35 Chromecast dongle sure sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was -- or at least too good to last longer than a day. Google's pulling the plug on the prom...

Even though Chromecast is, like, technically on sale, it's basically impossible to get one because so many people are trying. Wait times for the product are about a month on Amazon right now. Well sadly, the amazing deal...

Russia's radio telescope, Speckt-R, currently holds the record for the largest satellite orbiting Earth, weighing in at around 11,000 pounds. But thanks to the magical product designers at Postlerferguson, you can now fi...

This post originally appeared on Gizmodo last March, but in light of Anthony Weiner's recent troubles, we thought it might be time for a reminder. If it's a nudie pic worth taking, it's worth taking right.

Some toys look like they're about ready to come to life and stab you. And if Disney has anything to do with it, we're going to see even more toys with creepy, lifelike faces in the future, thanks to a new technology call...

"You can't deny the math," Tony Kiewel says, with the slightest hint of defeat in his voice. "The math is bad and continues to get worse for the whole pie." Sub Pop's head of A&R's not particularly bullish when asked abo...

Peanut butter, Nutella, salsa, you name it--if it's a condiment and moderately delicious, there's a good chance you'll be lapping it up out of a jar. Still, reliable and resealable though they may be, there's also a dark...

As we noted at the the end of the show last year, SIGGRAPH certainly delivers on the eye candy. From graphics demos to display tech and both 3D printing and motion capture, this is one trade show that offers a glimpse in...

At first glance, this could be any huge, Cold War-era facility. The gray and green of poured concrete might remind you of a public school or a hospital. But this is no run-of-the-mill building. It's the original home of ...

Architects are bound by law to design buildings that are accessible to the disabled, but the deaf often get left out of the equation. A group of designers and deaf students are now trying to change that--and their first ...

Some weeks we might as well just be the Mobile podcast. This time out, it's Android, Motorola and some leftover Nokia. Come for the smartphones, stay for the Angry Birds on this latest edition of The Engadget Podcast. Co...

Eneloops are by far the best rechargeable batteries on the market, and they've become somewhat of a running joke around here because they never stay on sale long enough for the post to go up. Well, today is the day. Need...

7 inches not enough for you? Google is already planning its next 10-inch tablet.

Mozilla is known for its staunch support of its users' privacy, but that isn't stopping the team from exploring options for personalizing the web. In a blog post today, Justin Scott, Mozilla Labs' product manager, discus...

We're introducing some UK and Canada deals, with more to come!

If you were thinking about donating some money to help Spike Lee get back on his feet, maybe think twice: this guy just raised over $120,000 to make a game, and then just walked away with all the money. Contrary to what ...

By now we've had a few months to come to terms with the fact that, yes, 3D printed guns exist ; yes, they generally work; and no, they're not about to herald in an age of obsolete metal detectors and lawlessness--at leas...