Gadget News
I Can't Stop Staring at These Mesmerizing Robot Arms
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 21:20
Forget playing with toy cars; I just want to watch robots do it. In this GIF. For the rest of my life.
This "Ionic" Speaker Is Stretchable, See-Through and Mind-Blowing
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 23:56
Ever get that feeling that the speakers in your living room are too, well, opaque? Wouldn't it be cool if it looked like they were just floating there in mid-air blasting jams for all to hear? It's a heck of a dream, and...
The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 21:00
Brian, Peter, Terrence and the bearded Angry Bird are back today at 3:30PM. Join us after the break for some live video, a little chatting and maybe a few surprises (assuming of course that you haven't heard about the An...
Motorola files patent application for a gaze-detecting wristworn device
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 23:55
These days, wearable tech is a beast that cannot be stopped, even if we wanted to (we don't). We recently got wind of an application Motorola submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (initially filed in...
Phoenix Gives You a Drone Tour of Versailles in Their New Video
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 23:20
No trip to France is complete without seeing the grand gardens and spectacular palace at Versailles, the place that epitomizes the excess of 18th century France. Who better to lead the tour than everybody's favorite 21st...
TiVo adds Opera SDK support to Roamio platform, wants more HTML5 apps
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 23:18
The TiVo Roamio platform is still extremely young, what with it only having been launched earlier this month and all. Still, the DVR maker isn't wasting any time and is now finding ways to bring as many features as possi...
A Mega-Canyon Bigger Than the Grand Canyon Is Hiding Under Greenland
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 23:04
We may have our eye turned towards exploring space, but apparently, there's still very much here on Earth we have yet to see. After collecting data for years, scientists have just announced the discovery of a 460-mile-lo...
Samsung Galaxy NX Android camera gets official prices and specs
Ars Technica - 29 Aug 2013 23:00
Mirrorless Instagram machine will run you $1,600-$1,700.
This Re-Purposed Mining Cart Hauls Drinks Instead of Coal
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 23:00
Nothing helps fill the silent void at an awkward dinner party like a piece of furniture with an interesting back story. Whether it's the couch you found inexplicably just abandoned next to a dumpster, a bookshelf that st...
Thank God Famous Art Doesn't Have YouTube Comments
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 22:40
There is some fantastic art on YouTube. There are also some hideous comments on YouTube. Probably more of the latter than the former. But hey, at least there aren't YouTube comments on all art.
Asimov's 2014 Predictions Were Shockingly Conservative For 1964
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 22:23
In 1964, sci-fi legend Isaac Asimov penned a piece for the New York Times with his predictions for the world of 2014. Looking at the World's Fair of 50 years hence, Asimov imagined 3D TV, underground cities, and colonies...
Kyocera piezoelectric film speaker delivers 180-degree sound to thin TVs and tablets
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 22:13
The thinner our devices become, the less room there is for speakers and other thicker components. Kyocera has a solution, however: it just modified its Smart Sonic Receiver conduction technology for use with conventional...
Digg for Android Is Finally Here: Get Your
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 22:00
The Digg app for iOS has been around for a while, but until now, Android users have been left out of the fun. No longer. Digg for Android is here.
Samsung Galaxy Mega Review: A Big Phone, a Small Tablet, a Bad Buy
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 21:41
Hey, look at this phone, I say to my girlfriend. That's not a phone. That's a tablet, she says. Exactly.
New ASUS PadFone Infinity spied on camera, may arrive in September (updated)
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 21:22
There have been hints that ASUS' new PadFone Infinity could represent a little more than a speed boost; if newly leaked details obtained by ePrice are authentic, we may have proof. Photos included with the leak show an e...
Why You Shouldn't Be Using iTunes
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 21:09
iTunes is bad. Even if you've never consciously thought it, you've known it deep down inside of you, the same way you've always known that fire burns and that Josh Lucas will never make the A list. But if you're looking ...
Dealzmodo: 60" Plasma, 40" LED, Macbook Air, Chromebook, NOOK HD+
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 21:00
Why wait until Black Friday to upgrade your aging television? 60 inches of smart plasma from a trusted brand for $800 is a killer deal, and that's exactly what you get with this LG set. [eBay]
Curiosity Just Took the Sharpest Photos of a Solar Eclipse on Mars Yet
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 20:55
Thanks to Curiosity's lonely existence, we just got the clearest, most detailed images of a solar eclipse that's ever been taken from the surface of Mars--at least, the clearest images ever taken by humans.
Oppo teases plug-in mobile camera lenses with stabilization and up to 15X zoom
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 20:44
The extent of Oppo's mobile photography efforts is quickly becoming clear: the company just used Sina Weibo to tease a new series of plug-in camera lenses for its smartphones. The initial range will use 16-megapixel Sony...
Don't miss Phil Molyneux, Google Glass, the EFF, Ayah Bdeir and David Gerrold at Expand NY!
Engadget - 29 Aug 2013 20:30
We think we're already on-track to blow our San Francisco event out of the water -- and guess what, we're only getting starting. We're already announced some great speakers like LeVar Burton and Ben Heck, who promise to ...
Why Did China Stop Work on the New World's Tallest Building?
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 20:21
Remember Sky City, the ambitious plan to build the world's tallest building in 90 day (out of prefab parts)? Construction began in July as planned, but Chinese officials have halted the project indefinitely--and some are...
How science killed some great science fiction dreams
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2013 20:12
Science is awesome--until it crushes our dreams of planets full of incredible civilizations and turns fantastic inventions into impossible dreams. Here are nine examples on how nine scientific breakthroughs destroyed nin...