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It's no secret that Nine Inch Nails' frontman Trent Reznor likes to do things a bit differently. He and long-time art director Rob Sheridan have assembled a crew to make the group's festival dates this year as visually s...

It may be hard to believe, but that transparent disk in the photo above is actually a fully functioning speaker. A team of researchers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have pioneered a never before...

According to GigaOM, Google bought WIMM Labs last year to help develop its upcoming Android smartwatch . WIMM Labs was the maker of the WIMM One, a smart watch released a few years ago that ran a modified version of Andr...

Ok, so here's the deal: WIMM Labs was one of the earliest entrants into the smartwatch space, way back in 2011. While the Android-based WIMM One failed to set the consumer market on fire, it apparently caught Google's ey...

Earlier this week, Buzzfeed reported that a computer security flaw in has left Army computers vulnerable for at least two years; today, the Army confirmed to Buzzfeed that this was, in fact the case. And that they have n...

Ballmer's set to retire from Microsoft within 12 months, so naturally Brian, Peter and Terrence spent half the episode placing bets on a successor. Aside from that, the trio took some time to discuss our new Peripheral V...

As the name suggests, there are really only two components to a gin and tonic (unless you count the lime), which means only two ways to screw it up. It's easy enough to avoid a bad gin. Bad tonic water, though, is the ru...

Replace that mountain of awkward reusable shopping bags you've somehow amassed with Herschel's new packable backpack, which should make hauling home a week's worth of groceries a lot easier. Made from rip stop nylon, the...

Since it's been nearly a year since Oregon Scientific's MEEP! kiddy tablet arrived on the scene, it makes sense that we're due for a refresh. We did see a listing for the MEEP! X2 pop up earlier this month, but the devic...

Never under-estimate the ingenuity of a bro who needs to open a beer. How the hell does this even work? The spin from the whirling 'bee twists it off? Or is the disc acting more like a lever? Alright people, last beach w...

We've already received a slew of exciting entries in the #ExpandThrowback contest we launched around a week ago. Turns out we're not the only ones who hoard old technology to embrace memories of a life before local TV co...

A bike can be a cheap alternative for your daily commute, but only if you don't have to replace it every few months cause it keeps getting stolen. The Kwiggle--designed by Karstin Bettin--all but guarantees your ride won...

Thanks to super-light laptops, you're not killing your back carrying a computer around any more. But, man, the terrible things we're doing to our bodies anyway. This Samsung ad is just perfect. Oh the contortions of our ...

Sadly, this week's round-up of the latest time capsule news is rather somber. We have people in Newtown looking for a time capsule at the site of last year's brutal massacre, some prohibition-era workmen longing for the ...

The two most anticipated smartphones of next week's IFA show, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony Xperia Z1, haven't been officially announced, but neither manufacturer has made any secret of their existence. So, we aren'...

Did you know that whatever you're keeping your beer cold with this summer, chances are it's not a Koozie™? That's right! Koozie™ is a word owned by Norwood, an Illinois-based company that produces customizable novelt...

Amazon has price-matched Best Buy's $200 discount on all Retina MacBook Pros. If you're eligible for an education discount (.edu e-mail address), then sign up with Best Buy here to get a full $300 off. If not, go through...

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. Consider this headline: "Researcher controls colleague's motions in 1st human brain-to-...

A collective effort pulled back Curiosity's curtain early this summer, and now it's nearly time to play god. On September 13th, 22cans and Peter Molyneux will make the beta release of Godus, the studio's latest "experime...

There are some competitions that you lose by winning. Like the Darwin Awards, or an Ignobel, a Razzie, or--in the case of the University College London's brand new £18m student housing block--a Carbuncle Cup, which is a...

In each issue of Distro, Executive Editor Marc Perton publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. There's a very good chance you're reading this on a tablet. Distro is, after all, first and foremost, a tablet magazine. Ther...