Gadget News
Nimbus Smart Dashboard + Clock - $130
The Gadget Flow - 18 Nov 2013 08:00
The Nimbus Smart Dashboard + Clock is just as wickedly cool and trendy as Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 flying broomstick. This one doesn't fly, but it provides you with a dashboard and four dials that make you a seeker of....
Grab Opener: The One-Handed Bottle Opener - $16
The Gadget Flow - 18 Nov 2013 08:00
The Grab Opener aka the GrOpener is a one-handed bottle opener. It's hardly necessary to explain why this is the most useful invention since sliced bread. You have a chilled beer in one hand and a slice of pizza in...
Authorities Made the Swedish Ice Hotel Install Fire Alarms
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 03:00
You've probably wondered what it'd be like to stay in Sweden's Icehotel , or similarly frigid accommodations. But you may have neglected to consider the danger posed by fire in these facilities. How shortsighted of you.
NASA shelves fuel-efficient tech, effectively slashes outer planet exploration
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 04:07
NASA this weekend all but abandoned a money-saving technology due to a lack of money. You read that correctly. The space agency’s budget woes are so suffocating that it can’t even get the funding to develop ways to m...
A Quick (Crazy Quick) Explanation of Negative Temperature
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 04:00
With Minute Physics videos we pretty much expect to have the universe explained to us in . . . a minute. Or maybe a few minutes. But this rundown of temperature and how to achieve "negative temperature" only takes 10 sec...
Google's 2013 Nexus 10 to source LG, leaked pics suggest
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 00:12
Google’s 2013 reboot of its Nexus 10 tablet will be manufactured by LG and sell for £299 ($482), if these leaked pics are to be believed. They were apparently leaked by Spanish broadband and telecom provider Telefonic...
Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet reaches Verizon on November 21st for $500 contract-free
Engadget - 18 Nov 2013 23:42
Verizon isn't going to let AT&T hog all the Lumia 2520 buyers this weekend -- it just announced that it will start selling Nokia's Windows RT tablet on November 21st, one day before the device is available at AT&T. Prici...
Guy lost his house in a tornado but he's happy because his PS4 survived
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 23:28
Redditor HepatitisC posted this photo taken from his Facebook feed: "He lost his house in the tornado yesterday but there's some light at the end of the tunnel...the PS4 survived!" Obviously, he can only be so happy if h...
The Ace Hotel's Founder Left Behind a Legacy of Building Neighborhoods
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 23:20
Last Friday, Ace Hotel founder Alex Calderwood was found dead in London, where the chain had just opened its fifth location. He's being remembered today as a design visionary, the leader of a cultural phenomenon. But his...
This is what a high speed turn in a US Navy destroyer looks like
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 23:17
I love this photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane A. Jackson: sailors standing aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley during a turn at full speed. It's crazy to think that a ...
NASA's "MAVEN" Mars orbiter launched without a hitch
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 23:16
NASA’s Mars orbiter MAVEN launched successfully today from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:28PM EST. Once it arrives in orbit around the Red Planet, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN orbiter will gather data abou...
Butterfly Knife Utensils For Badass Brunchers
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 23:00
The next time someone scoffs at your suggestion of going to brunch, you can whip out this pair of unbelievably awesome butterfly knife utensils, perform a few flashy tricks, and remind them it's a meal to be taken as ser...
Google only has to pay $17 million for tracking people without their knowledge.
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 22:58
Google only has to pay $17 million for tracking people without their knowledge. The search giant just agreed to the sum to settle allegations from 37 states (and DC) that it added cookies to users' computers without cons...
This week: Why we need real neighborhoods!
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 22:40
This week: Why we need real neighborhoods! Keeping L.A.'s transit momentum alive! Americans may have reached "peak car"! Daylighting rivers! And a ghost town you can call your very own!
PlayStation 4 Foxconn sabotage rumors continue swirling
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 22:36
Sony recently launched the PlayStation 4 in North America. Console sales were described as being “very strong” and are said to have topped the one million milestone. But while those two pieces would suggest a smooth ...
iOS 7.1 software update to bring performance boost
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 22:28
Fear not, all you users looking for another update to iOS 7 nary a month after you’ve seen the first, there’s an iOS 7.1 coming your way sooner than later. This week there’s an iOS 7.1 beta appearing for developers...
MLB and NFL endorse legal battle against Aereo, threaten to limit sports broadcasts
Engadget - 18 Nov 2013 22:23
It's not just major broadcasters who are willing to take their fight against Aereo to the Supreme Court. The MLB and the NFL have jointly filed an amicus brief supporting the existing court case, arguing that the streami...
My Breathtaking Ride From Earth to the International Space Station
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 22:20
The rumble of power just got stronger and more insistent as we heard the countdown in Russian through our headsets and then, "Pusk." Liftoff.
Samsung device bans reconsidered in Apple patent case
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 22:05
A ruling has been passed down today by an appeals court which says U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh must spend more time considering evidence offered by Apple in arguments that certain Samsung devices should be banned from s...
What's the Ink in a Standard Rollerball Pen Made Of?
Gizmodo - 18 Nov 2013 22:00
You probably have no idea where the ink in your pen comes from, much less whether it's a simple factory process or demanding of more expertise. Josh Velson, a chemical engineering consultant for bio and petrochemicals, h...
Office Remote for Windows Phone steers presentations from across the room
Engadget - 18 Nov 2013 21:59
Microsoft has long championed Windows Phone's Office integration, but there has been a missing piece in that puzzle: an official way to control Office from a Windows Phone. The company is filling that gap today by launch...
Yahoo to encrypt all internal and user data by early next year
Slash Gear - 18 Nov 2013 21:46
Marissa Mayer, by way of the official Yahoo Tumblr, has announced the plans to begin encrypting more data. This follows the recent news about encrypting Yahoo Mail. The mail encryption is coming by January 8, 2014 and pr...