Gadget News

You know a product has had a few production roadblocks when a company sprinkles phrases like "today it's actually happening" into a shipping announcement. It's not like the Narrative Clip (Memoto) is the first Kickstarte...

You may have heard about the Fuelshark. According to the package, you may have seen it on TV. That same package also says the Fuelshark will save you 10% or more on gas, and all you have to do is plug it into your cigare...

Coursera is one of the largest US providers of free education through MOOCs (massive open online courses). One month ago, the company announced its collaboration with the State Department to develop educational hubs arou...

Skype's newest Chinese partnership may not allay fears of government snooping, but it's paying dividends for mobile users -- Skype for Windows Phone has just reached the country for the first time as part of a larger app...

Aereo is testing a Chromecast app, CEO Chet Kanojia said today. The app would effectively bring the company’s streaming broadcast TV service full circle in a historical sense, returning broadcast TV to the TV. From loc...

Let's be honest: Most robots look pretty dumb these days. Whether it's the little disk-shaped Roomba that cleans your floor or the jumble of rods and wires that builds your car, these machines seem--for lack of a better ...

"Smarty Ring" pairs to any iOS or Android smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0.     

New York's code-loving mayor had at least one more big tech announcement to make before handing over the keys to the city at the end of the year. Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced plans to launch a free WiFi network in Harl...

We all have to crawl before we can walk, and NASA's Morpheus lander is no different--well, except for the fact that "crawl," in this case, actually means burst into a pile of flames. But all that's in the past, and NASA'...

You've broken a dish; it's in bits and pieces on the floor. You pick up the shards. You forage for glue. You try to stick them back together but, dammit, the cracks don't quite align. You look at this Franken-ceramic and...

Narrative, the life-logging crowdfunder formerly known as Memoto, has finally begun shipping its Clip clip-on camera. Delayed by hardware glitches and manufacturing issues after raising, at $550,000, more than eleven tim...

In 1960, scientists did one of those experiments that just aren't allowed anymore. For the sake of science, they blew up three 3oo-lb anti-submarine bombs off the coast of Australia. A listening station 10,000 miles away...

Apple has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a pair of portable media viewing goggles. The patent says they “may resemble ski or motorcycle goggles.” The device would likely allow for a 3...

This week the folks responsible for socking the Google Play store with the latest and greatest in Android devices have added another LG and a brand new Sony device to their ranks. What you’ll find is both the massivene...

Here's some good news. Harlem is about to get the biggest free public Wi-Fi network in the entire country, spanning a whopping 95 blocks. Soon there won't be anywhere in the city where you can't get online.

The Play Store gets a massive Sony smartphone for $650 and a new color of the N7.     

Vuzix has launched a new rival to Google’s Glass, the Vuzix M2000AR HMD, using new Waveguide optics built in partnership with Nokia. Targeted at industrial users, though likely to spawn a consumer version soon, the M20...

Proving that all press is good press when it comes to real estate, Rafael Viñoly--the architect behind two recent death-ray skyscrapers--revealed plans for a new supertall tower in Lower Manhattan today. It'll be his se...

According to NASA's Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton "if Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise said, 'Take us home, Scotty,' this is what the crew would see." It's truly an incredible sequence--the first time ever t...

Every time Chromecast adds another officially supported app, traditional TV viewing dies yet another death. And so it goes that Google's low-cost dongle's about to beef up beyond its already stellar, and increasingly rob...

The release of the Mad Catz MOJO has been initiated, and this miniature console device – unveiled for the first time earlier this 2013 at E3 – is ready to roll. The MOJO is a mini gaming console with the ability to t...

There are a few items which we deem necessary to carry around throughout the day. This normally consists of cards, cash, your phone, and keys. While the best means we have to keep them all together is our pockets or a ba...