Gadget News
Yes, this is dog: No More Woof aims to translate canine thoughts into human speech
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 14:13
Head over to Indiegogo today and you'll find a particularly wacky (and risky) project bidding for your investment. It's a device that goes by the name of No More Woof, which admittedly sounds like it does horrible things...
Insane bike trick seems to murder the laws of physics
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 03:53
We no longer live on Earth, my friends. We're in some weird world where people can do the impossible. Do you want to fly? You should try. Do you want to spin in the air in both directions? I think you can. Because this i...
The Wristworn Automatic Jetpack: Okay, Aquaman, Now We Get It
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 22:25
For all we know, the personal jetpack that will let you fly through the air like an eagle may never become a reality. So this X2 Underwater Jet Pack, from S.C.P. Marine Innovation in the UK, could very well be the next b...
Today Is The Last Day To Holiday Shop From Amazon, Without Prime
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 23:42
If you're not a Prime subscriber (and you should be), then today is your last day to do your holiday shopping on Amazon without having to pay for expedited shipping. With Prime you can order as late as the 22nd and still...
Astronomers may have detected the first moon outside a star system
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 23:35
Good news, everyone! We may have detected our first exomoon outside a solar system. It orbits a gas giant 1800 light years away from us, and it's half the size of Earth--just like the famous Yavin IV from which the Rebel...
Touchless music game lets you create jittery drum and bass with your face
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 23:10
If there was one ubiquitous item at NYU's ITP Winter Show, it was the Kinect. Countless projects were built around the Microsoft-made sensor. Max Ma's Touchless, which he built with a ton of help from Tony Lim, originall...
Obama's NSA Advisory Board: No More Phone Records, No More Backdoors
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 21:50
The wait is almost over! Despite having said it would come out in January, the Obama Administration hustled and released a report from the advisory committee set up to recommend changes to the NSA. And, my, are those cha...
Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac's webcam
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 23:47
If you believe common wisdom, it shouldn't be possible to take over most webcams without alerting users. The indicator LED is supposed to be hack-proof, after all. However, a pair of Johns Hopkins researchers have recent...
Watch a Story Literally Unfold From the Creases of this Kids' Book
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 23:40
The Adventures of a Village begins like many stories do--by setting the scene. In this case, a small cluster of snow-covered buildings are intersected by winding train tracks. That's it. What happens next is a clever pla...
New DNA sequence shows that Neanderthals liked incest
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 23:14
Berkeley scientists just generated a pristine genome sequence of Neanderthal DNA--the most complete ever created--and what they found might gross you out. It might also blow your mind.
MEIZU smartphone makers headed to USA
Slash Gear - 18 Dec 2013 22:55
The folks responsible for devices like the MX, MX2, and MX3 inside China are letting it be known this week that they’ll soon enter the USA. As we saw all the way back in 2012, the Meizu MX was the start of something bi...
DARPA Tried to Build Skynet in the 1980s
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 22:50
From 1983 to 1993 DARPA spent over $1 billion on a program called the Strategic Computing Initiative. The agency's goal was to push the boundaries of computers, artificial intelligence, and robotics to build something th...
Gifts for the Discerning Coffee Enthusiast You Like to Call a Snob
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 22:50
You don't have to have a mustache and dress like it's the thirties to take pleasure in the craft and science of coffee. All that is required is attention to detail, a few minutes of your time, and tastebuds. Here are a f...
Shooting Challenge: Christmas Ornaments
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 22:40
Hanging ornaments is a silly tradition. We kill a tree, wrap it in lights, then fishhook it with glass balls. But every ornament is more than its glitter and paint. It's a memory.
AMC's Yeah! interactive streaming movie service comes to iPad tomorrow
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 22:38
AMC Networks launched its Yeah! streaming service at SXSW 2013, and this week's debut marks the first major update since the platform's introduction back in March. Yeah! will be coming to iPad tomorrow, with a free appli...
Hulu tips: 50% of users now exclusively mobile or set-top box
Slash Gear - 18 Dec 2013 22:36
While it’d be easier to think that the world was moving towards an all-mobile environment for consuming media, Hulu suggests today that it’s slightly more complicated than that. Statistics shown by the media delivere...
Meizu plans to begin selling smartphones in the US next year
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 22:13
Meizu, a smartphone company based out of China, has been on the scene for a long time -- it just hasn't officially made its way to the United States (outside of a few online importers, of course). Meizu's ready to expand...
LifeStraw Go makes sure hikers aren't caught without clean water
Coolest Gadgets - 18 Dec 2013 22:00
If you’ve ever looked into hiking for a long period of time, you know that one of the biggest issues you might face is getting access to clean water. Food and shelter are obviously the other big problems, but a tent an...
Watch The Alphabet Get Giffy With These Animated Line Drawings
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 22:00
Print will not die, but the web can do lots of things that paper just plain can't. Like Antitype, a very literal interpretation of that ol' revolutionary concept of moveable type. The online project invites coding-inclin...
Samsung Galaxy S5 specifications converge: here's what's possible
Slash Gear - 18 Dec 2013 21:50
While the release of a Samsung Galaxy S5 wouldn’t seem to be all that near – surprise – rumor would have it that the company is planning an outing party much earlier in the year than in past generations. What we’...
Updated Vine for Windows Phone lets you save clips as drafts
Engadget - 18 Dec 2013 21:50
Although Vine launched on Windows Phone with many core features intact, it didn't come with a draft mode -- if you switched tasks, your hard work (six seconds of it, anyway) went out the window. That won't be an issue wi...
An Ultra-Modern Feeder For Birds With Discerning Tastes
Gizmodo - 18 Dec 2013 21:40
If you've found that the local bird population has been completely ignoring the feeder you hung for them to feast at, maybe the problem doesn't lie with the nuts and seeds you're offering. Maybe it's the feeder itself. A...