Gadget News
Lightskin Bicycle Seatpost LED Tail Light - $59
The Gadget Flow - 20 Dec 2013 08:00
This Bicycle Seatpost LED Tail Light from Lightskin is kind of unique. Most bicycle tail lights are set at the back on the fender. This one has to be installed on the seatpost, right under the seat. So basically, there'l...
Italian Marble Elements Drink Coasters - $53
The Gadget Flow - 20 Dec 2013 08:00
The Elements Drink Coasters set consists of classic Italian marble coasters. The coasters are handmade by skilled artisans in Cincinnati, and made of Botticino marble from Verona, Italy. The hand-printed letters, numbers...
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and 10.1 to ride with Tab 3 Lite in 2014
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 23:49
There's a whole slew of new tablet devices coming from Samsung inside the first quarter of 2014, likely appearing at CES 2014 here in the USA first and foremost. What …
An Ode to Winamp
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 23:20
Today's the day. Winamp is officially kicking the bucket . Well the day it was supposed to, but maybe not? Either way, the peppy little player that really whips the llama's ass has been fading into obscurity for years no...
15 Books That Will Change the Way You Look at Robots
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 22:50
What will robots really be like when they finally achieve a human level of intelligence and autonomy? No one knows for sure, but we've put together a list of books that will challenge and disturb your preconceptions abou...
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.1 coming in 2014
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 22:07
There's a who gush of new devices appearing in the early release tip mill this week, the largest of which is in the Galaxy Note category. This is the Samsung …
Oppo N1 CyanogenMod phone launches December 24th with Google's blessing
Engadget - 20 Dec 2013 10:15
Oppo's announcement of a CyanogenMod custom Android version of the N1 was great news for performance phone fans, but who wants to sideload apps? Luckily, the new handset and CyanogenMod 10.2 combo has just cleared Google...
Waiters need not apply: New Zealand cafe uses pneumatic tubes for straight-to-table delivery
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 04:11
The C One Espresso (sometimes called the C1 Cafe) in New Zealand has brought a bit of The Jetsons' world to its customers, ushering in an altogether futuristic dining-out experience …
Exoplanets can be weighed using starlight, reveal scientists
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 03:17
Two MIT planetary scientists, Julien de Wit and Sara Seager, have published research showing how it is possible to determine the weight of an exoplanet using the surrounding starlight. Not …
Computers share their secrets if you listen
Engadget - 20 Dec 2013 23:19
Be afraid, friends, for science has given us a new way in which to circumvent some of the strongest encryption algorithms used to protect our data -- and no, it's not some super secret government method, either. Research...
Samsung Creative Book 8 may bring Galaxy Note to notebooks
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 23:06
The reboot of the Samsung ATIV Book collection of high-powered notebooks is looking a lot like the slightly more mobile universe this week with a glimpse at the faux-stitch back …
How to Survive an Uninterrupted 72-Hour-Long Flight Simulation
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 23:00
Methods for staying awake during a long haul get pretty tired. Seriously, you can only slap yourself in the face so many times. So when Bertrand Piccard needed to figure out how to stay alert during a 72-hour-long test i...
Stolen Target credit cards flood black market
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 22:47
Millions of the stolen credit cards snatched from Target shoppers in recent weeks are being sold on the black market, it's reported, amid some banks holding off freezing potentially compromised …
RVs, Large Objects, Little Boxes: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 22:40
Don't look now! Manhattan's becoming a trailer park, a massive subterranean object is putting Seattle's new freeway on hold, and a documentary is being produced about one of the most famous city-ruiners of all time. It's...
Engadget Podcast 373 - 12.19.13
Engadget - 20 Dec 2013 22:27
Try as they may to put this week's podcast into a tailspin; Brian, Terrence and Ben end up delivering a good deal of sane discussion on proper tech news. The seriousness quickly degrades, however, and your hosts (aka the...
Vine vanity URLs go live for Twitter VIPs
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 22:15
Vine has launched vanity URLs for its new web-profiles, allowing at least some users of the short video sharing service to reserve their own personal addresses. Confirmed as incoming yesterday, …
The Optimus Popularis is a keyboard for every occasion
Coolest Gadgets - 20 Dec 2013 22:00
There are a few standard pieces of hardware we use for our computers. They come in various shapes and sizes with different features, but we all have a mouse, monitor, and keyboard. While some have more buttons than other...
How Librarians Are Helping People Navigate the New Healthcare System
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 22:00
Lupie Leyva has answered questions about immigration issues, taught people how to use email, and once even helped a person make an appointment to see a family member who was incarcerated. "I've worked in public libraries...
Android smartphone made of solid titanium now available for $1,800
Engadget - 20 Dec 2013 21:56
In the past, luxury handset manufacturer Gresso has been known for dressing up iPhones with diamonds (and charging $30,000 for the deed) and producing featurephones, but now it's getting into the Android business with it...
On Site at the Machine Olympics of DARPA's Robotics Challenge
Gizmodo - 20 Dec 2013 21:37
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, or DRC, kicked off today at the Homestead-Miami Speedway about 30 miles south of Miami. A total of sixteen teams from around the world are here to challenge each other today and tomorrow in ...
Pharrell Williams interviews Spock
Slash Gear - 20 Dec 2013 21:36
As part of a creator series of interviews called "ARTST TLK", the multi-platform artist known as Pharrell Williams has brought aboard none other than Leonard Nimoy for a chat. While …
Vine introduces web profiles, lets you snag vanity URL
Engadget - 20 Dec 2013 21:27
Up to this point, your only chance of viewing vids on Vine was via its mobile app or if someone decided to share those clips on Twitter or Facebook. Soon, however, you can do so via the web as well thanks to its newly an...