Gadget News
MiP The Worlds First Balancing Robot
The Gadget Flow - 12 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $167 The MiP is the world's first balancing robot you could control with simple hand gestures. It's one of the recent stalwarts from the robotics industry that enjoys human interaction to the fullest. Balancing it...
Awesome video game will let you fully live your space pilot dreams
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 05:10
Here's 12 minutes of gameplay footage of Star Citizen, a space flight simulator video game that will let you live in a parallel universe. Not only pilot a spaceship, but have a living avatar there. And with Oculus Rift s...
MisTable uses mist to create interactive 3D projection
Slash Gear - 12 Apr 2014 16:06
Who would have thought mist to be the key element that marries interaction to technology? Take a look at the innovative MisTable, the brainchild of Professor Sriram Subramanian and Dr …
Cloudflare Challenge proves 'worst case scenario' for Heartbleed is actually possible
Engadget - 12 Apr 2014 04:19
Many already thought that the "Heartbleed" security flaw in OpenSSL could be used to steal SSL keys from a server, but now there's proof. This is important because if someone stole the private decryption key to servers u...
Audi competition aims to unlock the potential of connected cars
Engadget - 12 Apr 2014 22:12
We've all heard about how connected and self-driving cars from Google, BMW and others are going to change our lives, but how? Audi wants to find out with its Urban Future Award, a four-city, multidisciplinary competition...
Heartbleed, Bubble Porn, Game of Thrones Streaming Woes, and More
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 21:00
This week's news was absolutely dominated by Heartbleed--what it is, how it's affecting people, and how to figure out if you're safe. We've got all of that, plus a computer that perfectly ages you, a time capsule house u...
LG G3 specs leak: 3GB RAM and 5.5-inch display
Slash Gear - 12 Apr 2014 21:50
The overpopulated Android smartphone market is getting a new entrant in the form of the LG G3. To make sure that the community makes a beeline for the device, LG …
Robot Eyes Replace Your Blank Stare With (Fake) Human Expression
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 16:00
Coming across as a socially functioning human who expresses real emotions can be such a drain. If only there was a high-tech way to replace your flat, expressionless gaze with a digital approximation of human warmth. Wel...
2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible revealed
Slash Gear - 12 Apr 2014 00:00
The new 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible has been revealed, the 625 HP droptop version of the Z06 coupe announced back in January, with Chevrolet promising no compromise in performance despite …
Red Hot Nickel Ball vs. Brick of Butter: Cholesterol Choo-Choo
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 23:00
Red Hot Nickel Ball has taken on a lot of food challengers . And yeah, you sort of know implicitly that a ball of scorching metal is gonna decimate a brick of innocent butter. But I bet you a bucket of popcorn you'll sti...
This week in Tech Reads, record-breaking mystery spacecraft, tricks to finding life on other planets
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 22:00
This week in Tech Reads, record-breaking mystery spacecraft, tricks to finding life on other planets, tweaking real-life toys to win kids' attention away from apps, and more!
Syfy's 'most ambitious TV series to date' is based on 'The Expanse' novels
Engadget - 12 Apr 2014 20:50
If you can believe it, Syfy may be getting back to its pre-name change roots. A notable addition to its plans for the next year is a new TV series based on a popular series of sci-fi books known as The Expanse. The first...
Review: Why buy an HTC One M8 Google play Edition instead of a Nexus 5?
Ars Technica - 12 Apr 2014 20:15
There are some good reasons, just maybe not $350 worth of them.
Instagram seems to be having some technical difficulties updating its feeds right now.
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 19:10
Instagram seems to be having some technical difficulties updating its feeds right now. Guess you'll just have to share your brunch pictures sans filter. [Instagram]
Smart Car Tipping and Thom Mayne: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 19:00
Someone's doing dumb stuff with Smart cars in the Bay Area. A report says Los Angeles is beyond help. And did architect Thom Mayne's new building damage a school's legacy and the neighborhood it calls home? It's all this...
Amazon smartphone re-invigorates Appstore hunt
Slash Gear - 12 Apr 2014 18:40
Technology blogs and forums are rife with rumors about the upcoming launch of an Amazon Smartphone - coming as early as September. It's a given that if they're intending to …
Webcomic explains Heartbleed bug like you're five
Engadget - 12 Apr 2014 18:29
So, you understand what that terrible Heartbleed bug's all about, but you can't really explain it in words even a five-year-old can understand. Here's what you should do when someone asks at your weekly family dinner, th...
God Can't Get His Credit Report From Equifax
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 18:00
Dealing with credit agencies can be a real pain. A lot of times it feels like the credit bureaus just don't care about regular folks like you and me. We're not alone--turns out, even God can't get an accurate credit repo...
Feedback Loop: Fire TV questions, remembering Windows XP, Chromebooks and more!
Engadget - 12 Apr 2014 16:30
Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting discussions happening within the Engadget community. There's so much technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a lot of great...
Missouri To Deploy Ear-Splitting LRAD Sound Cannons To Deter Speeders
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 16:17
Good news! For people that like speeding in work zones! The Missouri Department of Transportation just acquired two Long Range Acoustic Devices, or LRADs, to blast incredibly loud noises at drivers as they speed past con...
NASA Veggie project will grow vegetables in the International Space Station
Slash Gear - 12 Apr 2014 15:23
The one thing that Howard Wolowitz of The Big Bang Theory missed during his space mission was eating his greens, joking aside however, there is a grain of truth in …
Attenborough's Next Amazing Nature Documentary Will Play on Oculus Rift
Gizmodo - 12 Apr 2014 15:00
Sir David Attenborough is the grand master behind epic nature documentaries like Planet Earth and Blue Planet. His productions take us deep into entirely new worlds that few humans have ever visited. His next project wil...