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Dean Kamen Interview: Tech Bubbles and "Pet Rock" Wearables
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 20:35
Dean Kamen doesn't pull his punches. The creator of the Segway and the founder of FIRST - a charity that aims to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) as …
John McAfee's latest project is yet another secure messaging app
Engadget - 5 May 2014 17:41
Now that John McAfee's days of running from the law appear to be over, he's been left with plenty of time to slam the company he founded and mull over products that originally made him famous. We've already heard about D...
Simulation of Saturn passing by Earth on a collision course to the Sun
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 07:43
The always cool Yeti Dynamics has released another brilliant scientific simulation: What would Earth's sky look like if Saturn went off its orbit to race into the inner solar system on its way to the Sun and our planet w...
Fitbit designer calls Project Ara the "IKEA chair" of smartphones
Ars Technica - 5 May 2014 00:00
Design firm chief essentially hands Ara creation duties to "thousands" of producers.
You can now crop and add borders to images in Google Docs
Engadget - 5 May 2014 23:11
You'll have to download the standalone apps to get to work on mobile devices, but you can now crop, rotate and add borders to images inside Google Docs. The same handy modification tools that have been available in Slide...
Do You Really Need an App to Help You Scan and Share Print Headlines?
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 22:36
Print publications might be bleeding big bucks, but that doesn't mean nobody reads them. And since these are connected days, you'll surely wish to share some fascinating print story with friends using internet technology...
Extremely rare image shows bee and butterfly drinking crocodile tears
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 07:01
This image is so weird and rare that you may think it's a bizarre photoshop. It's not--it was taken by aquatic ecologist Carlos de la Rosa, who says the butterfly and the bee drank the tears from a Caiman crocodilus for ...
NYC inks deal to put train tickets on smartphones
Engadget - 5 May 2014 02:40
Part of New York City's train system is set to get a 21st-century kick in the pants. Digital tickets that live on commuters' smartphones will soon be introduced thanks to a deal inked between the Metropolitan Transit Aut...
A bus-sized asteroid buzzed Earth (with just days notice)
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 02:21
Funding for asteroid detection and the need for greater awareness of potentially dangerous space rocks has been sparked again, after astronomers caught sight of a bus-sized asteroid headed closer to …
Destiny video shows off armor, weaponry, and loot system
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 23:49
Destiny, which will be released this fall, has a new video out showing some of the customization that's going to keep you playing. From the armor your character wears to …
Google Now has got a fancy new trick.
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 23:41
Google Now has got a fancy new trick. If you walk past a store that caries a product you've been researching online, it'll let you know. Talk about instant shipping. Hopefully it's just a little more spot-on than those t...
Mulling a new wardrobe? Google Now alerts you when it's available nearby
Engadget - 5 May 2014 23:39
Sometimes you have to run out for a meeting seconds before you're able to commit to a well-researched online purchase. Fret not though, Google Now is here to help. The card-based system will display the items that you're...
Xbox One handheld out of the question
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 23:34
Suggestion of a handheld gaming system made by Microsoft for the Xbox One ecosystem have swirled for years. There've even been renders made - devices with controls at their sides …
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Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 23:10
Gawker The Kanye-Kardashians Are Married | io9 The Syndrome That Explains Why You Spent Too Much Money This Weekend | Jalopnik Zipcar Is About To Get A Lot More Convenient | Kotaku Learn How To Kiss With Spider-Man And G...
UPS Just Delivered a $400,000 Drone to Some Dude by Mistake
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 23:04
No one's perfect, least of all UPS. But as far as mistakes go, this is just about as bad--and expensive--as it gets. Thanks to one hell of a mixup, Reddit user Seventy_Seven just got a $400,000 unmanned aerial vehicle de...
Google Stars detailed in dogfood session
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 22:54
This year Google will introduce a system tentatively called "Stars." This system will organize your media. It's organized in its most basic terms into Images, Webpages, and Videos, and it'll …
The Weird, Depressing Stage Sets That Zoos Build For Their Animals
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 22:42
If you're like me, you can remember the discrete moment when the zoo stopped being fun and started being sad; when the jungle behind the animals stopped looking like jungle and started looking like concrete masonry paint...
An 'internet middleman' calls out six ISPs for letting connections slow down
Engadget - 5 May 2014 22:39
This week's update on the battle between Netflix, internet service providers (ISPs) and the companies that often carry internet traffic between them comes from the third group. Level 3 VP Mark Taylor's "Observations of a...
Violent crash in a ridiculous tiny car filmed with GoPro cameras
Gizmodo - 5 May 2014 22:34
"Can you feel your legs?" That's what pilot Steve Poot asks copilot Nicolas Pire after badly crashing their Renault Clio R3t at the 2014 Rallye de Wallonie , in Belgium. The Clio is a ridiculous small French car so this ...
Ambitious Oculus: Billion-player Facebook MMOs and R&D explosion
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 22:29
Facebook has ambitious plans to use Oculus Rift to create a billion-player game, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe has teased, immersing social network users in a quite literally massive multiplayer environment, …
Beyond x86: "New and different" AMD plans ARM chips for consumers
Ars Technica - 5 May 2014 22:22
"Project Skybridge" promises AMD ARM chips, Android support for PCs and tablets.
Analogue NT, your new NES unit, is available for pre-order
Slash Gear - 5 May 2014 22:20
The company that dared to re-imagine the original NES now have their product available for pre-order. Analogue, who rebuilt the NES with a stunning aluminum case, is now ready to …