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Holy Crap, NASA's Interstellar Spaceship Concept Is Amazing!
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 01:49
You're looking at NASA's interstellar spaceship concept--the IXS Enterprise (not a joke, that's the name.) Developed by NASA's Advanced Propulsion Lead Dr. Harold "Sonny" White and concept artist Mark Rademaker, this shi...
NASA spaceship concept showcases warp drive future
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 03:24
Some people dream of the now, others of the future. NASA's Harold White is one of those who dreams of the future, working with a team at the space agency …
Dusk Activated Half Acre Mosquito Trap gets rid of mosquitoes on the quiet
Coolest Gadgets - 11 Jun 2014 14:00
Summer might be a great time to spend plenty of time outdoors, but with it comes its fair share of hazards. Case in point, there is this small matter of mosquitoes, which happen to be pests on their own, with some strain...
Engadget Daily: an interview with Phil Spencer, Nintendo's new 'Zelda' game and more!
Engadget - 11 Jun 2014 02:00
Today, we interview Xbox head Phil Spencer, get a quick preview of Nintendo's new open-world Zelda game, watch Honeywell take on Nest with its new Lyric thermostat and drop our jaws at a $1.6 million, 370-inch TV.
Tado smart thermostat adds HomeKit, SmartThings, hue & more
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 23:54
Smart thermostat Tado is reinventing itself as a smart home hub, adding Apple HomeKit support among other things, and taking on Nest and Honeywell's new Lyric in the process. Finishing …
io9 Historical Street View Shows How Detroit Is Turning Into Chernobyl | Kotaku Eight Hours' Worth O
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 23:49
io9 Historical Street View Shows How Detroit Is Turning Into Chernobyl | Kotaku Eight Hours' Worth Of F-Bombs On Reddit, Visualized | Deadspin Roy Jones Jr.'s Sexting Technique Is Very On-Brand [NSFW] | Lifehacker The Be...
A look at how 'Jurassic Park' and its CGI dinosaurs changed cinema
Engadget - 11 Jun 2014 23:31
Here's a fun piece of trivia: Steven Spielberg was originally going to use stop-motion animation for the dinosaur sequences in Jurassic Park. That's right, one of the most iconic films in the world, a landmark in the evo...
Boston's New "Smart Mass Transit" Gets You To Work Faster--For A Price
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 23:20
It's time to go to work. But instead of walking a half-mile to the nearest bus stop and waiting in the searing morning sun, you tap in your location to an app and keep sipping your coffee at your kitchen table. The bus s...
HTC One (E8) hands-on
Engadget - 11 Jun 2014 22:59
HTC's betting big on its recently unveiled E8 by pricing it almost half as much as the similarly-specced M8 in China, so naturally, we had to check it out for the sake of curiosity. To our surprise, the plastic body was ...
Theater chain bans Google Glass in a bid to cut down on piracy
Engadget - 11 Jun 2014 00:02
If you're one of the few people in the country with a prescription Google Glass headset, you might want to keep extra glasses handy for when you go to the movies. First, some guy got booted from an AMC theater on the sus...
Stabilized video of the accident that almost killed Neil Armstrong
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 23:50
US Navy pilot, war veteran, aerospace engineer, astronaut and first man on the Moon Neil Armstrong was also an incredible test pilot, with 900 flights in experimental aircraft including the dangerous Lunar Landing Testin...
Lowe's Is Putting (Kinda Sorta) Holodecks In Some of Its Stores
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 23:40
If you've ever done any home improvement, you know how hard it is to visualize what a finished room will look like. That's why Lowe's is going to start putting so-called Holorooms in its stores. These augmented reality c...
Chromecast use declining in US, research reveals
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 23:31
Chromecast, the tiny dongle that was supposed to do big things, may not be on track for dominance. According to a new report, usage of the Chromecast has declined overall. …
11 Machines That Exercise For You, From the Victorian Era to Today
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 22:50
Time was, humans didn't have to worry much about getting exercise. When we had to kill, gather, grow, or herd our own food, working out happened naturally. Of course, as soon as we figured out how to avoid those laboriou...
Bumblebee attacks spider to defend another bumblebee trapped on her web
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 22:49
This surprising video shows a bumblebee struggling, trapped on a spider web as the spider approaches to finish the job. All of the sudden, out of nowhere, a second bumblebee appears in the frame, stinging the spider. Del...
PDP multicolored Smash Bros GameCube controllers get cute
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 22:45
Nintendo has had a major impact on E3 this year, coming to the gaming scene with Super Smash Bros updates that've inspired companies such as PDP to make high-quality 3rd-party …
Glass cuts fingers as voice commands streamline apps
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 22:44
Google is aiming to make Glass even more of a hands-free wearable by adding contextual voice command support to the headset, allowing more complex series of instructions to be given …
Beautiful Illusions: The Economics of UberX
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 22:40
Last month, Uber boasted that its drivers command a median salary of $90,000 per year. This is not totally honest. Justin Singer wades into the financial morass, and says the truth about how much Uber drivers make is ver...
Leaked iPhone 6 photos show "final" build (with one problem)
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 22:33
New (alleged) iPhone 6 photos have emerged, offering up a look at what could be the final build of the device. The device in the pictures is said to be …
Lasers could be the future of drunk-driving detection
Engadget - 11 Jun 2014 22:28
Forget the "walk-and-turn" field sobriety test; researchers have developed a laser that can detect drunk drivers remotely. A team at Warsaw's Military University of Technology shined a laser beam through a moving vehicle...
Can You Guess Where On Earth These Unearthly Satellite Images Come From?
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2014 22:20
The Earth is a strange, beautiful creature in satellite view. The European Space Agency has collected some of its most spectacular and oddest satellite photos, and it's pretty hard to guess where on Earth these places re...
Amazon streaming music tipped for this week ahead of press event
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2014 22:06
Next week we'll be headed to an Amazon press event, but today it's been tipped that the company may reveal a streaming music program as early as Friday. Why would …