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Pelty
The Gadget Flow - 24 Jun 2014 07:00
Price: $229 Pelty represents a technological revolution in the high-quality audio speakers' market: it is the first Bluetooth speaker literally POWERED BY FIRE! Yes, that’s true! Pelty works transforming the thermal en...
NASA space rover drives on the underside of the ice
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 05:12
NASA just completed a test of an early prototype--maybe just an early, early precursor--space rover that may be flown to explore the Jupiter moon Europa. What's cool is that the rover is designed to float on the undersid...
LG webOS TV opens arms to devs (and hopes for some app love)
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 22:54
The smart TV scene may be increasingly the preserve of affordable set-top boxes like Chromecast and Fire TV, but LG isn't giving up on its webOS plans, pushing out the tools it hopes will encourage developers to get onbo...
This may be the best app for sharing files from your Mac
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 23:22
Not that sharing files from your Mac is difficult, but it could be easier. Sourcing, emailing, Air Drop -- it's a ll kind of fussy. Sharing doesn't have to be a problem, though, and we've found a neat app that might make...
I would gladly pay real money for this fake retro Kill Bill game
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 23:10
I'm ready to pay my $2.99 for this Kill Bill game, which looks like a Kung-Fu Master/Shinobi hybrid. Heck, I would pay $2.99 for Volume 1 and $2.99 for Volume 2. Too bad we can't: It's just one of those videos for imagin...
Withings Activité is a fitness tracker disguised as a designer Swiss watch
Engadget - 24 Jun 2014 05:34
Most fitness trackers look like they belong in the gym or on the race track, which is fine if you're working out, but not so great if you want to look your best at the board meeting or that fancy cocktail party. The With...
Amazon and Warner Bros. reach truce over movie pricing
Engadget - 24 Jun 2014 04:18
Well, that didn't last long. A couple of weeks after Amazon stopped taking pre-orders for Warner Bros. Blu-ray and DVD movies to extract a better pricing arrangement, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the two sid...
The Antidote to a Lifetime of Overplaying Semi-Charmed Life
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 01:10
Semi-Charmed Life, Third Eye Blind's meth-addled anthem of the 90s, came out 17 years ago last week. And for me, that has meant 17 years of playing the song to death--over, and over, and over again. Thankfully, North Car...
iPhone 6 said to bring 100,000 new employees to Foxconn
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 00:12
The iWatch and iPhone 6 are expected to be huge (pun intended), with many analysts considering massive sales on launch. To that, a few known Apple manufacturing partners are said to be ramping up their workforce in a big...
This is why you shouldn't take people's Facebook lives seriously
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 23:49
Everyone on Facebook looks like they're having a great time. Fun adventures, deep romances, amazing jobs. It's enough to make you feel inadequate, but it's also a lie. Nobody is really as happy as their Facebook wall cla...
Scientist discover new material that makes objects invisible to touch
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 23:38
You're looking at a new awesome nano-material invented that does the seemingly impossible: It hides things from touch. Just a thin layer of this amazing polymer will hide anything under it from being perceived by your se...
New Google Glass headsets ship with more memory, everyone gets help with photos
Engadget - 24 Jun 2014 23:28
Two years after it was introduced, Google Glass hasn't gotten any cheaper -- although it is a bit more stylish with Diane von Furstenberg frames and international now that it's launched in the UK -- but it is getting bet...
RCS malware affects iOS and Android devices internationally
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 23:26
Remote Control System malware has been identified by the folks at Kaspersky Lab this week as affecting both iOS (iPhone) and Android devices across the planet. This system is said to be controlled by an international inf...
Glass upgraded pre-I/O but no swap for existing Explorers
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 23:22
Google is giving Glass a refresh, making the wearable faster and longer-lasting, though likely to infuriate early-adopters all the same as unlike before they won't be given the opportunity to swap to the new version. The...
These Alien Landscapes Are Actually Coal Mining Pits From Above
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 23:20
Hundreds of feet below sea level in eastern Germany, some of the world's largest excavators scrape coal from the Earth. The mine shown above--shot by photographer Bernhard Lang--produces 40 million tons of lignite coal p...
Coursera app educates you with video lessons for free
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 23:05
The web-based learning environment Coursera has been brought to the mobile platform this month for both iOS and Android. With Coursera, you'll be able to take advantage of free classes, all set up to improve your life ov...
A Vader Suitcase Can Even Squeeze Into a TIE Fighter's Overhead Bins
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 23:00
Even though it's designed for kids, it's going to be hard for adult Star Wars fans not to trade in their carry-on luggage for this awesome 3D Vader suitcase--even if they are Yoda-sized.
Google+ Photos now lets you go back and re-edit pics you already edited
Engadget - 24 Jun 2014 22:53
Google+ Photos already saves originals of your edited photos, in case you ever regret some of the more Warholish tweaks you made. Now, Google is letting you go back and edit your edits (editception!), rather than making ...
Why Don't More Cities Have E-Bike Shares?
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 22:40
This week, Madrid became the first European city to launch a fully electric bike share system for its residents. It works just like a regular bike share, but better: An electric motor kicks in to help with pedaling, and ...
Powerful spyware apps let the government control everything on your phone
Engadget - 24 Jun 2014 22:27
There's been a lot written over the past year about government spying, but not so much about how governments spy. It's easy to forget that there's an industry thriving underneath that controversy. In 2011 WikiLeaks found...
A Super-Sensitive Bomb-Sniffing Chip Could Be the Future of Security
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2014 22:20
When luggage makes its merry way through the airport, bomb-sniffing scanners have to check it out for explosives. Now, scientists in Israel say they have developed a small electronic chip that could be a million times mo...
Android boss envious of Apple, but says open source is best
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2014 22:13
An interview with Business Week has given all kinds of insight into how Sundar Pichai, Android and Chrome honcho at Google, operates. One of the more interesting angles is how Pichai considers Android and iOS, and more i...