Gadget News
Crock-Pot hits market with WeMo smartphone control
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 17:52
The "Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker enabled with WeMo" is a mouthful, to be sure - but it'll also fill your mouth with delicious, digitally controlled cooking excellence. Controlled wirelessly using the WeMo app, this Crock...
Ice Queen Scoop
The Gadget Flow - 1 Aug 2014 07:00
Give your guests a royal serve of ice-cream next time you throw a party by using this unusually designed Ice Queen Scoop. Having drawn its inspiration from the Queen herself, this scoop can truly bring humor on the party...
Only a sheet of ice protects you from falling a 1000 feet down this hole
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 08:31
Photographer Aaron Huey, who is on assignment for National Geographic, recently shared a picture of a frighteningly deep hole on the Lower Ruth Glacier. The only thing stopping people from plummeting down the 1000 feet d...
Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 22:57
In a weirdly serious bit of hair research, engineers have figured out how to change hair color without an ounce of hair dye. The only catch? You need a focused ion beam.
Sprint LivePro review: A mediocre projector hotspot that appeals to few
Engadget - 1 Aug 2014 22:11
The "Swiss Army knife of electronics." That's the best way Sprint can define the LivePro, a touchscreen projector/Android hotspot made by Chinese manufacturer ZTE. The device, which goes for $300 with a two-year contract...
Researchers achieve 5TB-per-second fiber-optic network milestone
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 03:50
While you're busy pining away for Google Fiber, a group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have been busy putting it to shame. Trumping their last network milestone achieved back in 2009, the group has...
Beats Music CEO said to head up iTunes Radio in transition
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 22:25
Now that Apple has officially welcomed (most of) the Beats team to Cupertino, we should start hearing how they'll incorporate who they're keeping into the mix. The latest report hints that Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers will...
Zeus Thunder Vape Pen: E-Cig and Vaping in One Pocketable Package
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 22:20
Cramming what little pocket space you've got in those skinny jeans you kids are wearing with multiple vapes for multiple materials is tacky. Instead, combine all your vaping needs into a single, multi-material device lik...
Secret No More: Guardians of the Galaxy's Thanos revealed
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 19:43
This morning the friendly folks at Marvel have made their release of Thanos official. While we've seen Josh Brolin wield the glove - he'll play Thanos in the Marvel Universe films - we've only seen a glimpse of Thanos be...
Mars 2020 rover will give us a way to know the red planet better
Engadget - 1 Aug 2014 04:31
NASA's been planning for the Mars 2020 rover for a long time now, back when Curiosity was just making its way to the red planet. Now, the agency has finally chosen seven scientific instruments that'll be equipped on the ...
Why You Shouldn't Freak Out About Ebola Patients Coming to the U.S.
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 23:54
For months, the Ebola epidemic was a terrible problem isolated in Africa. Then news broke of two sick Americans being airlifted back for treatment, bringing Ebola to the U.S. for the first time ever. On purpose. Cue fear...
Google is reportedly separating its photo service from its social network
Engadget - 1 Aug 2014 23:53
Love Google's services, but not a fan of its social network? Good news: the Mountain View company may be spinning Google+'s photo features into their own product. According to Bloomberg sources, Google is hoping to attra...
PlayStation Now Review
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 23:51
This review is going to be short for one reason, and one reason only: there's not much to say. PlayStation Now works, and it works great, but until its pricing model is changed to be more like Netflix, I can't imagine So...
A Gesture-Controlled Headlamp Means No More Fumbling For Buttons
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 23:20
Headlamps aren't just for overnight wilderness treks, a hands-free light source can be useful for everything from detailed hobby work to fixing a car. And Olight's H15S is particularly useful for that last application, a...
Android Photo Gallery to re-separate from Google+
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 23:15
Over the past year Google began bundling the Android photo and video gallery into an app called Photos - and today, we're to understand, that's all coming to an end. The app you know as "Gallery" might not return, but wo...
Who Invented Tequila?
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 23:00
Although tequila dates back only a few hundred years, people have long used the heart of the agave plant to make delicious, alcoholic beverages.
Report: Google+ Photos to be separated from Google+
Ars Technica - 1 Aug 2014 22:59
The wind-down of G+ continues with the spinoff of the social network's best service.
President Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill into law
Engadget - 1 Aug 2014 22:54
After getting the approval of both the House and the Senate, the US cellphone unlocking bill needed just one more signature to remove the carrier-swapping restriction. Today, President Obama signed the Unlocking Consumer...
Researchers turn culture in to cold, hard data
Engadget - 1 Aug 2014 22:44
You may have put a lot of thought into your carefully constructed status update, but have you considered how, exactly, that update socially ties you to your peers? Probably not -- but researches from Yahoo Labs, the Univ...
Formerly Nexus-only Google Now Launcher out for all Android 4.1+ devices
Ars Technica - 1 Aug 2014 22:40
Google-style home screen can tone down TouchWiz or Sense.
This alien world is not a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 22:39
This isn't a Cassini photo of a Saturn moon against an asteroids field or a frame from Guardians of the Galaxy. This beautiful alien landscape is right here on Earth, a microscopic world hidden inside a gemstone, photogr...
This Home's Bedrooms Have Wheels So You Can Roll Them Outside
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 22:34
We've seen doors that spin on their hinges and whole facades that rotate towards the sun, but there are mechanically simpler ways to approach transforming architecture. Take this home in Brittany, which features small be...