Gadget News
The 5.5 Inch iRemote For The Apple Home
TechPinions - 1 Sep 2014 09:11
You want to talk about Apple. I understand. They are the biggest tech company in the world. Their products are used by hundreds of millions. Oh, and next week there’s — OMG! — a major Apple event, not at Moscone .....
Carbon Fiber Oddities
The Gadget Flow - 1 Sep 2014 08:00
CARBON FIBER ODDITIES X-1 | X-3 series 2.0- The truly one and only, lightweight Aerospace bottle opener and media stand, –Beautifully Handcrafted and Machined. Behind the design: Magnetic quick release system great for...
Vortex VR turns LG G3 into sub-$100 Oculus-style HUD
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 23:45
An LG-powered virtual reality headset which relies on the G3 smartphone has beaten Samsung's well-rumored Gear VR to market, helped along the way with 3D printing. Vortex VR's VRTX I is effectively a head-mount for the L...
Futurist warns robots may one day kill us all as an act of kindness
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 20:15
Our robotic future, so full of promise, could be our undoing. So says futurist and CEO of Poikos, Nell Watson, who recently spoke at The Conference in Sweden about all things robots. The issue lies in artificial intellig...
Apple reveals the most common reasons that it rejects apps
Engadget - 1 Sep 2014 23:22
Apple is such an opaque company that even app developers can be left, out in the cold, wondering why their app was rejected from the app store. Thankfully, the company does have some sympathy for those dejected coders, w...
Rare Leica MP Titanium Limited Edition goes on sale in US
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 22:30
A handful of years ago, a limited edition Leica camera went on sale at the Leica Store Ginza in Tokyo. As with limited editions, the Leica MP Titanium had a limited run of 150, all of them only available in Japan. That h...
The Russian Space Sex Lizards Are Dead
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2014 20:39
I hope you're sitting down on a piece of comfortable patio furniture this Labor Day, for I have tidings of great sorrow: the Russian space sex lizards have died.
UK police threaten companies that sell domains to piracy sites
Engadget - 1 Sep 2014 18:52
When a piracy site is targeted by authorities, the owner's usual trick is to move the website to another domain (and sometimes hosting provider) to re-establish access for users. The Pirate Bay is probably the biggest ex...
Mercedes decided to take a luxury penthouse off-roading
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 23:05
First there was glamping, injecting a little glamour into dull, pedestrian camping; now, Mercedes-Benz wants to crank that up to 11 with its latest bizarre Zetros version, a luxury mobile home with the off-roading capabi...
Mystery (Partially) Solved: Stonehenge Was a Complete Circle
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2014 22:00
One of the mysteries of Stonehenge has been solved because someone was too lazy to get a longer hose.
Google set to reveal Android One budget phone hardware in India on September 15th
Engadget - 1 Sep 2014 21:58
Not everyone is interested in paying for premium handsets, and Google knows that in many parts of the world, shelling out five or six hundred dollars for a One, G3 or Galaxy S5 simply isn't an option. The Android One ini...
Keeping your photos - explicit or not - safe from the cloud
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 21:52
This week a leak of explicit celebrity photos has summoned the need for additional security measures. Not just the kind of security measures you take by purchasing "keep me private" apps and the like, but the kind that i...
The Apron Cooking Guide will make food preparation much easier
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Sep 2014 21:30
Wearing an apron when making food at home doesn’t seem to be such a common practice anymore. Mainly because most of our food is pre-made, and heated in the microwave. It seems almost comical to wear such an old-fash...
You're overestimating Google's driverless cars
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 21:00
Never tested in snow or heavy rain, potentially ignoring police, and confused into swerving by crumpled newspaper: Google's self-driving cars face more than a few lingering problems before they're truly ready for the roa...
UKTV will copy Amazon, ask viewers which shows it should make
Engadget - 1 Sep 2014 20:57
When it comes to choosing which new TV shows to make, British broadcaster UKTV is taking a leaf out of Amazon and the BBC's playbook. The company behind Dave, Really and Watch will produce pilot episodes of shows, asking...
The Wallet Ninja is a credit card multi-tool for sticky situations
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Sep 2014 20:30
There are days when life wants to throw us a curve ball, and it’s always something we never expect coming out of nowhere. Usually you can recover from this sort of thing relatively easily, but it will knock you off-bal...
Read Richard Feynman's Best-Known Lectures For Free
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2014 20:00
In 1964, Richard Feynman gave a series of seven, hour-long lectures at Cornell University that have gone down in history as a wonderfully accessible introduction to physics. Now, you can read them online for free.
Opportunity rover is getting reformatted after ten years on Mars
Engadget - 1 Sep 2014 19:59
NASA's ironman Mars rover Opportunity, like your five-year-old PC, is about to get reformatted. Problems have been causing the aging vehicle to reboot and scientists suspect that worn-out cells in the flash memory are to...
Redesigned iPhone 6 cord won't likely launch soon
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 19:31
Another cut in the reality line for the next Apple power cord for iPhones and iPads has been made. Though we've heard plenty of rumors surrounding the next generation in "reversible" USB cords, especially those that'd sh...
Archos 101 Oxygen tablet offers yet another Android option
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Sep 2014 19:30
When it comes to tablets, French company Archos is certainly not a newbie in this department, although one is unable to rank them in the same vein as that of South Korean conglomerate Samsung. Still, some of Archos' tabl...
You Can Buy This Adorable, Original Soviet Spacesuit For Your Dog
Gizmodo - 1 Sep 2014 19:00
Is your dog made of tough stuff? Is it calm under pressure? Is it smart, patient and loyal? Then maybe it would make a great space dog--and if so this is just the outfit for your precocious pooch.
Motorola Luge: RAZR M reborn
Slash Gear - 1 Sep 2014 18:43
The first reveal of the DROID RAZR M had us surprised - surprised that Motorola would make such a small phone and surprised that such a phone would feel so right in our hand. Now nearly 2 years after that device's first ...