Gadget News
DYLN - The Bottle That Creates Alkaline Water On the Go
The Gadget Flow - 12 Jan 2015 09:01
The DYLN Living Alkaline Water Bottle is portable, stylish, reusable, lightweight & increases the pH of water to create alkaline water. The DYLN Living Water Bottle combines good looks and functionality to not only repla...
Google Translate Is Getting Upgraded To Take on Skype
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 00:00
According to The New York Times, Google isn't going to let Skype runaway with all the high-tech, language barrier-smashing fun . An upcoming update will allow the app to auto-recognize popular languages and translate the...
FAA, CNN will partner to use drones for making news
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 23:45
Drones routinely make the news, but are you ready for them to make the news? The FAA and CNN have announced they have reached an agreement meant to allow CNN to explore the merits of drone flight when used in an official...
Outward-Arched Curtain Hooks Make Any Shower Feel Gigantic
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 17:39
The only thing more annoying than having to shower in a cramped bathtub doing double-duty is having the curtain constantly blowing in, minimizing what little space you have already. An arched curtain rod is one solution,...
New Google App Lets You Control Your Computer From Your iPhone or iPad
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 23:44
The Google Chrome Remote Desktop app that was released to Android users just hit the iOS app store. The app lets you access your computer via the Chrome Remote Desktop app.
The Secret to Superwarm, Breathable Fabric Is a Tiny Amount of Silver
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 23:38
In the cold doldrums of January, any warm news is good news. Scientists at Stanford have unveiled a new clothing material made of cotton coated in silver nanowire. This fabric is breathable, lightweight, and incredibly w...
How Charlie Hebdo created the cover that made them a terrorist target
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 23:30
Back in 2006, Jérôme Lambert and Philippe Picard made this short documentary showing the creative process behind the first cover that made the fanatics to target Charlie Hebdo, a magazine that I used to read when I was...
Hyundai wants to reignite the Millennial truck love affair
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 23:16
It's the El Camino for the crossover generation, with Hyundai's moon buggy styled Santa Cruz concept sating what the company insists is a lingering appetite for pick-ups among Millennials. Truck sales among younger buyer...
Qatar Airlines plans real-time blackbox streaming
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 22:59
As we've seen with two airplane disappearances over the past year, the black box on an airplane might record data, but flight data isn't necessarily streamed. Qatar Airways wants to change that, and is announcing plans t...
YotaPhone 2 gets the teardown treatment at FCC
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 13:30
The dual-screen e-ink toting YotaPhone has been one of the more interesting smartphones to enter our radars for the past two years. Happily, it is making its way to the US this time around. But, naturally, the YotaPhone ...
Hackers claiming ties to ISIS take control of Pentagon social accounts
Engadget - 12 Jan 2015 20:31
A group referring to itself as the CyberCaliphate and claiming ties to ISIS appears to have taken over social media accounts belonging to the United States Central Command. For the past hour or so, the group has been usi...
Automatic now 'works with Nest', connects car and home
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 20:28
Automatic, a leader in connected car technology, has announced their service is now working with Nest. With Nest and Automatic, your car and thermostat will soon be discussing your whereabouts, and best practices for kee...
2015 Buick Avenir concept straddles the past and the future
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 12:10
GM really wants the Buick luxury brand to come on strong and at the Detroit Auto Show 2015, it will be doing so by putting its best foot forward with the new 2015 Buick Avenir concept sedan. But while the car does integr...
Adidas' next move is to keep young students fit and healthy
Engadget - 12 Jan 2015 22:42
In the US, child obesity is an ever-growing concern that's desperately in need of a remedy. Knowing this, Adidas is now looking to help the cause and, in the process, make it fun for young people to get fit. The sporting...
VW's Cross Coupe GTE is a big blue moody monster
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 22:35
After Volkswagen served up its vision of the dashboard of tomorrow at CES last week, the company has another high-tech concept car in the shape of the Cross Coupe GTE for Detroit. The German company's interpretation of h...
The FAA Will Permit Drones for Journalism, Starting With CNN
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 22:30
After months of studying drones as a news reporting tool, CNN just struck a deal with the Federal Aviation Administration today, meaning lots of eye-in-the-sky Wolf Blitzer segments are forthcoming.
An Eject Button Makes These Plugs Easier To Remove
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 22:12
You don't want them so loose that they'll accidentally fall out of an outlet, but at the same time a plug that's nigh impossible to remove can be just as frustrating. So while these Easy Plug adapters featuring an eject ...
Oculus Rift Crescent Bay hands-on with 3D Audio
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2015 22:09
We entered the room Oculus VR had prepared for us not knowing exactly what we were in for. Not the Samsung Gear VR - surely not - that's already nearly a consumer product. Instead, Oculus had a padded room ready for us. ...
Thieves tried to swipe ATM cards using an iPod nano
Engadget - 12 Jan 2015 22:03
Now that phones come with large internal storage and microSD card slots, a lot of people have probably forgotten about their old iPod nanos. Some thieves from Gatley, Stockport, England have found a new use for theirs, t...
How AI Could Ruin Humanity, According to Smart Humans
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 22:00
For the past 24 hours, scientists have been lining up to sign this open letter. Put simply, the proposal urges that humanity dedicate a portion of its AI research to "aligning with human interests." In other words, let's...
What are the Best Touchscreen Gloves?
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 22:00
It's freezing outside, and you want to check Dark Sky to further hammer home just how cold you are, but your smart device rejects the inputs from your obsolete gloves, asserting that they haven't changed since at least T...
A New, Cutting-Edge Microscope Technique That Uses Diaper Absorbent
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2015 21:51
Up until now, most microscopy has operated on a pretty simple principle: Use tricks of light to make small things appear big. A group of MIT scientists, however, are trying something radically different. They've develope...