Gadget News
Iris Lamps
The Gadget Flow - 27 Feb 2015 08:59
The Iris Lamps are a unique line of adjustable lamps that gives you the ability to change the light and create the atmosphere in the room. The Iris Lamps transforms their form and the atmosphere in a room by changing the...
Sony ends maintenance for its iconic Aibo robot dog
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 14:30
Sony's robot dog, Aibo, is the seminal pet robot of the early 21st century. A new version hasn't been released in almost ten years, but that hasn't stopped collectors from clamoring for the Aibo. Models sold for almost $...
Google's futuristic HQ plans impossible to achieve (right now)
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 22:09
In their video announcing plans for their new campus, which you can see below, Google made an interesting point: Silicon Valley is pretty boring. For all the innovative, awesome stuff that comes from one small area of Ca...
R2-D2 Deluxe Sixth Scale Figure is the most realistic droid to date
Coolest Gadgets - 27 Feb 2015 03:30
Over the years, we have seen the most lovable astromech droid of all, R2-D2, appear in a variety of form factors that range from the simple to the complicated, where among them include the cute-as-a-button R2-D2 Soy Sauc...
AR game Ingress comes to small screen via Android Wear
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 16:57
Ingress players -- they're a dedicated bunch. It takes heart to traipse around town and hack imaginary portals only you can see, conversing with people that (probably) aren't there, and being part of a collective full of...
BioShock shakes hands with Stepford in 'We Happy Few'
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 23:02
Smile for the camera -- and for the TV, and during the walk to the store, and while you're sitting in the living room, in the dark, all alone. Smile, because if you don't, they will come for you. That's the story behind ...
Google backtracks on Blogger adult content ban
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 22:11
Earlier this week, both Reddit and Google revealed plans to crack down on adult content, and while Reddit has held firm to its decision, Google has listened to the outcry of its users and, likely upon fully realizing how...
VAIO surprisingly entering the smartphone market
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 15:30
It has been little over a year since Sony sold off its VAIO PC business to Japan Industrial Partners in an attempt to gird up its loins and focus on its core products (though it may repeat that process again soon). VAIO ...
Harrison Ford will return in 'Blade Runner' sequel
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 04:32
Need more good news after today's net neutrality ruling? Deadline and Variety report it has been confirmed that Harrison Ford will return to the role of Rick Deckard in the Blade Runner sequel that's currently in the wor...
Deconstructing the method to Nintendo's madness
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 21:00
It's easy to hate on Nintendo. With the Wii U, the company played right into negative consumer expectations by releasing a product derided for its kid-friendly appeal, Fisher-Price toy-like looks, less-than-bleeding-edge...
Apple sued again by firm that just snatched $529 million from them
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 16:31
Just days ago, Apple found itself on the losing end of a lawsuit. The $529 million judgement came to the chagrin of many, but not because Apple had done anything overtly wrong.The ruling was in favor of Smartflash LLC, o...
Meizu teases its Ubuntu-powered MX4 for MWC 2015
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 13:30
We knew that Ubuntu Phones were coming from Spain's bq and China's Meizu, so the only question really was "when?". With bq revealing the Aquaris E4.5 early this month, it was only a matter of time before others followed ...
UK motorists can contest speeding tickets online from March
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 12:58
In a bid to free up the time that police and prosecutors spend dealing with low level traffic offenses like speeding, the government has decided it's time to utilise the internet. The Ministry of Justice announced today ...
TokyoFlash Kisai RPM Watch Review - a minimalist LED watch
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 06:54
Japan is famous for its minimalist approach to style. The Japanese design team TokyoFlash is behind some of the most unique watch designs on the market. They don't look like ordinary watches. The RPM is TokyoFlash's late...
Scientists puzzled by 'bright spots' on surface of dwarf planet Ceres
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 02:59
As NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, researchers aren't sure what's causing the "bright spots" on its surface. The imaging orbiter snapped the above picture from 29,000 miles (46,000 ...
Da Vinci Auto Coach is an inspiration from the master
Coolest Gadgets - 27 Feb 2015 02:34
Everyone knows of Leonardo da Vinci – the brilliant thinker who has come up with a whole lot of ideas and actual products that work, not to mention being a true master with the brush as arguably his most famous work, t...
The Pointie is a marker that means serious business
Coolest Gadgets - 27 Feb 2015 21:30
Let's be honest with ourselves for a moment. There are times when our inner pacifist, who wants love and peace for the world, goes flying out the window. This is normally when we're in a situation that is fight or flight...
Google's Crazy New Campus Will Be Covered In Giant Canopied Domes
Gizmodo - 27 Feb 2015 21:00
Apple is building a spaceship. Nvidia will work inside alien polygons . Amazon has its orbs . Soon, Google might have an crazy new headquarters of its own: A series of giant, transparent canopied buildings filled with op...
The Latest Fukushima Leak Was Unreported for Almost a Year
Gizmodo - 27 Feb 2015 19:40
More reports, more mystery leaks, more questions about the complexity of cleaning up a broken nuclear plant.
Lost Sonic X-Treme game is playable after 20 years
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 16:10
Nothing goes better with 1990's video game nostalgia than Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog. Some die-hard fans have found a Sonic game that has been lost to the world for the past twenty years. They found a way to play Sonic X-...
Amazon patent outlines plans for 3D printers inside delivery trucks
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2015 13:10
Amazon is very serious about getting the items that customers purchase on the website into their hands as fast as possible. The faster items get to the customers, the more people are likely to buy from the online giant. ...
Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all
Engadget - 27 Feb 2015 11:09
Well that was fast. Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision. After coming under fire over the ...