Gadget News
You Can Now Buy Mattel's Awesomely Affordable Google-Powered VR Headset
Gizmodo - 5 Oct 2015 23:57
Virtual reality headsets are the future we were promised, but it's unclear if they'll just end up being toys for rich people. However, with a little help from Google, Mattel is resurrecting the classic View-Master for VR...
10 Green Arrow Comics Storylines That Would Make the TV Show Way More Awesome
Gizmodo - 5 Oct 2015 21:26
Arrow is coming back this week. Season three was polarizing to many fans, with its endless plot twists and its epic craziness--but we love plot twists and epic craziness. They're the very essence of comics! And in that s...
Razer Mamba Review (2015 edition)
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 01:02
Along the the Mamba TE and the DeathAdder (Chroma), the Mamba (2015 Edition) is one of the most advanced gaming mice in the world. This device works with a laser sensor, a max speed of 210 IPS, acceleration of 50G, and a...
Watch code and projections bring a paper sculpture to life
Engadget - 5 Oct 2015 08:58
Paper art doesn't have to be flat and lifeless... just ask Aristides Garcia. The artist recently created an interactive sculpture, Tesela, that uses a combination of 3D projection mapping and tesselation algorithms to ca...
Android Marshmallow Easter Egg is a pillowy flappy-droid
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 01:52
Android Lollipop's Easter Egg was a flappy-bird clone with a tiny Android in place of the flier - now he's back, in Marshmallow form. This new version of the flappy-droid game appears when a user heads to their Android 6...
The UpRight Posture Trainer - be the new you
Coolest Gadgets - 5 Oct 2015 22:30
It’s not until we see a candid photo of ourselves that we realize how bad our posture is. We try to make concerted efforts to straighten up for about three or four minutes, but then move back into our old, slouching wa...
Drug Companies May Not Be Able to Justify the Cost of Medicines
Gizmodo - 5 Oct 2015 18:00
In the US, drug prices for consumers are climbing. The average cost is up 11% from 2013 to 2014 -- that's a lot more than inflation. What's really behind that sky-high pricetag?
Virtual reality for mice teaches scientists about navigation
Engadget - 5 Oct 2015 05:10
Virtual reality isn't just helping scientists understand and treat fellow humans -- it's helping them make sense of their four-legged friends, too. Researchers have built a virtual maze that convinces mice they're runnin...
Easy-to-make mini brains will help medical research
Engadget - 5 Oct 2015 03:38
If you want to study the effects of drugs or transplants on the brain without operating on the real thing, you typically have to break out some microelectronics and build a model yourself. Not exactly convenient or cheap...
My New Favorite Instagram Is Full of the Saddest Places on Earth
Gizmodo - 6 Oct 2015 01:50
Nothing soothes an aching soul like a little ennui with a dash of dark humor. That's exactly what @sadtopographies, my new favorite Instagram account, does best. It's literally just screenshots of the saddest places on E...
BioCarbon Engineering wants to plant trees with drones
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 01:45
Humans mow down forests far faster than they can replant them, and it has drastic effects on our planet -- both present and future. Planting trees by hand is the slowest way to go about replacing the trees, but it is oft...
Windows 10 Hardware Event Rumor Roundup: This Is Microsoft's Next Generation
Gizmodo - 6 Oct 2015 01:23
Think of all the hardware Microsoft makes that's not a peripheral. What you're thinking is probably getting some kind of update on Tuesday . That includes the wonderful Surface Pro laptop/tablet, but also the Microsoft B...
Land Rover Defender pedal car aims at the young
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 01:20
Over the years we have some very cool SUVs come from Land Rover with some aiming at the luxury set and others at the hard core off-road crew. The Land Rover Defender is one of the most capable off-roaders on the planet a...
Adobe's 'core' design apps are now all touch-friendly on Windows
Engadget - 6 Oct 2015 01:13
When the Surface Pro 3 was announced last spring, Adobe revealed that it was working on touch-friendly versions of its design apps for Windows. At today's Max event, the company announced that its collection "core" apps ...
NASA's Curiosity takes photo of future stomping grounds
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 01:10
NASA's Curiosity rover is still puttering around the Red Planet, drilling small holes and taking pictures and giving its human operators better insight into humanity's future home away from home. Over the weekend, the sp...
The 7 dark original stories that inspired 7 popular Disney movies
Gizmodo - 6 Oct 2015 00:48
Disney movies almost always have happy endings but in order to get to the living happily ever after part, some pretty dark things usually have to happen. But they're not as dark as the original stories the movies are bas...
Mazda MX-5 RS is for Japanese buyers only
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 00:47
Mazda has pulled the wraps off a new limited edition MX-5 called the MX-5 RS. This car will only be offered in Japan and it has a lot of the cool stuff that the enthusiast would want in a lightweight track day scalpel ai...
Department of Justice plans to crack down on counterfeits sold online
Engadget - 6 Oct 2015 00:44
These days, people are resorting to the internet for most of their shopping. Who can blame them; the experience is far more convenient, and often cheaper, than going to traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores. One of ...
Cheap Down Insulation, Sleeping Bags Explained, Lightest Bow Ever: What's New Outside
Gizmodo - 6 Oct 2015 00:31
Want to have a warmer winter? Now's the time to save on down jackets and learn about cold weather sleeping bags. PSE just released the lightest compound bow ever and new watches from Suunto bring effective satellite navi...
How Blue Whales Are Able to Maintain Their Monstrous Size
Gizmodo - 6 Oct 2015 00:30
Marine biologists have long thought that blue whales indiscriminately scour the oceans as they feed on krill. A new study shows there's a lot more to the grazing habits of these massive mammals than just blindly swimming...
Russia orders Google to loosen its Android policies by November 18th
Engadget - 6 Oct 2015 00:28
Russia is convinced that Google's policies on pre-installed Android apps are anti-competitive, and it's now drawing a line in the sand. The country's regulators have ordered Google to remove restrictions on bundled third...
CBS scores unnamed Tina Fey comedy TV series
Slash Gear - 6 Oct 2015 00:18
NBC may have turned its back on Tiny Fey's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", but that series proved popular regardless, and now CBS has decided to get in on the action. The network has scored a comedy television show project ...