Gadget News

Facebook's getting bigger on nostalgia these days, now that it's got several years of our lives stored up in its digital vaults. But if you'd rather live in the present and make a clean break with the past--or just one p...

We're still a few months away from the anticipated, or dreaded, date, though not the far from WWDC, so naturally we're seeing near final speculation on how the iPhone 7 will look like, both inside and out. Most of the in...

One of the coolest features that the iPhone and other smartphones have gained in recent years is the ability to unlock the devices with a fingerprint rather than a passcode. A report claims that Apple is looking to make ...

Say goodbye to your boring session in the gym and get your sweat on anytime and anywhere with the DoubleFlex Total Body Portable Gym. SpiraFlex technology, which was developed by NASA for astronauts on the International ...

Everyone loves fireworks, it's beautiful to see explosions of light and sound in the air for a festive occasion. A company called Star-ALE wants to take fireworks to the next level. Rather than shooting fireworks into th...

Augmented reality and virtual reality are hip and cool right now, mostly because they are relatively new to consumers and present a lot of wonderful possibilities. But like any technology, the computers and the Internet,...

While Apple's next iPhone seems to show little potential for great change, Google announces Android software integration with one of their most forward-thinking projects ever: Tango. Apple has built a massive consumer fo...

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The Light Rider is an electric motorbike that weighs just 77 pounds and has a frame like an alien skeleton. Its creator, Airbus subsidiary APWorks, crafted the bike with 3D printing -- but it's not plastic. The hollow fr...

Modular smartphone integrates "core smartphone functions" into the body.

Coin, a four-year-old company that has developed technology for making mobile payments, was acquired by Fitbit this week. The acquisition will give Fitbit access to Coin's intellectual property pertaining to its wearable...

Hey hey there Public Access members, fans and readers! Last week, there was no Public Access Weekly post because I was taking a vacation and for the first time ever, I did not bring a computer along (which felt very stra...

When you release the "next big thing" in your particular corner of the market, a company relies on a few things to ensure its success. One key component is making sure that the product delivers on all of its promises. An...

The catastrophic collapse of Washington State's Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 launched intensive research into the aerodynamics of bridge design. Now a team of South Korean scientists have identified a geometric structur...

A new leak suggests Olympus' anticipated Stylus TG-Tracker action camera will be officially launched next month, and that it will offer 4K video recording, waterproof construction, and more. The spec details follow a lea...

Three hundred miles above of the Arctic Circle is America's northern most snow observatory, typically the last place in the nation to see its snow melt. As of today, its snow has melted, setting a new (and terrible) reco...

Big companies have always supported startups to do the nimble and risky innovating they could not, even building their own investment arms to directly fund them. But sometimes those startups are founded by ex-employees o...

If you've been considering the idea of purchasing real estate, this map of "Million Dollar Listings" in the US's priciest cities will make you want to roll up into the fetal position and bawl your eyes out.

Five years of Department of Homeland Security audits have revealed, to the surprise of few and the dismay of all, that the TSA is as great at cybersecurity as it is at customer service. The final report from the DHS Offi...

The word Airbus probably brings to mind an image of a hefty airplane that flies you around the world. But this time around, Airbus has made a decidedly different kind of vehicle: a 3D printed motorcycle that looks like s...

Google's making it a bit easier to channel your inner scientist via it new app Google Science Journal. Available now, the Android app puts a research lab in your pocket (or wherever you keep your phone), making it possib...

With Episode VIII a year and a half away, leaks and spoilers are all we're going to hear about for awhile. Naturally, that leads to a lot of fake nonsense floating around the internet in an attempt to capture the avid at...