Styrofoam stands no chance against the Red Hot Nickel Ball
If you haven’t been following the adventures of the Red Hot Nickel Ball (RHNB) then you have been missing out on one of the better things on the internet. The premise of the…
View ArticleSony takes us on a hexacopter drone tour of Battleship Island
After the latest Bond film, Skyfall, came out the internet became briefly obsessed with Hashima Island. The tiny land mass off the coast of Japan was featured prominently in the film, serving as…
View ArticleFrankenstein console mod accepts 18 different types of game cartridges
If you’re a collector and have a plethora of gaming consoles sitting up in your attic or hiding away in your basement beneath mounds of the very cartridges they play, it’s most likely…
View ArticleGood vibrations — Tuning fork hitting water at 1600fps
Most people have seen a video of a single drop of water hit a puddle in slow motion, but have you ever seen a tuning fork hit that same puddle? More importantly, have…
View ArticleComputer program learns to play classic NES games
Readers of a certain age will recall spending a substantial amount of time during childhood playing games like Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Little did you know that all…
View ArticleNASA successfully tests asteroid tracking sensor
Earlier this year it seemed like the sky was finally falling as a space rock dropped out of the heavens and exploded over a remote Russian city. We also experienced a larger asteroid…
View ArticleMeasure your heart rate using a webcam and your forehead
Figuring out what your heart rate is only requires a finger placed on your neck or wrist, a watch, and the ability to count. But if that seems like too much effort there…
View ArticleBitcoin mining for fun and (maybe) profit
It’s been impossible to go on the internet or pickup a newspaper over the past few weeks and not read about Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has captured the interest of everyone from hedgefund managers…
View ArticleWindows 8.1 may bring back the Start Button
It looks like Microsoft may be having second thoughts about the decision to remove the Start Button from Windows 8. Rumblings today suggest that Windows 8.1 may re-introduced the beloved Button. For...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Explorer units shipping, specs and APIs revealed
Google is finally shipping Glass to those who signed up early. There was good news for everyone else: the specs and APIs are now public.
View ArticleActivision releases 24 Black Ops II: Uprising screenshots to celebrate launch
Activision has stated that Call of Duty: Black Ops II saw the largest day-one shipments in its and the game industry’s history (even though a pirate copy appeared a week before the launch).…
View ArticleIntel: Atom’s replacement will lead to $200 touch laptops
Intel’s Bay Trail chips are coming, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini is supremely confident that they’re going to spark a revolution in touch computing. He’s predicting that super-thin, touch-equipped...
View ArticleInsect nano-suit allows survival in a vacuum, may lead to flexible human...
If you’ve ever looked at high resolution close up images of insects, I’m talking at the nanometer level, chances are the insect died while it was being taken. That’s because in order to…
View Article5 great things about the HTC One
The HTC One is a titan among current smartphones, but what features make it really stand out?
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S4 will be available nearly everywhere starting April 24th
Samsung is about to do what no other smartphone manufacturer has ever done before, at in the US. Before the end of April, Samsung will have the Galaxy S4 available on seven different…
View ArticleNokia rumored to challenge the Galaxy Note with a Lumia phablet
It’s been rumored for some time that Nokia is working on a Windows tablet. Now there’s talk that the Finnish company will split the difference between that and its current Lumia line-up and…
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S4 Mini specs revealed
If you had any doubts that Samsung was going to ride the Galaxy branding while popularity was at its highest, the specs on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will set you straight. Samsung…
View ArticleMicrosoft reports 1 in 4 computers surf the web unprotected
You’d think that everyone using a computer today would run some kind of antimalware software. Apparently that’s not the case: almost one in four computers is surfing the web without proper security...
View ArticleNokia Catwalk pictures leak before it hits the runway
The Nokia Catwalk is coming, and perhaps sooner than you think. Pictures of the company’s sexy aluminum Lumia phone recently surfaced on the popular Chinese social networking site Sina Weibo. There...
View ArticleJailbreak-free pirate iOS App Store discovered operating in China
Apple retains tight control over what apps are allowed in its App Store, but you can bypass those restrictions by jailbreaking your device. However, in China a pirate App Store has been discovered…
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