Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an Alway-On Usenet Downloading Machine
One of the nice things about the Raspberry Pi is the that it doesn't require a lot of power to run. This means you can leave it on all day long without it putting a dent in your electricity bill. To...
View ArticleYes, you should care about Bitcoin, and here’s why
Bitcoin is a complex subject, but an important one. Whether it succeeds or fails, it represents a crucial experiment in using technology to turn our financial system upside-down, and it will have...
View ArticleFirst traces of particles linked to dark matter found aboard International...
All of the stars and planets and other visible matter in the universe only make up about five percent of its mass. Another 20 percent is thought to be mysterious dark matter and the remaining 75...
View ArticleDon't call it vaporware: Scientists use cloud of atoms as optical memory device
Talk about storing data in the cloud. Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have taken this to a...
View ArticleGood Times knows when you're concentrating, sets your phone to 'do not disturb'
There's a reason we cover technology instead of create it. When we see a pair of Necomimi ears we see a opportunity to embarrass a poor intern. (Thanks for being a good sport Daniel!) Ruggero...
View ArticleHow to Set Up Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service in Five Minutes with...
With so many services like iCloud and Dropbox getting hacked these days, it's no surprise that more people want to pull their data off the cloud. Instead of missing out on those great syncing features,...
View ArticleGrouPlay Lets Everyone Contribute to Your Party Playlist
Unless you're a professional DJ, chances are at some point you've had party guests over that get on your case for your taste in music. Everyone has their own preferences and no one wants to be left off...
View ArticlePETMAN robot struts and squats in hazmat attire
PETMAN, the creepily lifelike robot from Boston Dynamics, has made some remarkable strides in the last few years. Once nothing more than a headless walker with a penchant for push-ups, PETMAN has now...
View Article'Interactive Fish Tank' turns water into a capacitive touchscreen
"Interactive Fish Tank" is an installation that explores new, wet boundaries in touch-based interfaces. Developed in 2011 by Manuela Donoso and Crys Moore, Masters candidates at NYU's Interactive...
View Article'Facebook Home could change our brains'
Facebook is going to be in your face even more than before. The arrival of the ‘Facebook Phone’ and the eventual availability of the latest it has to offer on all Android platforms, means the current...
View ArticleTurning an Old Hard Disk Into a Candy Floss Machine
If you've ever watched someone make cotton candy being made at the carnival, you know it requires an incredibly fast motor to spin the machine and create the floss-like fibers of the candy. As it turns...
View Article3D printer produces synthetic tissue capable of transmitting signals like nerves
Scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make a synthetic tissue that could have a variety of applications — including the ability to transmit long-distance electric signals much like nerves....
View ArticleMeet the SandFlea, an 11 pound robot that can jump over buildings
May I present the SandFlea, a small robot built by BostonDynamics. It’s diminutive and it leaps over buildings. It’s in fact one of the coolest things I have seen in some time. According to the...
View ArticleThe Scale of the Universe
Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn the scale of things along the way! Continue reading >>> [Htwins]Esplora l'universo della schiuma quantistica fino...
View ArticleTeehan+Lax Labs Creates Hyperlapse Videos Using Just Google Maps Street View
Today, Teehan+Lax Labs unveiled a pretty amazing experiment that takes all of those flat Street View images from Google Maps and creates a hyperlapse videos out of it. What exactly is hyperlapse? It’s...
View ArticleBorn to die: how self-destructing electronics will transform medicine, war,...
Right now, electronics are built to last. Soon, however, their lifespan might be more fleeting — courtesy of burgeoning research into "transient electronics," or devices meant to serve a specific...
View ArticleBender Woodburning Stove is Pure, Unadulterated Awesomess
A fellow going by the name of Rob Halftroll built this incredible Bender woodburning stove out of some old gas bottles, tube steel and cylindrical bands of metal… you can figure out what went where by...
View ArticleWearable design, Misfit and the age of the glanceable UI
The designers at startup Misfit Wearables had a goal to make their wearable health gadget so beautiful that customers might keep it on even if it was completely broken. The company’s quarter-sized...
View ArticleMobile cloud sucks power grid harder than data centers
Think mobile devices are low-power? A study by the Center for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications—a joint effort between AT&T's Bell Labs and the University of Melbourne in Australia—finds that...
View ArticleReview: Antichamber is a mind-bending, four-dimensional journey
It's easy to write about games that can be compared to other games. "It's like Call of Duty, but in space," or "It's like Gran Turismo, but all the cars feel like they're made of styrofoam" or "It's...
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