International Space Station beams a video back to Earth using lasers (video)
In April, NASA sent special equipment to the ISS that'll be able to
test if laser beams can effectively transmit large amounts of data from
space. Sounds like the project (called Optical Payload for Lasercomm
Science) is going well thus far, because... Read More ...
New film makes shatterproof phone screens a practical possibility
Sure, the screen on your smartphone is likely scratch-resistant, but it
still won't survive a drop to the sidewalk. However, that could all
change if University of Akron scientists get their shatterproof
touchscreen film into shipping hardware.... Read More ...
Weekends with Engadget: Apple's developer conference, LG G3 review and more!
This week, we watched Apple announce iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, reviewed
the LG G3, gave Cortana a psych eval and investigated the reality of
life with autonomous cars. Read on for Engadget's news highlights from
the last seven days. Oh, and be sure to... Read More ...
IRL: Choosing the Nexus 5 over the Moto X (and the Galaxy Note, too)
I enjoyed using the Nexus 4 during my time with it last summer, but its
short battery life, glass back and quirky camera behavior made it tough
to truly love. The Nexus 5 is theoretically a different beast: it
addresses all those flaws while... Read More ...
Format Wars: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD
The format war. Over the last few decades it has played out across
various forms of tech -- AC vs. DC, VHS vs. Beta -- usually with fierce
battle lines drawn and millions, or even billions, of dollars at stake.
Recently, none has burned so brightly... Read More ...
Galaxy K Zoom review: Samsung's best cameraphone yet
Samsung is on a mission to build the perfect cameraphone. Low-quality
fixed lenses and tiny smartphone sensors are clearly insufficient for
photography enthusiasts, but while you always bring your phone to
parties, sporting events and trips to the... Read More ...
Alan Moore's Electricomics promises to reinvent the medium, but not too much
If you've seen V for Vendetta, Watchmen or even The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen, you've encountered the work of Alan Moore. He's
one of the comic industry's most prolific and influential authors, and
now he's trying to take the medium into the... Read More ...
Korean protester spreads democracy's message by balloon and flashdrive
As funny as the idea of a video game starring Kim Jong Un might be, how
North Korea treats its people isn't exactly a laughing matter. As a
child of officials who were part of the North Korea's Workers Party,
Park Sang Hak didn't have much to worry... Read More ...
Apple reportedly snaps up social maps app Spotsetter
Last year, Apple bought a string of companies in an effort to better
its rather unpopular Maps app, and it looks like Cupertino isn't quite
done yet. According to TechCrunch, the company has also snapped up
social maps app Spotsetter in a deal that's... Read More ...
Razer's CEO is sorry for 'screwing up on anticipating demand,' wants to do better
If you pre-ordered Razer's new 14-inch Blade laptop the day it was
announced, there's a good chance you still don't have it. Frustrated?
Don't worry -- your voice has already been heard; Razer CEO Min-Liang
Tan says he's sorry. "We suck at this," he... Read More ...
Hubble's latest deep field imagery is the most colorful picture of the universe we've ever taken
Want to feel amazed, isolated and inspired all a the same time? Look to
the stars. Form here on Earth, space seems like and endless empty void
-- but anybody familiar with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope know things
look a bit more lively from orbit.... Read More ...
IBM's Watt-sun: great at solar forecasts, useless at Jeopardy
Pop quiz: if you worked on a research project at IBM that dealt with
chewing on large amounts of data to predict how efficient solar power
arrays could be, what would you call it? If you said "Watt-sun," you'd
be on a roll. Tongues may have been... Read More ...
Engadget Daily: life with self-driving cars, the world's largest video game collection and more!
Today, we investigate the pros and cons of self-driving cars, uncover
some of the most intriguing devices from Computex 2014, celebrate
Tetris' 30th birthday and learn about the world's largest video game
collection. Read on for Engadget's news... Read More ...
AT&T's prepaid GoPhone service now gets your tablet online
AT&T may want to think twice about the name for its prepaid
GoPhone service -- it's not just for phones anymore. You can now bring
your own tablet to the no-contract offering, with pricing similar to
what we've seen on the carrier before. Spending... Read More ...
This cover of the 'Game of Thrones' theme was made with an NESkeytar
Enjoy this for what it is: a bitchin' chiptune cover of the theme song
to the nerdgasm, soft porn fantasy-fest that is HBO's Game of Thrones.
And, yes that is a "keytar" with a Nintendo Entertainment System
attached that YouTuber Theremin Hero is... Read More ...
Your next Uber ride could be 20 percent cheaper
Who would've though that an app that flags down roving towncars would
blow up as dramatically as it has? Apparently every venture capitalist
worth their salt. Uber revealed earlier this afternoon that it just
raised a staggering $1.2 billion in... Read More ...
Google and the accidental mystery of Webdriver Torso
A series of 11-second videos have been driving the internet crazy.
There are over 80,000 of them, and all they show are a series of blue
and red rectangles moving around on screen in seemingly random
directions. The soundtrack is equally obtuse,... Read More ...
Hangouts' web chat now lets you sketch messages
Ever threatened to draw someone a picture because they didn't
understand you in an online chat? It's now easy to act on that threat.
Google has started rolling out an update to Hangouts' web interface that
lets you sketch your ideas. If you have... Read More ...
HP's Leap Motion keyboard to be sold separately for $99
The Leap Motion controller is currently present in three forms: a
$74.99 standalone dongle, inside the special edition HP Envy 17 laptop
and inside an HP keyboard. The dongle -- with almost half a million
units sold since launch -- and the keyboard... Read More ...
Latest rumors have Apple's wearable launching in October
If you've been waiting for Apple's long-fabled wearable to make an
appearance, you now have a time frame to (tentatively) mark on your
calendar. Both Nikkei and Recode hear that the device is currently
slated to arrive in October. Technical details... Read More ...
Computex 2014 wrap-up: Intel and co. usher in the future of computing
For the last few years, we've travelled to Computex in Taiwan to see
the latest flock of Ultrabooks, with the latest and greatest models
providing the biggest news of the show. This year, though, the highlight
of the show wasn't one particularly... Read More ...
After 54 years as vaporware, the web's oldest ancestor is released
In 1960 Ted Nelson, the man who coined the term "hypertext", began work
on his magnum opus -- Xanadu. In late April, after 54 years of
development, the complex document builder and viewer was finally
released with little to no fanfare at a Chapman... Read More ...
Did the moon spin off from another planet? German scientists say 'yes'
There are many wacky theories about how the moon was formed, including
one that suggests it's actually a huge, dormant spacecraft. Of the
several, slightly more scientific hypotheses, the leading one argues the
moon was spun from the debris a... Read More ...
Here's the world's 'most powerful and lightest' 13-inch gaming laptop
Following the impressive Razer Blade we reviewed last month, Gigabyte
also wants a piece of the portable gaming laptop action with its new
Aorus X3 line, a sub-14-inch Windows 8.1 device that claims to be the
world's "most powerful and lightest" in... Read More ...
Acer CEO: Better to make an imperfect smartwatch than none at all
Acer is in trouble, but that's not Jason Chen's fault. The CEO, who's
only been on the job five months, inherited an organization besieged by a
shrinking PC market and record losses. So how is he doing? Too soon to
say, really, but there are signs... Read More ...
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