The delightful (and dangerous) world of DIY kits
We
can't always work alongside a pro to see what makes things tick, and
that's where do-it-yourself projects come in handy. They're the
entertaining alternative to learning a new skill. In this week's Rewind,
we've tracked down a series of kits that ... Read More ...
Lumia phone leaks with a 1020-like camera hump
For
a while, rumors were circulating that Microsoft was working on McLaren
-- a successor to the Lumia 1020 with a giant camera and "3D touch"
gestures. It was supposedly cancelled, but a listing for a prototype on
Chinese auction site Taobao suggest... Read More ...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: interactive pajamas, Earth-sized force field and a fold-up camper
Each
week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green
developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.The holiday shopping season kicked off on Friday, and Inhabitat is here to help you get through the shopp...
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Put your Game Boy on the big screen with this HDMI adapter
There
are certainly ways to play classic Game Boy titles on modern TVs, but
many of them involve emulators. What if you have the real system in your
hands? That's where the crowdfunded Hdmyboy project might just save the
day. The project lets you mod... Read More ...
Mod turns your graphing calculator into a selfie camera
Your
graphing calculator may not be getting much use these days now that
other mobile devices can do the job, but it still has a few tricks up
its sleeve if you're willing to do some tinkering. Christopher
Mitchell's latest project, ArTICam, lets you... Read More ...
Ridesharing apps are erasing the value of taxi services
It's
no surprise that ridesharing outfits like Lyft and Uber are disrupting
the taxi business through lower pricing and technological advantages.
However, it's now clear that these app-based upstarts are also hitting
taxis where it really hurts: the ... Read More ...
DNA smeared on a rocket survives re-entry and tells of life's origins
Well,
would you look at that: scientists have discovered that DNA can make it
through the hellish ordeal of atmospheric re-entry after all. German
and Swiss researchers dotted a rocket's grooves and screw heads with
fragments of genetic blueprints to... Read More ...
Sony Pictures is worried that North Korea hacked its computers
If
you've been intrigued by the hack that took down Sony Pictures'
computers, you've probably wondered who the self-proclaimed culprits,
the "Guardians of Peace," might be. Are they disgruntled employees?
Social activists? According to Recode sources... Read More ...
Engadget's Cyber Monday 2014 roundup
So
you've finally recovered from Thanksgiving dinner, only to realize that
you missed out on some hot Black Friday deals. Are you stuck paying
full price for your gifts? Far from it -- a whole host of stores are
participating in Cyber Monday, a secon... Read More ...
TZOA is a wearable that tells you where to find clean air
Some
mornings, you wake up, walk outside and breathe in a hearty lungful of
dirty, smog-heavy air. It's almost tasteless, but it can still wreak
havoc on your respiratory conditions. What if you could avoid those
nasty, unseen pockets of nasty air? T... Read More ...
Tate museum reimagines works of art as Minecraft maps
When
we talk about the idea of video games as art, we typically mean as art
unto itself -- but what if a video game was a companion piece to an
existing piece of art? And what if that work was over 100 years old?
That's the idea behind Tate Worlds, a... Read More ...
European Union tells search sites how to handle your 'right to be forgotten'
When
the European Union first put the "right to be forgotten" into effect,
it didn't really give search sites much help. Should search listings
disappear simply because they're embarrassing? What if you're a notable
figure? At last, though, there are... Read More ...
Pizza Hut's eye-tracking menu knows what you want before you do
When
scanning a menu, are you justifying that Dame Blanche sundae in your
mind rather than actually choosing a dessert? Pizza Hut wants to help
you skip your super-ego middleman and just let your id order that
triple-cheese bacon pepperoni pie direct... Read More ...
Xbox's Japan chief resigns after bleak Xbox One sales
It's
no secret that the Xbox One has been far from a hit in the Land of the
Rising Sun, and now this is having its negative effects on the people in
charge. As reported by Famitsu, a Japanese publication which focuses on
video games, Head of Xbox Jap... Read More ...
Enter the tech-powered playground of the future
There
are playmats where you build the roads in seconds, a ballpit where the
balls are as big as you, and a drawing-board where your doodles come to
life. This is Team Lab's "Theme Park of the Future" .. but it isn't
really a theme park. It's an atte... Read More ...
Graphene stronger than kevlar when blasted with Mach 9 microbullets
Here's
another new use for graphene (that will probably never happen):
stopping bullets. University of Massachusetts-Amhers researchers have
found that everybody's favorite potential wonder-material vastly
outperforms steel and even kevlar armor. Tes... Read More ...
How Qualcomm aims to be everywhere -- not just phones
Qualcomm
already rules the mobile world -- now it wants to tackle all of the
other gadgets in your life. But none of this should be a surprise if
you've been paying attention. Its Snapdragon chips already power most
high-end smartphones, so it makes ... Read More ...
Europe will make Ariane rockets more competitive with SpaceX
No,
not "airline" rockets. Ariane rockets. According to The Wall Street
Journal, EU ministers are finally about to approve plans for a more
affordable version of the Ariane series -- the same family that launched
Rosetta back in 2004. What counts as ... Read More ...
What to get when you've got a gamer in your life
It's
that time of year again! You know, the one when you have to hand over
your hard-earned cash or dole out the credit card digits to get the
loved ones in your life a little something celebratory. Lucky you, we've
got a slew of great recommendation... Read More ...
OnePlus and Cyanogen on brink of breakup after India fight
Poor
OnePlus just can't take a break. Just as the company's busy taking care
of its Black Friday promotion, its store opening in Beijing and its
India launch with Amazon next week, a close partner decided to drop a
hurtful bomb. Cyanogen Inc., the ma... Read More ...
Sony was hiding its e-paper watch in plain sight all along
You
know those cartoons where the culprit was revealed to be Old Mr. Jones,
the Caretaker, all along? It turns out that Sony's been pulling the
same trick concerning Fashion Entertainments' e-paper watch. The story
goes that the company wanted to cre... Read More ...
Which compact cameras are worth buying?
Plenty
of people have switched to smartphones for their photography needs, but
that doesn't mean standalone cameras are dead just yet. Companies like
Fuji, Canon and Olympus continue to make great DSLRs and interchangeable
lens cameras for photograph... Read More ...
Jolla promises to give tablets cellular connection if it raises $2.5 million
When
Jolla launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the development of its
tablet, the company was only aiming to make $380,000. Somewhere along
the way -- say the moment it reached $1 million in pledges -- the people
behind Jolla probably realized tha... Read More ...
HP Stream 11 review: a $200 Windows laptop meant to be a Chromebook killer
It's
no secret that people like Chromebooks. That can't be good news for
Microsoft, which used to own the market for cheap computers. Not one to
take this sort of encroachment lying down, Microsoft came out with a
lower-cost version of Windows 8.1 th... Read More ...
Drinking a pint from an espresso-inspired beer tap
I'm
tired of walking into musty pubs and ordering pints that are bland,
poured incorrectly, or twice the price of the nearest off-licence. If I
weren't meeting friends, I'd be out the door faster than Road Runner. Of
course, more than a few social dr... Read More ...
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