Unmanned cargo chopper shows off its search-and-rescue talents
For
three years between 2011 and 2014, the unmanned Kamen K-Max 1200
helicopter delivered more than 4.5 million tons of supplies to the most
dangerous and far-flung US Forward Operating Bases throughout
Afghanistan. It followed that feat up in 2014 b... Read More ...
Lenovo's super-light LaVie Z laptop is now available
If
you've been jonesing for a featherweight laptop but feel that Apple's
MacBook rubs you the wrong way, you're in luck: as promised, Lenovo is
now selling the LaVie Z and LaVie Z 360 in the US. Both 13-inch systems
largely resemble what you saw in J... Read More ...
Schwing! 'SNL' app adds AirPlay and Android support
Since
it launched in February I've been a pretty big fan of the Saturday
Night Live app, and the latest update should make it quite a bit better.
Now there's native iPad support (hooray!) in addition to it being
available on Android devices. NBC's al... Read More ...
You can build Microsoft's Kinect-powered holodeck at home
Got
a Kinect, a projector and a knack for code? If so, you can create a
Star Trek-like holodeck in your living room. Microsoft has released the
RoomAlive Toolkit, a software framework that lets you string together
Kinect motion trackers to create int... Read More ...
Instagram takes a serious look at how people use emojis
Emojis
are starting to flood Instagram, and the website's engineers are on a
quest to sort out how people are using the yellow-faced emoticons.
Apparently, their popularity skyrocketed after Apple released the iOS
emoji keyboard and Android got nativ... Read More ...
Microsoft: Media Center Edition won't make it into Windows 10
Rumors
Microsoft would dump its Media Center feature have plagued the project
for years -- in 2007 we worried if it still had a future, after it was
largely pushed aside in Windows Vista -- and the company confirmed to
ZDNet this week that with the l... Read More ...
Build 2015: With Windows 10, Microsoft is no longer a follower
Referencing
former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's infamous "developers!" chant is
practically a cliché nowadays, but it felt like the silent refrain
throughout the company's entire Build conference this week. In the
run-up to Windows 10, Microsoft wan... Read More ...
These are the coolest cars you'll never drive
Our
ability to drive innovation through creative visualization has helped
us explore the reaches of space, put powerful computers into our pockets
and design some bad-ass car concepts. There's always been a seed of
futurism in automobiles: Manufactur... Read More ...
Recommended Reading: Can Apple avoid a fate similar to IBM?
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New FAA system can track twice as many flights at once
Whoever
said "it's the journey, not the destination" obviously lived in a time
before air travel. But maybe, just maybe, the Department of
Transportation's implementation of the En Route Automation Modernization
(ERAM), the "backbone" of the NextGen ... Read More ...
Hungry, hungry black holes gobble up huge gas and dust donuts
According
to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, there's a breed
of supermassive black holes out there a lot more ravenous than usual.
Supermassive black holes are found in the middle of galaxies, measuring
millions to billions of tim... Read More ...
Nordstrom tests curbside pickups for online orders
Store
pickups give you the luxury of shopping online without waiting days for
deliveries, but there's still one big hassle involved: you have to,
y'know, enter the store. That won't be a problem if Nordstrom's latest
experiment pans out. Several of t... Read More ...
Control the 'GTA V' cellphone with an iPhone, Arduino and a hack
Grand
Theft Auto V has a few mobile apps of its own, but one enterprising
modder has taken the idea to its natural conclusion: an application that
lets you control the in-game cellphone with an iPhone. With the
application you can scroll through text... Read More ...
NASA's 10-engine electric UAV now flies as well as it hovers
NASA's
ten-engine UAV, dubbed the Greased Lightning (GL-10), recently showed
off a slick new trick in the skies over Hampton, Virginia. The drone,
which is under development by a team at the Langley Research Center, had
already passed its initial hov... Read More ...
To keep a Boeing Dreamliner flying, reboot once every 248 days
The
787 Dreamliner has been plagued with battery woes since its early days,
to the point where the Federal Aviation Administration kept it from
flying the skies in the past. And while those technical difficulties are
apparently taken care of, Boeing'... Read More ...
Sling TV targets Latino viewers with latest channel bundles
The
content programming spree for Sling TV continues today. Now, the
company has announced two $5 bundles intended for the Spanish-speaking
community in the US. Deportes Extra is one of them, featuring beIN
Sports en Español, beIN Sports (English), U... Read More ...
Warby Parker wants you to use your phone for eye exams (update)
Warby
Parker, the eyewear company that sends you frames to try on before you
make a purchase, has some lofty goals for the near future. In addition
to plans that'll almost double its current retail footprint, the
start-up has tech in the works that w... Read More ...
WikiLeaks opens its doors to whistleblowers (again)
After
almost five years of internal turmoil and allegations, WikiLeaks is
back in secret-sharing business. The site has re-launched a beta version
that is accepting anonymous files starting today. Even though Julian
Assange, the editor-in-chief of th... Read More ...
Cooking with Watson: Indian turmeric paella
'Cognitive
Cooking with Chef Watson' is a collaboration between IBM and the
Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. Once a week, as part
of an ongoing series, we'll be preparing one recipe from the book until
we've made all of them. Wish us... Read More ...
Facebook lets you choose what to share with 3rd party apps
For
ages, whenever you've wanted to use your Facebook credentials to log
into a third party app like Foursquare or Candy Crush, you've had to
give the app access to any and all data that FB has on you. There's
simply been no way of choosing what info... Read More ...
Microsoft helped me build a HoloLens app, and it was pretty easy
If
you had told me years ago that Microsoft would come out with a
futuristic augmented reality headset, I'd have said you were nuts. And
yet, a few months ago, it did exactly that. The headset is called
HoloLens, which, when worn, allows you to inter... Read More ...
Google+ opens a Twitter account
Yeah, we don't really get it either.... Read More ...
Alibaba posts job for 'open minded Lolita' encouragement specialist
Sometimes
companies post stuff then react to the backlash with a "just kidding."
Chinese internet company Alibaba says it was just kidding after it
posted, then pulled an incredibly sexist job opportunity for a
"Programmer Encouragement Specialist." ... Read More ...
New game from 'Banjo-Kazooie' team fully funded in 40 minutes
All
that the team at Playtonic Games had to say was, "It's a spiritual
successor to Banjo-Kazooie," and their project probably would have
reached its £175,000 funding goal on Kickstarter. But Playtonic -- a
studio composed of former Rare developers -... Read More ...
FBI dumps 5,000 redacted pages on its cellphone-tracking device
It's
no secret that local law enforcement offices around the US are using a
tool called Stingray to track cellphone locations without the approval
of a judge. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from
MuckRock's Alex Richardson, the FB... Read More ...
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