For most of us, lighthouses are synonymous with trips to the shore. But for seafarers, lighthouses have represented a vital symbol of safe passage for centuries. In fact, they go back to 280 BC, when the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria was built—though lighthouses of the ancient world looked more like battlements than the candy-striped variety we know today.
Nike's Roving Laser Bus Created Soccer Fields Out of Thin Air
When you're a kid, all you need is a handful of backpacks and crumpled up coats to turn an empty playground into a soccer field. But to promote its new soccer shoes designed for street use, Nike worked with ad agency DoubleYou in Madrid, Spain, to come up with a better way to create an instant soccer field by
Reclaim Your Privacy With Glowing Glasses That Foil Facial Recognition
In a time when it seems like the privacy we all enjoyed was just a smokescreen, it's nice to know there's at least one way to fight back against all the systems designed to keep track of our comings and goings. Developed by Japan's National Institute of Informatics, these glasses include eleven LEDs that blast a…
Bloomberg: Qualcomm Chips Are Headed For Microsoft's Surface RT
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is planning to give its Surface RT tablet an overhaul using chips from Qualcomm.
A Disturbed John McAfee Teaches You to Uninstall His Software (NSFW)
John McAfee is one weird guy, and this video only serves to bolster that reputation. Uploaded to YouTube last night, it's a hilarious—and entirely NSFW—video which sees the man himself teach you how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks: This Thing Has a Face-Melting GPU
While most high-end Android phones currently sport Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600, there's another chip announced earlier this year waiting to hit the scene: the Snapdragon 800
This Watch Will Tell You If You're Too Drunk to Drive
Drunk driving is obviously super dumb, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell what kind of effect a beer has had on your body. Fortunately, Tokyoflash's latest watch straps a breathalyzer to your wrist so you can keep a check on things.
Ten international privacy authorities—spanning Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Israel and more—have sent a letter to Google asking for it to address privacy concerns over Glass. A letter; yeah, that'll work.
