Ashley Feinberg

Shopster: Make Return Grocery Trips a Thing of the Past

Almost everyone’s been there at some point or another: after lugging armfuls of newly purchased groceries home, you put everything away only to realize you’ve forgotten the one item you actually needed. A minor problem, maybe, but near-infuriating, nonetheless. Fortunately, Shopster can help. What does it do? With the help of geotracking, Shopster takes note…

Future AT&T Galaxy S4 owners will shell out $250 or $200 for their respective models—with two-year contract, of course.

The Very First Picture of Earth Beamed From Outer Space

What with today’s fancy Doppler radars and forecast graphics and fear mongering, it’s refreshing to get a glimpse of the relative simplicity in man’s very first attempt at remotely monitoring the shifts in Earth’s climate. After capturing the above images on April 1, 1960, TIROS-1 (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) only stayed in operation for 78…

What Was the First Cellphone You Ever Owned?

As of today, shocking as it may be, we as a species have been desperately clutching cell phones like our lives depended on it for the past 40 years. And it’s hard not to get a little nostalgic. Because regardless of whether your first handset was a massive grey brick from the 80s, a black,…

TripWhat: All the Travel Data You Need Sucked Into One Little App

Traveling, even when its meant to relax, can be an immensely overwhelming experience. And sifting through the endless sea of apps supposedly meant to “ease” the process doesn’t exactly help the situation. TripWhat, however, takes those apps you already know and love and combines them to make one, comprehensive conglomerate of an app that takes…

Google Drive’s shared folders just got a lovely UI update that even lets you preview and flip through content.

Please, please don’t let this golf cart hovercraft be an April Fool’s joke. We need this—nay, America needs this.

Multiple-Display Software Follows Your Gaze to Keep You Focused

These days, multiple monitors are becoming the norm instead of the exception. And with most interfaces designed to capture your attention—everywhere and at all costs—the constant barrage of blinking windows, beeping notifications, and bouncing icons can be distracting if not entirely overwhelming. New Windows software, Diff Displays, wants to fix this by making sure you’re…

Would You Accept A One-Way Trip to a Colony on Mars?

Now that nuclear-thermal rockets are becoming a reality, we may very well be shipping off the first human pioneers to Mars (both safely and efficiently) in the not-too-distant future. This, of course, leaves the question of exactly who will become the first generation of Martian-Earthlings. The prospect of actually being a founder of a colony…

This Is How the FTC Wants Us to Save Ourselves From Obnoxious Robocalls

Way back in October, the Federal Trade Commission admitted impotence against the ever-tenacious robocall and essentially begged the nation to find some way to make the madness stop. With a cool $50,000 tossed in to sweeten the deal, two winners have, at last, surfaced: meet Nomorobo and the decidedly less catchy “Robocall Filtering System and…

Our Favorite Soundbars, Streaming Boxes, Stoves, and More

Winter’s slowly winding down, and no doubt, the warm weather is beginning to beckon, what with the birds and the sunshine and the joyful frolicking and whatnot. And we’d be out there enjoying it, too… if this past month hadn’t given us a whole slew of gadgets to stay inside drooling over. Ah well—the sun…

Feedly Reborn: The Best Google Reader Replacement Just Got Better

With the impending death of Google Reader, RSS fiends are scrambling to find a replacement platform. And options abound. Feedly knows this, and it wants to make your transition to the other side as painless as possible. Meet the revamped Feedly mobile app. https://gizmodo.com/10-google-reader-alternatives-that-will-ease-your-rss-p-5990540 What does it do? Feedly sucks up your RSS feeds from…

How 3D Printing Gave This Man His Life (and Face) Back

While doctors have experimented with 3D-printed prosthetics in the past, none has been quite as prominent or incredibly detailed as Eric Moger’s newest addition: a prosthetic, 3D-printed face. https://gizmodo.com/how-a-3d-printed-jaw-let-a-woman-eat-again-5882549 Four years ago, Eric underwent surgery to remove a tennis-ball-sized tumor in the left side of his face—along with almost the entire face itself. Left with…

CheapAir, French Girls, and More

Feeling lonely? For whatever reason, there was a whole slew of apps this week that get you connecting with others in mildly creepy ways. Whether its reminiscing about the past, seeing who’s around you and what they’re doing, or drawing total strangers for their enjoyment, there’s a friend out there waiting for you. Go get…

WideAngle, Tunable, and More

Looking for a way to organize your massive collection of selfies pictures of you and your friends? Trying to break into the music scene with the voice of an angel, more specifically a tone-deaf, 3-pack-a-day angel? Just want to get a feel for the world without ever putting on pants? This week’s offering of iPad…

Google Keep, Instructables, Sidewalk Buddy, and More

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you had no excuse for being unproductive this week. What with Google’s new note taking service coming out (and staying out), a coupon organizer in the palm of your hand, and easy to use instructions that can basically tell you how to do anything, any thing…

New Cyber Therapists Can Diagnose Depression Using Kinect

Going to a therapist in itself already makes a many people uncomfortable, but what if their wise and licensed confidant was actually just a fancy, upgraded Sim? Well, we may not have to wait too long to find out—a new computer program is already planning to be your depression-diagnosing assistant shrink. The program, cleverly named…

New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer to True Human Computers

The increasingly ambiguous divide between man and machine just got blurred that much more with Stanford’s recent announcement: scientists have successfully created the first truly biological transistor made entirely out of genetic material. Considering that transistors are essentially the foundation of modern electronics, it certainly seems fitting that genetically engineered versions of our very own…

What’s Your Least Favorite Emoji?

Earlier today we asked you, faithful Twitter followers, which emojis you most despised. Results varied widely. The happy piece of feces seemed to be the most divisive, as it appeared in many “least favorite” tweets but is, in fact, known to be used widely and with impunity. And many of you were even able to…

A Full, Offline Thesaurus in Your Pocket to Impress Anyone, Anywhere

Sure, there may already be a veritable cornucopia of dictionaries, thesauruses, and other word reference apps out there, but Thesaurus Rex is the thesaurus app to end all thesaurus apps. Packed with more information than you could ever hope to know and fast to boot, this will become the last word reference software you’ll need.…