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Next Year There Might be Powermat Phones That Charge Wirelessly Without Cases

True, you can charge some phones now without buying a special inductive-charging case (via their swappable batteries), but Powermat wants to work with manufacturers to put the technology into phones from the get-go. https://gizmodo.com/powermat-throws-out-the-cases-with-new-swappable-batter-5441465 Speaking to TechRadar, the Powermat spokesperson said it “is a complex process,” as “each phone has different charging needs so the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Use an iPhone as a Color Palette and an iPad as the Canvas With the Remote Palette App

Sure, there are plenty of painting apps for iOS already, but Remote Palette has a neat twist—it connects an iPad and iPhone so the iPad can be used as a canvas, and the iPhone as the color palette. The video above will be pretty awkward for anyone who’s not seen this video from 1982 of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Japanese Scientists Teach World’s Creepiest Robot to Sing

Meet HRP-4C, a singing “divabot” who mimics human singers’ facial expressions and breath patterns. What a beautiful song she’s singing! We can’t wait to hear it again, in the nightmares we will have about her and her creepy corpse eyes.

Tech News Max Read

One City’s Police Force is Tweeting Every Incident for 24 Hours

Twitter’s often used for passive-aggressive means, but a British police department is taking on the government in a 24hour-long display of how overworked they really are, by tweeting every single call they receive. 6hours in, that’s over 700 potential crimes. The Greater Manchester Police started tweeting from 5am GMT (12am EST) today, using three Twitter…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sprint Boost Customers Will Be Rewarded Every Six Months With Cheaper Bills

Good news for Sprint Boost Mobile customers—every six months, the network will reduce the monthly price of the contract by $5. That means anyone on a $50 contract could end up paying just $35 a month after 18 months. [Bloomberg] UPDATE: Apologies, there are no contracts with Sprint Boost, just a rolling pre-paid service.

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What Happens When Water is Dropped Onto Water-Repelling Carbon Nanotubes?

Even though not all of you will understand what “superhydrophobic carbon nanotubes” actually are, everyone will appreciate this video of water droplets shot at varying frame-rate speeds of up to 3,500fps. Except for Martians, perhaps. Several water droplets were filmed in super slo-mo, as they dropped onto a “superhydrophobic” (massively water-repelling) arrangement of carbon nanotube…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony’s NEX Cameras Now Support Auto Focus When Using A-Mount Lenses

The brilliant thing about Sony’s NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras is that they’re compatible with the company’s A-mount lenses (when using the $200 LA-EA1 Mount Adaptor). Thanks to a firmware update, there’s now AF support when using these lenses, plus users can customize the soft-key settings and maintain the aperture settings when recording video. [Sony] https://gizmodo.com/sony-nex-3-and-nex-5-cameras-receive-firmware-update-fo-5577116…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Limited Edition HDJ-1000 Headphones Get Fine-Tuned and Painted Gold by Pioneer

Big, brash and gold—I’d say these limited edition HDJ-1000s are the polar opposite of those understated Aiaiai headphones I reviewed, but I think we’ve all seen a pair of Dr Dre’s Beats Pro to know that’s untrue. https://gizmodo.com/aiaiai-tma-1-headphones-lightning-review-high-on-bass-5623686 First made available in 2008, Pioneer’s not just painted the HDJ-1000s in gold and called it a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds Video Camera Won’t Cost “That” Much After All

I say “won’t cost that much” because the Japanese price of the AG-AF100 converted to just under $10,000, which is a heck of a lot more than what it’ll really cost in the States when it goes on sale December 27th: $4,995. https://gizmodo.com/panasonics-compact-interchangeable-video-camera-will-co-5636422 It’s the first mirrorless camcorder that can use interchangeable lenses, so if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What Is This?

Believe it or not, this is the Moon. Zoom out for the complete image and the explanation. Aaron Meyers took NASA’s topographical LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) map of the Moon and, instead of assigning a pixel to each data point, he assigned a bubbly frame from the animated GIF on the left, created by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Robot Punches Humans In Order To Learn Asimov’s Rules

Powerful robots must know their limits to avoid injuring humans—and the only way to learn is from experience. Isaac Asimov would probably have been horrified at the experiments under way in a robotics lab in Slovenia. There, a powerful robot has been hitting people over and over again in a bid to induce anything from…

Tech News Paul Marks - NewScientist

Most Massive Galaxy Cluster Ever Discovered Seven Billion Light-Years Away

A monstrously huge cluster of galaxies lurks 7 billion light-years away. The cluster weighs in around 800 trillion suns and holds hundreds of galaxies, making it the most massive galaxy cluster ever found at such a great distance. Despite its tremendous bulk, the cluster was hidden until astronomers looked for the distortions it created in…

Space & Spaceflight Lisa Grossman - Wired

The School from the Beginning of Serenity Actually Exists in Indonesia

Sunlight. A tropical breeze blowing across your hands as you take down notes. The Green School is a far cry from the windowless, prison-like schools that I attended growing up. I bet this school churns out creative, telepathic geniuses. The Green School, which stretches across the Ayung River in Bali, is built of bamboo, a…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

A Brief Illustrated History of the iPod

It’s been about nine years since we were first introduced to the iPod. Over those years the little Apple gadget has grown more powerful, gained some siblings, and become a household name. Here’s an overview of how this all happened. Image provided by vps

Tech News Rosa Golijan

McDonald’s Happy Meal Experiment Reply: Our Burgers Get Mold Too!

McDonald’s has replied to the incorruptible Happy Meal experiment. Somewhere, a team of clown black ops are getting ready to kill us all. The short answer: Our burgers get mold too—under the right humidity conditions! The long answer: https://gizmodo.com/video-six-months-of-the-everlasting-happy-meal-5662271 It’s hard to believe that a burger sitting on a living room in New York for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The World’s First 3D Printed Frisbee is Swank Enough for P. Diddy

If your regular old Frisbee just isn’t doing it for you anymore and you’ve got a spare $215 lying around, consider the uber-customizable FrisMe. You can choose its size and shape, or add your initials and a cool “texture”. If you have access to a 3D printer, you can download the file for your FrisMe…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Did You Mean Battleship?

Hey, look at that! It’s Google being funny in a print ad. This AdWords ad was originally spotted in Turkey, and wins my heart with one excellent visual pun. Fun fact: searching for battlesheep will get you over 15,000 results, with no alternate suggestions. Rightly so! If only all mistyped queries resulted in this much…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Is Anyone Tougher Than Farty Man?

Apple’s App Store only provided a vague description, a mysterious screenshot, and a 99 cent price tag for an app called Are You Tougher Than Farty Man. Naturally this meant that I had to try it. [iTunes—Thanks, Zinger314!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Watch Conan O’Brien Drive A Car Filled With High-Grade Explosives Off A Cliff

This video contains high-grade explosives, illegal fireworks, gallons of gasoline, pounds of unpopped popcorn, a chamber orchestra, and a knocked out stunt double. I’d say Conan O’Brien has successfully proven he’s a complete badass while promoting his new show.

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Jon Favreau’s spooky encounter in the middle of the desert

Iron Man director Jon Favreau stars in The Big Empty, in which he gets hired to make a delivery — and winds up out in the middle of the desert, where 27 people in blue tracksuits have a strange mission. Warning: Video is quite spoilery. 2003’s The Big Empty is mostly a sort of kooky…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Next Year There Might be Powermat Phones That Charge Wirelessly Without Cases

Use an iPhone as a Color Palette and an iPad as the Canvas With the Remote Palette App

Japanese Scientists Teach World’s Creepiest Robot to Sing

One City’s Police Force is Tweeting Every Incident for 24 Hours

Sprint Boost Customers Will Be Rewarded Every Six Months With Cheaper Bills

What Happens When Water is Dropped Onto Water-Repelling Carbon Nanotubes?

Sony’s NEX Cameras Now Support Auto Focus When Using A-Mount Lenses

Limited Edition HDJ-1000 Headphones Get Fine-Tuned and Painted Gold by Pioneer

Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds Video Camera Won’t Cost “That” Much After All

What Is This?

Robot Punches Humans In Order To Learn Asimov’s Rules

Most Massive Galaxy Cluster Ever Discovered Seven Billion Light-Years Away

The School from the Beginning of Serenity Actually Exists in Indonesia

A Brief Illustrated History of the iPod

McDonald’s Happy Meal Experiment Reply: Our Burgers Get Mold Too!

The World’s First 3D Printed Frisbee is Swank Enough for P. Diddy

Did You Mean Battleship?

Is Anyone Tougher Than Farty Man?

Watch Conan O’Brien Drive A Car Filled With High-Grade Explosives Off A Cliff

Jon Favreau’s spooky encounter in the middle of the desert

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