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Panasonic Life+Screen Smart TV: Can A Smart TV Actually Be Useful?

Panasonic is working on a new kind of smart TV that seems, at least, slightly less grossly useless than the typical smart TV ends up being once you connect it to, oh, say, anything. It’s going to be in all the new Panasonic TVs this year. Apparently Life+Screen will throw you right into favorite channels…

You’ll want to visit the floating city in this stunning animated short

There are shades of Moebius and Hayao Miyazaki in Inbal Breda‘s wordless short film The Flight. Two girls leap and bound through the ruins of a magnificent floating city and learn something about their friendship in the process. The Flight is Breda’s graduation film from Bezalel Academy. She also made a film for her third…

Panasonic’s Latest Toughpad Almost Looks Downright Dainty

Panasonic’s Toughpad line-up has always been durable, but not exactly full of lookers. The 7-inch FZ-M1 may not be winning any beauty pageants, but it’s at least a little more sleek than what you’re used to. Details right now are scarce on the FZ-M1, but Panny’s claiming that it’s the thinnest, lightest rugged tablet on…

Channing Tatum and his wolf face will make or break Jupiter Ascending

A brand new photo from the Wachowskis’adventure Jupiter Ascending is one part dream spectacle and two parts insane prosthetic makeup. Here’s a supreme closeup of main character Channing Tatum in full wolf-warrior mode. And if you can’t swallow this look, there’s no hope for Jupiter Ascending. However… if anyone can pull it off, it’s Tatum.…

Suspicious USB Drive That Diverted Flight Was Actually a Perv Cam

American Airlines Flight 24 from JFK to SFO landed in Kansas City this weekend after a suspicious package found in the lavatory instigated a bomb scare. Turns out that the suspicious package was actually a perv cam, disguised as a USB drive, taped to the wall of the bathroom. Because nobody would find that suspicious,…

A simple trick to open a tin can with your bare hands and nothing else

This Russian bushcraft instructor has an amazing trick up his sleeve: he can open a tin can with his bare hands. And this video shows you how you can do it, too. Sure, there are other ways to get into your food without an opener, but this one requires nothing more than your hands, some…

AT&T Brings Global LTE Connectivity to the Car

AT&T is joining the connected car fray with AT&T Drive. Announced today at CES, it gives automakers a global data platform for things like voice-controlled apps and in-car entertainment, similar to plans by Google and Apple. The Drive platform gives automakers and in-car electronics companies a modular, global system for cloud-based in-car apps. Among the…

Sharp’s New Quattron Plus TV Isn’t 4K, But It Can Fake It

4K is great, but it’s also expensive. Getting cheaper, but still a pretty penny. Sharp’s new Aquos Quattron Plus is another option: a super high resolution HD TV that’s not quite 4K, but that can play 4K content. It’s a Faux-K TV. Q+ televisions rep Sharp’s exclusive Quattron panel which splits pixels into two subpixels…

65 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies to Watch out for in 2014

This will be a year of epics. Some of our most ambitious movie-makers are serving up stories of Biblical apocalypses, space voyages and the rise of artificial intelligences. Godzilla and the Planet of the Apes are both back. And the superhero genre gets pushed to its absolute limits. Here are 65 movies that could rock…

Use dry ice to make a sound lens for your ears

I love finding new things to do with dry ice! We know that we can explode things with it, but once the pleasure from that fades, or if you need a temporary break, just grab a balloon, and make a sound lens. If you’ve spent even a little time in a physics classroom, or an…

The Curvaceous LG G Flex Is Coming To AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile

You want a curved smartphone? Okay then, you can have your curved smartphone. Until now, only available in Asia, the bendy LG G Flex will launch on AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile in the U.S. later this spring. Pricing and specifics on availability will come later, but more importantly, now you can have a six-inch phone…

AT&T’s Going to Let Companies Pay for The Data You Use on Their Sites

Zippy 4G data speeds have made gobbling down data a cinch, but they’ve made bumping up against your mobile plan’s data caps even easier. AT&T might have found a way to provide some relief—by letting the companies whose sites you’re visiting foot the bill. The “Sponsored Data” program—so-called because it’s data that is sponsored and…

The Freaky, Bioelectric Future of Tattoos

America loves tattoos. From tribal designs to tramp stamps, this country can’t get enough ink. Last month, a Pew study showed that tattoos grace the bodies of nearly 40 percent of Americans under 40, a massive number of customers in a $1.65 billion industry. Like any industry, however, the tattoo industry must innovate. But what…

The rumor about Wonder Woman’s movie debut will make your head explode

Well. If this recently surfaced rumor is true, then Wonder Woman is about to get a verrrrry interesting new origin for Batman Vs. Superman. It’s after the jump; try not to be drinking anything when you read them, because you’re pretty much guaranteed a spit take. Batman-on-Film.com — which, to be fair, has a pretty…

Bosch Will Soon Let You Remotely Park Your Car With Your Smartphone

How many times have you had to pass up a spot in a crowded parking lot because there wasn’t enough room to squeeze your car in and get your doors open? In 2015 Bosch will debut its Automatic Parking Assistant which will allow vehicles to automatically pull into a tight parking spot with or without…

LG’s Bringing Back WebOS to Run Its Smart TVs

It’s official, LG really is incorporating an open WebOS into its 2014 lineup of smart TVs. That includes everything from the curved 55 to 77-inch OLED models all the way up to the curved 105 inch monstrosity you’ll never get through the front door. In all, LG plans to incorporate the operating system into a…

Digital artist Tahar Abroudjameur created this haunting image of a skull-like nebula by re-imagining a Hubble photo of two colliding spiral galaxies. Called “The Universe Is In Us,” it’s one of many contributions to the NASA remix project.

Astonishing satellite image shows China covered with pollution

The smog situation in China is getting even worse, with pollution levels as high as 30 times the limits set by the World Health Organization.Check out this image taken in late December, 2013 by NASA’s Terra satellite. You can’t barely see anything because of the crap floating in the air. It gets even worse at…

Until 1891, an Ancient Sycamore Tree Grew in L.A.’s Industrial Core

It was a reassuring symbol of stability amid the upheavals of colonial expansion and transformation of the land: an ancient, sprawling sycamore tree known as El Aliso. Growing in what is today the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the tree cut an imposing figure. It measured 60 feet tall and 22 feet around the trunk.…

Sol Republic’s New Sweat-Proof Earbuds Might Be the Most Versatile Yet

Running headphones are for the most part a hideous, utilitarian lot. They stay put when you’re running and don’t short out when you work up a sweat. They probably live in your gym bag. Sol Republic’s new Relays are headphones designed with the simple goal of making a single bud that works for everything and…