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TiVo Has a Prototype That Puts Your DVR Recordings in the Cloud

TiVo is showing off a prototype at CES that we hope launches at some point: a Network DVR that uploads your recordings to the cloud so you can watch them anywhere, anytime. Called NDVR for short, it brings the existing Roamio capability to the cloud. That means that users could in theory access their recorded…

Nimona creator is writing a comic about monster-fighting girl scouts

Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona is one of our favorite webcomics, a hilarious tale of a not-so-evil supervillain and his pushy, shapeshifting sidekick. Now Stevenson is headed into Buffy territory with a new print comic about girls at scout camp who fight monsters. Comics publisher Boom! has announced the new series Lumberjanes, a full-color series published under…

Toshiba Has a Lytro-Style Camera Ready to Pop Into Your Phone

Toshiba has just announced a new camera module that allows users to refocus smartphone photos after they’re taken, like Lytro’s light field technology. Unlike Nokia’s attempts to use software to refocus after the event, Toshiba’s solution uses new hardware to enable the manipulations. Known as TCM9518MD—ain’t that catchy?—the module uses two five-megapixel sensors and a…

You’ve sobered up. Now tell us what your New Year’s goals really are.

Here in the west, we’ve just spent the past week sobering up from our New Year’s celebrations. And now it’s time to get down to brass tacks. What are your goals for 2014? Image from Strange Days, about the distant future in the year 2000. Tell us about goals you think you might actually reach,…

Conjoined Gray Whales Discovered in Baja California Lagoon

In what may be the first discovery of its kind, scientists working in Mexico’s Laguna Ojo de Liebre discovered the remains of recently deceased conjoined gray whale calves. The conjoined twins probably didn’t survive birth and may have been miscarried; the carcass is only about seven feet long, whereas normal calves emerge between 12 to…

What’s the most ridiculous part of this Justice League: War clip?

Is it when Batman starts questioning the alien-demon-thing about why he was at the docks, as if that’s the important aspecy of an alien-demon-thing running around, or is that somewhere in the DC universe someone thought of, constructed and paid for a large sign that only said “FOOD”? I’m genuinely asking. Justice League: War hits…

This Could Be the Biggest Amazon Package Ever

Amazon is well-known for its habit of delivering small items in gigantic packages. But this parcel has to be perhaps the biggest that Bezos & Co. have ever had to ship. There are two plausible theories. The first is that lurking beneath that brown cardboard is a car. No, really: last September, Amazon and Nissan…

Is Edgar Wright adding more than one Ant-Man to his film?

Katee Sackhoff wants to play anything in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars. The Paranormal Activity franchise has a plan that’s dependent on a bunch more films getting made. And Michael Ealy explains why he hopes Almost Human never addresses race. Plus, photos from the first episodes of The 100, Helix, and Star-Crossed. Spoilers now! Top image:…

New bullet expands itself into four connected parts to kill better

It may seem impossible at this point, but humans keep enhancing their ability to kill others using guns. Example: the new Advanced Ballistics Concepts’ new Mi-Bullet, a projectile that expands into four connected parts as soon as it’s fired. The mechanism—shown in the video—is very clever, making it very hard to miss a target. According…

How a Team Of Activists Leaked Stolen FBI Documents 43 Years Ago

On March 8th 1971, the nation tuned in to watch Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier battle it out in the Fight of the Century. Unawares, the FBI were having hundreds of secret documents stolen from their offices by a team of activists. The brainchild of William C. Davidon, a professor of physics at Haverford College,…

How to Fossilize… Yourself

Fossils aren’t the preserve of dead dinosaurs and ancient insects. Believe it or not, you could ensure that your body lives on, perfectly preserved in stone, for ever more. You just need to die in a very, very specific way. This video explains exactly how specific that needs to be. Spoiler: you better find some…

This Is Nikon’s New Flagship D4S

While Nikon will show off its new pro-grade DSLR, the D4S, at CES, the camera has already been unveiled at an official press event over in Hong Kong. Here it is. The DSLR was, sadly, behind glass when Engadget caught sight of it. But the image does reveal that Nikon appears to the sticking with…

T-Mobile’s… flamboyant CEO crashed AT&T’s big CES party last night, and was then swiftly thrown out. Apparently the bright pink T-Mo T-shirt he was wearing gave him away.

AMD Will Run Android and Windows on the Same PC, Too

Yesterday, Intel announced its plans to run Android and Windows on the same PC in perfect harmony. Now, it seems AMD has the exact same plan. Verge reports that AMD is teaming up with BlueStacks to develop technology which will allow Android to run within Windows, on the same piece of silicon, in a way…

Audi’s Quattro Laserlight Concept Car Is a Gorgeous Powerhouse

Audi just showed the future it aspires to. Meet the Quattro Laserlight. This thing is freaking insane. I’m speechless. I’m not going to sit here and pretend I know a lot about cars, but you’d have to be a moron not to see that this car concept is ridiculous. You should have heard the audience…

Audi Shows Off the Brains of Its Future Self-Driving Cars

Tonight during its CES keynote detailed what it means about the future of mobility including self-driving cars and connected technologies. Importantly, it detailed the brain that will ultimately allow a car to drive itself—by rolling out its “piloted A7”. The car is gorgeous, as for the brain, it looks like a massive computer motherboard about…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Midsummer Night Blue

Like a vision from Enya’s fevered dreams, this abstract AV production mixes ballet, stock nature documentary footage, and adult contemporary techno into a psychedelic magic carpet that even your parents can ride.

Swap Your Phone Charger For This Thin Transforming Adapter

Technically there’s nothing really wrong with the charging cable that came with your smartphone. Except for that long cord you need to constantly wrap, unwrap, and more often than not, detangle. That won’t ever happen with the Thinium, though. It trades an annoying a cord for an ultra-thin transforming design that allows it to plug…

You Can Have a Zack Morris Brick Phone Without Going Back In Time

Ok so this? This is the Brick. You may remember it from such places as Saved By the Bell and 1992. But this is 2014, and you can buy a brand new one. For real! The brick is a two-way device, meaning you can either pop your SIM card in it and use it as…

These Tiny Ozobots Are Slot Cars For the iPad Generation

If you attempted to convince a kid that electric cars on a plastic track were once a great way to pass a rainy afternoon, they’d just stare at you for a few seconds, and then go back to playing with their iPads. Which is exactly why these tiny autonomous Ozobots are designed to work on…