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Silly String-Like Spray Is Cooling Down Japan’s Salarymen This Cruel Summer

Know what the latest must-have product is in Japan? While it looks like they’ve gone mad and are shaving their wrists, they’re actually saving the planet by switching off the air-con, and cooling down using freezing cold foam-spray. Over 10 years ago, two Stanford University biologists had a similar idea with their prototype glove which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

The Droid 3 Official Announcement Confirms All That Had Already Leaked

We’ve pretty much learned everything about the Motorola Droid 3 through previous leaks, but now it’s official. Android Gingerbread, 1 GHz dual-core processor, 512MB RAM, international GSM roaming, 8-megapixel camera, 4-inch qHD display, 1080p video playback and an HDMI mirror mode. Verizon will start shipping the Droid 3 on July 14 for $200. [Verizon] VERIZON…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7

Did Futurama get the Banach-Tarski Paradox right?

The Banach-Tarski Dupla-Shrinker recently made an appearance on an episode of Futurama. Using it, Bender got to make two, slightly smaller, copies of himself. The smaller Benders are why they added the ‘shrinker’ part of the name. The actual Banach-Tarski theorem allows an object to spawn a perfect copy of itself, at its exact size,…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 7

Capture’s Big Fat Video Icon Starts Recording As Soon As It’s Pressed

I must admit, I scoffed when I saw that Capture’s developers were recommending you placretheir app in your dock. “Who do they think they are?” I asked. Then I read more and realized this app definitely deserves a place. If you shoot lots of video, anyway. Once you launch the app, it starts recording instantly—so…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Western Digital’s My Book Studio Goes Full Metal Jacket

Once formed from plastic, Western Digital’s My Book Studio line of hard drives are now made of brushed aluminum. The Firewire/USB-equipped drives come in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB sizes for $150, $200 and $250, respectively. [Western Digital]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7

Bowl-Shaped Antennae Could Shrink Phone Innards Forever

Other than the battery, a phone’s myriad radio antennae take up a good chunk of its internals. But a new design from the University of Michigan, funded by government grants, could dramatically change this. Tiny, hemispheric, super-efficient. Maybe the future. The current operating prototype works at frequencies capable of WiFi and cellular action, but the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 7

A storm circles Saturn so fast, it catches up with itself

Check out the most intense Saturn storm that the Cassini spacecraft has ever recorded. You can see it overtaking its own tail as it zooms around Saturn’s Northern hemisphere. (The tail is the blue clouds to the South and West.) The storm started months ago, and is still active today. The storm’s surface area is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

If You’re an iOS User, You’ve Probably Downloaded Around 75 Apps

According to Apple, they’ve reached the 15 billion mark for app downloads across a user base of 200 million. Roughly 75 apps per person. That’s a lot of virtual guns and face fatteners and T-Pain-related apps, amiright? [Business Insider]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7

Has the first actual Man of Steel plot synopsis been discovered?

We are never, ever getting rid of Transformers movies. Oz, the Great and Powerful may have hit the ultimate legal roadblock. Plus everyone is talking Torchwood: Miracle Day, chief dwarf Richard Armitage discusses The Hobbit, and Misha Collins address his Supernatural future. Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Rise of the Planet of…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 7

Gateway ID47 Crams More Screen Real Estate in a Smaller Body

Besides its aluminum body and USB 3.0 ports, the Gateway ID47 laptop will attract eyes because of its display. Similar to LG’s laptop, Gateway stretched and thinned the ID47 bezel to fit a 14-inch screen where a 13.3-inch display would normally reside. https://gizmodo.com/thin-screens-thin-bezels-lgs-new-blade-laptops-trim-t-5798075 Additionally, the ID47 has a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7

WSJ Begins Great iPhone 6 Rumor Bonanza

We’re all still having a hard enough time cobbling together enough worthwhile rumorage surrounding the iPhone 5—a new screen? Thinner? Sure! But now the WSJ has gone and started talking about the iPhone 6. Ugh. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-5-rumor-roundup-5811488 The Journal’s report claims—according to a Person Briefed on Apple’s Plans™—that the I-can’t-believe-I’m-typing-this iPhone 6 will have “a new…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 7

If This Time-Lapse Video Doesn’t Make You Feel Blessed Living On This Planet…

…Well, my friend, nothing will. NOTHING. 30 hours of footage shot in Victoria, Australia, took Alex Cherney over a year to compile, but I’m sure you’ll nod your head in appreciation while viewing his majestic creation. When the Earth starts spinning out of control before crashing violently into the sun, well, at least we’ll have…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Take That, Apple! Amazon Can Call Their App Store “Appstore” For Now

The war over the “App Store” name is far from over, but Amazon’s been granted a small reprieve by a US judge, having denied Apple from requesting a preliminary injunction on the use of the term. While the judge didn’t agree with Amazon’s claims that “App Store” (or even “Appstore,” as they phrase it) is…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Nintendo Definitely Isn’t Developing Games For iOS and Android

A Pokemon game may be coming to iOS, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo’s relented on developing games for other platforms, with their spokesman commenting that their strategy “hasn’t changed and won’t change.” So, if you really must play Mario on the move, get a DS…or download an emulator. [Bloomberg via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/nintendo-nixes-future-iphone-android-games-despite-pok-5818457

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

How to Screengrab On An Android Phone

Unless you’ve reviewed an Android phone; felt the need to boast of a Words With Friends victory or needed to record a screen error for some reason, you might not realize taking screenshots on Android is like pulling teeth out. There have been a few options in the past, all (mostly) involving rooting the device,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Would You Drink a Sports Drink Made From Urine? Because Nasa Wants Astronauts To

This so-called “sugar drink” will be made from urine using “forward osmosis” technology, and rather than providing astronauts with all the sugary nutrients they might need, it’s been invented as a way to recycle human waste and keep rocket-ships light. Apparently a bag of urine can be turned into a sugary drink in just a…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Hulu Is For Sale, But to Hu?

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are all said to be vying for Hulu, but only one tech-titian can snap up the movie-streaming service. According to Walt Disney’s CEO Rob Iger, the Hulu owners are “committed to selling” it, and that rather than focus on the actual buyer, they just want the best possible sale-price. The future…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

The Funnest and Most Kiddy-Friendly iPad Stylus Of All Is Now On Sale

As Griffin says, there are heaps of coloring-in apps for the iPad, but only one has had the official thumb’s up from Crayola. Griffin’s own Crayola ColorStudio HD, natch. After its CES debut the app-and-stylus combo has finally gone on sale, for $30. [Griffin via Cnet] https://gizmodo.com/the-one-ipad-stylus-well-allow-you-to-buy-griffins-cra-5724519

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 7

Is This the Guy Who Killed Bin Laden?

Yesterday the Associated Press published a lengthy profile of “John,” the secretive CIA agent who led the effort to locate and kill Osama bin Laden. The CIA asked the AP not to report John’s full name or certain biographical details that might identify him, and the AP complied. But internet spy-hunter and data anarchist John…

Tech News John Cook Jul 7

Spray-On Solution Kills Bacteria on Your Clothes

Say good-bye to smelly socks and stenchy shirts. A team of researchers from the University of Georgia have developed a spray-on solution that rids your clothes of bacteria, including those that make you stink. The solution will remove bacteria from a variety of materials including clothes, carpets, shoes and plastics. It’s like lysol but lasts…

Tech News Kelly Jul 7

Silly String-Like Spray Is Cooling Down Japan’s Salarymen This Cruel Summer

The Droid 3 Official Announcement Confirms All That Had Already Leaked

Did Futurama get the Banach-Tarski Paradox right?

Capture’s Big Fat Video Icon Starts Recording As Soon As It’s Pressed

Western Digital’s My Book Studio Goes Full Metal Jacket

Bowl-Shaped Antennae Could Shrink Phone Innards Forever

A storm circles Saturn so fast, it catches up with itself

If You’re an iOS User, You’ve Probably Downloaded Around 75 Apps

Has the first actual Man of Steel plot synopsis been discovered?

Gateway ID47 Crams More Screen Real Estate in a Smaller Body

WSJ Begins Great iPhone 6 Rumor Bonanza

If This Time-Lapse Video Doesn’t Make You Feel Blessed Living On This Planet…

Take That, Apple! Amazon Can Call Their App Store “Appstore” For Now

Nintendo Definitely Isn’t Developing Games For iOS and Android

How to Screengrab On An Android Phone

Would You Drink a Sports Drink Made From Urine? Because Nasa Wants Astronauts To

Hulu Is For Sale, But to Hu?

The Funnest and Most Kiddy-Friendly iPad Stylus Of All Is Now On Sale

Is This the Guy Who Killed Bin Laden?

Spray-On Solution Kills Bacteria on Your Clothes

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