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One of the scariest parts of a hospital visit is never really knowing what the doctors are doing. So a company called Creative Arts has created this tiny CT Scanner that kids can use on stuffed animals in the waiting room before they undergo the same examination. It not only helps distract them ahead of…
We’ve been waiting forever for Apple Music: A real streaming music product straight from the heart of Cupertino. Will it work? Or is this just the latest crap me-too service. The basics: Apple Music doesn’t appear to have a free vibe, although starting June 30th, everyone will be offered a free three month subscription. Like…
Six weeks ago, people began getting Apple’s latest piece of luxury hardware, the Apple Watch. Reviews have been mixed, but the company aims to change that by giving developers a chance to develop more apps for the new Watch OS — which means users will soon have a ton of apps to choose from. Tim…
At last, Apple introduced multitasking apps on iOS 9 for iPad, which means you can work with more than one application at once. An app called SplitView lets you pull two apps up in a (you guessed it) split screen, either in a 50/50 or 70/30 split. You’ll be able to scroll both apps simultaneously.…
Looks like Apple’s Newsstand has officially gone the way of most actual newsstands. The content-sharing service has been axed, but it’s being replaced by something new: The simply-named News. It’s free, and will deliver articles from media companies including The New York Times, Conde Nast, ESPN, and a ton of other content producers—even blogs and…
Slowly but surely, Apple is been threatening to creep into the smart home market. The company just took one more small step by announcing that it’s HomeKit software will give you access to connected home devices from anywhere in the world by using iCloud. And the software will finally work on a whole bunch of…
In Switzerland, it’s apparently common for people to leave out bags of stuff they don’t want for others to take, instead of throwing it all in the trash. And when a writer over on Brick Fanatics found a sack of miscellaneous Lego, when he got home he was surprised to find it actually included classic…
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for—well, those of us who prefer not to drive. Apple finally acknowledges that a huge portion of its audience rides buses and subways by adding transit directions to Maps. Let’s hope they actually work. There are plenty of updates for Maps in iOS 9 but transit directions are…
Dunking your laptop in a bucket of water while it’s running is just about the worst thing you can do to it. But researchers at Stanford University, led by assistant professor Manu Prakash, have developed a new type of computer processor that’s actually built around moving water drops, instead of electrons. What’s especially interesting about…
Want to hear about how all your favorite Apple computing products are about to evolve, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and maybe even the Apple TV? You’ve come to the right place: this is WWDC 2015. Right here, at 10AM PT / 1PM ET, we’ll be live from San Francisco’s Moscone Center and…
Fisher-Price’s Power Wheels toys promise kids all the thrills of driving, without the need for a license. But in reality the battery-powered vehicles are usually disappointingly slow, unless your dad is Richard Whelan who upgraded his daughter’s tiny pink Mini Cooper Power Wheels with brushless electric motors giving it a lot more get up and…
The twinkly flashing lights of fireflies are a classic sign of summer, but the insects aren’t blinking for your aesthetic benefit. They’re courting in an absolutely cutthroat meet market, and some scientists are afraid that human activities could be making it harder for them to succeed. This summer, you can help figure out whether that’s…
Get ready to pay with your iPhone at the flea market, because the company just announced a mobile Apple Pay reader built by Square. Apple also announced a whole host of new big box stores that will accept Apple Pay. And to top it all off: Passbook is now called Wallet. These three announcements together…
We’ve all fantasized about sleeping comfortably on the way to work. And now, thanks to a new robot on exhibit in London, you can go anywhere without leaving your (robotic, moving) bed. Starting this week at London’s Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, Belgian artist Carsten Höller offers you the chance to spend a night in the…
Apple has announced their new OS X: El Capitan. Yes, El Capitan is that famous mountain in Yosemite National Park. The best features? New smarter Spotlight and the (elegant) new way they manage full screen apps now—taking a page (read: lifting) from Microsoft’s Windows user experience. Here’s the full demo of the new features: The…
Diversity in tech is a widespread problem, and Apple is actually going to address it today. In an interview with Mashable, Tim Cook admitted that Apple needs more diversity—and hinted that today’s keynote at WWDC will feature at least one woman. Which would make this the seventh woman ever to be on the Apple stage.…
Find out everything software-related that’s coming up this year for Apple — from updates to ios9, to Apple Watch and some surprises. You can watch the live feed here, straight from San Francisco, starting at 10 AM pacific, or 1 PM eastern. [WWDC Livefeed] Contact the author at [email protected]. Public PGP key PGP fingerprint: CA58…
The music video for Opiuo’s song Quack Fat uses 240 audio cassettes, 5,600 feet of video tape, 108 floppy discs and 1 Walkman to make an awesome stop motion animation that brings back memories of nostalgic technology and old video games like Space Invaders and Pong. The song is fun and catchy too. The video…
Not that anyone needed another reason to fear hospitals, but here’s a good one: Security researcher Billy Rios has discovered vulnerabilitiesin popular hospital drug pumps that allow hackers to remotely change drug dosages. Rios found a way to remotely change drug pump firmware that would give hackers control over the devices by accessing the hospital’s…
Drones crash into shit. It’s an expensive and dangerous problem that threatens every drone you launch into the sky. Now the company behind the most popular consumer drones you can buy has a solution. More specifically, DJI has part of a solution with its new Matrice 100. It’s a $3200 developer drone that lacks the…
