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Radical New Image Sensor Turns your Entire Display Into a Digital Camera

Researchers at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria have developed a new kind of image sensor that could one day revolutionize the form factor of digital cameras. Instead of a postage stamp-sized digital eye, the sensor is a flat, flexible, transparent plastic sheet that could be invisibly overlayed on displays, or just used as…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Google Has Killed Android (the Brand)

There are days where a trend you noticed becomes absolutely visible. Today is one of those days. I have seen the Android brand disappear over time. First, it was the Nexus, then Samsung came with the Galaxy brand, who made Android less relevant. Now, Android is just invisible. I thought Google was losing a war…

Tech News Fabrizio Capobianco

Conan: Google Glass Is Only Preparing the World For Google ASS

Wearing a computer on your face may sound ridiculous, but according to Conan, Google Glass only marks the first step in the search giant’s ambitions in wearable computing. The real destination? Your ass. Full video below: [Conan via Mashable]

Tech News Michael Hession

The World’s Longest Floating Bridge Is No Longer Dying

At more than 7,580 feet long, Seattle’s Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge is already the world’s longest floating bridge. But after fifty years of service the four-lane concrete span has aged worse than Gerard Depardieu. Its pontoon supports can no longer endure the region’s strong storms and the bridge itself is likely to collapse under…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Billboard Produces Drinkable Water Out Of Thin Air

Lima, Peru, has the unfortunate distinction of being the second largest capital in the world located in a desert. It rarely rains there, and many of the residents are forced to get their water from dirty wells. But on the flipside, the humidity also hovers around 98 percent, so the local University of Engineering and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Chromebook Pixel Has an Awesome Konami Code Easter Egg

Say what you will about the Chromebook Pixel’s viability, but practical or not, it’s got a hidden pocket of awesome hidden somewhere deep in its brain. And you can unlock it with the Konami Code. https://gizmodo.com/every-reason-not-to-buy-the-google-chromebook-pixel-5986031 As it turns out, that classic up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A string of input unlocks a little light show on the Pixel, causing…

Tech News Eric Limer

FBI Employees Can’t Stop Sexting On Their Government-Issued Phones

Fidelity, bravery, integrity. This is the motto of the FBI, and this is the motto of the men and women who can’t stop using their government-issued phones to send their coworkers dirty dick pics. And while it’s probably never a good idea to sext your coworkers, when you work for what is essentially a group…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Lay Waste To Wireless Networks With This Hacktastic Nexus 7

Tablets are great for slouching on the sofa and checking your Facebook, but they can also be super sleek hack-machines. Take the new Pwnie Express Pwn Pad as an example; it’s a fully-loaded hacker suite designed to puncture any network. Built from a Nexus 7, the Pwn Pad obviously makes use of Google Android OS,…

Tech News Eric Limer

When the Weather Goes To Hail, Protect Your Ride With This Giant Airbag

If you’ve never experienced serious hail—we’re talking golf-ball-sized chunks of ice (or larger) raining down on you—consider yourself lucky. It can do serious damage to your property, your home, and unless it’s wrapped in this gigantic external airbag, your car. When the weather is fair, the Hail Protector looks like your run-of-the-mill car tarp that’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Robot Bat Wings Give Us a Glimpse Of the Future Of Vampires

By all logic bats shouldn’t be able to fly. They’re basically rats with wings, yet somehow they manage to soar through the air, and researchers at Brown University have finally figured out how. But since they’re not the easiest animals to work with, Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz created this biologically accurate robotic bat wing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Inside an Amish Tech Trade Show

You’d be unlikely to see many Amish folks at CES or MWC or any other technology expo—because, for a start, many of them don’t use electricity. But don’t feel sorry for them, because they have a trade show all of their own. While Amish people might not use tablets, computers or phones, they still need…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

23 Terrifying Runways That Will Stoke Your Fear of Flying

Flying can be a white-knuckle affair for even the heartiest of travelers. But it turns out what you should really fear are airports; almost 60 percent of all aircraft incidents happen there during taxiing, take-off, approach or landing. Here are runway horrorshows from around the globe that may make you rethink your next trip. Barra…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Rain Man’s Finally Met His Match With This Blackjack-Dealing Robot

If you thought Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man character took a cold, calculating approach to gambling, he’s got nothing on Yaskawa Motoman Robotics’ new SDA10F blackjack dealing robot. Using a sophisticated vision system it’s even able to recognize the cards it’s dealing, so casinos could still use their standard Bicycle decks. Like any robot employee it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Nevada Just Made Interstate Online Poker Legal

Yesterday, Nevada officials rushed through a bill which makes interstate online poker legal. The decision will allow the state to form pacts with other states, allowing people to play legally across borders. The Las Vegas Sun reports that Bill AB114—actually rushed through as an “emergency measure”— was passed unanimously in Assembly and Senate, then signed…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

These Are the Bacteria Lurking on Your Phone

Sure, your phone might look clean, but it isn’t really. In fact, it’s covered in bacteria—and this image shows how horrible they are. Created by researchers from the University of Surrey, UK, this image shows the culture of bacteria grown in a petri dish after students pressed the surface of their phones against the agar…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

These Bicycles Made From Old Cars Are Gorgeous and Green

Bicycled is a new company from Lola Lowe Madrid that’s building bikes out of junked cars. While that sounds like it could be a recipe for disaster, the results are actually amazingly beautiful. Each bike is hand-built from parts scavenged from old cars on junkyards. Think frames made of old space frames, saddles upholstered using…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Go SpaceX Ladies, Go!

Incredible: SpaceX It’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and we’re celebrating our ladies! At SpaceX, nearly 100 women engineers are working to change the future of human spaceflight. via SpaceX/Facebook

Tech News Attila Nagy

How a Monkey Can Mentally Control a Robot 7,000 Miles Away

Miguel Nicolelis is an ambitious man. For years he’s been decoding brain signals and trying to use them as electrical commands for robots—and now he’s at a stage where he can get a monkey to mentally control a robot which is 7,000 miles away. This is how he does it. Amazingly, as he points out…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch These Quadrocopters Throw and Catch Poles Like Acrobats

There seems to be no end to the marvels that quadrocopters can achieve. Now, though, researchers have got ’em throwing and catching poles like acrobats—and it’s amazing. https://gizmodo.com/this-quadrotor-flying-machine-gun-would-kick-serious-as-5904277 Carried out by researchers from Zurich’s Institute for Dynamic Systems and Controls, the mini drones are capable of launching—and then catching!—an inverted pendulum (umm, a pole). Man,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Finally, an LTE Chip That Will Work Anywhere in the World

Qualcomm has announced something that will make travellers everywhere very happy: a new radio chipset that can support every LTE network in the world. More accurately, the RF360 chips provides connectiviry for LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, WCDMA, EV-DO, CDMA 1x, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE networks. That should be enough, though, as it currently covers every LTE network in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Radical New Image Sensor Turns your Entire Display Into a Digital Camera

Google Has Killed Android (the Brand)

Conan: Google Glass Is Only Preparing the World For Google ASS

The World’s Longest Floating Bridge Is No Longer Dying

This Billboard Produces Drinkable Water Out Of Thin Air

The Chromebook Pixel Has an Awesome Konami Code Easter Egg

FBI Employees Can’t Stop Sexting On Their Government-Issued Phones

Lay Waste To Wireless Networks With This Hacktastic Nexus 7

When the Weather Goes To Hail, Protect Your Ride With This Giant Airbag

Robot Bat Wings Give Us a Glimpse Of the Future Of Vampires

Inside an Amish Tech Trade Show

23 Terrifying Runways That Will Stoke Your Fear of Flying

Rain Man’s Finally Met His Match With This Blackjack-Dealing Robot

Nevada Just Made Interstate Online Poker Legal

These Are the Bacteria Lurking on Your Phone

These Bicycles Made From Old Cars Are Gorgeous and Green

Go SpaceX Ladies, Go!

How a Monkey Can Mentally Control a Robot 7,000 Miles Away

Watch These Quadrocopters Throw and Catch Poles Like Acrobats

Finally, an LTE Chip That Will Work Anywhere in the World

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