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Have You Seen This Rogue Weather Balloon?

Earlier this week, a group of middle schoolers at a summer science camp in upstate New York pumped a weather balloon with 300 cubic feet of helium and launched it high up into the stratosphere to gather photos of the Earth’s curvature. The team believed the balloon would land somewhere around Allentown, PA, and began…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Million Dollar Vacuum Cleaner Has Its Own Totally Worthless Rap

The price of gold is at a record high ($1500-$1700 this year, depending on the day) and it will only continue to rise, based on current pattern of growth. All of which is to say, manufacturing a set of 100 24-carat gold-plated vacuum cleaners—each with a price tag of $1 million—takes a kind of hubris…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Google Beats Galaxy Nexus Ban By Making It Worse

Last week, Apple secured an injunction against the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus by claiming that the quick search on the phone’s Android OS violates its patent for a “universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system.” Google’s got a “fix” coming, but you’re not going to like it. Google will be…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Here’s Why Your Geek Squad Appointment Has Been Delayed Until Half Past Never

A tipster who works for Best Buy has told us that the company on Tuesday began implementing a “restructuring plan,” which is PR-speak for massive layoffs and the reason your Geek Squad appointment has been indefinitely delayed. So if you got a call earlier this week letting you know that your appointment must be rescheduled…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Did You Know Your Kinja Avatar Can be an Animated GIF?

With the arrival of our new discussion system, Kinja, came a new feature for your avatars: Animated GIFs. Yep, you can upload obnoxiously-wonderful GIFs for people to see everytime they read one your contribution to a discussion. So what’s the best GIF you got? Upload ’em.

Tech News Adrian Covert

All of Gotham City in 3D (Or Traditional) Online Map Form

The Dark Knight Rises is finally, finally, finally almost here—and while that’s great, it also means loads of promotional material. Thankfully, some of it’s pretty great, like these Nokia maps of Gotham City. Is it lame that you have to log in with Facebook and Like Nokia’s page? YES. Absolutely. We already like you, Nokia!…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The 20 Worst-Named Phones and Tablets

Where the heck do gadget-makers come up with the names for their products and why are they so universally terrible? It’s inexplicable and sad. Our friends at Laptop Magazine compiled the worst names ever. Ugh. These days it’s just not good enough to give your phone or tablet an unassuming name like the RX-5050 or…

Gadgets Avram Piltch - LAPTOP MAGAZINE

Oh God They’re Actually Making the Galaxy Note Bigger?

You already thought Samsung’s Galaxy Note was too big, right? Suitable only for use by elephants? Well rumor has it that the plan is to make it even bigger. Currently the Note features a mere 5.3 inches of screen on the diagonal. According to MK Business that is not enough for Samsung. Instead, MK Business…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Is HTC the New Doomed Phone Manufacturer?

HTC’s fortunes aren’t going so well. At the start of the year, the company announced a 22 percent decline in operating income, year-on-year. Today, it’s had the misfortune to announce that its second quarter net profits for 2012 are down a hideous 57 percent compared to the year before. That’s a drop in net profit…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Robot Body Controlled By Human Thoughts Alone

For the first time, scientists have managed to use fMRI scans of a human to control the movements of a robot body. The link between man and machine allowed the researchers to control a robot in France from a brain scanner in Israel. New Scientist reports the momentous achievement, which is the culmination of research…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Air France 447 Crash a Result of Crew Ignoring Alarms

In June 2009 an Airbus A330-200, Air France flight 447, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean tragically killing 228 people. Now, the final BEA report into the event reveals that the tragedy occurred because the crew ignored the warning alarms in the cabin. While initial analysis of flight recordings pointed to crew error, subsequent evidence suggested…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This 9.7-Inch, Android 4.0 Archos Tablet Only Costs $250

Archos might not be the first name you think of when it comes to tablets. But its latest offering, the 97 Carbon, seems to offer up respectable specs at the same time as being super-cheap. Coming loaded with Android 4.0—you still have a little wait before you see anything but the Nexus 7 toting Jelly…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Bloomberg: Amazon Is Developing a Phone

Despite the fact that it could prove to be a spectacularly bad idea, rumors are once again milling that Amazon is planning to launch a phone. Now, Bloomberg reports that Bezos and co are in the process of developing an Android handset. According to Bloomberg, two people “with knowledge of the matter” have told it…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Has an Incrementally Small Technological Advancement Ever Completely Changed Your World?

I just discovered—because I hadn’t set foot in my gym, ever, until earlier this week—that the elliptical trainers have BUILT IN FANS. Fans! Right there! In the machine. Fans to blow cool air somewhere in the direction of your sweaty face/neck/chest area, while you run in an elliptical motion, Around The Fur blasting on your…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Hemp Oil, Government Studies, and Other Things That Can Backfire Spectacularly

Dubstep Dispute by Jason Giles Awww Moooooooooom, plain green energy cubes again? Why can’t we eat Energon steaks like the Jeffersonbots next door? [Cartoon Brew] Say Goodbye to Schedule 1—New Government-Backed Study Confirms Medical Uses for MMJ Marijuana’s current Schedule 1 status relies on a key tenet, “There is a lack of accepted safety for…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watching This Man Have a Conversation With His 12-Year-Old Self Is Hilarious and Heartwarming

In 1992, Jeremiah McDonald, a 12-year-old kid with a dog named Molly (!!) and a thing for Dr. Who, recorded himself talking to the man he would become 20 years in the future. Well, thanks to math and time, the future is now! A precocious kid, Jeremiah grew up to be a slickly funny 32-year-old…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

New Pipe Design Turns Taking a Shower into an Energy-Generating Activity

The ES Pipe Waterwheel, designed by Korean innovator Ryan Jongwoo Choi, is a simple plumbing accessory that turns simple workaday activities—running a bath, washing your hands, hosing off the dog—into hydroelectricity generative tasks. The ES Pipe Waterwheel can be attached to most any standard water piping, simply by screwing it into place between any piping…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Boutique Fashion Brokers Pioneers the Virtual Trade-Show Platform

In the age of e-commerce and business meetings held over Skype, the travel and lodging expenses of attending a trade show are increasingly difficult to justify. And If you’re an emerging independent designer or the owner of a fashion boutique anywhere other than LA or NYC, scouting for new items and securing the right connections…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Watch This: Atlantic City Boardwalk Is Transformed by Glorious Display of Sound and Light

Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, yesterday, debuted Duality, a sound and light installation, commissioned by The Atlantic City Alliance as part of their effort to restore the city’s once-glorious reputation—think HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Duality is the work of the Montreal-based new media and entertainment studio Moment Factory, whose team of 75 has worked with everyone from…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Japanese Government: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Was a Manmade Disaster

The failures, explosions, leaks, and subsequent radioactive dead zone that will stain Japan for decades all started with an earthquake. Nobody can stop earthquakes. But after a thorough review, the Japanese government admits humans are responsible for the entire mess. The official report of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, produced by the Japanese…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Have You Seen This Rogue Weather Balloon?

This Million Dollar Vacuum Cleaner Has Its Own Totally Worthless Rap

Google Beats Galaxy Nexus Ban By Making It Worse

Here’s Why Your Geek Squad Appointment Has Been Delayed Until Half Past Never

Did You Know Your Kinja Avatar Can be an Animated GIF?

All of Gotham City in 3D (Or Traditional) Online Map Form

The 20 Worst-Named Phones and Tablets

Oh God They’re Actually Making the Galaxy Note Bigger?

Is HTC the New Doomed Phone Manufacturer?

Robot Body Controlled By Human Thoughts Alone

Air France 447 Crash a Result of Crew Ignoring Alarms

This 9.7-Inch, Android 4.0 Archos Tablet Only Costs $250

Bloomberg: Amazon Is Developing a Phone

Has an Incrementally Small Technological Advancement Ever Completely Changed Your World?

The Stoner Channel: Hemp Oil, Government Studies, and Other Things That Can Backfire Spectacularly

Watching This Man Have a Conversation With His 12-Year-Old Self Is Hilarious and Heartwarming

New Pipe Design Turns Taking a Shower into an Energy-Generating Activity

Boutique Fashion Brokers Pioneers the Virtual Trade-Show Platform

Watch This: Atlantic City Boardwalk Is Transformed by Glorious Display of Sound and Light

Japanese Government: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Was a Manmade Disaster

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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