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Google Scores a Patent on Google Glasses Technology

The USPTO just awarded Google with a patent on an “integrated finger-tracking input sensor device” for Google glasses which pretty much means that there’ll be a trackpad on the side frame of the glasses. That trackpad probably means that the Project Glass system will be controlled with your fingers and not just your voice or…

Tech News Casey Chan

Here’s What Happens When You Report Something on Facebook

Some people are total assholes on Facebook. They’re bullies who post things that are racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive. And you report them. But what happens when you do? Facebook Security has posted an explanation. The guide above (click to enlarge) looks a little bit like the game Mouse Trap, and it’s not all that…

Social Media Leslie Horn

Microsoft Surface Just Made the MacBook Air and the iPad Look Obsolete

Microsoft has guts. It’s what you get when you’re the underdog; either that or you curl into a RIM and die. Microsoft is the underdog because no matter how many hundreds of millions of people use its software, the cool and the future belong to Apple. Or belonged. After yesterday’s Surface event—assuming they don’t fumble…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How to Make Crystal Clear Potato Chips

The results might look like some kind of fancy sugary confection, but this detailed Instructable shows you how to make a see-through snack that tastes exactly like potato chips. Minus the fat, greasy fingers, and guilt. The recipe does call for potatoes, but they’re actually used to create a flavored stock along with potato starch…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Apple Is Stealing Android People with AirPlay

For many Windows devotees, the first experience with an Apple product came in the form of the Windows iPod. For starters, Steve Jobs made sure that the Mac faithful were the first ones to use the iPod, iTunes, and even the iTunes Music Store – in fact, he resisted making them available on Windows at…

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How to Turn a Century Old Building into Tron

Wroclaw’s Centennial Hall was built so long ago, Wroclaw wasn’t even part of Poland. But the super-minimal concrete mega-dome was ahead of its time way back in 1913, and with a little 2012 tech, it turns into a pulsating starship. Using projection mapping—a fancy term for beaming images onto buildings to create a 3D illusion—the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Microsoft Said “Surface” a Bajillion Times Last Night

While watching yesterday’s Microsoft keynote, we couldn’t help but notice just how many times “Surface” was repeated. No, seriously; here’s every single one of them. Sure, you could watch the entire announcement here, or the 90 second version here. But that all seems like a waste of time after watching the Surface supercut. Surface. Surface…

Tech News Michael Hession

How to Build a Mosquito-Zapping Lightsaber

If you’ve got 20 minutes to spare, some rudimentary hacking skills, a love for Star Wars, and a disdain for insects—you can build this modified lightsaber that zaps bugs as you swing it through the air. Hack a Day combined a plastic lightsaber with parts from one of those cheap bug-zapping toy tennis rackets you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The M3 Mobile Bridge Spans a Hundred Meters in 10 Minutes

When that bridge over troubled water is destroyed by enemy artillery, you’re going to get your feet wet. Unless, of course, you’ve brought an Amphibious Bridging and Ferrying System along—then, you just float your own crossing right over the river. The Amphibious Bridging and Ferrying System M3, built by General Dynamics, is billed as the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Why I Hate Helvetica

Armin Vit is the founder of Under Consideration, a design-based media group that runs a series of blogs and publishes books on the subject. Unhappy with the new Helvetica-happy logo for the University of Arts, London, Vit took to the pages of his blog, Brand New, to explain his disdain for the typeface. As it…

Tech News Armin Vit - Brand New

Giant Tie Clips Keep Your Veggies On the Grill and Out Of the Fire

Vegetables and BBQs were meant to be together, but for every piece of grilled asparagus that makes it to the table, how many fall through the grill to a fiery death? It’s a terrible summer epidemic that these Grill Clips should alleviate. They might look like oversized tie clips, but these spring-loaded grips are designed…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Listen to Music That Evolved From Random Noise

Music, you might think, is an innately human pursuit; something which can only truly be written by us, the most intelligent of creatures. But a team of researchers has demonstrated that, actually, it’s possible for digital music to evolve by itself, without any creative input from a composer. Armand Leroi, professor of evolutionary developmental biology…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Frolicking in London

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Tech News Matt Novak

Watch Microsoft’s Surface Unveiling in 90 Seconds

Microsoft had one of the biggest product announcements in the company’s history last night: Surface, the pair of tablets that will take on the iPad and the MacBook Air simultaneously. But since only a handful of tech journalists were invited—and since we’re guessing you don’t have an hour to watch the full thing—we’ve chopped a…

Tech News Michael Hession

MacBook Retina Display Teardown: Four Times the Pixels In Smaller Hardware

Last week, the gadget surgeons at iFixit got their hands on a new MacBook Pro with retina display, and promptly disassembled it only to realize that it’s going to be basically impossible to repair on your own. Now they’ve gone after the sophisticated display itself to see its ultra-resolution guts up close. The new retina…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Sorry, This 28 Port USB Hub Still Doesn’t Have Enough

If you look across your desk at the pile of charging cables, docks, flash drives, and other USB-powered accessories, you’ll quickly come to the conclusion that you can never have too many USB ports. Even the MondoHub’s impressive array of 28 ports will slowly, but surely, all get filled. It’s certainly a step-up from the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Roomba Just Got Even Lazier

iRobot’s line of autonomous vacuums already cater to those who’d rather be doing anything other than pushing a vacuum around. But the company’s newest model, the 790, includes a wireless command center so you don’t even need to get up to control or schedule Roomba’s routine. The new remote is vastly superior to the company’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Robotic Finger Is More Sensitive Than Yours

Robots aren’t known for their gentle touch and thoughtful caress, but that could all be about to change. A team of engineers has developed a robotic finger that’s capable of detecting textures—and it’s more sensitive than a human hand. The researchers, from the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, have created a sensor…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Can Get Nokia’s Mega-Major 41MP 808 PureView Phone in the US After All

Nokia’s 808 PureView may be more of a oddity than anything you’d actually want to buy, but at least now it’s our oddity, too. The 41MP camera with a phone attached to it will finally wash up on America’s shores at the end of this week, although like all good curios it comes at a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Hardest Part of Making a Nuclear Bomb

Nuclear bombs are easy to make, right? Find some uranium, shove in some explosives and—BOOM!—you’re quite literally done. Umm, sorry, nope. The big problem in making a nuclear bomb is that you need enriched uranium, and that’s actually a real pain in the ass to make. In this video the engineering guy Bill Hammack explains…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google Scores a Patent on Google Glasses Technology

Here’s What Happens When You Report Something on Facebook

Microsoft Surface Just Made the MacBook Air and the iPad Look Obsolete

How to Make Crystal Clear Potato Chips

Apple Is Stealing Android People with AirPlay

How to Turn a Century Old Building into Tron

Microsoft Said “Surface” a Bajillion Times Last Night

How to Build a Mosquito-Zapping Lightsaber

The M3 Mobile Bridge Spans a Hundred Meters in 10 Minutes

Why I Hate Helvetica

Giant Tie Clips Keep Your Veggies On the Grill and Out Of the Fire

Listen to Music That Evolved From Random Noise

Frolicking in London

Watch Microsoft’s Surface Unveiling in 90 Seconds

MacBook Retina Display Teardown: Four Times the Pixels In Smaller Hardware

Sorry, This 28 Port USB Hub Still Doesn’t Have Enough

Roomba Just Got Even Lazier

This Robotic Finger Is More Sensitive Than Yours

You Can Get Nokia’s Mega-Major 41MP 808 PureView Phone in the US After All

The Hardest Part of Making a Nuclear Bomb

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

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