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360 Panorama Now Lets You Stitch Together Sweeping Landscapes with Android Phones

When 360 Panorama hit the iPhone last year, we liked being able to spin in a circle and have the phone create a panorama in real-time. Now Android users can do the same, thanks to some impressive trickery. https://gizmodo.com/app-of-the-day-360-panorama-for-iphone-5719041 According to 360 Panorama developer Occipital, the Android version of 360 Panorama app is actually more…

Tech News Adrian Covert

A South Korean Politician Threw a Tear Gas Canister During a Parliament Vote

The United States Congress has been sort of a cluster-doodie this week, but at least they’re not lobbing tear gas canisters at each other. South Korean Parliament on the other hand? Not so much. During a vote concerning a free trade agreement with the United States, a politician opposing the deal set off a tear…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

How to Make a Rocket Stove from a Spaghetti Can, and More from TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, a giant robotic snake teaches us a lesson about climate change, a walkable roller coaster, new iPhone apps to try, and more! 1. A Walkable Roller Coaster For Those Afraid Of The Usual Kind It is 21 meters (69 feet) high, although I am not quite sure how you do that…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch - Treehugger

Portal Inspired LED Flashlights Are Better Than Cake

Had I been subjected to the same nightmarish labyrinth featured in the Portal games, I would have preferred a more substantial reward than cake at the end anyway. Like these adorable light and sound keychains. The miniature $25 turret includes an ominous glowing red LED and sound effects from both the original Portal game and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

UGH Lenovo 5-Inch Tablet Why EW Gross Die DIE IN HELL

Engadget’s got the scoop on a 5-inch Lenovo tablet. One of the words in that sentence makes me want to vomit bile, and I’ll let you guess! OK. 5-inches. A 5-inch tablet is an asinine thing that should not exist. Engadget suggests “No matter how tempting the specs on Lenovo’s leaked 10.1-inch tablet are, you…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

Darpa’s New Tool for Diagnosing Disease? Semen

Imagine if giving docs a single drop of semen was all it took to keep you healthy. Your dream could soon become a reality, as the Pentagon pushes for every male soldier to hold his health, quite literally, in the palm of his hand. In a solicitation released last week, Darpa, the Pentagon’s far-out research…

Tech News Katie Drummond - Wired

HP’s Never-Ending Printer Obsession Is the Reason Why It Hasn’t Sold webOS Yet

HP is all but done with webOS, rumored to be in talks with potential buyers. However, a sale hasn’t happened yet because it’s still deluding itself into thinking people give a shit about seeing a linux-based mobile OS on a printer. https://gizmodo.com/now-hp-might-be-selling-not-killing-webos-5857329 VentureBeat alleges that the company is requiring any party who might buy webOS…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Neutrino Light Speed Tests Flawed, Says Science Team

A group of Italian scientists have questioned those faster-than-light neutrino test results, claiming that anything moving that fast should lose energy — but that’s not what the original tests showed. https://gizmodo.com/faster-than-light-particles-could-wreck-einsteins-relat-5843006 Claiming that they “refute a superluminal interpretation” the team from the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy say the original test results don’t support…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Heads-Up Display Contact Lenses Are One Step Closer After Passing Safety Tests

The days of traditional screens could be numbered if the news coming out of Washington University is anything to go by. It’s testing contact lenses that could project information into the wearers eyes and initial safety tests look promising. We’ve been dreaming of a HUD-style vision enhancer ever since Sci-Fi first introduced the concept to…

Artificial Intelligence Kat Hannaford

Qualcomm’s Mirasol Full Color E-Ink Displays Nearly Ready

Qualcomm’s Mirasol screen technology, which promises full color, low-power, e-ink displays that’ll bring Sunday supplements to life like never before, are about to launch. E-reader specialist Kyobo has shown off the first finished product. Kyobo’s first Mirasol e-reader features a 5.7″ 1024×768 panel, which will use capacitive touch technology so it’s nice and sensitive. Beneath…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Autonomous Wave Gliders Attempt Historic Solo Pacific Crossing

As NASA prepares to launch the Curiosity rover to explore Mars at the end of the month, a small fleet of Wave Gliders, autonomous sea-faring vehicles, have set sail on an equally audacious journey—swimming unassisted across of the Pacific Ocean. https://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-will-inspect-96-mile-gale-crater-5824210 The fleet of four Wave Gliders was built by Liquid Robotics. They departed San…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Block Party Is a Bouncy Room of Sex

Key parties are as passe as water beds and unkempt nether regions. Who needs those sorts of cheap thrills when you’ve got an adult-sized bouncy room to go wild in? The Block Party is a 15-foot cubed inflatable vinyl dome. It weighs only 235 pounds—for portability—and is completely waterproof—to ease in cleanup. There’s no word…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Biggest Advancement in Potato Chip Technology Since the Invention of the Ruffle

Pringles thinks it’s so slick with its stackable chips and pop-top lids. Well, consider the playing field leveled, Lays aficionados, with this universal, resealable bag cap. The Bag Cap by Copco uses a two-part design wherein the lower section installs around the open end of the bag and the upper cap snaps into place. The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Are “Smart” Utility Meters to Blame for Customers’ Wi-Fi SNAFUs?

The widespread installation of “Smart Meters” here in California has many people up in arms citing potential health and privacy issues. But in Maine, customers are concerned that these meters might also be affecting their home electronics. The Office of the Public Advocate—an advocacy group for Maine’s utility customers—has reported that some customers have reported…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2011

As a collective, we humans seem to be quite unimaginative and well, very lazy. Just take a look at how many people’s passwords are so dumb and easy to guess. Here are the 25 worst (AKA most popular) passwords of 2011. It’s pretty similar to results from previous years but that shouldn’t really come as…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Medical Microwave Turns Up the Heat on Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is the fifth most common for women—afflicting an estimated 12,200 people in the US alone in 2010 and killing more than 4,200. But now, a revolutionary treatment has been approved by the FDA and offers an alternative to chemotherapy. Hyperthermia treatment is the process of heating up a specific, small area of sub-dermal…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watching Faces Blend Together Like Water Feels Like You’re Hallucinating

Micaël Reynaud, a french animator, turned photographer Michael Jang’s black & white head shot series into a fluid animation that merges different people’s faces, mixes other people’s features and trips the hell out of you. It looks like a gentle, rippling pond of changing faces. And it also feels like I’m on some pretty good…

Tech News Casey Chan

Baggy Rack Means The End of Spilt Salsa

These magical green arms are your ticket to never spilling your delicious sauces again. Hug my sauce bags Baggy Rack, hug ’em good. Pouring sauce into a zip-lock bag is like trying to pick up a watermelon. Both actions are prompted by our love of food and both usually end up as a mess. Then…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

The Next Windows Won’t Be a Nightmare to Install

More good news from Microsoft: Windows 8’s upgrade process won’t be like a mythological Greek hell punishment. Through clever software design, Windows 8 ‘s setup will blow Windows 7 away—82% fewer clicks, and massively cut install times. Detailed at the MSDN Blog, the Windows team explains how little maneuvers like transferring entire folders at once—rather…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Kohl’s Rebecca Black Parody Commercial Makes Me Want to Buy Nothing Ever Again Forever

Kohl’s, a store that sells disgusting accouterments for people who hate things that are nice, has a new commercial that parodies Rebecca Black’s Friday. Get it? Rebecca Black’s Friday? Black Friday? BLACK FRIDAY! Kill. Kill. Kill. This commercial makes me never, ever want to shop at Kohl’s. It makes me never, ever want to shop…

Tech News Mat Honan

360 Panorama Now Lets You Stitch Together Sweeping Landscapes with Android Phones

A South Korean Politician Threw a Tear Gas Canister During a Parliament Vote

How to Make a Rocket Stove from a Spaghetti Can, and More from TreeHugger

Portal Inspired LED Flashlights Are Better Than Cake

UGH Lenovo 5-Inch Tablet Why EW Gross Die DIE IN HELL

Darpa’s New Tool for Diagnosing Disease? Semen

HP’s Never-Ending Printer Obsession Is the Reason Why It Hasn’t Sold webOS Yet

Neutrino Light Speed Tests Flawed, Says Science Team

Heads-Up Display Contact Lenses Are One Step Closer After Passing Safety Tests

Qualcomm’s Mirasol Full Color E-Ink Displays Nearly Ready

Autonomous Wave Gliders Attempt Historic Solo Pacific Crossing

The Block Party Is a Bouncy Room of Sex

The Biggest Advancement in Potato Chip Technology Since the Invention of the Ruffle

Are “Smart” Utility Meters to Blame for Customers’ Wi-Fi SNAFUs?

The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2011

Medical Microwave Turns Up the Heat on Cervical Cancer

Watching Faces Blend Together Like Water Feels Like You’re Hallucinating

Baggy Rack Means The End of Spilt Salsa

The Next Windows Won’t Be a Nightmare to Install

Kohl’s Rebecca Black Parody Commercial Makes Me Want to Buy Nothing Ever Again Forever

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

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