Once upon a time, you could sign on to Silk Road and buy everything from LSD to Moon Rock molly with Bitcoin. That time is now over because the FBI along with a few other federal agencies have seized the domain and shutdown the drug-dealing site. The only question is, what took them so long? Read more…
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Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website
It doesn’t matter how efficient we make their engines or how many solar panels we install on their decks, the world’s largest cargo ships—those water-bound leviathans on which international trade depends—will require massive amounts of fuel for the foreseeable future. However, this conceptual super-carrier could potentially save billions of barrels of petrol every year just by harnessing the wind. Read more…
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This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull
This image posted by perpetual juicy rumor machine @evleaks shows an image of what could be as forthcoming iPhone gaming controller from Logitech. Given Apple’s reference designs for such a controller released at WWDC this year , the supposed leak looks pretty legit. Read more…
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This Could Be the First Official iPhone Gaming Controller
With an average global broadband connection speed of just 3.1 Mbps, the internet has become one enormous bottleneck for those that send large amounts of data across it. At that speed, a 100 GB file would take around three days to transfer completely, eons too long in a digital era measured by millisecond pings. But a new double-duty satellite launched yesterday could cut that transfer time to just 90 minutes. Read more…
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The Space-Based Internet Relay That Will Torch Google Fiber Has Launched
If you’re planning on stealing anything from the London Borough of Brent, you might want to think twice—or at least hope you look good in green. The Brent Police Department has a crazy new secret weapon that covers crooks head to toe in a semipermanent emerald, ultraviolet glow. And they have no idea until it’s too late. Read more…
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SmartWater Booby Trap Secretly Turns Thieves Green for Weeks
When you think about it, keeping a fridge full of drinks perpetually cold at a store is a tremendous waste of energy given the product may not be sold for days. But the only alternate solution is to somehow chill drinks at the time of purchase, which is exactly what a new refrigeration technology called V-Tex does—without the need for gallons of liquid nitrogen. Read more…
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An On-Demand Vending Machine That Chills Drinks in Just 45 Seconds
The work of photographer Mark Willis combines advanced imaging and fabrication technologies with archaeological exploration, often producing breath-taking images, 3D models, and highly accurate virtual environments from ancient sites in the U.S. Southwest. Read more…
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36-Gigapixel Image Captures Ancient Petroglyphs in Texas
We’ve already seen a possible ‘Space Gray’ version of the upcoming iPad Mini 2 floating around and now it’s time for the big brother version to get covered in gray steel too. Read more…
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Here’s a Leaked ‘Space Gray’ Version of the Next Full-Sized iPad
According to Forbes , Microsoft will be giving away 200 bucks of in-store credit to anyone who trades in a used iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. Microsoft already has a standing trade-in offer for the iPad , so it’s pretty obvious that Microsoft is willing to throw money at you to get you to switch from Apple. Read more…
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According to Forbes, Microsoft will be giving away 200 bucks of in-store credit to anyone who trades
Some images of what’s alleged to be Android 4.4 appeared over the weekend, with screen captures of a phone supposedly running the new KitKat release giving us a look at what may be Google’s ever-so-slightly redesigned new mobile OS. Read more…
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Alleged Android 4.4 KitKat Images Suggest a Flattened, 2D Design