Built for over a million people, the city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia. Doomed to incompletion however, this futuristic metropolis now rises empty out of the deserts of northern China. Only 2% of its buildings were ever filled; the rest has largely been left to decay, abandoned mid-construction, earning Ordos the title of China’s Ghost City . Read more…
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Welcome to The World’s Largest Ghost City: Ordos, China
After years of bringing you the horror/glory that is the PadFone and FonePad, Asus is branching out on its phone fone offerings and introducing not one, not two, but three flavors of “ZenFone, ” Android handsets with ultrabook lineage . Read more…
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Asus ZenFones: An Android Army with Intel Inside
X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, a device so astonishing that its discovery is like finding a functional Buick in medieval Europe. Read more…
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Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time
Researchers from the University of Iowa have developed a remarkable new procedure for regenerating missing or damaged bone. It’s called a “bio patch” — and it works by sending bone-producing instructions directly into cells using microscopic particles embedded with DNA. Read more…
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A bioengineered patch that regrows damaged bones inside the body
Normally, intentionally elongated or flattened skulls are associated with ancient Mesoamerican cultures . But this exquisite specimen, which dates back some 1, 500 years, was recently found at a dig in Alsace, France. Read more…
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French Archaeologists Discover Beautifully Preserved Deformed Skull
Usually, finding a tick up your nose wouldn’t be a cause for celebration, but Tony Goldberg discovered a new species of arachnid inside his nasal passage —and found himself a new area of study. Read more…
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Biologist discovers new tick species inside his own nose
Ever wonder if your iPhone 4 really was weirdly slow? Or if iOS 7, despite its bells and whistles, just has a longer boot time than your old 3G? Well wonder no longer. You’re about to find out for sure. Read more…
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Watch Every Model of iPhone Get Speed Tested at the Same Time
We’ve seen real laser guns before, pulling off tricks like starting small fires, or popping black balloons . That’s cool, sure, but it’s got nothing—and I mean nothing —on this crazy handheld laser rifle that eats metal for breakfast. Read more…
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Holy Crap, This Real-Life Laser Rifle Cuts Through Metal Like Nothing
MojoKid writes “It’s not too often that upcoming glass technology is worth getting excited over, but leave it to Corning to pique our interest. During a recent talk at MIT’s Mobile Technology Summit, Dr. Jeffrey Evenson took to the stage to reiterate what it is about Gorilla Glass that makes it such an attractive product (something well evidenced given the majority of smartphones out there today implement it), as well as to give us a preview of what’s coming. Having pretty much mastered Gorilla Glass where strength, scratch-resistance and general durability are concerned, the company is now looking to improve-upon it (possibly for Gorilla Glass 4) by making it non-reflective and germ-resistant. Imagine your smartphone sporting this — you’d finally be able to see the screen regardless of how bright the sun behind you is. Unfortunately, it appears that it won’t be hitting our phones or tablets that soon. The estimate is ‘in the next two years.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Next-Gen Gorilla Glass: Smartphones Could Have Antibacterial, Anti-Glare Displays
Some good news: the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Atari Inc. is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which could see the retro computer game company live on. More »
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Atari Files for Bankruptcy Protection