Microsoft’s SkyDrive is a terrific little cloud service that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Unless, of course, it’s being sued by British Sky Broadcasting Group over its name. But now SkyDrive will be called OneDrive, for just as long as is legally allowable. Read more…
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SkyDrive Is Now OneDrive, Until Microsoft Gets Sued Again
Even though I live in America, I never saw as many monster trucks anywhere in the ‘States as I did in Reyjkavik. For drivers who need to navigate the Icelandic hinterlands, owning a pickup truck converted to drive man-height tires is more practical concern than pissing contest. Sure, they looked silly and inconvenient in the city, but it was a trade-off everyone was apparently fine with. So I wonder if the Track N Go would gain any traction in Iceland. This has to be the coolest off-road conversion I’ve ever seen, because it’s completely reversible and only takes fifteen minutes. Check out how it drives: Before we get to how they put them on, the following video, narrated in French, gives you a good look at an individual Track N Go (and gives you a sense of how heavy it is): (more…)
The dirty little not-so-secret of smartphones is that you’ll never get the full amount of memory marked on the case. Operating systems take up space! But different phones leave you with different amounts of storage. Here, from W hich? , are the most and least generous. Read more…
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How Much Storage Does Your Smartphone Actually Give You?
Cash-strapped and somewhat adrift in terms of missions, the U.S. Army is in the midst of an existential crisis . Once ballooning in budget and size, the Army now says it wants to be “a smaller, more lethal, deployable, and agile force.” And it’s going to need robots to do it right. Read more…
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The Army Wants to Replace Up to 25 Percent of Its Soldiers with Robots
Back in May of 2012 the NHK’s science & Technology Research Lab in Japan successfully broadcasted an 8K, 7680×4320 signal over a distance of 2.7 miles using UHF frequencies. As a proof of concept it showed that 8K TV could be successfully delivered to televisions over the air, but it lacked the distance of traditional TV broadcasts. Read more…
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8K (Yes, 8K) Broadcasts Just Took a Major Step Forward
It’s usually over in an instant, but when you capture macro footage of a match head igniting at 4, 000 frames per second, suddenly that almost instantaneous event becomes a fascinating look into the science of fire and ignition. And believe it or not, YouTuber UltraSlo had to throw an additional 2, 000 watts of light on this match head to capture this mesmerizing footage—that’s a lot of birthday candles. Read more…
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Match Heads Igniting at 4,000 FPS Look Like Dying Alien Worlds
Inspired by the hoverboard Michael J. Fox cruises around on in Back to the Future Part II , ex-IDEO’er Kyle Doerksen created the Onewheel. A self-balancing electric monowheel skateboard, the Onewheel seemingly replicates the feeling of riding around on a hoverboard (if not the form factor), and even a novice can purportedly pick up how to ride one in less than a minute; in addition to the self-balancing feature, riders can accelerate by leaning forward and slow down by leaning back, as with a Segway. The 25-pound device will do 12 m.p.h., with a range of four to six miles. Charging the lithium battery takes from 20 minutes to two hours, depending on what type of charger you use. And the monowheel design means that maintenance is a lot simpler than it would be for a bicycle: “There’s literally only one moving part—the wheel, ” writes Doerksen. “No gears, belts or chains to maintain.” And yes, the Onewheel is real, not just a concept; Doerksen and his team have it up on Kickstarter , where it’s already tripled its $100, 000 goal. Check out the video: (more…)
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The Onewheel: A Self-Balancing Electric Monowheel Skateboard
Airborne pollution is a major issue in China, with local hospitals opening up ” smog clinics ” and waves of city-dwellers migrating to more rural areas to escape . While Chinese officials are pursuing “cloud seeding” as a way to control pollution, a Zhejiang University professor thinks he has a better idea: Sprinklers. Big ones. Read more…
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China Could Wash Away Smog With Artificial Rain Storms From Skyscrapers
Scientists have long been toiling to create artificial life, managing to produce man-made cell walls and even synthetic DNA. But now, a team of chemists has produced a functioning cell made from polymers . Read more…
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This Is the World’s First Working Cell Made From Plastic
We know how extreme photo retouching can get when human bodies are the focus . But what about when the subject is an inanimate object? This time-lapse shows the insane levels of doting that go into make a Rolex watch look its absolute best. Read more…
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It’s Amazing How Much Retouching Goes Into Even a Rolex Photo