It’s easy to forget how horrifying the effects of a vitamin deficiency can be. Each year, up to 500, 000 children in the developing world go blind from lack of vitamin A, half of whom will then die within 12 months. The molecule that could save their lives is so well-studied and abundant, yet we haven’t figured out how to get it to them. Read more…
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Could Genetically Engineered Gut Bacteria Make Vitamins Obsolete?
Earlier today, RadioShack stumbled one step closer to death with the news that the NYSE is trying to delist its stock — basically, the company is fucked. And according to Bloomberg , Amazon — which is, let’s be honest, the number one RadioShack murder suspect — might buy up some of their retail stores. Read more…
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Report: Amazon Might Buy Up Radioshack Stores
The lure of quantum entangled computing is strong, as it can provide a means of impenetrable encryption —but the hardware has always been too bulky to make it practical. Now, though, researchers have shrunk the technology down to less than the width of a human hair, small enough to squeeze onto a chip. Read more…
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Quantum Entanglement Can Now Be Performed on a Chip
Windows/Mac/Android: If you want to show off your iPhone or iPad screen, typically you need an Apple TV. Reflector puts your iOS screen on a Mac, PC or Android device by acting as an AirPlay receiver. Read more…
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Reflector Mirrors your iOS Screen to a Mac, PC or Android device
Don’t click any porn links on Facebook. Just don’t. It’s a good rule of thumb, but there’s an extra good reason right now. There’s a troubling type of porn-based malware that’s apparently infected over 110, 000 Facebook users in two days. And you could get the same Click Transmitted Disease. Read more…
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Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook
As smartwatches get more and more capable, many have wondered how luxury watch makers will compete. Will Rolex eventually introduce a timepiece with smartphone notifications? One company that might have the answer is Britain’s Christophe & Co. who’s developed a smart bracelet called the Armill that blends luxury and technology into a wearable accessory for the extremely wealthy. Read more…
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The First Self-Charging Smart Bracelet Is Obscenely Expensive
Producing quality 360-degree video for Oculus Rift-like headsets is still really difficult to do, which is why high-tech porn company Huccio had the $250, 000, seven camera rig above custom-designed for its venture into the world of immersive video. Read more…
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The Insane Camera Rig Being Used to Shoot 360-Degree Oculus Porn
Not all spider silk is created equal. Some spiders spin webs of wet, sticky silk. Others like the Uloborus spider have fluffy webs made of nanoscale filaments. But those fluffy webs are just as good at catching prey, likely thanks to their electrostatic charge. Read more…
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This Spider Catches Prey With a Web of Electrically Charged Silk
This is the European Space Agency’s test spaceplane, which is planned to go on a 100 minute mission without a crew on February 11. It will blast off from Kourou, French Guiana. Read more…
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This Gleaming Monolith May Spawn the Next Space Shuttle
The technology available to image light as it moves through space continues to advance. Recently, we saw a new high-speed camera capture a small pulse reflected from a mirror ; now, it’s possible to image the entire flight path of a laser as it bounces around a laboratory. Read more…
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Watch This Reflected Laser Pulse’s Entire Flight Path at 20bn FPS