If you’ve ever thought “man, texting is really ruining verbal communication” stop right now, before you start feeling like you’ve had an original thought. People were thinking the same thing about the telegraph in 1906 . Then again, depending on who you are, maybe it’s an improvement. [ Kip W via Buzzfeed ] More »
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We’ve Known Texting Was Going to Destroy Conversation for Over a Century
We’re all so use to having our smartphones close at hand that we can occasionally tune out and miss a call or notification that’s right in front of our faces. So what’s the solution? Obviously an iPhone 5 case with a blinding 8×16 LED grid on the back that mirrors and emphasizes on-screen notifications. More »
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Endliss iPhone Case Adds an LED Disco Floor For Impossible To Miss Notifications
If you don’t recognize it, that’s Daft Punk’s Around the World playing off a plastic LP created with a high-resolution 3D printer . It sounds awful, even worse than AM radio ever did, but that’s not what’s really important here. The fact that it exists at all is what’s neat, and it’s another example of how we’re just barely beginning to wrap our heads around the potential of 3D printers. More »
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Yep, 3D Printed Records Sound Awful, But They’re Still Pretty Awesome
The pace of High Energy Laser (HEL) technology has become a sprint with nations and defense firms alike racing to develop more and more powerful systems. Nowhere is this breakneck pace clearer than at Rheinmetall’s Ochsenboden Proving Ground, especially during a recent test of the company’s shiny, new, 500-percent improved HEL anti-artillery platform. More »
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This Laser Weapon Got Five Times More Powerful in Just One Year
The Taiwanese tech manufacturing giant, Foxconn Electronics, is rumored to be starting up manufacturing plants in the US next year, moving away from its long time “home” base of mainland China. More »
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Rumor: Hey Americans! Foxconn Is Apparently Building Factories In LA And Detroit
This uranium-based reactor would use nuclear fission energy to power small spacecraft and possibly installations on Mars. [Read more]
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DOE, NASA testing fission reactor for spaceflight
In Japan, it’s been popular for the past several years to make “-tan” versions of electronics. These are cute personifications of game hardware or even computer operating systems. Most recently, Microsoft released the official Windows 8-tans ; however, most of these “-tan” creations are not official. They are fan creations, like “Siri-tan”. More »
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Why Apple’s Siri Is Personified as a Butt Lady in Japan
Most have been so excited to get their discs open they haven’t been noticing, but Engadget have spotted something weird on the Wii U’s proprietary disc format: the discs’ edges are rounded. More »
Benjamin J. Heckendorn, more easily known as Ben Heck, makes a lot of cool stuff. More »
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Master Modder Makes Xbox 360 Into A Surprisingly Sleek and Slim Laptop
