I mean, if you want to get caught committing a crime, please do wear your Fitbit. That’s what a Florida woman learned when she told police she’d been assaulted in March — only to have them examine her Fitbit and discover that the truth was a lot uglier and more awkward. Read more…
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Tip of the Day: Don’t Commit a Crime While Wearing a Fitbit
Skype’s real-time translator now understands French and German —along with the existing English, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish. Read more…
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Skype’s real-time translator now understands French and German—along with the existing English, Ital
The day is coming when the U.S. Navy will be able to use its electromagnetic launch system to hurtle all manner of aircraft into the skies, but for now we’re content to watch this rather impressive demonstration of its awesome power. Read more…
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Watch The Navy’s Railgun Catapult A 4-Ton Sled Off An Aircraft Carrier
Facebook vows to be transparent, and yet the Electronic Frontier Foundation discovered that the company is hiding all the ways that it blocks access in the United States, on behalf of law enforcement. Read more…
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How Facebook Is Censoring Content in the United States
I have seen the future of high definition displays and lo, it is glorious. Not to mention rollable, foldable, and clearly superior to the LCD or LED or really every other panel technology available today. Read more…
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Why Is OLED Different and What Makes It So Great?
MikeChino writes A new paper by a group of researchers from Montana State University confirms that life can survive under antarctic ice. Researchers led by John Priscu drilled down into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and pulled up organisms called Archaea. These organisms survive by converting methane into energy, enabling them to survive where there is no wind or sunlight, buried deep under the ice. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Scientists Confirm Life Under Antarctic Ice
If driverless cars give you the jitters , how about computer-assisted trucks instead? Because two 18-wheelers in Nevada look set to use automation to make them safer and more efficient—and they could be on the roads as soon as 2015. Read more…
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Nevada Roads Could Be Home to Computer-Assisted Trucks By 2015
The idea of truly flexible displays never gets boring, and now Plastic Logic is taking us one step closer. Its latest flexible OLED is the world’s first to be made using fully organic transistors—and it’s surprisingly pleasing display could wrap around your entire wrist. Read more…
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World’s First Fully Organic Flexible OLED Will Wrap Round Your Wrist
The next time you’re peeling a fresh, organic, “all-natural” banana just remember: it’s filled with tons of chemicals! But don’t worry, so is everything else. Read more…
Google has given Google Play Services for Android a big update —adding turn-based multiplayer support, a preliminary Google Drive API, and improved battery life for all users who run Location Reporting. Read more…
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Google has given Google Play Services for Android a big update–adding turn-based multiplayer suppor