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Beautiful Object Makes Weird Noises, Likes to be Touched

Beautiful Object Makes Weird Noises, Likes to be Touched

Electronic music enthusiasts have a new tool at their disposal, this thing that looks like a cross between an iPhone...

The Water-Scraper: Where You Will Live When the Ice Caps Melt

The Water-Scraper: Where You Will Live When the Ice Caps Melt

Receiving a Special Mention in Evolo's 2010 Skyscraper Competition, this underwater skyscraper from Malaysian designer Sarly Ardre Bin Sarkum redefines...

Robots Go To War To Go To War

Robots Go To War To Go To War

I’m one of the slim minority who dislikes Terminator. Don’t get me wrong, Schwarzenegger is nothing if not a vastly-talented...

The Little Uglybox That Could Power Your House

The Little Uglybox That Could Power Your House

Getting off the grid may have just become that much easier. Oorja Protonics in California have developed a methanol fuel...

And Now, a Message from the Future of Transportation.

And Now, a Message from the Future of Transportation.

Unicycles have a history of looking silly. That’s probably because they’re fundamentally so. But this... this... I... I almost have...

A Pirate by Any Other Name Would Still Copy That Floppy

A Pirate by Any Other Name Would Still Copy That Floppy

Back in the day, there was no word for Peer-to-Peer filesharing. Today, the phenomenon is widely termed 'piracy'. Maybe that's...

Not Exactly the Fattest Beats, but It’ll Do…

Not Exactly the Fattest Beats, but It’ll Do…

Surely sometimes even the most digitally-addicted of us wants to ditch the cold machination of musical convenience that is iTunes...

Sikker, Paradoxically, Is All About Keeping Your Baby Healthy

Sikker, Paradoxically, Is All About Keeping Your Baby Healthy

When you think baby monitors, you think clunky, crackling technology from the 80s, right? Well, in this new concept Sikker,...

World of Light Travel Concept: So Slick It Makes Star Trek Look Backwards

World of Light Travel Concept: So Slick It Makes Star Trek Look Backwards

You gotta' hand it to the Swedish team behind this World of Light concept video. While other people think about...

Harry Potter Fans Soon to Live Out Stalker Dreams: Scientists Closer to Invisibilty Cloak

Harry Potter Fans Soon to Live Out Stalker Dreams: Scientists Closer to Invisibilty Cloak

For as long as humankind has existed, we have wanted to become invisible - mainly so we can inappropriately spy...

Futuristic ‘breaking’ Watercraft Shows How Rich Douches Will Entertain Themselves in the Future

Futuristic ‘breaking’ Watercraft Shows How Rich Douches Will Entertain Themselves in the Future

While some design companies tackle complex problems of sustainability or efficiency, Aguila Design are taking on something way more important:...

Google Poised to Invade Yet Another Market: Your Living Room

Google Poised to Invade Yet Another Market: Your Living Room

Nobody has their hands in as many industries as Google. Nobody. As early as this summer, we may begin to...

A Rubik’s Cube for the Blind. Wait, what?

A Rubik’s Cube for the Blind. Wait, what?

I bet you thought you were pretty bad-ass at solving Rubik's cube, didn't you? Thought maybe one day you might...

Google, Intel and Sony Team Up for GoogleTV

Google, Intel and Sony Team Up for GoogleTV

Where Microsoft and Apple have failed, Google, those arrogant so-and-so's, think they can succeed. Today, the New York Times reported...

Beta Kindle App Released for Mac

Beta Kindle App Released for Mac

Amazon's Kindle service is nearly fully Mac-compatible, as Amazon today launched a beta of their Kindle app for Apple computers....

Twittering Robot Ready to Tell World What It had for Lunch

Twittering Robot Ready to Tell World What It had for Lunch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N201N6u6ils&feature=player_embedded Plants that tweet when they need water? That's so two years ago, man. No, the future is a much...

Bling, Bling: See The World’s Most Luxurious TV

Bling, Bling: See The World’s Most Luxurious TV

Got money you’re itching to burn on bling? Got a lot of money? Got more? Then why not take a...

PlayStation finally gets a move on it with a motion controlled video game system

PlayStation finally gets a move on it with a motion controlled video game system

With the success of Nintendo Wii's interactive video game system, PlayStation has been developing their own version of a motion...

Researchers Say Video Gaming Makes Boys Stupid

Researchers Say Video Gaming Makes Boys Stupid

Parents may at last have a winning argument to kick their youngsters off their Xbox, Wii or PlayStation - too...

Twitter Gets Embed with Web as Digg Redesigns

Twitter Gets Embed with Web as Digg Redesigns

Twitter has announced a new plan to become as pervasive as the Web itself, opening up its @anywhere tech which...