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Find your lost luggage with your phone

As annoying and inefficient as bar-coded tags on your bags are, you'd think that airlines would've found a better method of keeping track of your luggage. Finally, it seems as...

This machine completes one turn every 2.3 trillion years

You read that right, this machine takes 2.3 trillion years to complete a single turn. While it serves no practical purpose and we will be long gone well before it...

Acela is too slow, the northeast U.S wants maglev trains

The people of the northeast are tired of their outdated passenger rail service. Inspired by the high-speed rails of Europe and Asia, the people are pushing for the implementation of...

Geoengineering may be a good idea. Then again, it may destroy the planet.

There's a concept that is being researched called geoengineering that would try to repair damage to the environment through artificial means. Supporters say it's the only way to prevent a...

Can Star Wars meet the deadline with so many disturbances in the force?

Disney had better get going if they're going to meet their deadlines with the next chapters of the Star Wars series. The challenges they've faced would make a geek wonder...

4K Netflix coming in 2014

Can Netflix really make UltraHD a reality in 2014? The technology is there. The infrastructure may not be. Don't even get started thinking of what the ISPs will think when...

Battlefield 4 delivers as expected, good and bad

There's a reason that the Battlefield series has been so popular amongst its fans. They know what to expect. They know it will be extremely hard, much more challenging than...

A look back at the death of Digg

It has been over three years since Digg decided to sell out to corporate interests and turn into a venue for mainstream media rather than a user-curated site. That didn't...

Brazil betting big on wind power

Wind and solar are considered the future by many who want to pull away from fossil fuels. The former is more economically enticing in countries that have an abundance of...

Snowden willing to help Germany.Good or bad for the US?

The initial reaction from those in government is probably negative. He's already blown their beloved surveillance program out of the water with his leaks. Going to Germany to "clarify" more...

No money, no foul, says social casino gaming coalition

If nobody loses money from playing their casino games, how could the government consider regulating them? That's part of the stance of a new coalition of social casino gaming companies...

In the realm of DIY, subdermal gadget implantation is as weird as it gets

So, you want a computer to monitor you. That's fine. You want it to be in your arm, under your skin. That's a little weird, but it might be more...

Photobucket comes out of nowhere to pass Flickr

If there's one reason to believe that Photobucket will succeed in a crowded photo-sharing world, it's not because they just passed Flickr. Their 26 million users are still dwarfed by...

Groupon goes local (in case you didn’t know they hadn’t)

It's almost inconceivable to believe that a company that started off as a daily deals offering for people to find local deals on things they may or may not need...

Machinima ponders funding, selling, and a new CEO

This isn't a matter of someone being ousted. Co-founder and current CEO Allen DeBevoise is wanting a day-to-day operations person to run the company he's been building for eight years...

The possible redundancy of the NSA’s infiltration

What we've been able to see through the speculations of journalists and the revelations of Edward Snowden may not even tell us a small part of the NSA network spying...

A picture from the first gadget-friendly flight

With JetBlue and Delta being the first carriers to allow the use of devices on their flights during takeoff and landing, the alleged first photo depicting it was released today....

SR-72 will be able to circle the earth in six hours

It's fast. The SR-71 has been a piece of engineering genius that has stood the test of time. Its successor, the SR-72, will go twice as fast and could be...

A new app lets you mark your dogs territory

Woof, a new app available on iTunes, lets you mark on a map the places where your dog has hiked their leg. Other users will see where your dog has...

Canada’s largest energy company wants to replace truck drivers with autonomous dump trucks

Heavy equipment operators have salaries that can reach up to six figures. Add in the cost of housing oil sands workers and it's no wonder Suncor, a Canadian oil company, wants to...