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Google Fiber Helped a Sick Boy Throw a Baseball Pitch with Robots
Jun 14, 5:00AM
When you combine Google Fiber, a robot and a boy 1,800 miles away from a baseball game, you already know it's going to be a good story. But this is better than just good. Google Fiber helped a boy with a rare blood disorder throw out the first pitch at a baseball game that was 1,800 miles away.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Hands Up If You're Lost
Jun 14, 4:00AM
Who would have thought a song sung for a dying mouse by fraggly imps could be this wonderful?
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iOS 7 Finally Lets You Zoom While Recording Video on Your iPhone
Jun 14, 3:23AM
Here's an under-reported feature of iOS 7: you can finally zoom in while video recording now. It seems like it could get a little choppy, as you have to pinch to zoom while already recording video but from the looks of the video above shot by 9to5Mac, the results are pretty seamless.
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Watch Christmas Lights Recreate Star Trek's Beam Me Up Scotty Effect
Jun 14, 3:00AM
Even non-Star Trek fans have dreamed about teleporting away to space by just saying Beam Me Up, Scotty. And though it's unlikely to ever happen in our lifetimes (prove me wrong smart people!), the special effects maestro Shanks FX has cooked up a slick way to recreate the Star Trek teleportation effect with Christmas lights.
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DirecTV Is Supposedly Buying Hulu
Jun 14, 2:12AM
If it seems like Hulu's been up for sale for a few years now that's because it totally has been. Seriously, back in August 2011 we tried to figure out which Hulu bidder we should be rooting for. And then in September 2011, Dish Network was rumored to buy it. Well? Nothing happened. Now nearly two years later, DirecTV is supposedly in pole position to snag Hulu.
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The Evolution of the iPhone Home Screen
Jun 14, 1:00AM
A lot has happened since 2007. Just look at how much the iPhone home screen has changed. Or how little it has? Back in the days of the first iPhone (it wasn't even called iOS yet), we couldn't get third party apps or even move apps around. Now, we have a bigger screen and all these funktastic icons.
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Mob Stoolie: Il Cosa Nostra Wanted UAVs for Hits
Jun 14, 12:00AM
The US military may hold the crown for most people whacked from an autonomous weapons platform but it is far from the first to try remotely-piloted death machines. According to one former mafioso, the Graviano family was testing radio-controlled, explosives-laden kamikaze craft for the handling of its staffing issues two decades ago.
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Lamb - Wise Enough
Jun 13, 11:00PM
Take a tour through a surreal industrialized dystopia in the latest video from legendary British trip hop duo.
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Control This Beautiful Ceramic Radio By Touching Its Palladium Surface
Jun 13, 10:12PM
Engineers and gilders might not seem like the most intuitive design partners—after all, their crafts hail from entirely different centuries—but the results of those kinds of unconventional collaborations can be magical. Behold: Hibou (meaning Owl, in French), a ceramic radio that's controlled by touching the palladium patterns on its surface.
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MTV for iOS: More Full, On-Demand Video Content Than Ever Before
Jun 13, 10:00PM
MTV has had something resembling an iOS app before called WatchWith, but their parent company Viacom has given it a total content overhaul and renaming it just plain old MTV. The new, improved, and most importantly on-demand app is stuffed full of content, both new and old.
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The New Old Xbox 360's Guts Shows What's Old Is New Again
Jun 13, 9:37PM
The new old, curiously botoxed Xbox 360 was announced at E3 to a crowd of shrugs. Why add makeup and eyeliner to a walking zombie? Whatever. The ace surgical team at iFixit got their hands on the new old Xbox 360 to see if anything changed inside. Here are the guts.
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Watch Police Shoot Down a Drone Flying Over Istanbul
Jun 13, 9:30PM
The tension in Turkey is quickly approaching its breaking point as thousands of protesters gear up for a third week occupying Istanbul's Gezi Park. This being the modern age, where computers fit in our pockets and everybody's a potential terrorist, some locals decided to take their little camera-enabled, radio-controlled quadcopter for a spin. This, again, being the modern age, police promptly shot it down. And yes, a drone was harmed in the making of this movie.
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You Will Never Beat This Hustling Robot At Air Hockey
Jun 13, 9:21PM
It doesn't matter how many hours you wiled away at college in the rec room, this air hockey-playing robot, developed by researchers at Chiba University's Namiki Lab, will beat you. And not only will it never lose, the robot has also been taught how to string along its human opponent so they think they have a chance at winning, when in reality they don't.
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Remember Paul Vo?
Jun 13, 9:15PM
Remember Paul Vo? He's the genius who invented a little black box that makes acoustic guitars sound otherworldly by changing the physics of how strings vibrate? Well his Kickstarter succeeded, and 100 units of the Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer are on sale now.
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An Awesome 132-Cube Ice Tray Exists Because People Are Assholes
Jun 13, 9:00PM
First, there's a special place in hell for people who leave the ice trays empty. Ugh! But those people exist, so thankfully Lékué makes a tray that has space to store 132 cubes.
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The Origins Of Pacific Rim's Giant Robots Explained
Jun 13, 8:48PM
Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Pacific Rim is the robot versus monsters mashup we've all been waiting for. But the origins of the giant mechas hasn't been explained until now, which are obviously influenced heavily by anime.
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The Post-WWII Planes of the Future Had Legroom to Spare
Jun 13, 8:40PM
It looks like American Airlines will soon be cramming even more seats into their already over-crowded planes. If this is the future, then where's my legroom?
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An Office For Two That Transmogrifies Into a 6-Person Dining Table
Jun 13, 8:20PM
Having enough room for separate working and dining tables is a luxury that most urban dwellers don't have. But thanks to Daniel Liss' transforming Table For Two, if you live in a small apartment you can now work on your cake and have a place to eat it too.
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Shooting Challenge: Primary Colors
Jun 13, 8:00PM
Red, yellow and blue. They're the most famous set of primary colors. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, you're going to capture them—all three of them—in one photo.
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The Surest Sign Yet That Apple TV Will Be a Gaming Console
Jun 13, 7:56PM
This week, Apple released its first-ever instructions for designing and developing a game controller for use with Apple products. The evidence suggests that Apple is gearing up take gaming beyond the confines of its products. It's going to condone console-style game development. And today's game controller for iOS 7 could mean that tomorrow's Apple TV is a full-on gaming platform.
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Edward Snowden Used a Thumb Drive to Smuggle Thousands of PRISM Files
Jun 13, 7:40PM
The highly-classified, confidential documents that revealed the NSA's massive data-mining operation, PRISM, were leaked from the NSA's facilities on none other than a simple, innocuous thumb drive.
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Why the Sunset Looks the Same on Mars as it Does in Beijing
Jun 13, 7:23PM
On the left is the sunset as seen from Mars. On the right is the same view from Beijing. Were it not for the latter's urban setting, you might not be able to tell the difference. Crazy, right? Fortunately, science can explain why.
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What We Still Don't Know About PRISM
Jun 13, 7:20PM
A lot remains uncertain about the number of users affected by the NSA PRISM surveillance program that is taking place, the extent to which companies are involved, and how the NSA handles this sensitive data. Here are some of the biggest unresolved questions.
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This Bluetooth-Enabled Meat Thermometer Is Your Deal of the Day
Jun 13, 7:00PM
Most people cook meat by feel with a timer, but sometimes you've got to step away from the grill. Or you need to know exactly how hot your meat is. There are lots of meat thermometers that can take a temperature, but wouldn't you rather have one that you can monitor on your phone?
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Sharing a link from Dropbox just got a little easier and faster.
Jun 13, 6:45PM
Sharing a link from Dropbox just got a little easier and faster. Now, when you right-click to share, you'll see a "Share Dropbox Link" that will generate and automatically save said link to your clipboard. Neat. [Dropbox]
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