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The Future of Downtown Vegas Is Somewhere in Tony Hseih's Apartment
Jan 07, 5:40PM
I am standing in Zappos CEO Tony Hseih's apartment in downtown Las Vegas. He's not here. A housekeeper is here. And a dozen strangers are here, taking a tour of the Downtown Project, Hseih's urban renaissance initiative. A "tour" which, for the most part, takes place right here, in Tony Hseih's apartment.
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You Can Order Domino's Pizza From a Car App Because the Future Is Absurd
Jan 07, 5:20PM
Thanks to Ford and Domino's unholy union of utility, gluttony, and good old fashioned American engineering, your next car could come with a built-in pizza ordering app. Are those tears running down Lady Libety's face you see? Nope—just meat sweats.
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Sennheiser's DJ Cans Get Overhauled for the Rigors of the Modern Club
Jan 07, 5:00PM
Sennheiser's HD25 DJ headphones are icons. They're also 25 years old, and up against some tough competition. So Sennheiser took their balanced sound and crammed them into a new line of headphones, lead by the HD8 DJ. Classic sonics, meet the comforts of a new millennium.
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13 Steam Boxes, Ranked
Jan 07, 4:52PM
Last night, Valve announced and showed off a collection of 13 different third-party Steam Boxes at its CES event. What Valve didn't do was rank them for you. We've taken the liberty of handling that, based on criteria that's almost entirely arbitrary.
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This Super Icebreaker Is Heading to Antarctica to Free Two Frozen Ships
Jan 07, 4:40PM
It may not be the largest or most powerful ice breaker ever to set sail (that record is held by Russia's nuclear-powered NS Yamal), but America's Polar Star is easily one of the most badass. This 75,000 horsepower ship can crush a two story ice wall in a single swipe of its mighty bow.
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Supervolcanoes Are Even Scarier Than We Thought
Jan 07, 4:20PM
Do you have a cute and cuddly stuffed animal near you? If not, you might want to find one because what you're about to read will scare you silly. And not the good kind of silly either. We're talking The-End-Is-Coming sort of silly.
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The New JVC Everio Brings Rugged Water-Proofiness to an Old Friend
Jan 07, 4:00PM
Water-proof video cameras are nothing new. The explosion of the action-camera market is evidence that not only have they been around, but there's a demand for them. But while action cameras are becoming popular for their versatility in mounting, there still something to be said for class form-factor: The camcorder.
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has announced that the McAfee brand name will be phased out in favor of a n
Jan 07, 3:57PM
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has announced that the McAfee brand name will be phased out in favor of a new name, Intel Security. John McAfee said of news: "My elation at Intel's decision is beyond words."
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It Was So Cold in Canada, the Ground Exploded
Jan 07, 3:40PM
Even before the polar vortex put large swathes of the US into a deep freeze, subzero temperatures in Canada were causing frost quakes. A few nights ago, residents around Ontario woke up to mysterious booms—like an explosion or falling tree. Turns it was just the cold.
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The NYTimes.com Is Relaunching By Putting Your Face on the Front Page
Jan 07, 3:20PM
The New York Times already gave us a preview of its brighter, cleaner, and all around more beautiful website earlier this year. But starting tomorrow, the redesign will be here to stay. And to celebrate, the New York Times is showing off just how customizable (and GIF-able) it's new homepage will be.
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Mio Is Bringing Heart Rate Monitoring to Your Wristband
Jan 07, 3:00PM
Mio, which was one of the first companies to make a watch that could accurately measure your heart rate without an additional chest strap, has decided to downsize. They've taken the brains of the Mio Alpha, then they shrunk it and got rid of its face. What we've got left is a pulse reading wristband called the Mio Link. Good idea! Kind of.
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Which Superfoods Aren't Actually Super At All?
Jan 07, 2:40PM
It's way more fun to finish off a big ol' bar of dark choco when you can convince yourself it's good for you. Because c'mon, science says so… in all those random studies you've seen floating around the internet… right? Well, surprise surprise, it turns out there are a bunch of false facts out there regarding the health benefits of your favorite treats. Now, the team at Information is Beautiful have visualized the scientific evidence—or lack thereof—behind what they dub Snake Oil Superfoods, breaking down hard data in an infinitely clickable format.
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8 Massive Tunnels Being Built Right Now Under A City Near You
Jan 07, 2:20PM
Now that we know it was an eight-inch steel pipe that brought the world's largest-diameter tunneling machine to a halt up in Seattle, we can no longer fantasize about Bertha unearthing a five-story-tall buried locomotive. But we can look at something almost as fascinating: The other giant holes that are currently being churned through the bedrock below our cities.
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Casio's Sporty Bluetooth Watch Lets You Glimpse Your Fitness App Stats
Jan 07, 2:00PM
Smartwatches might seem like a recent fad, but countless companies have been trying to improve your wearable electronics for well over a decade. Including Casio, who were one of the first to integrate a Bluetooth connection into its watches letting it mirror notifications from your smartphone. And the company's latest model, the STB-1000, is even designed to double as a fitness tracker, piggybacking on your smartphone's existing motion sensors.
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Vimeo Secretly Launches an Improved, Super Fast HTML 5 Player
Jan 07, 2:00PM
Vimeo is officially launching a new default HTML 5 player that's 50 percent faster than the the flash module that came before. In fact, you may have already been using it for months as the service has been slowly rolling it out to users. Sneaky, sneaky! Pretty much the only way you'll use the oldness is on Facebook soon. Did you notice that your videos were loading faster when you press play?
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Just Flipping This Wireless Switch Is Enough to Power It
Jan 07, 1:40PM
You might think that the humble light switch is so simple that it couldn't really evolve much further—but you'd be wrong. Because this wireless switch, designed to work with the new breed of wireless bulbs, can harvest all the energy it needs to function from a button press.
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Why Using Refrigeration Less Now Will Make Us Safer In the Long Run
Jan 07, 1:20PM
The developed world has a love affair with refrigeration that spreads way beyond the domestic chiller: It's the backbone of the world's food supply industry, keeping food fresher for far longer than mother nature intended. But it could be about to ruin us.
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TiVo Has a Prototype That Puts Your DVR Recordings in the Cloud
Jan 07, 12:48PM
TiVo is showing off a prototype at CES that we hope launches at some point: a Network DVR that uploads your recordings to the cloud so you can watch them anywhere, anytime.
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Toshiba Has a Lytro-Style Camera Ready to Pop Into Your Phone
Jan 07, 12:17PM
Toshiba has just announced a new camera module that allows users to refocus smartphone photos after they're taken, like Lytro's light field technology.
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This Could Be the Biggest Amazon Package Ever
Jan 07, 11:15AM
Amazon is well-known for its habit of delivering small items in gigantic packages. But this parcel has to be perhaps the biggest that Bezos & Co. have ever had to ship.
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New bullet expands itself into four connected parts to kill better
Jan 07, 10:35AM
It may seem impossible at this point, but humans keep enhancing their ability to kill others using guns. Example: the new Advanced Ballistics Concepts' new Mi-Bullet, a projectile that expands into four connected parts as soon as it's fired. The mechanism—shown in the video—is very clever, making almost impossible to miss a target.
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How a Team Of Activists Leaked Stolen FBI Documents 43 Years Ago
Jan 07, 10:30AM
On March 8th 1971, the nation tuned in to watch Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier battle it out in the Fight of the Century. Unawares, the FBI were having hundreds of secret documents stolen from their offices by a team of activists.
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How to Fossilize... Yourself
Jan 07, 9:45AM
Fossils aren't the preserve of dead dinosaurs and ancient insects. Believe it or not, you could ensure that your body lives on, perfectly preserved in stone, for ever more. You just need to die in a very, very specific way.
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This Is Nikon's New Flagship D4S
Jan 07, 9:27AM
While Nikon will show off its new pro-grade DSLR, the D4S, at CES, the camera has already been unveiled at an official press event over in Hong Kong. Here it is.
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T-Mobile's... flamboyant CEO crashed AT&T's big CES party last night, and was then swiftly thrown ou
Jan 07, 9:09AM
T-Mobile's... flamboyant CEO crashed AT&T's big CES party last night, and was then swiftly thrown out. Apparently the bright pink T-Mo T-shirt he was wearing gave him away.
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