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Voyager Golden Record Gets Terrestrial Release

In 1977, earthlings launched a “message in the bottle” for extra-terrestrial life. Now a Kickstarter project is well on the…

8 years ago
Marty McFly’s Self-Lacing Shoes Become Reality (For Public Sale!)

Marty McFly’s Self-Lacing Shoes Become Reality (For Public Sale!)

Michael J Fox already got a pair from Nike last year to celebrate us reaching 2015 (aka The Future) but…

8 years ago

Opera Gets Built-In VPN

The latest public edition of Opera includes a free one-click VPN. It offers both privacy and an attempt to get…

8 years ago

New York’s Free Web Surfing Comes To Sticky End

New Yorkers will no longer be able to browse the web on screens in former phone booths. The change came…

8 years ago

Amazon Smart Control System Echo Dot Relaunched At $50

Amazon has dropped the price of its Echo Dot – already a budget version of the Echo voice control system…

8 years ago

Fidgeters Gadget Earns Millions Of Dollars

A company has raised nearly $4 million for a small cube aimed at fidgety people. With more than a month…

8 years ago

Scanner ‘Reads’ Pages Of Closed Books

A variant on X-rays could scan the pages of a closed book according to MIT researchers. Tests already show the…

8 years ago

Google To Explicitly Flag Insecure Sites

The Chrome browser will soon start flagging sites with password or card number fields that don’t use encryption. The change…

8 years ago

Starchiness: A Sixth Taste Discovered?

Starch could be a taste in its own right, newly-published research suggests. Tests found subjects could detect the taste as…

8 years ago

Star Trek Ships Available As 3D-Print Models

A 3D printing company has signed up the rights to nearly 400 models from the Star Trek universe. Fans will…

8 years ago