Technology

The Wild World of Robots! [Infographic]

Did you know that the word "robot" was originally coined in 1920 after the czech word "robota", which means "Compulsory…

14 years ago

Little Dog Robot is Big Dog’s Nimble Little Brother

Remember Big Dog, that amazing 4-legged robotic mule we posted about a while ago? Well Big Dog has a little…

14 years ago

Pirates Sail Across Baltic Sea

This may be the only time you'll ever read this sentence: Politicians have come to the rescue of filesharers. Sweden's…

14 years ago

Eight Ways to Be A Better Tweet Geek

Twitter is my preferred social network for a number of reasons. But more than anything I love it because it's…

14 years ago
The Geek Alphabet: From “Away Team” to “Zork”

The Geek Alphabet: From “Away Team” to “Zork”

As a geek, you definitely know your ABCs, but do you know these? From A to Z, "away team" to…

14 years ago

Up Close and Personal with One of Google’s Street View Cars

My pal Korben (who runs the most awesome French blog on the web, seriously) recently got his hands on a…

14 years ago

Google Goggles turns translator

Those of us not lucky/smart enough to read foreign languages have, until now, been fairly poorly served by technical replacements…

14 years ago

Hyping the cellphone, 1909 style

Most geeks will know of Nikola Tesla: an electrical engineer, he was pretty much the godfather of alternating current and…

14 years ago

RoboDoc becomes a reality

As great as modern mobile device apps may be, they hardly compare to what one man in Britain did with…

14 years ago

Stephen Hawking on Aliens, Real Possibility of Space and Time Travel

Stephen Hawking has partnered with the Discovery Channel to present a new documentary series called "Into the Universe with Stephen…

14 years ago