NASA needs to make satellites cheaper and faster. There’s an app for that. NASA’s PhoneSat project creates nanosatellites from unmodified smartphones – specifically, the HTC Nexus One and Samsung’s Nexus S. That means it’s Android that gets to leap into outer space, not iOS. The prototype satellites only cost $3,500, a figure kept low by […]
Evernote and Moleskine have teamed up to deliver a notebook experience that suits the page-loving geek. No longer must you be ostracised for preferring the pen to the stylus or the touch of paper to the touch of screen. Now you can buy one of these Moleskine books, which have a “new design that improves image […]
When I first saw that there were “Star Wars-Like Autos” I thought this was going to be some weird fake video. But Aerofex seems to be for real (though their site…needs some work) – they’ve created actual, workable personal hover craft! It apparently uses high-powered fans to hover, reaching up to 30 mph in speed and […]
“People only use iPhones to take photos of their food. They’re sad and alone, so they use pictures of food to create the illusion of a fulfilling life…” **Apple is slated to present the new iPhone 5 on September 5!** [Via YouTube]
Who doesn’t love the “Ghostbusters” theme?! But you haven’t heard it ’til you’ve heard it played ON EIGHT FLOPPY DRIVES!! [Via YouTube]
Intelligence agencies are drooling. Love the Kickstarter style. From the same group that brought us We’re NASA and we Know it. [via Satire]
The Imagine 3D Printer by Essential Dynamics is inching us ever closer to 3D printing as a commercial option for regular households. And this one can print food. In fact, it can print just about anything. From the site itself: If you can bring it to a soft form first (using a household blender), you can […]
This seems like one of those things that could be really useful, or could make us ever so fatter. Startup company in California, Double Robotics has decided that they want to revolutionise video conferencing with their product they’ve simply named “Double”. They’ve created this little mobile iPad stand that can be remote-controlled via an iPhone, iPad, […]
Phil Plait made an alien joke in a tweet (“If I ever go to an alien planet, I’m bringing a Giger counter.”) which sparked the inspiration of one Steve D. to build a geiger counter as H.R. Giger might see it (that’s the guy who did the design work for Alien, for the less alien-movie-geeky among […]
Wireless charging was something that was often mentioned in my Electrodynamics lectures, but something that was far from practical yet. Well Intel is ready to step up and push wireless charging into the future. While wireless charging has been used previously for charging smartphones (to what degree of success, perhaps some of our readers who have […]