When cats and dogs want people to know when they are happy, they wag their tails. Some of us humans have now decided to not only copy that idea, but to let the world know about it. In what is thankfully just a proof of concept at the moment, a Japanese firm has designed Shippo, […]
From the Department of We Have Entirely Too Much Time On Our Hands, this is the Popinator. It’s a popcorn-launching “snack machine” that shoots popcorn to wherever your mouth is. Just say “pop!” and pop! You’re eating popcorn. Isn’t technology AMAZING. Here it is in action, with a slightly less sarcastic listing of its merits. While […]
An 11 year old has won $20,000 from AT&T in an app competition to try and discourage texting while driving. In collaboration with the designer David Grau, Victoria Walker created an app called Rode Dog for the “It Can Wait” campaign. How the app works is that you join a “pack” with your friends (you all have […]
A change to US law means patent and trademark officials must allow the public to report that a patent claim is bogus because the technology is already in use. That’s led to the creation of a dedicated website for making such reports. The change comes in the America Invents Act, which became law last year. […]
Check this out. Pixomondo took away the Creative Arts Emmy award for the visual effects in Game of Thrones and this video breaks it all down, showing you a lot of what was real and what was computer generated. Beware; this video severely breaks the suspension of disbelief. If you want to continue believing in […]
With court rulings as hard to predict as a substitute NFL referee’s penalty calls, it can be hard to keep track of who’s suing who in the tech world and how everyone’s getting on. Here’s a quick update on recent developments. Samsung has failed to overturn a temporary sales ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1. […]
Apple knows that we consumers eat up any new version of any product they manufacture — especially when it comes to their iPhone brand. But what happens when you present an iPhone 4S to innocent, random men and women on the street, but SAY it’s the new iPhone 5? Well, Jimmy Kimmel wanted to find […]
Have you sometimes found that when you’re facing a really tough problem, an old kindergarten trick can sometimes work quite perfectly? Well apparently that can extend to quantum computers as well. At the University of Toronto, researchers have combined superconducting materials and semiconducting materials using good, wholesome two-sided Scotch tape. Quantum computing is a highly […]
This is a project that I’m backing right now. A LED light bulb that generates as much light as a traditional 60 Watt incandescent bulb, can be controlled wirelessly, lasts up to 25 years, and consumes less power than a fluocompact bulb (without all the nasty chemical), now how awesome is that? Sure, it’s a […]
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he doesn’t agree with a California court’s decision to rule in favor of the company in its patent battle with Samsung. He also attacked the entire idea of the rival lawsuits. Speaking to Bloomberg, Wozniak said: I don’t think the decision of California will hold. And I don’t agree with […]