Microsoft Kin Unveiled — Looks Sleek, Social

Microsoft unveiled the new UI for a pair of new phones, the Kin and Kin Two, and it is designed especially for the social phone user. All those Facebook and Twitter updates come right into your contact list and directly to the home screen. It’s nothing new, but it is certainly streamlined and [...more]

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Apr 12 2010
By Nick Upton

Driving Like A Video Game Is ‘F—ing Hard’

The people over at Kotaku put together this great video about driving from the third person perspective — and it looks like it’s a lot harder than it looks. This is an aspect of video games that was long overdue for the Mythbusters treatment, so, kudos to the geniuses who made it happen. After mounting [...more]

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Apr 12 2010
By Nick Upton

Seth Green Behind New Star Wars Sitcom, Really

Lucasfilm and Seth Green are behind a new animated sitcom, and are going to great lengths to tell everyone that it won’t be bad. “Let us assure you this isn’t going to suck as much as you think it is,” said Seth Green. But with Lucasfilm producing the show and “shaping the type [...more]

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Apr 06 2010
By Nick Upton

NASA Lets Public Aim Ultra High-Res Camera At Mars

NASA took eight ultra-high resolution images of the Martian surface based on public suggestions. The NASA image gallery hosted smaller versions of the staggering images. Even in three colors the images are simply beastly. HiRISE is the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet. It has taken thousands of black-and-white images, and [...more]

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Apr 05 2010
By Nick Upton

Microwave Will Now Fry Brains With TV

I usually watch my microwave intently while cooking, if only for the small chance of gaining superpowers from my popcorn or leftover Chinese food. Dubbed the CastOven, the oven plays a YouTube clip to fit into your cooking time. I’d like to see if you could choose your videos, I would hate to [...more]

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Apr 05 2010
By Nick Upton

Futuristic Tower Taps Into Underground Water

This futuristic looking tower is the brain child of Polish firm H3AR hopes to tackle the lack of water and shelter in the desert — all while being locally built and cost effective. The tower is especially designed for the Darfur region of Sudan, where money and water is scarce. The design of [...more]

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Apr 02 2010
By Nick Upton

New Torrent Suits Target Some 20,000 Pirates

Watch out! There is a new round of torrent hate brewing in the courts and it’s targeting individual movie pirates and big torrent sites alike. The Hollywood Reporter reports that more than 20,000 individual movie torrent downloaders have been sued in the past few weeks in Washington, DC, federal court for copyright infringement, and another [...more]

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Mar 31 2010
By Nick Upton

Magnets Can Scramble Morality Functions

Researchers at MIT and Harvard are scrambling morals in the name of science. Using a powerful magnetic field, scientists from MIT, Harvard University and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are able to scramble the moral center of the brain, making it more difficult for people to separate innocent intentions from harmful outcomes. The research [...more]

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Mar 30 2010
By Nick Upton

Scary Super Soaker Reaches 40 Feet

There is apparently a Super Soaker modification community, and from it came this beastly water gun that will no doubt get the police called to your water fight. The designer opted for the scary black PVC pipe for the cannon; which can reach ranges of 40 feet. The riot blast is amazing. Actually [...more]

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Mar 24 2010
By Nick Upton

Scientists Pimp Out Their Electron Microscope

Some scientists have created a brilliant way to get attention for their desktop telescopes. They are calling for user submissions for their electron microscope. You can send your own sample at the Aspex Corp Web site. Check out a bunch of the user submissions below in the image gallery. [...more]

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Mar 24 2010
By Nick Upton