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iMac Pet Bed: The Ultimate Computer for Cats
There’s no denying that cats like technology. Whether they’re playing Fruit Ninja, stepping all over your keyboard, or playing the synthesizer, cats and tech go together like peanut butter and chocolate. So…
Robot Octopus Hits the Water: Doc Ock Junior
I don’t know about you, but I hate swimming in the sea. Why should I risk getting eaten by a shark or strangled by an Octopus when I can be safe on…
3W handheld laser raises hope for a real Lightsaber someday
That banner image may seem a little bit theatric, but it’s a good representation of what this 3W handheld laser can really do. Turn the thing on in a slightly smoky room and it looks exactly like a thin beam Lightsaber. What kind of tricks would you expect this thing to perform? Perhaps it’ll pop some black balloons? Prepare … Read the rest
How to learn the periodic table in 3 minutes
(Credit: Video screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) In high school science classes, students are encouraged to memorize the first 20 elements of the periodic table. There are other methods employed at the university level for all 118 -- many students swear by mnemonics. Show More Summary
This Ad Gets Eaten Away By Bugs To Show the Dangers Of Crack Cocaine
In an attempt to illustrate the harmful effects of using crack cocaine, Talent, a Brazilian ad agency, created a series of posters featuring images of addicts that are slowly eaten away and destroyed by Flour beetle larvae—or mealworms. Read more...
The Only Thing Better Than a Fireworks Show Is a Fireworks Competition
There's something wonderful about watching things blow up in sparkly, colorful explosions. You might even have your own little display over the holiday weekend. But this explosive timelapse video of the massive annual International Fireworks Competition in Da Nang, Vietnam will make your backyard show look puny by comparison. Read more...
LED Etch-a-Sketch built without a microcontroller
This project is a wonderful example of what can be accomplished with a rather complicated logic circuit. It’s an Etch-a-Sketch made from a 16×16 LED grid. That in itself is only somewhat interesting. But when hearing about the features and that it is driven by logic chips we were unable to dream up how it was designed. There’s no … Read the rest
Peek at the best-looking PlayStation 4 mockup yet
A mockup of the PS4. (Credit: Andy Gilleand) When Sony has a secret up its sleeve, the company loves to tease. If you missed last week's video enigma, Sony revealed very brief pictures of the mysterious PlayStation 4 hardware, leaving gamers in the dark about what the highly anticipated gaming console will look like. Show More Summary
Freddy Kreuger Animated Sweater of Souls: Every Day is Halloween
I saw the first couple of Nightmare on Elm Street movies, but never actually made it to Nightmare on Elm Street IV. Apparently, in that movie, Freddy Kreuger makes a serious fashion…
Engadget Giveaway: win a 32GB silver HTC One on AT&T!
No, not that One. Or that other One. It's definitely not this One either. Rather, we're talking about this One -- you know, the HTC flagship kind -- and the folks at AT&T have a unit ready for you to win. This particular model is of the 32GB persuasion, and it's currently up for grabs. Show More Summary
Adding stereo to monophonic audio
A lot of awesome stuff happened up in [Bruce Land]‘s lab at Cornell this last semester. Three students – [Pat], [Ed], and [Hanna] put in hours of work to come up with a few algorithms that are able to simulate stereo audio with monophonic sound. It’s enough work for three semesters of [Dr. Land]‘s ECE 5030 class, and while … Read the rest
Cat Scratching Post Smartphone Stand Is a Real Head-Scratcher
We know that cats like to play with iPads, but it turns out they also like iPhones. While these tiny cats may look like they’re scratching up the back of your smartphone,…
Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines
Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them. Security...Show More Summary
18-Year Old Invents Supercapacitor that Charges Cellphone Batteries in 30 Seconds
How fitting is it that a high school student may have found the answer to longer lasting and faster charging mobile devices? The promising invention was made by Eesha Khare, an 18-year…
The 404 1,272: Where Tumblr takes the cake (podcast)
(Credit: Tumblr) Leaked from today's 404 episode: - Yahoo confirms $1.1B Tumblr buy, promises 'not to screw it up'. - Wordpress: 72K blog posts exited Tumblr in 1 hour over Yahoo deal. - Tumblr CEO David Karp was on the 404 almost 5 years ago to the date. Show More Summary
PS4 Console Design Sneak Preview Outed in Announcement Video
Sony today posted a video announcing that more details about the PS4 will be revealed during E3. In digging through the 39-second-long video, I found plenty of juicy tidbits which give a…
ROK Espresso Maker
Make espresso without a lot of noise
How to Make Your Own Anti-Venom without Poisoning a Horse
The Iocane Powder trick really does work! As this slick educational short from the SciShow explains, you've got two choices when it comes to treating deadly, deadly snake bites: you can either hopefully make it to a hospital in timeShow More Summary
Motorcycle Gets Outfitted with 9-Cylinder Aircraft Engine, Still Can’t Fly
I would be hesitant to put a plane engine inside of a car, let alone mounting one on a motorcycle. That’s just crazy. I just let others do the work and enjoy…
PSIO protoype loads PlayStation 1 ISOs on the console, no burned CD necessary (video)
Project PlayStation Input Output has been trying to load PlayStation 1 game images through the game system's parallel I/O port since 2010, and now it's ready to show off the first prototype. If piracy is your aim, then modchips thatShow More Summary
