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IFA Berlin: yeah, we’re here
Come now, you didn’t think we’d let something like IFA pass by without shipping a few editors off to Berlin did you? We’re on the ground and taking names in the best ninja gear we could sew with $5 worth of felt and tin foil. But hey, it’s not the costume that keeps you coming back, it’s the com…
Carbon-neutral Ziggurat pyramid could house 1.1 million in Dubai
As we learned from Wall-E, humans with half a intellect for themselves probably won’t be kosher with living with 1.1 million or so other inhabitants within a pyramid. That being said, there’s always the brainwash approach to getting ‘em in there, and whether hordes of humans were ever filed into…
Cloaking device could shield pacemakers from malicious signals
On a number of occasions, we’ve seen reports suggesting that pacemakers could be sent signals which could instruct them to do all sorts of unwanted things, including shut off completely. Thankfully, the University of Washington’s Dr. Tamara Denning has heeded the warnings and created a possible …
The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block’s swag
You know, when you’re the editor-in-chief of a site like Engadget, you tend to build up a lot of stuff. Companies send you all kinds of interesting promotional materials, gadgets, swag, etc. It’s great. Sometimes, though, you just let it pile up in your living room for years and years, thereupon…
MIT working up microbatteries to potential implantable medical sensors
In the never-ending quest to build even the smallest devices on soil a touch smaller, a talented team of MIT engineers have developed a method for creating and installing microbatteries, which could eventually potential a plethora of diminutive devices including “labs-on-a-chip and implantable m…
Diebold comes clean, admits that its e-voting machines are faulty
For years, Diebold has embarrassed itself by claiming that obvious faults were actually not faults at all, and during the past decade or so, it mastered the act of pointing the finger. Now that it has ironically renamed itself Premier Election Solutions, it’s finally coming clean. According to s…
Diebold comes clean, admits that its e-voting machines are faulty
For years, Diebold has embarrassed itself by claiming that obvious faults were actually not faults at all, and during the past decade or so, it mastered the act of pointing the finger. Now that it has ironically renamed itself Premier Election Solutions, it’s finally coming clean. According to s…
Intel CTO predicts singularity by 2050
whether Intel’s CTO is right, soon after man and machine could merge by the year 2050. Justin Rattner said that Intel’s research labs are looking at human-machine interfaces and predicts that promising changes could come sooner than expected. For example, did you know that Intel is working on ti…
WatchScale attempts to become the new calculator watch
Move by, Casio Databank (and similar) — a formidable opponent just rolled into the ring. While the aforementioned timepiece has been the geek watch of choice for years now, Jennings’ WatchScale is all set to give it a real run for the money. that wristwatch not only displays the moment in brill…
Swiss secret sauce to capability green choppers
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Hydrogen peroxide is not just for blonds anymore. It’s additionally used to ability an experimental helicopter that the developer says is more economical and environmentally friendly than any other rotary-wing technology in exis…
