Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 t...

Today Apple seeded a beta of iOS 5.0.1 to developers, providing a fix for the iPhone 4S battery life issues and bugs in iCloud. They also added the new multitouch gestures for iPad 1 users, which were a glaring omission in the initial release. It’ll probably be a few weeks (or...
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Our Favorite Phones, Sp...

Ah, November. The month we as a country dedicate an entire day to gorging ourselves on bird meat and gravy, followed immediately by bludgeoning one another at various retail centers. But also a time of giving thanks and sharing all the great gadgets that came out this month. Here are...
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Video: Watch Cute Healt...

RIBA II is the name of a cute caretaker robot from Japan, which we covered before but now have a professionally made video of. The two-armed robot was developed by Tokai Rubber Industries and RIKEN (a private research institute based out of Tokyo) and is supposed to make life easier...
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Video: This Robot Is Wa...

And we’re one step closer to the Robocalypse : a research team at the Nagoya Institute of Technology has developed a passive robot that can walk on its own. All it needs to get moving is a gentle push – no motors, sensors or even electricity needed. Its legs and ankles are...
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These Robot Legs Can Wa...

The Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan has developed a passive walking robot capable of traveling continuously under its own inertia— without exterior power . All that’s required is slight downward slope and a gentle push to get started. Wait, isn’t that the exact...
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The Coup : Dig It [Vide...

Man, you think the #OWS movement new ? Raymond “Boots” Collins and DJ Pam the Funktress—better known as Oakland’s The Coup —have been talking about this shit for years . More » Read the original post: The Coup : Dig It...
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Parasite Creates Wasp Z...

Wasps, like most insects have clear roles for each member of the colony. Basically, everybody makes sure the queen is doing ok making babies. Everything works like clockwork until a Svengali-like fly larva takes over a wasp and makes it do its bidding. More » The rest is...
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Bomb Patrol Afghanistan...

In the first 60 seconds of Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan, you will be hooked. You’ll then spend the rest of episode one with an elevated heart rate and your mouth open. It’s simply the most compelling thing you’ll see on TV. More » Read the original here:  Bomb...
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Groundbot spherical sur...

When it comes to a nation’s security, the whole game changed when 9/11 happened – air travel became a whole lot more inconvenient, and there was this super long list of ‘Don’ts’ issued. It is nice to see technology work on the side of the law though, as it...
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Japanese ball drone loo...

What you see here has been dubbed as the “world’s first spherical flying machine”, where it was first announced in June earlier this year with its master, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, taking the step to showcase it to the general public recently in Tokyo. This ball drone...
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