US military is planning to build a drone launching submarine
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is essentially the research arm for US armed forces, is currently planning to build what they are calling a drone mothership. The agency...
View ArticleSecurity engineers hack into cars, control the cars using their laptop
In a recent development, security engineers from Indiana have hacked into the software of the 2010 models of both the Toyota Prius and the Ford Escape using laptops which were connected to the cars’...
View ArticleMeet Carl, the robot bartender
Meet Carl, a humanoid robot who also happens to be a part time bartender at the Robots Bar and Lounge in Ilmenau, Germany. Ben Schaefer, a mechatronics engineer of 23 years, constructed Carl using...
View ArticleVeebot is a robot capable of drawing your blood, with potentially better...
A startup company by the name of Veebot is currently testing a prototype of a robot which is capable of drawing blood. The robot has the potential to choose the best vein at a higher rate than an...
View Articlei-H2GO remote control car is powered by water
The vehicle in the above picture is the i-H2GO by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and Corgi International. It is a remote-controlled car which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell… meaning it is...
View ArticleVolkswagen and Discovery Channel have built a convertible shark cage that...
This may seem both awesome and slightly bizarre to you but Discovery Channel and Volkswagen have teamed up to build a shark cage which has a similar form factor to that of Volkswagen’s 2013 Beetle...
View ArticleSupertoy Teddy talks to you, can have an evil personality
Meet Supertoy Teddy, a natural talking teddy bear. I can’t believe I just said that. Teddy makes use of a robotic voice box which will operate in sync with the words coming out of the teddy bear’s...
View ArticleForget open source software, this is an open source airplane and it costs...
An open source airplane is being developed in Canada and it could possibly cost as little as $15,000. The Maker Plane team plans to develop an airplane classified as a light sport aircraft which, in...
View ArticleMozilla wants Firefox to share information about your personal interests with...
Mozilla, the creator of Firefox, has recently been putting forward an effort to explore ways in which they can personalize the web browsing experience without users having to sacrifice privacy. One of...
View ArticleSamsung is artifically boosting Galaxy S4 benchmark performance, according to...
I’m sure we can agree that Samsung makes some excellent smartphones, especially the much hyped Galaxy S4 which has some rather impressive specifications. Recent news has come to light, however,...
View ArticleGoogle Play Store downloads have surpassed Apple App Store downloads for the...
Google Play Store downloads have for the first time ever surpassed Apple’s App Store downloads according to a report by App Annie. However, it seems that Apple still has the upper hand in terms of...
View ArticleNew “sky pod” system is a futuristic mass transit system which will be...
Developed with the aid of NASA and private company SkyTran, a new “sky pod” transit system — suitably known as skyTran — is set to be constructed in Tel Aviv, Israel. It will be the first magnetically...
View ArticleGalaxy S4 exploded and burnt down house, says Hong Kong man
A Honk Kong man by the name of Mr. Du will be counting his losses but at the same time thankful to be alive after his Samsung Galaxy S4 caught fire and burned down his apartment… or so he says,...
View ArticleFirst ever astronaut robot is being sent to the International Space Station
A talking robot known as Kirobo will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in order to accompany astronauts taking long journeys into space. Kirobo will be the first ever talking robot in...
View ArticleSamsung TVs hacked by researchers to activate cameras remotely
At the recent Black Hat cyber security conference in Las Vegas, iSec (a security firm) revealed a hack which allowed researchers access to remotely enable the webcam on a Samsung smart TV without the...
View ArticleThis South Korean bus is powered by electrical cables beneath the surface of...
Have you ever heard of OLEV?. Well it stands for Online Electric Vehicle and an OLEV system has recently been implemented in South Korea’s city of Gumi. With this system, electrical cables embedded...
View ArticleKwikset Kevo allows you to open your door using your smartphone
If you have ever forgotten your keys, you may like the sound of the Kwikset Kevo. It allows users to wirelessly unlock doors via an app and a bluetooth connection with the lock. Kwikset Kevo — made by...
View Article[Windows] Best free privacy and history cleaner
As we use our computers daily– and by extension the internet– we basically leave behind a digital footprint which can be a cause for concern for many of us out there. The internet history left behind...
View Article[Windows] Best free DVD and Blu-ray ripper (aka decrypter)
Watching movies is a big part of several of our lives and thus many of us have accumulated quite a bit of DVDs and Blu-rays (BDs) over the years. However, a large DVD/BD collection take up a large...
View Article[Windows] Best free PDF creator (printer or converter) — Bullzip vs PrimoPDF...
PDF (Portable Document Format) is arguably one of the most widely used electronic document formats, especially when sharing files via the web or email. It is therefore only natural for persons to want...
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