You wouldn’t think a rattlesnake would be afraid of a squirrel and you’d be right — that is, unless the squirrel in question was wagging its tail. That’s what a joint research project between the University of California-Davis and San Diego State University found with the help of their friend Robosquirrel.
Okay, so Robosquirrel is …
I’ve always believed that our number one goal when it comes to robotics should be to create real-life Rock em’ Sock ‘em Robots, as dramatized in the think piece Real Steel, starring Mr. Hugh Jackman.
It appears that the …
There are many times when it is inappropriate to tweet. At dinner, for one. In the middle of a movie. And, in most cases, open heart surgery.
Dr. Paresh Patel, however, had a good reason to tweet during a 57-year-old patient’s …
Angry that your carrier put a cap on your data? Maybe you should move to beautiful Russia, where the data flows like caviar and carriers actually encourage people to hog more bandwidth.
That’s what Russian carrier MegaFon did. …
Have you, like Andrew McCarthy in Mannequin, ever looked up at a lifeless department store mannequin and wished it would come to life? Well, cue Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” because your dream has come true.
Tokyo …
I knew Apple had a reputation for secrecy, but this is just crazy. Apparently the folks up at Cupertino are so paranoid about new employees leaking information that they put them to work on fake products until they can be …
Looking for a discount on Amazon? Try a little underhanded quid pro quo with a shady merchant.
The New York Times has the story of a merchant named VIP Deals that was selling a Kindle Fire case worth $59.99 for under $10. Each …
I have no idea what’s happening at this 404 page, but I don’t care.
Coincidentally, if you get a message saying “500 Internal Server Error”, just refresh it a few times. You should ultimately be treated to a dancing stick …
Back in my day, kids used their graphing calculators to play games with boring, vague names like “Snake” and “Brick Breaker.” Not this intrepid student, who programmed his TI-84 Plus graphing calculator to give school kids …
Would Mao Zedong have used an iPad? Well, probably in secret, but we’d bet the deceased icon of the People’s Republic of China would have approved of the Communist Party’s latest move: the RedPad Number One.
Officially, it’s …
Clay! It’s nature’s iPad. Drag your finger across it to create drawings, multitask by molding it into the shape of a camera or typewriter, see what your friends are up to by ripping a hole in it and peering through.
Shoppers …
Like Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, memes have burst onto the internet and refuse to leave, no matter how annoying you might find them. Before, you had to have some minor knowledge of Photoshop or at least know the url …
