Apple CEO Tim Cook says the idea of a laptop-tablet hybrid is tantamount to shoving a toaster into a refrigerator. It’s a clever, sound-bite-y analogy. It’s also wrongheaded. But before we go there, let’s give Cook’s comments the …
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Giant 3.2 Billion-Pixel Digital Camera Gets a Step Closer to Construction
The 22.3-megapixel CMOS sensor on Canon’s new EOS 5D Mark III is no joke — except when compared to the hardware in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera. The 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera is meant to “capture the …
Can James Cameron — or Anyone — Really Mine Asteroids?
Time was, incredibly rich guys bought sports teams. It was fun, it was affordable (by incredibly rich guy standards, at least) and it kept them off the streets. But going to the Super Bowl isn’t enough anymore. For today’s …
New Study Asks Who’s to Blame When Robots Harm Us
I admit it; sometimes I yell at inanimate objects. My computer has, on several occasions, borne the brunt of my rage while spinning the dreaded pinwheel of lost productivity.
It isn’t logical to get mad at a machine, but you’d …
New Technology Could Let You Unlock Doors with Your Bones
Keys. They take up valuable room in your pockets and are constantly getting lost. You know what doesn’t get lost? Your skeleton.
In the future, we all might be opening doors with our skeletons thanks to technology developed by …
What Are You Doing to Google Patents, Google?
When Larry Page became CEO of Google (again) a year ago, he declared that the company was going to put more wood behind fewer arrows — which has translated into shutting down some of its myriad side projects to focus on the big, …
Cadillac Has Self-Driving Cars, Too
Google’s not the only company working on cars that drive themselves. On Friday, General Motors announced that it has its own self-driving car tech in the works for Cadillac, called Super Cruise.
Compared to Google’s …
Lasers Could Help Cryobots Melt Through Ice on Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The problem? All of its liquid water is hidden under a huge icy crust.
Inventor Bill Stone says he has a potential solution. According to Wired, his company …
X-Ray Vision Smartphones? In-Cell Touchscreens? A T-1000 ‘Liquidmetal’ iPhone 5?
Phones with cameras that let you see through walls, paper or clothing? An iPhone with a case made of “liquid metal” and — wait, what’s an “in-cell” touchscreen?
Support for Clean Tech Is About to Fall Off a Cliff — Here’s One Way to Save It
Debt-ridden and sclerotic Japan hasn’t been the go-to example of smart foreign governments since about 1991—that slot is now occupied by China—but there’s one program from Tokyo that the U.S. would be wise to copy.
via A New Report Explores the Boom and Bust of Clean Tech Funding | Ecocentric | TIME.com.
WATCH: DARPA’s New Robot Can Chase You Up Stairs
PETMAN looks like the Terminator but if it ever went rogue, escaping it would be as easy as walking up a set of stairs. No longer, kids; Boston Dynamics has released new footage of one its creations demonstrating terrifying …
Crab-Computing: The Future of Computers Powered by Crabs! Wait, What?
If you’ve heard of the game Minecraft, you may also have heard about all the folks who’ve built working virtual arithmetic logic units (ALUs) out of the LEGO-like game world itself. Sure, they’re more spectacle than useful, but …
