Before I dive too deep into the actual gadget pictured above, a fly larvae breeding farm, I want to tell my timely story. Last night we opened our trash can to find it covered in tiny fruit fly larvae. AKA little maggots. My first instinct was to throw the entire…
Don't have the time or energy to play a full game of Monopoly? Check out Hasbro’s latest version of the game called Monopoly Empire. The main difference is that the game can be played from start to finish in about 30 minutes. I guess this shorter attention span version of…
Two apps have been discovered on unofficial marketplaces in China that might just be the first in-the-wild exploits of the massive bug found by Bluebox two weeks ago. The so-called “master key” vulnerability, or a least an extremely close relative of it, was the point of entry for malware in…
Not sure how you feel about the US government flying drones over American soil, but they are doing it. Apparently folks sitting in traffic yesterday on Highway 98 have a drone crash to thank for their delays. The QF-4 drone fell out of the sky in Florida yesterday and caused…
Back when Microsoft had unveiled the Xbox One in May, it said that all disc based games must be installed to the console's hard drive. They said that users would be able to play games as they were being installed. It was not made clear back then whether this would…
If you aren't familiar with the Sikorsky Prize, it was a challenge for human powered flight set 33 years ago. When the prize was originally announced it was just $10,000 and was raised to $250,000 in 2009. To win the prize, a human-powered helicopter has to fly for over 60…
Rovio just released an Angry Birds Star Wars prequel teaser. While Angry Birds Star Wars is available for free download for the next week (iPad and iPhone), they have been saying things like "Big new game announcement coming on Monday! #July15." via twitter. They also released the following image seen…
Not exactly earth shattering news here, we knew it was coming, but now Nokia has official announced their latest top shelf smartphone the Lumia 1020. The main bit of excitement around this Windows Phone is the PureView 41MP camera. Get yours in black, white, or yellow.
The Volkswagen XL1 is what happens when you take a hybrid car and strip everything that isn't essential. The VW XL1 weighs just 1,753 lbs. VW's engineers weren't focused on performance or handling with the XL1. In fact, they weren't focused on much but getting the best MPG they could. …
Elon Musk and Tesla are at it again. The latest bit of innovation is around a swappable battery system that can swap the battery in about 90-seconds. One of the main mental sticking points with regards to consumers switching to an electric vehicle is range and recharge time. The Tesla…