US Drone Crashes In Florida
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 quite a bit of fire […]
Xbox One Lets Users Play During Game Download
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 apply to games downloaded through […]
Sikorsky Prize Claimed With Human Powered Helicopter
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 seconds at an altitude of […]
Angry Birds Star Wars Prequel Teaser
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 above. Remember that imagery from […]
Nokia Makes The Lumia 1020 Official
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.
Volkswagen XL1 Gets 262 MPG!
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. In fact some odd items […]
Tesla Model S Battery Swap In 90 Seconds
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 does a great job at […]
NVIDIA SHIELD Coming Out June 27 For $299
It looks like the NVIDIA SHIELD is ready for release on June 27th, and will be priced at $299. A step in the right direction as it was originally going to be priced at $349. Additionally NVIDIA took gamers feedback from the PAX East, E3, and Computex shows and made some slight changes to the […]
PS4 Release Date Rumor Points To November 26th
If you are in the Sony PlayStation camp and are eagerly waiting for the latest PS4, well we may finally have the release date. This rumor, was leaked by a supplier and claims that the screenshot (pictured above) was from the ordering system. Sony shared the price and what the PlayStation 4 will look like, […]
New Game From The Creator Of Tetris = Marbly
The maker of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, has his sites focused on the mobile gaming world. His first mobile game, Marbly, is released for iOS. While the game isn't like Tetris it still requires you to think several moves ahead while matching colored marbles. The game company producing the game is called WildSnake Software, and they […]