What The New York Times Looks Like On Apple Watch
The times they are a changin’ (sorry, I had to!) and they’re looking pretty good. Imagine getting a roundup of the news like this…
Mental: Amazon Launches Single-Item Buttons To Stick Around Your House
Amazon wants to be the place where you buy everything, and they’re not going to stop until it is. This makes the choice that much easier.
Remember That Flying Car? They’re Selling Them In Two Years Time [Video]
At the rate air travel is going, I am starting to think I would like to be in control of my flying-mobile, thank you very much. Yay for the future!
Lose The Lanyard: Office Workers Are Getting Under-Skin Chip Implants To Gain Entry
Car keys, house keys, office keys – yes, one less would be great, but are you willing to have all your info stored in your hand??
Bill Gates Predicts Our World For 2030 [Video]
Bill and Melinda Gates give the world a whole ton of help every year, which is great because they have the means for it. Here, they predict the world in 2030.
This Car Can Fly 700km [Video]
All I want for Christmas is a flying car… and, oddly, the timing could not be more perfect for me, because there is now a flying car that actually exists.
Watch This Guy Drive A 3D Printed Car [Video]
3D printing is already saving lives and making cool things, but I think this car takes the cake. Move over steel and metal, plastic is FTW.
Please Enjoy This White Trash British 2-Year-Old Ice Bucket Challenge [Video]
Kids are awesome. Most of the time. They are even more awesome when you can give them back to their parents, which is what you would probably want to do with this one…
Fortune Magazine’s 5 Predictions For Social Media 2014
If you’re not eating, sleeping and breathing social media, it’s time to hop on board. Fortune Magazine’s predictions for social media in 2014 show that social media is transforming the way fundamental ways in which businesses function – which makes this set of predictions especially useful.
Google’s I/O Keynote Pimps Nexus, Jelly Bean, & Project Glass [VIDEO]
So hey, we’ve had a pretty cool look at the future thanks to Google’s I/O Keynote yesterday – where they covered the new Nexus 7 tablet, the Nexus Q media orb, and the awesome, skydiving-filled Project Glass demonstration that you’re really, really going to want to watch, after the jump.
Model Livetweets Married Actor’s Awkward Attempt At Seduction
Ha! Model Melissa Stetten found herself getting hit on by vaguely-famous actor Brian Presley on a flight out of Los Angeles. Using this new thing called ‘the internet,’ she identified Presley as a married, outspoken Christian with a five-year-old kid. So she livetweeted his ridiculously awkward attempt at hooking up with her. Watch it unfold below.
IBM Releases Predictions For Technology In 2017 [VIDEO]
IBM have released their annual predictions for the future of technology, via the IBM “5 in 5” project, which looks at five innovations which they figure will transform modern life within the next five years; these include mind-reading computers, human-generated electricity, and biometric scanning replacing passwords.
Flying Robots Build Six Metre Tower [VIDEO]
Hello, future. A group of autonomous flying robots – “quadcopters”- have been used in an installation by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology to construct a six metre tall tower out of 1 500 foam bricks. The robots are completely autonomous, with a networked computer vision system directing the placement of the bricks.
Porsche Is Designing A 57 Storey Highrise With Car Elevator
Porsche is designing a $650-million, 57-story highrise to go up in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Which isn’t that big of a deal. What is pretty insane, however, is the fact that the highrise will feature a robotic car elevator that takes condo owners directly to their door while still in the vehicle.
Adobe Made That Fictional CSI “Enhance” Tool A Reality
You know that thing in sort-of-science-fictional shows or awful police procedurals where they have a blurry photo which they zoom into indefinitely and then use television magic to ‘enhance’ it and keep it from turning into the pixelated jpeg it should be? Adobe Photoshop can do that now.
We Live In The Future: GM’s Smartphone-Controlled Pod Cars
GM’s Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V), the pod-shaped hands-free electric vehicle unveiled last year, is set for release soon. Confined to metropolitan areas, we should be able to live out our Jetsons inspired fantasies a little sooner than we’d planned, once GPS technology catches up a little.
Now There’s A Company Specializing In Finding Your Embarrassing Facebook Photos
Social Intelligence, a company approved a week ago by the Federal Trade Commission, is one that uses deep-search tools to do background checks on other companies’ potential employees. These guys could find your MySpace account, they’re that thorough. And if your deep-search profile doesn’t look good, you don’t get hired.
Only A Quarter Of A Percent Of The Sky Searched
Nasa has discovered a new habitable planetary system. Needless to say, calling the new system part of the Kepler-11 is mildly ironic considering what is being sent to orbit the pitches and dressing rooms of the approaching Cricket World Cup. But we won’t go there and that’s not what this is about either, it’s much more important.
Is YOUR Fridge An iPhone-Controlled Beer Cannon? This Guy’s Is.
Well, I guess Ryan Rusnak wins at weekends. Nice try, everybody. This dude set up his fridge to fire a variety of beers at him from across the room whenever he keys in the command on his iPhone. I mean sure, he’s choosing to have Bud Light thrown at him, but cultural differences. Focus on the potential here.