Two UK Teenagers Plead Guilty To Hacking As Part Of LulzSec
Two teenagers from the UK have confessed to being part of Lulzsec and pleaded guilty to multiple charges of attacking several high-profile websites.
Civilization II Played For Ten Years. Humanity's 'Nightmare Of Suffering' Revealed
The world has always been predicted to come to a rather horrifying demise due to various different acts of tyranny by the human race. While we may have listened and ignored in the past, one redditor and his decade-long playthrough of Civilization II has made us think differently.
Researchers Bring Physical Buttons To Touchscreens With New Tactile Technology
Tactus Technology is currently busy showcasing a ground-breaking new touchscreen technology that is being described as the “world’s first” deformable tactile surface. Using a ‘microfluidic’ technology, the team of researchers is demonstrating how any touchscreen display can be enhanced through pressable buttons literally ‘rising’ through the surface to create the impression of physical hardware.
Nintendo E3 2012 Press Conference LIVE
The last of the 'big three' press conferences is almost upon us. Set to deliver where last year's E3 confused Wii U announcement did not, Nintendo has to come onto the E3 2012 stage with purpose, a demonstrable intelligence for its audience and, most importantly, with a desire to entertain from the get go.
The Microsoft Paperclip Is Back
Web developer Smore has brought the world famous Microsoft Agent and Office Assistant back to life in a free JavaScript download.
Students Eat 35MM Film For A Photography Project
As part of their final project for a photography class, two students swallowed pieces of 35mm film and collected the pieces after they were digested. The results are pretty striking to say the least.
Rat Walks Again After Spinal Cord Injury. A Cure For Human Paralysis?
The rat you see in the above photo, besides being in an action shot you'd compare to the likes of a 90s training montage, was paralysed with a spinal cord injury just a few weeks ago. Thanks to a special treatment developed by researchers at the EPFL, control over its own limbs has been regained, posing a possible cure to human paralysis.
Shoulder-Mounted Robot Gives You A Borrower-Sized Companion
To conquer the modern day pressures of loneliness, this rather bizarre shoulder-mounted MH-2 (or 'miniature humanoid') will follow you through the day, perched on your shoulder, and offer a holographic visual presence of any of your closest people.
BBC Mistakes 'Halo' Emblem For United Nations Logo On Live TV
The BBC may have gotten slightly ahead of itself with this by about a couple centuries, as a news broadcast put out the logo image of Halo's own "United Nations Space Command," insteaf of the UN emblem.
‘Feel Me’ App Adds Personal Touch To Texting
Compared to the likes of a phonecall or skype conversation (see or hear the person's emotions), beyond emoticons it's been a difficult task to convey that same human contact in a text. That's where Marco Triverio plans to change things with 'Feel Me.'
House Robbed After Photo Of A Pile Of Money Is Shared On Facebook
A house in Australia has been burgled in response to a 17-year-old girl posting a photo of "a large sum of cash" on her Facebook account.
What Would Super Street Fighter II Be Like With A Portal Gun?
It's a question that nobody has really pondered; but as The Pixel Kingdom demonstrate here, the resulting combination of 2D fighter and portal creation device is downright awesome.
Valve Employee Invents Commodore 64 Bass Guitar/Keytar
Jeri Ellsworth, electrical engineer at Valve who is working in R&D on the company's foray into hardware, unveiled her latest invention: a Commodore 64 Keytar/Bass Guitar hybrid. Simply put, the most awesome looking invention you have ever laid your eyes upon.
Researchers Hoping To ‘Eliminate Death’ By 2045, Working On Humanoid Robot Avatars
It is estimated that a total of 55.3 million people die each year, equivalent to almost 2 every single second. Death is a fact of life, or so we thought. A project by the name of Russia 2045 is ambitiously attempting to conquer immortality in as little as 33 years by way of creating humanoid robots that have human personalities stored on artificial brains.
Leap Motion Introduces Affordable Gesture Control For Your Computer
San Francisco based startup Leap Motion has unveiled what they simple call the Leap: a component the size of a thumb drive that will enable you to control your computer with gestures. Think Tom Cruise in Minority Report and you'll get the general idea.
Man Implants Magnets Into His Wrist For Strapless iPod Nano Watch
We understand that fashion is a key trend when it comes to Apple products; but we've never been a fan of the idea of an iPod Nano wristwatch. Dave Hurban must have thought the same as well, performing a self-titled 'iDermal' on himself: removing the need for a wrist strap by engineering his own wrist to hold the device via a set of magnets.
The Instagram Camera Is The Modern-Day Polaroid Camera, With Added Social Features
Having already been behind some of the most gorgeous iPhone 5 concept designs currently filtering through the many layers of the net, artist Antonia De Rosa of ADR Studio is now turning his sights on a Polaroid-like camera inspired by social photo-sharing app Instagram.
Siri Silenced. Updated To Not Say Lumia 900 Is 'Best Smartphone Ever'
It's common knowledge that Apple has a rather dry, sarcastic sense of humour when it comes to some of the responses that their automated assistant, Siri, gives to the user. But it seems they weren't a fan of the assistant's Wolfram-reliant response to the question "What is the best smartphone ever?"
So they have changed it rather rapidly from the original answer of the Nokia Lumia 900 to one of two sarcastic responses: "the one you're holding" and "you're kidding, right?"
Man Creates DIY Tesla Gun. Promises It's Just Art
Self-proclaimed 'mad scientist' Rob Flickenger has brought the Tesla coil of the steam punk era into rifle form, creating an awe-inspiring lightning gun.
Porn Publisher Sues Tumblr Over Photo Use
If you're a user of the social micro-blogging service, you'll be more than well aware of the presence of near-incessantly uploaded and reblogged pornographic imagery. That is until now, however, as Perfect 10, a pornography publisher has launched a lawsuit against the platform for ingringing on its copyrighted material.