via Boing Boing
Local farmer Shu Mansheng starts the engines of his self-designed and homemade flying device before a test flight in front of … Read More >>
Squid extract bridges human / machine divide, cyborgs to become very real
via Engadget
If we ever manage to capture a live giant squid, researchers at the University of Washington are going to have a field day. … Read More >>
Windows 8 ditches ’80s BIOS boot for streamline UEFI
via Engadget
Every time we reboot our computers, that scrolling code takes us right back to the days of War Games and Tab. Bringing us … Read More >>
Gesturizer Gives iPhone Users Near Total Control Through Gestures [VIDEO]
via Redmond Pie
A lot of the jailbreak tweaks passing through our radar at the moment are gesture-orientated, and as you may have surmised, our … Read More >>
Thin Film Transforms Any Surface Into a Massive Multitouch Screen
via Singularity Hub
Open up a cardboard tube, roll out a transparent film just millimeters thick, apply it on a flat object and […] Read More >>
Text Messaging Habits Leveling Off, Alternatives Abound
via Gadget Lab
Teens text a lot. Old folks don’t. But in general, it looks like our obsession with texting is beginning to level off, … Read More >>
Deals Company Valuations Are Plummeting: Report
via Fast Company
A new study says the daily deals field is glutted with copycats, and it’s up to Groupon and LivingSocial to prove the model … Read More >>
Google Hangouts Go Mobile & Get More Collaborative
via Mashable!
Google+ is making its public debut Tuesday with a bevy of life-inspired updates to Hangouts, the social network’s … Read More >>
Graphical Resume Site Vizualize.Me Launches, We Talk To The Founder.
via TechCrunch
With over 200,000 pre-launch signups and 40,000 users in their beta program, it’s very likely that you saw a vizualize.me … Read More >>
Methuselah trusts and the magic of compound interest
via Boing Boing
“Methuselah trusts” are (very) longterm trusts that accumulate so much compound interest over hundreds of years that by the … Read More >>