via Ars Technica
“Can you pick me up at my place in 15 minutes? Text me when you get here.” No, … Read More >>
Researchers hack silkworm genome to get spidery silk
via Ars Technica
By a number of measures, spider silk is one of the toughest materials around. … Read More >>
RIM puts BlackBerry Playbook on massive sale; Android Market shoehorned onto rooted units
via Engadget
Research in Motion may not have found itself in a coveted spot as 2011 ended, but if it’s learned anything from HP, there’s … Read More >>
Sleep Buster: Japanese Company Develops Anti-Sleep Driver Seat Sheet
via TechCrunch
There are quite a few systems and gadgets on the market already that prevent people from falling asleep whilst driving, but … Read More >>
Palm Software Director: “We Just Weren’t Able To Execute”
via TechCrunch
Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20 and Brian X Chen has a great tick-tock detailing the initial fall – and continuing fall – of … Read More >>
Causality becomes increasingly elusive
via Boing Boing
Espen sez, “This is an excellent essay by Jonah Lehrer on the increasing difficulty of finding direct causation in medical (or, … Read More >>
Stop! It’s A Really Bad Time To Buy Most Gadgets!
via TechCrunch
Did you know that your brain releases dopamine when it processes something new? At least that’s what the Internet told me. … Read More >>
The last thing I will post about apocalypse in 2012
via Boing Boing
Seriously. If you haven’t figured out by now that the world is not ending and that any Mayan predictions claiming otherwise are … Read More >>
MSN Direct goes dark, SPOT watches to suffer no more
via Engadget
When the noble SPOT watch was discontinued back in 2008, Microsoft promised the FM service that kept them informed would … Read More >>
DV300F point-and-shoot camera adds WiFi to Samsung’s front-facing LCD DualView line
via Engadget
Samsung is extending its “highly popular” DualView point-and-shoot line with a WiFi cam, launching the DV300F today. … Read More >>