Ever since this scientific breakthrough started circulating, it's been Terminator this Terminator that, as if SkyNet was just a few Arnold Schwarzenegger's closer to world domination. Pictured below isn't a rather unappetizing example of fusion cuisine; it's artificially grown tissue for surgical … [Read more...] about Engineered Human Tissue Looks Like Medium Rare Bacon Broccoli
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Oops! MoD Mishap Compromises Nuclear Submarine Security
Forget spies and high-level espionage. There's not a smidgen of either Frederick Forsyth or John Le Carre in this gripping yarn. All it took was a poorly censored PDF document released online that could be copy-pasted to reveal the blacked-out parts. The problem is the document was full of … [Read more...] about Oops! MoD Mishap Compromises Nuclear Submarine Security
Samsung HDD Division Sold To Seagate For 1.375 Billion
We guess they had to raise the cash to fend off Apple's lawsuit somehow, but this seems a bit extreme. We kid, it probably has something to do with looking towards the future and focusing on the SSD side of the business and whatnot. It may also have something to do with that 9.6 percent of Seagate … [Read more...] about Samsung HDD Division Sold To Seagate For 1.375 Billion
HBO Go App Coming To Android & iOS
Well, it's not a new season of The Wire, but it'll do, HBO. The network that just doesn't seem to know how to make a bad TV series has announced their HBO Go streaming service is finally going to live up to its name and break the mobile frontier. We know you're not ready for "instant and unlimited … [Read more...] about HBO Go App Coming To Android & iOS
ASUS Sandy Bridging U31E, U31SD, U36SD
We always feel sorry for the poor products which, even in this day and age of product names like the Air, Hero, or Thunderbolt, just never escape the shadow of a number or a codename. Take ASUS's U31SD, U31E, and U36SD, as lovely a trio of generic notebooks as you've ever seen. Sure, the U31SD has … [Read more...] about ASUS Sandy Bridging U31E, U31SD, U36SD
Apple Suing Samsung Over Copying iPhone & iPad
We hadn't had a huge corporate lawsuit over some outrageously obvious stunt for quite some time, so it's positively refreshing to see Apple in spirited form again. Maybe they hadn't skimmed through a technology website in a while, but Apple just noticed some of Samsung's designs, including the Epic … [Read more...] about Apple Suing Samsung Over Copying iPhone & iPad
Nokia’s Ovi Maps 3D Beta Going Up Against Google Earth
Hell, if you haven't had your fill of gallivanting across virtual streets by now, you probably never will. So go ahead, fill your boots, now there's another way to do it and one that doesn't involve either Larry or Sergei. Because if you can't beat them at mobile phone OSes, you can hit them where … [Read more...] about Nokia’s Ovi Maps 3D Beta Going Up Against Google Earth
Episodic Law & Order: LA Game Coming From Telltale
It's certainly not what everyone was expecting after Back to the Future, but unexpected doesn't mean unwelcome, especially since unlike the CSI games for instance, this probably won't be painfully horrible. The game will follow the LA entry in the Law & Order family, still in its first season, … [Read more...] about Episodic Law & Order: LA Game Coming From Telltale
Why Is Quantum Teleportation Important?
Because it can revolutionize telecommunications and give birth to a new age of computing. A joint team of scientists from Australia and Japan successfully carried out a test where information was teleported to a different point without resulting in a loss or degradation. This is just the first step … [Read more...] about Why Is Quantum Teleportation Important?
Software Program To Leave Hack Bloggers Extinct
Most other places that ran this story called it the robot journalist, which isn't very accurate. No Terminators are involved here, mind you. Just a software program that can prepare content in a snap. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the twilight of hack scribblers and lazy journalists. The type whose … [Read more...] about Software Program To Leave Hack Bloggers Extinct
R3 eTricycle Endears Itself To The Geeky Set With Cool Specs
Cool specs as in it's got a Galaxy Tap on the dashboard. Yeah, cool right? Behold the R3 from T3 Motion, one of those compact electric rides that are gaining popularity these days. Sure, it's not sexy the way a supercar is sexy, but at least it's really expensive (at least $25,000). The R3 e-trike … [Read more...] about R3 eTricycle Endears Itself To The Geeky Set With Cool Specs
Hector Robot Looks Wickedly Evil
All it needs is a projectile weapon on its back and there, pure evil on six legs. Now, now, we're getting ahead of ourselves. The ant configuration is perfectly okay. Hector is actually HECTOR, or Hexapod Cognitive Autonomously Operating Robot. Its sole purpose is to reveal the dynamics behind … [Read more...] about Hector Robot Looks Wickedly Evil
