KFC in Germany has run a one-week promotion making it easier for customers to keep using their gadgets while enjoying finger licking goodness. They did so by creating special tray mats with a built-in keyboard that can connect to your smartphone or tablet by Bluetooth, meaning you can type without touching your screen — something […]
A GPS-controlled drone video camera to be released next year can film you wherever you go without interfering with your activities. The problem is that it’s very expensive and has a severely limited battery life. The Lily camera connects wirelessly with a small receiver that fits into your pocket or on your wrist. Once you throw […]
A $9 computer project has been fully funded on Kickstarter. As you’d expect, CHIP is pretty bare-boned, with extra costs for some connections, though a $49 touchscreen version is the most interesting configuration. The basic edition of CHIP is effectively the circuit board ripped out of a bargain-basement Linux mini-PC. Most of the connections are […]
The selfie stick is an interesting cultural phenomenon none of us saw coming. Seeing someone with a three foot stick taking pics of themselves is definitely surreal, but we are living in a tech forward world and this is all part of that evolution. Well, get ready for the selfie stick to reach brave new […]
The benefits of 3D printing are almost too impressive and massive for us to even properly address yet. The possibilities with this tech is limitless, and the directions it is going show great promise. But here is an angle you probably have never heard before, literally. Remember how the Winamp player would make cool visualizations […]
So it finally happened. A proper tricorder from Star Trek has been replicated and made purchasable by the public. This means Star Trek nerds who have been waiting ages for this can now die content, but considerably poorer. You see, this is no toy. No, this is a replica that is about as spot-on as […]
Dominic Wilcox is a man quite unlike any other. A genius who thinks so far outside the box he can no longer tell you the shape of on. Wilcox invents things that cause people to look at him, and question their own version of reality for a minute. Some people are born with brains that […]
Check out this cool metal puzzle that, when solved, unveils a 16 GB flash drive. Just the perfect thing to protect your info while adding an element of a game into your everyday life. This new Cryptex from the Russian designer Stanislav Tatarinov instantly revolutionizes the way you use and think about USB sticks. From […]
We finally have it, people. A computer so small it is comparative in size to a grain of rice. But do not let the size of the M^3 (real name: Michigan Micro Mote) fool you. It is completely capable of taking pictures and reading temps, among other things. It was created by the folks over […]
A funded Kickstarter project wants to use a temperature sensor and automated control knob to stop you burning or undercooking the contents of your saucepan. The makers clearly haven’t met my stovetop. While we can’t all afford a sous vide machine, several products on the market already automate cooking to make sure meats cook perfectly. […]