If you’re reading this after sunset, you’ve failed a challenge

A group designed to bring cultural creatives together has deigned today to be the start of National Day of Unplugging. The group wants people to pledge that from sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow, you’ll give up electronic gadgetry. The ethos of the event is clearly stated: Do you have multiple cell phones? Take your ipad […]

Urine-Testing Phone App is no Pisstake

A new iPhone app will help analyze your urine for 25 different health conditions. But thankfully you won’t have to worry about Apple’s warranty exemption for passing water damage. Instead the app works by examining photographs of a strip onto which a patient urinates. The strip changes color depending on the presence and levels of […]

Canon takes augmented reality to next dimension

Canon has shown off more details with its 3D take on augmented reality. It looks like an impressive but expensive technology that might be a solution in search of a problem. The system is dubbed MREAL, standing for Mixed Reality, and goes on sale on March 1. It’s the same basic concept as augmented reality, […]