Microsoft is giving a free upgrade to Windows 10 for users running pirated Windows 7 or 8.1. But there’s a hidden catch that somewhat undermines the exercise. Earlier this week Microsoft announced at a conference in China that the free upgrade that’s being offered to almost all Windows 7 and 8.1 users will apply even […]
Researchers at Michigan State University say they’ve produced a transparent solar concentrator that can be attached to windows to harness power without losing light or visibility. The idea of using windows to capture solar energy isn’t new. Rather than the surface of the window being a solar panel, existing technologies use a plastic overlay to […]
IKEA has banned Dutch users from playing hide-and-seek in its stores. It follows 32,000 Facebook users saying they planned to hide in one store alone. It appears the crackdown follows a perfect example of the philosophy that if you give people an inch, they’ll take a mile. Last July, a 29-year old woman in Belgium […]
Microsoft has confirmed it is effectively ditching the Internet Explorer browser and brand. It will be kept on in Windows 10 for compatibility purposes only. It’s been known for some time that Microsoft was working on a new browser project, codenamed Spartan. Now the company has confirmed this will be the primary browser in Windows […]
Jennifer Townley’s kinetic sculptures blow the mind. It is like you are looking at a living, breathing piece of work, though it is purely one artist’s vision realized. Her ideas come from her love of science, as you can see represented in her work. It’s the crossroads where art and science meet and create something […]
A psychologist believes side-scroller characters like Mario move from left to right because people have a bias towards depicting movement in that direction. Why exactly that should be is not so clear. Dr Peter Walker of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom explored the topic in an article for the journal Perception titled: “Depicting visual […]
Pax East is always fun (because it is the one show kinda close to where I live). While it can get overpopulated and wait times can be insane, that is what REAL video game journalists are about. They have to fight and wait and clamor to play the demos so we geeks can know what […]
We all know the earth could essentially be destroyed in a multitude of ways. We just like not thinking about it. We prefer to just imagine this rock floating in space with no issues whatsoever. If you are one of those people who doesn’t want to think about it, don’t watch this. For the rest […]
Would you pay $300 for the ability to make a pancake in any shape you like? Well, thanks to a successfully funded Kickstarter project, you’ll get your chance to do so. You may remember last year we wrote about a 3D printer that can process food into virtually any shape and design you like. Understandably […]
Newly-published research suggests the way chameleons change color may be different to previous theories. University of Geneva scientists believe the answer lies in nanocrystals rather than pigment. The ‘traditional’ theory of how chameleons are able to change color to fit their surroundings was by dispersing pigment in organelles, a ‘subunit’ within cells. In cold-blooded animals, […]