Tesla is launching the “Powerwall”, a high capacity battery for powering a home. It’s designed to work with mains (household line) power, solar panels, or a mix of the two. The basics of Powerwall are nothing new: each battery unit will actually be made up of multiple lithium-ion batteries of the type Tesla already uses […]
Google has patented a keyboard design without a dedicated space bar. It appears to be a way of saving space on smaller machines. In the patent, spotted by Quartz, the spacebar would be removed. The trackpad would then be moved up to partially fill the gap, meaning a line’s worth of space could be taken […]
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 […]
Several American Airline flights were delayed yesterday after an iPad app used by pilots crashed the device. The app acted as an electronic version of a “flight bag” of printed documentation. AA got regulatory permission to use iPads in-flight in 2012 when it proposed using them to store digital versions of aircraft operating manuals and […]
Google is offering to buy patents in a “simple, easy to use and fast” process while letting the seller continue using the relevant technology. It’s billing it as a way to combat patent trolls, but it’s by no means an act of philanthropy. According to Google, the purpose of the program is to deal with […]
A start-up company says it can give the location of anywhere in the world to the nearest three meters using just three words. How useful that proves to be may depend on how many people use it. What Three Words is based around three ideas: that large parts of the world don’t have any form […]
Twitter has announced three changes designed to restrict the effects of abusive messages. It’s clear the company is trying to find a difficult balance between free speech and combating harassment. The first change is about policy rather than process. Until now, Twitter only considered it a violation when people made “direct, specific threats of violence […]
A computer that automatically bought illegal drugs online has been released from custody by Swiss law enforcement officials. The computer ran an automated bot called ‘Random Darknet Shopper’ as part of an art project. The artists behind the project had programmed the bot to search for illicit materials on darknet sites. That’s a loosely defined […]
Have you ever wondered who scientists have the ability to view individual atoms? Well you are about to get an awesome science lesson via the YouTube show Reactions, and maybe get a little insight yourself into the process. (H/T to LaughingSquid)
What would video games be without rivalries? Mario without a Bowser to bring down would only be half as fun. Link without a Ganon would be like a day without sunshine. The point being, rivalries in video games help make them what they are and definitely factor in to why we love certain franchises as […]