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Samsung’s new ‘smart cameras’ make sharing photos super simple
If you're up to snuff on your Samsung history, you'll know that the Korean electronics giant is very keen on slapping the word "Smart" in front of all of its products. From Smart TVs to Smart Touch Remotes to Smart Home applia...
Did you know that the International Space Station has an address?
Astronaut Don Petit realized something that never crosses our minds when we pop open our mailboxes everyday: why doesn't the International Space Station have an address? Because it isn't stationary and rotates around the Earth...
Patent reveals possible finger-related control for Project Glass
Google X boss Sebastian Thrun revealed on Charlie Rose that sharing a photo from Project Glass to Google+ was as easy as a nod, but a new Google patent suggests that the AR glasses could be controlled with the fingers.
MythBuster Adam Savage’s 13-year quest to build a perfect sci-fi gun
The Fifth Element's Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg is not a nice man, but he sure knows how to design one hell of a sci-fi gun . His ZF-1 rifle — which is a machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher and so much more — has in...
‘Street Tweeter’ paints your political pleas onto city roads
Many love to bash Twitter as a shallow mouthpiece for celebrities — its words fit for toilet paper . The advocacy group One is seeking to change the message of some tweets, and then print them on city streets using a "gigant...
Hard drive with self-destruct button is perfect for secret agents
If you have to carry around a lot of really secret stuff on your laptop, it pays to keep all of that data really secure. Sure you could use some fancy password or high tech encryption, but wouldn't it be better if you could re...
Video of the Day: Talking Portal turret shoots foam bullets at you
A robotics student at Penn State has created a turret that talks, tracks and shoots foam bullets. The next step is to build a shell to make it look more like the Portal turret. Take a look at the video below for a test run of ...
Pioneer unveils augmented reality heads up display for cars
One of the coolest scenes in the new Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol film involves Tom Cruise manipulating a map superimposed on the car's windshield. It looked like science fiction but Pioneer just made it a reality.
Horizontal shower is like a car wash for human bodies
There a some inventions that really don't need reinventing, and I would put the shower pretty high on that list. That hasn't stopped German plumbing fixtures manufacturer Dornbracht from building the Horizontal Shower, which i...
Are NFC and smartphones-as-credit-cards dumb ideas?
Since way before the iPhone was a gleam in Steve Jobs's eye, back when the Motorola RAZR was the mobile phone du jour, financial institutions, mobile handset makers and carriers have dreamed of turning your cellphone into a mo...
