By Michael Franco You’ll definitely look like a future-forward partier with these glowing green, red or blue earbud cords draped around you. But is the price worth it?
Daily Archives: 28.01.2015
Tinkering With a Raspberry Pi Even Cheaper Than Usual Right Now
By Shep McAllister, Commerce Team
The humble Raspberry Pi has been …
Apple beats world record in quarterly profits
By Lance Whitney Boosted by hot iPhone sales, the company topped the $15.9 billion earned by ExxonMobil in the second quarter of 2012, says Standard & Poor’s.
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iPhone’s double-edged sword: Big sales, big risk for Apple
By Shara Tibken Most of Apple’s record revenue came from its smartphone business, but it’s risky for any company to rely so much on one product.
iPhone’s double-edged sword: Big sales, big risk for Apple
By Shara Tibken Most of Apple’s record revenue came from its smartphone business, but it’s risky for any company to rely so much on one product.
One of The Most Unexplored Areas on Earth Looks Stunning From Space
By Attila Nagy
“So much water in this New Guinea rainforest, I’ve never seen anything like this!” …
How the Pencil Sharpener Was Invented
By Matt Blitz – TodayIFoundOut.com
For years, the knife was the most commonly used tool to sharpen the wooden writing instrument known as a pencil (which historians believe was invented in the 15th or 16th century). But whittling the wood away to eventually produce a point was a time-consuming, tedious, and inexact process. As pencils became more ubiquitous in everyday life, it became apparent that a faster and more efficient way was needed to sharpen them. Luckily, two Frenchmen were up to the challenge.
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Lasers have turned this metal super hydrophobic
By Michelle Starr Researchers have used lasers to create an extremely hydrophobic material with potential applications from sanitation to solar panels.
GoDaddy’s puppy-mocking Super Bowl ad in the dog house
By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect: Laughing at the Budweiser ads that feature cuddly puppies, the traditionally bawdy GoDaddy released a Super Bowl ad this morning. And then: trouble. Big trouble.
Watch a drone shoot fireworks at people from the drone’s point of view
By Casey Chan
Some guys essentially weaponized a drone by strapping Roman Candles onto the flying machine and making it fly around and shoot fireworks at people (themselves). The video made by …