Always be nice, and cool. That's the motto around here. But sometimes you just want to make someone wildly uncomfortable. Or maybe you want to avoid social nightmare! Either way, here is some sacred social media advice. Heed or perish. Read More >>
You might want to think twice about how often you hang out at your local PC World in the future. In Japan, NEC has developed a new facial recognition system geared towards retailers that determines the age and gender of shoppers, and tracks how long and how often they visit a given store. Read More >>
You know how you post pictures on Facebook? Yeah, people look at that stuff. If your privacy settings aren't expertly set, people are probably Facebook stalking your entire life through the pictures you post online. Even worse, people could be using Badabing!, an iPhone app that filters Facebook friends' pictures to reveal the pictures where they're in a bikini at a beach or a pool. It's freaking creepy. Read More >>
Even Apple's Siri, arguably the cutting-edge of synthesised computer voices, sounds incredibly fake. To the point where you'd think that field of research has only been around for about 10 years. But shockingly it dates back to the 1930s—80+ years ago! Read More >>
When it comes to robo-locomotion, you've got your wheels, your treads, your jointed legs. Now, you can add whip-like mechanical tentacles to the list, and they're way more effective—and freaky—than you might think. Read More >>
To one degree or another, everyone's been an internet stalker at some point. But some apps and services make it crazy, crazy easy to exceptionally creepy. Our friends at Laptop Mag rounded up the shadiest—you know, for reference.Read More >>
Featured comment by smallcoder:
"Deeply creepy especially the "BeenVerified" app. IF criminal and financial records are now available to the general public through a phone app in the ..." More »
After watching this animatronic robotic infant writhe around on the floor with no skin hiding its internal components, I bet you'll appreciate those awkward Uncanny Valley CG characters seen in films like The Polar Express. Read More >>
Sure, the axe murderer presented in this door prop is about as lazy as they come, but you have to admit the attention to detail with this animatronic door prop is pretty intense. Read More >>
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