This is How Astronauts Practice Jetpack Missions in Space
Forget your Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard. In the International Space Station, virtual reality is vitally important—but a rather more makeshift affair.
Forget your Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard. In the International Space Station, virtual reality is vitally important—but a rather more makeshift affair.
I'm typing this on a laptop with a real keyboard. Real, as in without the compromise in size, tactility or function that you've come to expect in laptops. I don't really know how to express how strange that is.
In this artist's recreation, you can see cosmic winds howling out of supermassive black hole PDS 456. These winds are so strong that they prevent the galaxy from forming new stars. Read More >>
If you want a little disaster porn this morning, you can watch this How Stuff Works podcast about possible causes of the five mass extinctions that nearly extinguished all life on Earth.
The FBI is going to remarkable lengths to hide information about its surveillance programme that intercepts calls and texts with equipment called Stingrays.
A new nonprofit called UAViators is promising to offer experienced drone pilots a place to sign up for humanitarian missions where their aircraft can do some good.
The limits of battery life means that dealing with cords and cables is still our reality for a few more years. So researchers at MIT reckon we should just start using them to our advantage as smart remotes and controllers, rather than merely a means to transfer boring old power and data. Read more >
When you think you've had enough sun, you probably move into the shade. But, according to a new study, that might not be soon enough.
All hail the physical interaction of light.
Well, this is certainly one way to deal with gamer rage.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft delivers.
Check if your PC security's been compromised – then the three steps to sorting it the hell out.
The next time you're stuck at an airport waiting for a delayed flight, make sure this cardboard version of table tennis is one of your carry-on items. In just seconds it can be unfolded and assembled into a working ping-pong table, complete with a cardboard net, paddles and scoreboard. Read more >
Lightweight 3D-printed parts reduce weight and turn it into an acrobat.
Increase your followers and general social standing by turning your Twitter feed into a bastion of keen intelligence and natural humour.
Start your weekend off with a slice of future: sex tracking, Apple's continuing VR ambitions, IFTTT for smartwatches, and more.
