Smoke rings from a toy gun don't do much more than entertain a child. But by giving them an electrical charge, a company called Battelle has discovered a way to make them more useful for firefighting and even crowd control.
Nerf guns are obviously designed with limited kick to be safe for kids. But if you're older, and irresponsible, you crave something with a little more firepower. Which is what led Make's Dan Spangler to build this propane-powered dart cannon.
Siri is a lot of things to a lot of people—unmotivational fitness coach, mildly-incompetent navigator, and tin-eared first runner-up in a two-AI contest to name just a few.
Marine biologists have been recording the "signature" whistles of captive dolphins for decades but have never been sure of their function. However a new study suggests that these personalised calls are in fact the the cetacean equivalent of shaking hands and trading business cards.
For the bedroom musician, recording was a pain until software gave them an option that was fast, flexible and sonically indistinguishable to the untrained ear.
Like a bioluminescent creature rising from the depths, these OLED lighting concepts from Audi are simply otherworldly. Eat your heart out, KITT.
Thieving hackers just raided the coffers of several prominent Bitcoin exchanges and made off with £140,000 worth of digital bullion. Ouch. It turns out that a crapload of devalued Bitcoin still adds up to a lot of stolen cash.
Membership in the Anonymous hacker collective is not without its dangers—and I don't mean just the 25 Guys in custody.
Under the right conditions, the cameras in your smartphone can shoot excellent video. Unfortunately, if the light is poor or there's a lot of background noise or you've got shaky hands, the quality is going to drop significantly. Here's a clever little rig that will help your video shine.
Humans are dumber than computers—that's the consensus after that Watson thing last year, right?
It isn't very often we encounter technology that is really, truly new. PCs, cellphones, the Internet, multitouch. Those all changed our world when they were first introduced. Not to overstate it, but Lytro may well be the latest member of that clique.
Look at this disgusting thing. They just discovered this horrible flying thing along with three other new species of Australsian spider flies.
Guess what: There's no reason to talk on your phone anymore, unless you're at home or in one of a few select emergency exceptions. It's true. Talking on your phone isn't only obsolete, it's extremely annoying. So let's kick the habit together, forever.
Getting bored with Siri? Us too. Finding out what the weather is, setting reminders and asking question gets old. You know what never gets old? Hearing a robot voice swear. I mean, we're all teenage boys at heart, right? Here's how to make Siri curse like a motherfucking sailor.
You can extract your own DNA with drinking water, salt, dish soap, alcohol, food coloring, and your own spit! This NOVA/PBS-made video shows you how.
