That red thing flying next to the F-16 is an MQM-107D Streaker, a target drone that was developed in the 1970s for the US Army. The North Koreans have bought several of them from Syria, and they are now using them to build unmanned attack drones loaded with high explosives.
Iron Man's HUD display is one of the cooler effects in sci-fi movies, and Google X is apparently pretty darn close to cramming similar tech in a pair of glasses you can buy in the real world.
When your society has inhabited a small, remote island for countless generations and boasts a population of only 300,000, the odds of having sex with a relative are significant. Luckily, Icelanders now have a handy tool to avoid family-sex.
Three years ago, Ars Technica discovered that when you "deleted" your photos, they were still kept on Facebook's servers, and anyone with a static URL could still access it.
RIM just put out a series of videos showcasing the durability tests a BlackBerry has to withstand prior to its release. Pretty cool!
Just when you thought it was over, the temperature at reactor number 2 at Fukushima's nuclear plant has soared 26.7 degrees Celsius in the last few hours. Worse: they don't know why the temperature is increasing after being stabilised for so long.
The camera blogs have discovered what appear to be full-size images of Olympus' new OM-D-series E-M5 mirrorless camera. While we can't be sure the photos are real, we can't help but wonder if they indicate that Olympus is heading towards a DSLR-free future.
The world is ripe with awe-inspiring footage of surfers riding waves. I mean who doesn't love a giant wall of water? But rarely do we get to see the terrifying underbelly that lies beneath the surface.
I lived in Italy for nearly 20 years, and it's difficult to imagine Italians tolerating anyone tampering with their precious tomato, the main ingredient in their all-important "gravy." But they seem to be ok with the newfangled "Realtomato" showing up in their caprese salads and margherita pizzas.
Online dating's said to be the future of relationships, now that we're all too busy to meet people in real life. But claims that websites can match you with your ideal partner using scientific algorithms are bull, according to a team of psychologists. Because not even fancy math can suss out our own unique brands of crazy.
After 20 years of drilling, Russian scientists have finally punched a hole in the bottom of the planet to reach the ancient lake 13,000 feet beneath Antarctica.
Avoiding processed foods can be difficult, especially when living on a tight budget. This noodle-eye-view of ramen noodles and Gatorade traveling into your stomach might make you go the extra mile. The video is just a preview of a project called M2A: The Fantastic Voyage by media artist Stefani Bardin. M2A refers to an ingestible capsule literally dubbed Mouth-to-Anus, which contains a camera and LED capable of recording the whole messy journey. The captured video is combined with data from a separate capsule that senses pH and pressure in the gastrointestinal tract.
"Mrs. Chen," as CNN calls her, works in a Foxconn plant installing iPad screens for virtually every waking hour of her life. Despite this, she never actually saw an iPad until CNN whisked her away. Her reaction will surprise you.
When Orbitsound introduced their T12v3 soundbar, I (perhaps unfairly) said some of the clip-on fascia shades reminded me of my grandparents' '70s bathroom suite. Keeping with that theme, if you comment below and tell us what your favourite '70s track is, I'll pick someone at random to gift a T12v3 soundbar to, which retails at £300. And this one will be black, I should warn you now.
Seems like we’ve got a broadband rollout war on our hands, and it’s about time. A couple of months after BT announced that it was ahead of schedule with its fibre upgrades, Virgin’s boasting the same with its countrywide introduction of its 100Mbps package, which will be available to 10 million homes this spring.
After losing a trade mark lawsuit last year against a Chinese company, Apple may have to pay a fine and stop selling and marketing the iPad in China. An ironic outcome, if it finally goes through.
