Toast with someone using the Buddy Cup to become Facebook friends
Designed for people socializing at an event that want to share their social media profile, the Budweiser Buddy Cup allows two people to become Facebook friends by simply clinking their glasses.
Check out this fake, but cool Google Nexus smartwatch concept video
A 3D render concept video has surfaced showing a Google Nexus Smartwatch, running Android Jelly Bean. It isn't real, but shows just how cool a Google watch could be.
Move over, Hologram Tupac: Microsoft’s working on 3D holographic avatars for Skype
A new job listing for a Microsoft engineer cites that the company is working on a telecommunication system that offers users the chance to create an interactive, holographic body double to use via Skype.
Inside Out Project takes your selfies and plasters them in the middle of Times Square
Can selfies be considered art? That seems to be the idea behind the Inside Out Project's latest venture. In its New York City stop, the team has placed a photo booth truck to snap portraits and paste them onto the grounds of Times Square.
Gas that grows on trees? Bacteria that can turn plant matter, manure into real gasoline is now science fact, not fiction
John Love and his team from the University of Exeter in the UK have officially created a strain of E. coli that can turn plant material – or even manure – into biofuel that is chemically and structurally identical to those found in commercial fuel.
Scan these smart pajamas to launch a bedtime story for the kids
Possibly ideal for overburdened parents with several children, this set of smart pajamas interacts with mobile devices like smartphone and tablets in order to launch bedtime stories within a custom application.
Virgin America encourages passenger flirting with seat-to-seat texting
With the potential to go extremely well or become incredibly creepy for passengers, Virgin America has rolled out a new service that offers the ability to send text messages and gifts to other passengers on the plane.
Thalmic Labs’ founder on ditching touch screens, nixing mice, and why gesture control is the future
Aaron Grant, co-founder of Thalmic Labs, shares his vision for the future of gesture control in computing and details what sets the MYO armband apart from the motion-sensing crowd.
Power your e-bimmer off of the sun? BMW offers solar panel packages for i3 buyers’ homes through SOLARWATT
BMW realizes that powering your EV from the sun can be quite a pleasurable experience for those keen to save the planet – or to at least offset global warming. Accordingly, the German automaker has teamed with SOLARWATT to streamline solar power system…
Cadillac lightens up? Typically heavy-handed carmaker focuses on LED tech, shaves pounds from CTS
Cadillacs are becoming lighter – both visually and physically. The new CTS is the lightest vehicle in its class. That, however, is not the only way Cadillac is playing with light. The new headlights on the CTS, for example, take fashion and function in…
Audi will test 510hp diesel-hybrid powered ‘long-tail’ R18 e-tron quattro racer at Spa in Belgium
Audi extends the body on one of its diesel hybrid racecars to see if a new high-speed setup will shave times in various sections of the Spa racetrack in Belgium. Adding further excitement to the race and Audi’s newfound Toyota rivalry, Audi driver André…
The family that stays together, designs award-winning military vehicles together
Parents! Looking for a family bonding activity to bring your brood together? Why not try designing military hardware over the Web? Sounds unusual, but it brought one family quality time and a one million dollar prize.
Here comes more carbon fiber: BMW develops quick, relatively inexpensive CF production process
The BMW i3 represents the German automaker’s foray into large-scale carbon fiber-based vehicle construction. Reducing weight while also reducing cost has been the goal for many years. BMW seems to have sorted it.
Nissan sells more LEAF EVs than any other car model in the greenie haven of Portland, Oregon
While LEAF sales overall are a virtual flop, they appear to be quite hot in Portland, Oregon. It makes sense, though, with the West Coast Electric Highway slowly coming online, worry-free EV ownership has never been easier.
Despite their world domination, humans actually care about robots’ well-being
Artificial intelligence may not mean much to you at first, but if you were exposed to a video of a robot getting abused, chances are you may actually empathize with the poor thing.