Tamagotchi celebrates its 17th birthday with new, more social virtual pets
Here’s a thought to make you feel old today: if the first batch of Tamagotchis were human, they’d be almost through with high school. In fact, the egg-shaped virtual pet has just turned 17 (17!), and to celebrate, Bandai is revamping the brand (ag…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Apple’s new headquarters, rocket-powered bike and bees that detect cancer
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.
A flying saucer is set to land in Silicon Valley! This week, the Cupertino City Council gave a big thumb…
3D Systems Jumps Into Project Ara
The idea of a modular phone has been greatly anticipated over, and it is definitely one of the most magnificent ideas buzzing in the tech industry. As recently announced, Motorola has been secretly working on this idea for roughly a year and the idea has been dubbed “Project Ara”….
Formula E’s electric-powered race car takes its first test laps (video)
A few months ago we got our first look at the Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E teams will be racing next year, and just recently, that car hit a test track in France for the first time to see how it held up. Spark Racing president Fréd&eacut…
One-of-a-Kind Products Designed by Jony Ive and Designer Marc Newson Sold Off at (RED) Auction
Yesterday, the one-of-a-kind products designed by Apple’s senior vice president of design Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson were sold off at Sotheby’s charity auction to benefit Product (RED), with winning bids for the four products ranging from $461,000 to $1,805,000.
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Intel’s next many-core chip will be a true stand-alone processor
Intel’s current Xeon Phi doesn’t really fulfill the promise of many-core computing — it’s a co-processor that needs a ‘real’ CPU to function. That will change when the next-generation Knights Landing model arrives, Intel revealed at the Supercomp…
Want to make apps for Glass? Google opens Mirror API to all developers
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Finished poring over that API documentation for, like, the millionth time? Good. Managed to hustle your way to a hackathon? Great! Finally, then, it’s time to put all that knowhow to practical use — the Mirror API is now open…
Philadelphia says no to 3D printed guns
The Liberator made quite a name for itself a few months back when it became the first functioning all-3D printed gun, and while its maker designed it with mass distribution in mind, we now know one place where it’s unwelcome: Philadelphia. The cit…
Waze partners up with Universal Pictures to let celebrity voices give you driving directions
GPS turn-by-turn directions are staid and boring, whether they are relayed by a male or female voice. Waze wants to give us what we really want, which is, quite naturally, driving directions delivered with the gravitas only Hollywood actors can br…
Alt-week 11.23.12: Woman videotapes the news for 35 years non-stop
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
Missing the end of the game, thanks to your VCR was part of the accepted technology norm during the format’s hey day in the 80s. Not for Marion Stoke…
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