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Ever Wonder What Happened To The Art Of Human Communication? [VIDEO]

Driver — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:56:41 +0000

It's no secret that the art of conversation is a dying art. Don't believe me, go out to eat and look at the number of people all sitting at a table together but not saying a word to each other but instead texting. I have actually been at a table where people were sitting there texting each other.

The "Robot Fighting League" Does Battle Tonight [VIDEO]

Wes — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:24:21 +0000

Straight out of the movie “Real Steel” robot fighting is coming to your t.v. tonight. The SciFi Network will be pitting eight foot robots against each other. Much like the movie, the robots will be controlled by people who are involved in real sports and plain old computer geeks. More after the jump. W.W.E. superstar [...]

Great Balls Of Fire: Move Your Laptop, Dude

Driver — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:00:46 +0000

Ok my brothers listen up! I am about to tell you the most common injury guys of this generation inflict upon their man parts.

Compressorhead "The Heaviest Metal Band Ever" Literally [VIDEO]

Rooster — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:22:13 +0000

You have got to check out this trio of Robots that can throw down some serious covers. According to their Official Facebook this is what Compressor had to say about their work. “Did you ever wonder what Danny Carey would sound like if he had 4 arms? How about if Angus Young had 78 fingers? [...]

New iPad App Lets You Play Video Games With Your Cat

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:07:23 +0000

Cat toys sure have come a long way. Yarn and stuffed mice are still fun, but the more tech-savvy felines prefer getting their entertainment a whole new way: from an iPad. Cat food maker Friskies has released a new app called ‘You vs. Cat,’ billing it as the first dual-species tablet game to let humans play along with their feline friends.

Android's Answer To iPhone's Siri; Introducing Dolphin Sonar [VIDEO]

Driver — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:04:38 +0000

By now we have all seen and heard about how you can talk to an iPhone and learn where the nearest liquor, smoke shop, or even the closest fast food joint or whatever it is you may need to find.

The Xappr Gun: My Smartphone's Boomstick

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:35 +0000

If you thought your smartphone couldn’t suck more time out of your day, think again. Now it has a machine gun attachment, ho ho ho. The Xappr Gun is the first peripheral that attaches to your iPhone or Android device to turn it into a true gun gaming experience. The Xappr Gun uses the phone’s motion sensitive [...]

Future Hipsters Talk About the Internet [VIDEO]

Wes — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:35:06 +0000

I this video, set 50 years from now, hipsters talk about the "glory days" of the internet. They also cuss. The cussing is bleeped, but is no less funny. I think this is for some type of convention or seminar, so they get an "A" for their commercial and a "D" for letting people know what the hell they're selling. It's still worth your time.

Google Is Developing 'Terminator'-Style Glasses [IMAGE]

Kathy Landin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:33 +0000

These aren’t just any glasses. These are ‘Terminator’ vision computers for your face. And a Google source says there is now a prototype of the Google Glasses. In December, a little birdie at Google leaked that they were developing glasses that would look like any standard pair of thick-rimmed glasses, but would have a heads-up [...]

Superheroes Earbuds Are Out Of This World

J. Audrey Miller — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:01 +0000

Chances that you’ll ever be as buff as Superman or as flashy as the Green Lantern (can a man really wear a ring that big?) but you can dress up your ears while fighting crime in your mind.

iHip Discovery has released a line of Hi-Fi superhero earbuds s

It's A "Fracking" Earthquake [AUDIO]

Wes — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:49 +0000

I don’t enough about the process of “Fracking” to really comment on it. All I know is its a way a releasing natural gas or gasses from shale. I’ve heard it messes up ground water (which once again I don’t know for sure), but now scientists are saying it’s causing earthquakes. It would make sense [...]

Facial Recognition Software Now Being Used for Personalized Marketing

Shauna Wright — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:31:22 +0000

While facial recognition technology has been used to enhance security — for example, to spot known terrorists in crowds — it’s now poised to become the next big thing for personalized marketing and smart phones.