Frenchman Caught Publicly Urinating by Google Street View Car, Files Lawsuit This is the world we live in now, folks. A world where a man can't even take a leisurely pee on his own front lawn without a multinational corporation plastering it on their web mapping service. This is exa... Continued
NASA Rounds up $30M for Mars Next Generation Mars Next Generation, NASA's name for its Mars exploration program, was among one of the projects hit the worst when the agency's 2012 budget was severely slashed. Fortunately, NASA has been able to scrape ... Continued
California Enters the Driverless Car Game Less than two weeks ago, we reported that Nevada approved regulations for autonomous driverless cars. Now California is looking to do the same, as California legislators have drafted a bill looking to legal... Continued
QR Code Condoms Allow Users to Check-In at the Most Inappropriate Time I feel like there might be a joke here about social networking and web 2.0 going too far, but I think this story itself might be the joke. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest handed out over 55K QR co... Continued
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Talks Personal Robots Everybody wants their own personal robot. That's just a fact. Google chairman Eric Schmidt is no different and he's actually in a position to make it happen. During his MWC 2012 keynote, he described his vi... Continued
Skateboarding Just Got Easier with the ZBoard Electric skateboards have been done before, but not like the ZBoard. With an electric drivetrain and a system that powers according to how your weight is shifting. The board has both a front and a rear foot... Continued
The Future is Soon: Japan to Have Space Elevator by 2050 If this is all an elaborate prank, color me disappointed. A construction company named Obayashi Corp announced that they're building an elevator to space that should be completed by 2050. The elevator will ... Continued
DARPA Wants Soldiers to Have Robot Surrogates Am I being punked? It certainly feels like it. Last week I wrote about DARPA working to get 4G internet to soldiers in the field, which I thought was pretty cool. Now I don't give two cruise missiles about ... Continued
The News: Valentine’s Day Edition If you haven't managed to get something for your significant other yet, time is decidedly running out before you'll have to end up sleeping on the couch. If you already got him or her something amazing, goo... Continued
The iCade Jr. – The iArcade You Love in the Palm of Your iHand? Remember the iCade? The arcade attachment for the iPad was a huge success when it was unveiled early last year so it only makes sense that ThinkGeek and ION Audio are following up with the iCade Jr, a minia... Continued
San Antonio Robotic Throat Cancer Surgery a Success Traditionally, when a patient undergoes surgery to have a tumor removed from their throat, doctors will go in through the head to remove it. Then, the patient will have to wait a week before eating normal f... Continued
Scientists Generate Electricity Inside Living Cockroach Now this is why I got into tech writing. Don't get me wrong. I love computers and gadgets and any electronic gizmo under the sun, but if you asked me why I like to write about tech, I will tell you it's bec... Continued
