Now there’s nothing new about the iPad, many of us have owned one for a while now. Google Earth also isn’t something new. But the Google Earth iPad app is something to stare at. The combination of the two is just beautiful and mesmerizing. Google Earth is amazing as a native iPad app.
Scientists at Colorado University-Boulder, analyzing data collected by NASA, have concluded that a massive ocean covering one-third of the planet’s entire surface existed on Mars 3.5 billion years ago. The scientists aren’t the first to suggest that Mars was once home to large oceans, but their research does support earlier assertions to that effect, assertions that have been challenged repeatedly over the years.
If you’ve wondered what that annoying constant background drone is while watching World Cup matches on TV, its a type of plastic horn called Vuvuzela, and its been irritating spectators to no end at this year’s event. The horn is blown by World Cup fans to celebrate such moments in a game as — well, every moment — and has achieved unprecedented fame and rancor this Cup, as its B-flat drone is broadcast around the world.
Soluto has been nick-named the “Anti-Frustration Software” by its makers, and if you use this awesome tool you’ll see why–it tracks all the applications in your system boot process, and tells you exactly which ones are slowing you down. After installing the software and rebooting your PC, Soluto springs into action, tracking every single process [...]
Soccer may be called one of the least technology-dependent sports; all that you need are a ball and your feet. But even soccer has seen technological advancements on the design of balls made as far back as the 1930s. And it’s not just balls and boots. Even the way we watch—particularly in this, the year of live 3D broadcasts—has changed the sport forever.
The BP oil spill has been in the headlines for a while now, with no sign of the situation improving and public frustration about to reach a boiling point. But one reason we may feel like nothing is getting done is that humans aren’t the ones doing it. Robots are on the front lines doing the bulk of the work in containing the oil gushing out.
Microsoft’s Applied Sciences group has just announced a new lens they’ve developed that allows you to watch 3D TV without bothering with those dorky glasses. This development will also lead to a reduction in the price of 3D HDTVs, which would further speed up their adoption.
How awesome would it be if you could watch World Cup matches in 3D? The World Cup, which starts tomorrow, is the perfect event for this kind of mass cultural technology demo: It’s global, buzzy, and sports are among the most potent demonstrations of how compelling 3D can be in the living room. When Panasonic [...]
It seems like Google is really feeling enough pressure from competing search engines to make it re-think its home page layout. A new feature just announced from Google will let users customize their Google homepage backgrounds, an update that will make the search engine appear a lot like Microsoft’s Bing. Now don’t get us wrong, [...]
Instead of going the traditional route of writing up a boring 50 page dissertation for his final year at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, student Bi Heng chose to build a realistic-looking 4-ton, $43,000 Transformer-inspired sculpture honoring legendary Chinese general Guan Yu. The giant robot stands 32 feet tall, and was assembled from the parts of an old Jiefang brand vehicle, a 25-year-old military service truck employed by the People’s Liberation Army.
Just as many smartphones have added support for tethering and so many great features that we wanted to use the hell out of our data plans, many carriers are moving toward metered plans. Here’s how to keep track of your data usage and avoid paying overage fees.
Check out these spectacular images of the planet Saturn sent back recently by the Cassini spacecraft. NASA just released these beautiful and surreal photos of the distant planet. The spacecraft has been swinging around Saturn and its moons for six years now (its arrival anniversary is June 30), returning interesting and sometimes surprising data about the extreme environments found at the sixth planet.
Traditional exam halls may soon be a thing of the past, if the new remote proctoring software being developed by a bunch of US and UK universities turn out to be successful.
Researchers at IBM Research-Zurich are working to build the future of the internet, where everything from your coffee makers to environmental monitoring systems go online to create the “Internet of things.” A step in that direction was the recent development of the new software development kit, Mote Runner, which could one day make all that possible.
New data sent back by the Cassini spacecraft is hinting at the possible existence of methane-based lifeforms on Saturn’s moon Titan. The data received by scientists at NASA show that for some unknown reason, hydrogen and organic molecules are disappearing at the moon’s surface. The reason could be alien microbes breathing the gas like we breathe air.
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