Forget fingerprints or retina scans — the shape of your ears could be the next choice of identification when you pass through airport security, reports the Telegraph.
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Google Tests Self-Driving Car
You didn’t actually think that you’d need to drive the next wave of cars, did you?
Jetpacks Are Here (And Are Now On Video)
It’s the Zapruder film of 21st-century technology!
Facebook Announces New Privacy Features
Yes, we know, we’ve probably written a version of the above headline dozens of times. But the new changes announced by Facebook today actually give users interesting new ways to interact with the social network, including a new …
‘Facebook Isn’t Working’ as Outage Hits Some Users
The social network behemoth confirms that unspecified site issues resulted in the site acting slow or unavailable for some of its 500 million users. Somebody should make a movie about this company!
Zuckerberg A Hero Or A Villain? Depends How Old You Are
The Social Network, the story of Mark Zuckerberg’s founding of Facebook, was the most popular movie in America this weekend. Was is the story of a socially-impaired jerk who abandoned all human connection for fame and fortune, or …
40 Years and Rolling: Wheeled Luggage Celebrates Anniversary
Back in the Stone Age, we even had to haul our luggage over our shoulders.
Piracy Badges All Around: Boy Scouts Take Stand Against Illegal File Sharing
The Boy Scouts are taking a preliminary stance against piracy. But is it overly cautious?
Is Your License Plate the New Inbox?
Making your license plate high-tech? Yes, there’s an app for that.
It’s Always Sunny In Washington DC: Obama To Add Solar Panels To White House
We guess this makes it the “Green” House? (Yuk yuk yuk.)
The Future Is Now: Jetpacks, On Sale, $100,000 (Or $215 For 10 Minutes)
Movies from the ’80s and ’90s left the American public with certain cruel desires for seemingly unattainable things – the hover skateboard from Back to the Future II, a dinosaur island à la Jurassic Park, the jetpack from Rocketeer.
Skype Names Cisco’s Tony Bates as CEO
Did they tell him over webcam?