“We have too many cellphones. We’ve got too many Internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.”
— RAY BRADBURY, author of novels like Fahrenheit 451, telling the Los Angeles Times about …
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Bored at Work? Play Gmail the Game!
It’s so much cooler than clearing out your inbox.
Top 5 Coolest High-Tech Clothes
It’s 2010. Aren’t we supposed to be living in the future by now? With these clothes, you’ll be straight out of sci-fi.
Did Star Trek: The Next Generation Inspire the iPad?
If the iPad looks familiar, it’s because Trekkies have been making use of “smooth, flat, touch-based control panels” since the 1980’s.
Will the Roads of the Future Be Solar Powered?
The 25,000 square miles of road surfaces in the continental U.S. is a lot of unproductive space, isn’t it?
New Tech Lets Robots Show Emotion
Think your electronics don’t have feelings? Well now, thanks to the work of Dr. Lola Canamero, they do. Be scared.
Ramadan Enters the App Age
The Islamic month of Ramadan begins on Wednesday. What would the holy book have to say about high-tech applications?
New Report: iPhone Users Have More Sex
As OkTrends says, finally, there’s statistical proof that iPhone users aren’t just getting screwed by Apple.
The Future Is Now: Brain-Powered Prosthetic Limbs
With all of the adverse effects technology has yielded, it’s easy to sometimes overlook the exceptional. In today’s case, that exceptional advancement comes in the form of prosthetic limbs, wait for it, controlled by its …
Google Says There Are 129, 864, 880 Books In The World
And, no, that half-finished diary, er, memoir in your desk drawer doesn’t count.
Google Admits Mistake, Kills Wave
It’s not every day that Google makes a mistake (in fact, we’re hard-pressed to think of another major product mistake made by the company), but as of Jan. 1, 2011, Google Wave will be no more. (via Techland)
Apple’s Lawsuit Headache: ‘iPads Aren’t Books’
Call it Apple’s “this coffee is too hot” moment.