Early humans crossed a threshold around 75,000 years ago, when they started painting symbols, carving patterns and making jewelry. A new study found they also began to use fire to make tools around that time. picked by muppet 3 months ago

A driverless taxi has been unveiled which could make traffic jams, petrol fumes and crowded buses a thing of the past.

The futuristic pod has no driver, and no opinionated chatter to accompany your journey, but instead a button set in the wall with the word 'start' written beside it. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

By the time you read this story, the Internet may be obsolete. Okay, maybe not. But you never know. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

The Microsoft chieftain has been known to turn his nose up at the way Google targets ads on its Gmail service, accusing his bete noire of reading your email. Google does in fact read your email - or at least, Google machines do - and there's nothing you can do about it. Short of using Hotmail. But a citizen blogger has noticed a roundabout way of fooling Google into disabling Gmail's targeted ads picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman was today unveiling a design that he believes will be an everyday product within 20 years. The 40-year-old said the technology was already available, it just needed the will to put it all together. picked by kakana 3 months ago

General Motors Corp. said its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.
Edit: Check out the charger picked by suebe 4 months ago

The world's first dial-free radio without any traditional knobs or buttons, the 'Q2 Cube', was unveiled on Tuesday hailing the end of 100-year-old classic wireless sets. picked by topofall 4 months ago

A Japanese chemist living in Chicago receives the first U.S. patent for instant coffee. Hundreds of millions of caffeine-craving addicts will rue the day, but others have no grounds for complaint. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Here are 10 GPS gadgets that might one day save your life! picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago

Enter the age of the Personal Satellite with the Interorbital’s TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit…. best of all, the price of the TubeSat kit actually includes the price of a launch into Low-Earth-Orbit on an IOS NEPTUNE 30 launch vehicle. picked by suebe 4 months ago

It seems the older crowd—people 25 and older—has given social networks the unmistakable stench of being not cool. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A sign at Naidre's, a small neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., begins warmly: "Dear customers, we are absolutely thrilled that you like us so much that you want to spend the day... picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Currently, most nuclear fusion power plants are large, expensive projects that will take decades to benefit from. But a startup company in Vancouver, Canada, called General Fusion is taking the fast track to fusion, with a plan to build a working prototype fusion power plant within the next decade at a cost of less than a billion dollars. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A high school student touring the sixth U.S. president's archives recently noticed his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets. They come alive today via Twitter tweets. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Google is rolling out their Google Voice service with priority to US Military personnel and their families, giving them a better way to stay in touch. picked by Ankabout 4 months ago

...will be the largest air dropped non-nuclear bomb ever.

The MOP is 20 feet long and can penetrate bunkers up to 200 feet before exploding. At 15 tons, the MOP is a third heavier than the previous “mother of all bombs”, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, which was only 10.5 tons. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

For centuries Hindus have revered the sun god, Surya, as a source of health and prosperity, building lavish temples and holding festivals in his honour across a country with more than 300 days of sunshine a year. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Well, belated happy system administrator day. Here is advice to employees on the proper use of the System Administrator's valuable time. picked by suebe 4 months ago

The video game world is full of success stories -- geeks who got the last laugh by becoming superstar developers with fat bank accounts. But as the industry matures, so do the people in it, making room for a new generation of entrepreneurial gamers.

Update to this. picked by KerOBeroS32 4 months ago

I've been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by U.S. cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

You are flying at 30,000’ or higher and all engines on your aircraft fail. When you are truly staring at Death, the *RAT deploys in a last attempt to save the plane and everyone on board.
*(R)am (A)ir (T)urbine picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

If you receive a text message on your iPhone any time after Thursday afternoon containing only a single square character, Charlie Miller would suggest you turn the device off. Quickly. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

What appeared to be petite woman in an elaborate wedding dress walked slowly down the runway in an Osaka fashion show earlier this week. The twist is that this was no blushing bride; this was the HRP-4C female robot. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

1907: Earl S. Tupper, inventor of the famous Tupperware “burping” plastic kitchenware, is born. Baby Tupper may well have burped for the first time on this day. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Posted as a public service.

Truck drivers texting on their cell phones are more than 23 times as likely to be involved in a crash or near-crash, according to a study set to be released Tuesday.

Please don't. picked by suebe 4 months ago