As technology develops at an alarming rate and gadgets become more and more energy-sapping by the week, the need for more powerful batteries with which to feed modern, portable electronics is greater than ever. picked by iamamaniac 1 day ago

"iPhone users find cool gadgets more attractive than college degrees, frequently watch "adult material" on their phones, and have no qualms texting or emailing a break up, reports a new study from Retrevo." picked by gammerus 2 days ago

A few examples of the best and most creative wooden iPhone accessories. picked by iamamaniac 5 days ago

...Computer simulations could help soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder.

"They experience the sights, sounds, smells and vibrations of their original experience. It is a way of overcoming a natural difficulty in using their own imagination during the therapeutic process." picked by bingo 6 days ago

A woman whose shoplifting bid was thwarted by employees at a Kentucky lingerie shop fled the store Monday night wearing only a hoodie and two pairs of stolen thongs.

(I hope meggy has an alibi) picked by Bornbad 7 days ago

Trippish does it for you! Just enter in your start and end location along with your departure time, and it calculates a travel route, as well as weather forcasts at regular intervals between your starting point and destination. It even can automatically determine the best time to leave based on current forcasts. Quite handy for those cross-country Plimeets. picked by sidran32 1 week ago

Fluid dynamicists have worked out how to stop teapots from dribbling, once and for all.

Teapot technology is largely ignored by mainstream media (some say unfairly). But today, scientists in France unveil a technique that should breath hi-tech life into a new generation of bespouted objects. picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

Steampunk is a kind of speculative fiction that usually takes place in urban settings where the future meets the past: Victorian era inventions clash with often dark alternate realities.
*I love me some Steampunk!* picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

First off, there is an Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists. Last week this group had a convention, and "while much of the talk at the seventh annual Pooper Scooper Convention, as usual, centered on business, it also featured the yearly tribute" to the death of the pooper scooper. That's right, the instrument in which the law is named after is nearly extinct. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

If you’ve ever needed to measure the width of a box but have no ruler, here’s a handy (literally) tip. picked by iamamaniac 3 weeks ago

One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

Netscape, one of the most influential names in the history of the web, is 15 today picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

Possibly the coolest new mode of public transportation. picked by gammerus 3 weeks ago

Here are five stunning dental clinic designs, each one commendable for its fresh approach and surprisingly inviting appearance. picked by iamamaniac 4 weeks ago

Welcome to the future.
f**k Jetpacks. picked by Pazez 4 weeks ago

It's a good thing we were so careful with waste produced during the cold war. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Details of a teenage girl's death in a car crash have been posted on Facebook before police in Australia had time to inform her family. picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

*Because they're planning to crash into it.

This is happening Friday, 6:15am EST; you're supposed to be able to see it with a telescope! picked by Pazez 4 weeks ago

The nearest English equivalent is “jury-rigging”, but that translation doesn’t do jugaad justice. My coworker Anurag translated it as “a duct-tape arrangement.” picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

An in depth account and review of the brand new, long awaited, Windows 7. picked by yamz66 1 month ago

The new SmartCap could be the only thing that saves you from being hosed out of the grill of a semi. Originally designed for miners, the hat monitors a driver's brain waves for signs of fatigue. picked by nateebiinature 1 month ago

In the bright and shiny future, we all live in green, gleaming communities, monorailed shuttles at the ready, climate-controlled at all times -- a sort of Logan’s Run, but without the forced euthanasia. It almost happened... picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Nervous flier? That means you're probably fidgeting, and probably a terrorist. picked by Pazez 1 month ago

A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza.

<<not the suit picked by nateebiinature 1 month ago

Britain, already one of the most snooped-upon nations on Earth, is about to become a nation of snoopers. picked by Franz6 1 month ago