Apple’s long-delayed AirPower wireless charging mat might finally be in production. According to a tweet from ChargerLAB, a “credible source” says that Apple has begun manufacturing the long-delayed wireless charging mat. The Verge reports: If true, it could mean that the long-overdue product could finally reach the hands of consumers before too much longer. Apple…
Years Don’t Dim The Shine of These Curious Gadgets
[Maarten Tromp] recently took the time to document some of the unusual and creative electronic projects he received as gifts over the years. These gadgets were created in the early 2000’s and still work flawlessly today. Two of our favorites are shown here: Hardware Tetris Unit (shown in the image above) and Heap of Electronic…
Aaron Swartz’s Federal Judge Gives Anonymous Hacker 10 Years In Prison For DDoS Attacks On Children’s Hospitals
Danngggg writes: Many will remember Martin Gottesfeld since he was arrested on a speedboat coming from Cuba. He volunteered at trial that he and his wife had just been denied political asylum by Castro. Gottesfeld has said he did it to defend the life of an innocent child named Justina Pelletier. On Thursday, the same…
Aquaman becomes the DCEU’s first $1 billion box-office baby – CNET
But The Dark Knight Rises is still ahead of it in earnings, coming from before the premiere of 2013’s Man of Steel. …read more Source:: CNet
Banco do Brasil launches cash withdrawals via WhatsApp
The bank is the first in the country to offer the service. …read more Source:: ZDNet
Plants Can Hear Animals Using Their Flowers
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via The Atlantic: The latest experiments in this niche but increasingly vocal field come from Lilach Hadany and Yossi Yovel at Tel Aviv University. In one set, they showed that some plants can hear the sounds of animal pollinators and react by rapidly sweetening their nectar….
Pedestrians, E-Scooters Are Clashing In the Struggle For Sidewalk Space
Slashdot reader mileshigh writes: Activists in California have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that parked scooters littering sidewalks interfere with sidewalk accessibility for people with multiple types of disabilities and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Many people have been wondering when this would happen since California courts are notoriously friendly to ADA complaints…
A Fully Automatic Electric Can Crusher
Those of us who recycle our empty drink cans know the annoying storage problem these containers present. For an object with very little metal, a can takes up a huge amount of space, and should you possess a greater than average thirst you can soon end up with a lot of space taken up with…
Elon Musk Offered Chinese Green Card
hackingbear writes: During Elon Musk’s trip to China for the ground-breaking of Tesla’s first overseas factory, which will allow it to sell vehicles directly in the world’s largest market for electric vehicles, he was offered a Chinese green card when he met with Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday in Beijing, where they discussed Tesla’s China…
GPU Accelerated Realtime Skin Smoothing Algorithms Make Actors Look Perfect
dryriver writes: A recent Guardian article about the need for actors and celebrities — male and female — to look their best in a high-definition media world ended on the note that several low-profile Los Angeles VFX outfits specialize in “beautifying actors” in movies, TV shows and video ads. They reportedly use a software named…
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