Day: August 21, 2013

Hold that precisely engineered sandwich in place on the go

The Unikia Compleat FoodSkin is a flexible lunchbox. One side is an elastic silicone skin, so it molds to the shape of its contents…….


Secret court ‘troubled’ by NSA surveillance, ruled illegal

A secret Washington D.C.-based surveillance court found the NSA’s email and data collection program illegal in 2011, as it collected tens of thousands of American emails each year…….


NSA admits slurping thousands of domestic emails with no terror connection

Turns out, the innocent have everything to fear……


Here’s a list of games you can buy for the PS4 in 2013

Sony’s PlayStation 4 launches on November 15 in the US. Here be its gaming options for the rest of the year…….


Netflix knows best, sorts your list for you

The streaming service introduces “My List,” Mark Zuckerberg reveals plan to give Internet access to everyone, and Microsoft promises free tablets to schools that use Bing…….


Internet Infrastructure for Everyone

just_another_sean sends in a story at Wired about a group of engineers trying to build a new server operating system that will make it easier to deploy a multitude of technologies for people and companies that aren’t tech giants. “The project is based on Google’s ChromeOS, the new-age laptop operating system that automatically updates itself…


A single company is responsible for 1 out of 4 BlackBerry apps

Hong Kong imports line virtual shelves at BlackBerry World……


Telepathy raises $5 million to develop Google Glass rival

The Silicon Valley startup uses the funding to hire new engineers for its wearable, programmable computing device…….


This artist’s microchip implant can send animated GIFs to his smartphone

By implanting a RFID chip the size of a grain of sand into his hand, artist Anthony Antonellis can send 1KB images directly to his Android smartphone…….


Rio de Janeiro launches competition to foster software innovation

City government uses citizen ideas to create tech-enabled public services……