Mobile

Bugs: The IPhone 4S Keeps Setting Outgoing Calls On Mute

Judging from a 29-page thread brewing on the Apple support forums over the past few weeks, the iPhone 4S is suffering from a glitch where outbound calls have no audio coming from the earpiece.


October 17, 2011
Mobile

Watch Bugs Unbelievably Charge A Smartphone

This ad by Qualcomm is more impressive and less gross than I thought it would be — it uses bugs on miniature circus equipment to charge an Android phone with a Snapdragon processor. I’m guessing it’s an attempt to show off how low-powered the Snapdragon processor can be? Whatever, complex bugs are cool.


October 8, 2011
Geek Out

This Climbing Robot Cockroach Gives Me Heebie Jeebies

Whenever I see a cockroach scampering around I don’t even think, I just stomp the shit out of it. HOWEVAH. If I saw this freaking robot cockroach climbing my walls, I’d shriek and freak out like a little baby. This thing is seriously scary.


October 5, 2011
Mobile

HTC Comes Clean On Its Massive Security Hole

Over the weekend it was revealed that some extremely popular HTC Android phones (including the EVO 3D and Sensation) have a gaping security hole which would allow third-party apps access to all of your info. Oops?


September 27, 2011
Science

These Ants Terrorise Everything — Even Gadgets

It should first be stated that these ants aren’t just crazy, they’re scientifically crazy. Known as the Rasberry Crazy Ant, they’ve garnered a reputation in the US for moving in massive colonies and destroying everything in their path. And they’re spreading.


September 5, 2011
Science

Cyborg Beetles Powered By A Wing And A Piezolectric Prayer

Remember this day, friends. Remember when the cyborg beetles early first took flight in our labs and flew right into their world domination destiny. Look! Even now one of the brood is stealing a quarter, no doubt for financing purposes.


August 16, 2011
Geek Out

Revolting Bug Tornadoes Will Make You Itchy All Day

This has to be one of the most repulsive sights I’ve ever seen. They call them bugnadoes, gigantic vortexes of flying bugs that are invading the Missouri’s riverine land every day at dusk. Creepy? It gets worse.


August 12, 2011
Science

iPod-Controlled Roaches Dance To Lady Gaga

The Cooper Union is a private college in Manhattan that offers an internship for students interested in science. This summer the teens studied neuroscience by experimenting with Central American cockroaches. Sounds like fun.


July 25, 2011
Computing

iMac Replacement Program For Faulty 1TB Seagate Drives

Heads up: Apple has officially acknowledged a 1TB Seagate hard drive failure issue affecting iMacs sold between May and June 2011. Hard drive replacement is free, so just click the source link for all the info. [Apple Australia]


July 12, 2011
Science

California Deploys Wasp Army To Counter Apple Moth Threat

In the unceasing war between man and nature, the ranks of homo sapiens is about to use a dirty trick – using the natural world against itself. Californian agricultural officials are sending in wasps as instinctive mercenaries.