Harry Potter

Science

Scientists Completely ‘Cloak’ Three-Dimensional Objects For The First Time

5:45PM January 26, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Hiding behind a life-sized negative of yourself won’t actually turn you invisible. But researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have figured out how to use that same idea to make real-world objects vanish when shot with microwave energy. More »


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Wireless Power Lets Harry Potter Bewitch Me From A Magazine Cover

11:45AM January 12, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

eCoupled is known for their inductive-charging solutions, where you can just plop your phone down on a table and it will immediately start topping off its battery. But in recent years at CES they’ve been coming up with slick demos showing alternative ways the technology can be used. More »


Online

Pottermore Won’t Sell Harry Potter Until Next Year

1:00AM October 4, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Pottermore was supposed to be huge. Instead, it’s a million crazed Potter fans, most of them kids, playing Harry Potter minigames. Great! Kids love minigames. But why the hell isn’t Pottermore selling Harry Potter ebooks? They’re blowing this, big time. More »


Online

Harry Potter Fans: Don’t Fall For The Pottermore Scam

11:07PM August 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The BBC is reporting that scammers are selling “early access accounts” to Pottermore, the website that will contain more stories on the Harry Potter universe. Gullible fans are buying these accounts hoping to get in there before its October opening. More »


Software

It’s Going To Be A Pain Downloading Harry Potter Books To Kindle

1:50AM July 21, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

J.K. Rowling made a splash when she announced Harry Potter will be available as ebooks for the first time, through a Pottermore website launching this Australian spring. Thankfully she’s allowed Google – and these ereaders – a chance to actually, y’know, read them. More »


Entertainment

Roger Ebert: Don’t Watch The New Harry Potter Flick In 3D

12:45PM July 16, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Roger Ebert dropped his review on the final Harry Potter movie, and guess what? He likes it! But there is one thing he doesn’t really like: the 3D. More »


Geek Out

Harry Potter Crop Circle Maze Definitely Wasn’t Created By Aliens

6:20PM July 13, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Neither aliens nor goblins had a hand in creating this “maize maze” near York, England – the farmer “Top Pearsy” (that’s a name, yes) owned up and said he merely wanted to mark the ending of the Harry Potter moviethon. More »


Entertainment

3D Harry Potter Glasses Don’t Make 3D Glasses Cool

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2:45PM July 12, 2011 | Danny Allen

Those lucky enough to attend the Sydney premiere of the final Harry Potter movie (like the girls at PopSugar) were treated to an unexpected little trinket: these fun 3D Harry Potter glasses. And this got me thinking…what movies with iconic glasses would be fun to re-watch again in the cinema? Robocop? Star Trek? Top Gun? More »


Entertainment

Pottermore Is The Ebook’s Beatles On iTunes Moment

8:00AM June 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Well, that rumour about Pottermore being a smartphone was completely wrong. But that’s OK, because that was an idiotic prospect, and the truth is more interesting: Harry Potter will sell as ebooks for the first time ever. And that’s huge. More »


Online

Is J.K. Rowling’s Mystery Site Hiding A Harry Potter Smartphone?

4:42AM June 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So J.K. Rowling has to do something with her time beyond spend her trillions of dollars, so she’s got a spooky new COMING SOON website up. What is it? We don’t know! But a tipster claims it’ll launch a Potterphone. More »