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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
