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The 5 Most Evil Things Tech Companies Helped Happen

9:30AM September 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If oppressive regimes want to stay oppressive, they need to fear — and wield — technology like a sword covered in napalm. And in most cases, they can’t do that without using outside help. Here are the five worst corporate collaborators in technology. More »

Science

The Mojave Desert Solar Farm With More Mirrors Than A Lady Gaga Funhouse Of Horrors

1:30AM June 2, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

As nuclear power continues to fall out of favour, California is making big investments in alternative energy sources to meet rising demand. One of its most ambitious projects will use the Mojave sun to power over a quarter million homes. More »

The Hearing Aid Gets Hip

6:00AM October 18, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Forgive my ignorance, but the Siemens miniTek hearing aid “audio system” is the first I’ve seen that combines Bluetooth, mp3 and other wireless controls with the traditional sound-boost typically associated with these devices. Did the hearing aid just get cool? More »

Siemens MiniTek Beams Music To Hearing Aids Over Bluetooth

7:09AM October 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

If you’re hearing-impaired and you’ve already got a wireless hearing aid from Siemens, the company’s new matchbook-sized miniTek box will wirelessly beam audio from any Bluetooth device straight to your ear. More »

Gadgets

Jailed Journalist Sues Telecoms Company For Supplying Wiretap Tech

12:40AM August 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

One journalist is attempting to take on Nokia Siemens Networks, after being jailed for a year due to an inflammatory article he wrote. What’s Nokia Siemens got to do with it? They provided the spying equipment used to find him. More »

Mobile

Behold This Miserable List Of Mobile Phone Failures

4:00AM July 12, 2010 | Jack Loftus

I’m baffled. How a phone that is both a writing utensil and a device for making calls to other humans – humans who might also be writing with their pen phones when I call upon them – could fail is beyond me. More »

Science

Stream 500Mbps Over LED Light

1:59AM January 22, 2010 | Mark Wilson

In some interesting research by Siemens, wireless data has been successfully, wirelessly transmitted at 500Mbps using white LEDs. More »

Siemens Awes Autobahn Drivers With Spinning LED Christmas Star

2:40AM December 25, 2009 | Kyle VanHemert

With 9000 LEDs, a little superglue and some Christmas magic, Siemens and artist Michael Pendry teamed up to turn a wind turbine outside Munich into “the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star”. It uses as much energy as a hairdryer. More »