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Cameras

Nokia Keeps Calling Out Apple And Samsung Over Their ‘Crappy’ Cameras

Nobody who owns a Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 or an iPhone 5 would really look at their camera in disgust and throw it away after a 30-second television commercial, would they? That’s what Nokia’s banking on with its new Lumia 928 ads, directly calling out Apple and Samsung for their rubbish low-light photography abilities.

1 October 2012

Cameras

Nikon Coolpix S800c Hands-On: Is Android On A Camera As Awful As It Sounds?

Nikon’s latest camera gimmick is actually pretty clever. As smartphone manufacturers race to beef up their built-in cameras from five-megapixels to eight, to twelve and so-on, Nikon thought it prudent to flip the game on its head: it already has a 16-megapixel compact camera, so why not put Android on it and beat phone makers to the punch? Introducing, the Android-powered, Nikon S800c digital camera. Is it nifty or just plain bad?

19 May 2011

Science

Controversial Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live

A new test set to hit the market in Britain in the next year aims to tell patients how long they have to live, and naturally that’s not happening without controversy. The test measures a person’s telomeres, those structures found on the tips of chromosomes. The length of telomeres apparently correlates with how fast a person is aging biologically, and hence researchers want to offer individuals some insight into just how much longer their bodies can hold up.

18 April 2011

Science

Don’t Get Sick In Space

Muscle atrophy, radiation, micro meteorites…the list of maladies that can harm or kill astronauts is a long one. Sadly, it appears as though it just got one item longer.

Geek Out

"Man Will Pay The Price For His Pride If He Believes Technology Can Give Him The Powers Of God."

Earlier this month it was the Internet making people into Satanists. This week it’s technology in general that’s the problem. We’re becoming too god-like, see, and the Pope has predicted eternal damnation for the lot of us if we continue.

Science

To Kick Ass At Video Games Just Zap Your Brain With A 9V Battery

Scientists, already adept at using magnets to screw with the brain’s ability to generate speech, are now sending direct current into people’s brain matter to help them master video games.

Science

The Science Of Bicycle Motion Gets A Re-Do

Bicycles, huh? When I was younger I found them to be mystical, two-wheeled things that remained upright seemingly by magic. Training wheels were my crutch until one day dad ripped them off and gave me a shove down the street.

20 March 2011

Cars

Crash Test Tesla Model S Alpha Hints At Electric Sports Sedans To Come

The orange beauty here is one of the crash test cars that Tesla will send into a wall at some future date to judge the car’s impact worthiness. It’s also an indication of what’s next from the electric car company.

27 December 2010

Science

Second Time Is Not The Charm For India’s ISRO Rocket Program

For the second time this year an Indian Space Research Organizations (ISRO) rocket has failed spectacularly mere moments after launch. This most recent failure, captured for all time in the image above, occurred 47 seconds after liftoff on Christmas Day.

15 November 2010

Online

AOL "Project Phoenix" Email Hub Goes Live

Those @aol.com email domain names? With apologies to dad, they’re total jokes! AOL hopes to change that however, and it started today with its attempt to, hrm, freshen up its fledgling brand. Meet Project Phoenix!

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