Cars

Invasion Of The Mexican Drones!

Drug gangs are one thing. But now Mexican unmanned drones are messing with Texas. Will this aggression stand?


October 22, 2010
Computing

Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone’s Vote

When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate – plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party – right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video.


September 1, 2010
Geek Out

Don’t Worry, Deep-Fried Beer Is On Its Way

Like little pieces of ravioli, Mark Zable’s deep-fried beer “tastes like you took a bite of hot pretzel dough and then took a drink of beer.” Tantalizingly, he’s claiming that “nobody has been able to fry a liquid before.”


April 15, 2010
Cameras

What It’s Like To Stand Inside An Imploding Stadium

When the Dallas Cowboys blew up Texas Stadium this week – punting accident – they had the good sense to put in a 3D camera rig inside. Click and drag to move the camera around. And turn up the sound. Boom!


April 7, 2010

Even Sodium Sulphur Batteries Are Bigger In Texas

Sorry, did I say bigger? I meant biggest. The town of Presidio, Texas has built the biggest NaS battery in the US, capable of storing up to 4 megawatts of power for up to eight hours. They even nicknamed it.


March 18, 2010
Cars

Angry Jobless Man Remotely Disables Over 100 Cars

Omar Ramos-Lopez was recently laid off from the Texas Auto Centre and he was angry about it. So he used a former coworker’s password to log into software allowing him to remotely disable cars and got his revenge.


December 26, 2009
Online

Texas County Shames Drunk Drivers On Twitter

District Attorney Brett Ligon in Montgomery County, Texas will soon be using his Twitter account to name and shame drunk drivers in his area. Based on his current tweets, this is a comedy goldmine in the making.


November 20, 2009

Fly Away

Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent.


October 16, 2009

Guy Finds Missile Launcher In Backyard, Nobody Wants It

A resident of Comal County, Texas named Jarrette Schule found a military issue missile launcher in his backyard. Figuring that the government would surely be looking for it, he made some calls. Amazingly enough, no one seemed to care.


April 21, 2009
Online

Ah, Texas: Get Arrested, Have Your Mugshot and Indiscretions Blasted All Over Twitter

If you get arrested in Denton, Texas, your surely precious mugshot will be splayed all over Twitter, along with your age and crime.