Ford Motor Company recently created a suit that makes you feel drunk and simulates all of the effects of drinking. Weights around your wrists, legs, and arms simulate slower movement while goggles work to restrict peripheral vision.
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Verizon unveils its new media server, the VMS1100, which promises up to 2TB of storage and the ability to record a whopping 12 programs at once with the help of an extender box. And that appears to be the tip of the iceberg for the new device.
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The appointment of Stephen Elop, who was once said to be in favor of selling Microsoft's Xbox business, fans rumors that the division may be sold off.
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Optical researchers have developed a way to greatly extend the reach of high-intensity lasers, making it possible to fire them into the atmosphere and divert lightning away from buildings.
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The official Star Wars YouTube page has released a new featurette depicting the birth of the lightsaber. The 15 minute clip discusses romantic nature that influenced the films.
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Windows 8.1 got more popular last month, but so did Windows 7. Meanwhile, despite enjoying wide use, Windows XP's desktop OS share took a bit of a dive in March, with a couple of factors possibly playing key roles there. Learn more here.
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David S. Goyer, the writer of several superhero films, including Man of Steel and the story for all three Christopher Nolan Batman films wants to try his hand at a Green Lantern film.
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The new kids on the block, Trion, are promising an American made supercar named the Nemesis. The Nemesis is supposedly capable of reaching 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and topping out at over 270 mph.
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Google has established a long history of elaborate April Fools' Day pranks. But its most important April 1st announcement came 10 years ago today and centered around a very real product: Gmail. The leading email service was launched in beta form on April 1st, 2004. In the beginning, Gmail was an invite-only affair, and invites would remain the only way of signing up until 2007. (Thankfully they gradually got much easier to come by.)
Right from the start, Google took every opportunity to set itself apart from the competition. All users received a gigabyte of storage for their email, a massive figure that shamed what Microsoft's Hotmail and Yahoo Mail offered at the time. That meant most people would never need to worry about permanently...
Forgiato, a custom forged wheels company, has introduced its wide-body Corvette lineup with a trio of brightly colored C7 Stingrays. The three bright 'Vettes all have the same flared wheel arches, carbon fiber front splitter, and carbon fiber spoiler. The colors however, are extremely different.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 4 tablet line, with each model having varied screen sizes. As opposed to the Tab Pro line, which aims at the high-end, the Tab 4 aims at the mainstream market.
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If you’re looking to cut ties with your cable company, Comedy Central just made your impending break-up a little less painful.
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The Federal Communications Commission made clear today that it won't heed Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' call to expand the scope of net neutrality to regulate the way companies connect across the physical infrastructure of the internet. This system, which includes internet companies like Netflix, middlemen like Cogent, and internet service providers like Comcast, is the backbone that moves data across the country from Netflix servers into consumers' homes.
When Elon Musk wanted to explain new safety features designed to protect the Tesla Model S from fire-causing road debris, he did it in a way the Internet could appreciate: with GIFs.
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Ellos saben que tienen la oficina con las mejores vistas del mundo, con el permiso de los astronautas de la Estación Espacial Internacional, asà que aprovechan para hacerse unos autorretratos que nos matan de envidia a los aerotrastornados.
@CockpitSelfie es una cuenta de Twitter que nos sirve para flagelarnos, ya que se dedica precisamente a recopilar este tipo de fotos, aunque se les ha colado una de un piloto de Fórmula 1 o algo parecido.
In the late ’90s, Antje Danielson’s son Max and Robin Chase’s daughter Linnea often played together on a tire swing in Cambridge’s Dana Park. The two women had met at their kids’ kindergarten, but supervising the playground is how they got to know each other. As Danielson, a Harvard geochemist, and Chase, an MIT business school graduate turned stay-at-home mom, kept chatting, their casual park encounters grew more profound. Chase started telling Danielson about wanting to put her...
