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February 26, 2014
Boeing Is Developing A Self-Destructing Smartphone
Documents filed with the FCC detail a smartphone called Black that can wipe data and software stored when someone attempts to break into it.
Boeing has its sights set beyond aircrafts. The Chicago-based company has filed documents with the FCC detailing a secure smartphone called Black that's capable of self-destruction, or rendering itself inoperable when someone attempts to break into it.
Rolls-Royce Is Developing Drone Cargo Ships To Save Money And Energy
Resembling a modern-day ghost ship, captains would navigate the crew-less ship from dry land.
By now you're likely familiar with drones, autonomous cars, and even self-driving offices, but Rolls-Royce Holdings has its eye on another type of unmanned craft: cargo ships.
How GM Got Religion And Released An API
GM is betting big that software developers will help them take cars into the 21st century.
For much of the 20th century the automobile was American's sweetheart lifestyle product. In the last 10 years though, driving rates--especially among teens--have been on the decline. One of the main factors in that decline, according to a recent report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, is that driving isn't the cool, fun, hip pastime it once was. It's become drudgery.
10 Oscar-Nominated Movie Posters Get A Pop Art Makeover
Designers from Shutterstock re-imagine 2013's Best Picture nominees through a pop art lens.
For the second year in a row, stock photography agency Shutterstock has asked its design team to mash-up its library of 30 million stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations into original new pop art-styled posters for Academy Award Best Picture contenders. And many of these are more memorable than the originals.
Code.org Lets You Program Your Own Game Of Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird-sized hole in your heart? Code.org will let you program your own.
Code.org is putting the incredible popularity of Flappy Bird to good use. It just released a new initiative to help young people (or whoever, really) learn how to code by building their own customized version of the absurdly simple yet highly addicting game.
The Mullet Of Smartphones: E-Ink In Front, Color Display In Back
The YotaPhone is an Android smartphone with a five-inch AMOLED display on one side, and a 4.7-inch e-ink display on the other. The upshot: It stays charged for days.
E-ink is a wonderful technology. Easier on the eye than other display technologies and frugally power sipping, it's what allows your average Kindle to run for months on a single charge. In the bright, colorful world of multimedia smartphones, though, is there any room for an e-ink display?
Why Venezuela Is Exploding, Explained In Simple Charts
Inflation, low standards of living, and a climate of fear are all contributing to unrest.
The dramatic protests that have been sweeping Venezuela started off as many protests do: with mostly students. But as the government cracked down harshly in recent weeks, discontent wasn't suppressed--it spread to a much broader base, and now the middle class has taken to the streets. "Look. I've got a rock in my hand and I'm the distributor for Adidas eyewear in Venezuela," one protester told the New York Times.
Blippar's Google Glass App Recognizes Objects, Makes Them Interactive
Blippar wants to bring augmented reality to the masses (well, glasses). Brands must be pleased.
Blippar CEO Ambarish Mitra has already created an augmented-reality layer that appears on top of everyday products like cereal boxes, magazines, and soda cans. But on Wednesday he took a step toward making that experience more seamless and mainstream, with the debut of a Google Glass app that has the potential to bring augmented reality to the masses.
The House Just Passed A Bill That Would Make Unlocking Your Phone Legal Again
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that will allow Americans to legally "unlock" their cell phones once their original plan expires.
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill on Tuesday night that will allow Americans to legally "unlock" their cell phones once their original plan expires, allowing them to bounce between carriers. So theoretically, if you had an iPhone 5s on AT&T but wanted to switch over to T-Mobile once your contract expired, you could do just that, no questions asked.
No Seconds: Photographs Recreate The Last Meals Of Prisoners On Death Row
Timothy McVeigh got ice cream. One prisoner requested a single olive. And one prisoner refused to eat anything at all.
Fried chicken. Grilled cheese. Ice cream. The foods that photographer Henry Hargreaves captured in this photo series are ordinary enough, except for one thing: Each was the last meal of an inmate on death row.
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