This folded aircraft looks like an awesome spaceship

This folded aircraft looks like an awesome spaceship

From this perspective and in their fully folded stow position, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey looks like a some weird spaceship concept. It’s amazing how these things fold. It’s fully automatic too. Here’s a video showing the process:

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StoreDot Has Nanodot Battery That Can Charge Your Phone In 30 Seconds!

StoreDot Battery PrototypeAn Israeli tech startup, StoreDot,
has come up with a cell phone battery that charges your phone in 30
seconds!  In its prototype stage right now, it joins several other
proprietary products in StoreDot’s stable of yet-to-be-released
inventions that are based on the properties of biologically available nanodots.

Google Glass research could aid those with Parkinson’s

Possible uses for Google Glass have been detailed since the device’s unveiling, the latest of which focuses on aiding those with Parkinson’s disease. A team of researchers at Newcastle University … Continue reading

Here’s a look at the future of Google Calendar for Android

See those images above? Those could become a familiar sight in the future if you religiously use Google’s Calendar app for Android. This crisper, cleaner Google Calendar was recently spotted by Geek.com (which also spilled the deets on a test version…

Venice frozen solid looks like a fun place to be

Venice frozen solid looks like a fun place to be

Imagine Venice with all its channels frozen solid. That’s what art director Robert Jahns did, using Photoshop with pretty neat results. I’d like to explore the city skating.

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Wiretapping Advocate Joins Dropbox Boardroom

Wiretapping Advocate Joins Dropbox Boardroom

Condoleezza Rice, known for her cameo on 30 Rock and that time she helped sell the case for the Iraq War and torture, has a new line on her resume: the boardroom of Dropbox . She’ll help the cloud startup with "international expansion," which she sure knows a thing or two about.

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British architect David Chipperfield was chosen to build Stockholm’s Nobelhuset today, more than a y

British architect David Chipperfield was chosen to build Stockholm’s Nobelhuset today, more than a year after a competition to design it got underway. This 275,000-square-foot complex will house a museum and administrative center for the Nobel Prize, along with a cafe and a library. Wonder how long before TED will build a museum dedicated to itself? [Bustler]

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Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 6:15PM ET

It’s Tuesday, which is time for the Engadget HD Podcast and we hope you’ll join us for the live recording at 6:15PM. Big news from Amazon kicks off this week’s show as the long awaited streamer from Bezos and company is in the house. We’ll also dig…

Google Ara phone details dropped in OEM documents

It’s time to get another glimpse of what the first modular smartphone from Google is set to look like right out the gate. This device will be coming in three … Continue reading

Dropbox Carousel Hands On: So Many Swipes, So Little Time

Dropbox Carousel Hands On: So Many Swipes, So Little Time

Today Dropbox announced a new app just for viewing and sharing photos. It’s called Carousel, and it allows and your friends to seamlessly share images between your Dropbox folders. But you might not want to give it a spin.

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