This Week’s Top Comedy Video: If Miyazaki Films Were Like Other Anime

This Week's Top Comedy Video: If Miyazaki Films Were Like Other Anime

Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has a whimsical style and plot complexity all his own. But what if his masterpieces followed the anime tropes we know so well? Whoa Ponyo, you sure look, uh, different.

Read more…




Take a Sip of a 3,300-Year-Old Danish Beer

Take a Sip of a 3,300-Year-Old Danish Beer

Wanna get some real beer snob cred? With Egtved Girl’s Brew, you can sneer at your friends’ beers and their "founded in the 1800s" claims to authenticity. Because this beer’s recipe is 3,300 years old. Now that’s a legit brew.

Read more…




Weekends with Engadget: Windows Phone 8.1 and Gear 2 reviews, the anonymous internet and more!

Welcome to Weekends with Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines from the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. For even more action, subscribe to our Flipboard magazine!…

Electronic Monocle Uses Biofeedback to Track Your Favorite Websites

Electronic Monocle Uses Biofeedback to Track Your Favorite Websites

The internet is a fire hydrant of content. Keeping track of the pages you enjoy is a pain. A team of UK design students has a conceptual solution: Amoeba, an electronic monocle that files away the pages you find most interesting, as measured by your biofeedback response. It’s the emotion-tracking Google Glass you always wanted!

Read more…




LED Lights Are Ruining Laundry Detergent’s White-Brightening Trick

LED Lights Are Ruining Laundry Detergent's White-Brightening Trick

LED lighting is great. The right bulb gives the same warm incandescent glow you love from a fraction of the energy. But there’s a downside: while LEDs make cities look awesome , the most common type of LED lighting dims the ultraviolet trick laundry detergents use to make white clothes look whiter. The future is bright, but it’s also kind of dingy.

Read more…




And now one freakin’ huge explosion

And now one freakin' huge explosion

One freakin’ goddamn huge explosion at some open-pit mine or a road construction or who knows what. Don’t know, don’t care: It’s a freakin’ huge explosion. That’s all, people. Enjoy.

Read more…




Feedback Loop: E3 expectations, first MP3 player and password managers!

Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting discussions happening within the Engadget community. There’s so much technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a lot of great ideas and opinions that need…

Anti-Bus Laws, High Rents, and Pee: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week

Anti-Bus Laws, High Rents, and Pee: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

Tennessee lawmakers tried to make Nashville’s buses illegal, a dude pissed in a reservoir and Portland has to flush 38 million gallons of water, and—let’s say it all together—the rent is too damn high. This is your weekly look at What’s Ruining Our Cities.

Read more…




Rufus Cuff wants to dominate the wearable market and your forearm

We told you to put on your disappointment pants for the Galaxy Gear 2, but for the Rufus Cuff we suggest rolling up your absurdity sleeves. Seriously, given its three-inch screen you might just have to. This wearable boasts a built-in mic, a camera,…

This week in Tech Reads: the biological basis behind yawning, the suspicious backroom deals that und

This week in Tech Reads: the biological basis behind yawning, the suspicious backroom deals that undergird "sound science," high-tech toilets, and a Silicon Valley inventor who’s either a prolific genius or a criminal con-man. And more!

Read more…