Watch new footage of the mysterious giant hole that opened up in Siberia as a scientific expedition—with the country’s Emergencies Ministry represented—reaches the remote site and looks inside. An explosion below the ground is currently thought to be the most probable explanation—but the date and cause remain unknown.
The MIT students who hacked together a Cuisinart soft-serve machine, a Solidoodle, and a freezer to create this wonderful 3D ice cream printer have no plans to commercialize it; they just built it as a proof-of-concept. And that’s too bad, because if perfected this machine has the potential to engineer a perfect ice cream cone that’s far less likely to topple.
Forty-five years ago man first set foot on the moon, and to celebrate the anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic mission, GE (of all companies) is releasing a limited edition set of high-top sneakers inspired by the moon boots worn by the astronauts.
In the wake of the EU decision that people have a “right to be forgotten ” on Google, Microsoft is now offering Bing users in Europe the chance to request that certain links in search results be removed. And evidently, Yahoo will be next.
Today only, Best Buy is bundling four solid entry level gaming peripherals for just $60. They offered this same bundle once before for $10 more , and it got a great response, so here’s another chance to grab yours. Buying all of these items separately would cost over $100, so it can still be cost-effective even if you don’t need one of the items. [Best Buy]
MagSafe is really wonderful tech, the MacBook’s most underrated feature . Wouldn’t it be great on the iPhone too? That’s what the Kickstarter for a charger and battery pack called “Cabin” is shooting for. And even if it never actually happens, it’s a nice fantasy.
Darwin’s Galapagos expedition is one of the most famous scientific voyage in history and now you can see how he fed his mind aboard the Beagle. Darwin Online, which houses the world’s largest Darwin collection, has now published (in PDF format) what…
Roboticist-in-residence James McLurkin offered an advanced preview of his Robot Swarm at NYC’s Museum of Mathematics this week. The presentation detailed the background and programming concepts of these sensor- and speaker-laden bots — which have a…
Stop wondering what Futurama’s intro would look like if it were rendered in 3D and prettied up ten quadrillion percent: it’s here. Well, part of it is anyway, care of Russian animator Alexey Zakharov. He took the spaceship intro to Futurama,…
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