This manicure is also a roofie detector

An experimental nail polish line called Undercover Colors can do more than color your nails to match those shoes: it can tell if your drink’s been spiked by a dubious date. Just pretend to stir the drink with your finger, and the polish will change…

Street View cars used to sniff out gas leaks, plots 'em on a map

Gas leaks are huge trouble. Leaky pipes are not only prone to exploding (which is already terrible, of course), they also spew out methane — a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide in contributing to climate change. The bad news is,…

Microsoft's DeLorean is a cloud gaming system that knows what you'll do next

When it works, cloud streaming video games can feel like a magical experience. Think about it: some remote server is pushing high-quality gameplay directly to your TV — through the internet! It’s a crazy, impressive achievement, but it’s still not…

IRL: Giving Firefox OS a second chance

When I reviewed the original ZTE Open last year, the Firefox OS experience was — to put it modestly — rough around the edges. The device was stripped down even by the standards of low-end phones, while the software was missing features other…

Leica M-P rangefinder camera: sapphire glass, 2GB of storage

Leica has rolled out its newest rangefinder camera, the Leica M-P. With the camera comes a familiar design and some new features, including 2GB of internal storage to help with rapid shooting sessions, and sapphire glass over the LCD to keep scratches at bay. As far as design goes, Leica made the choice to leave off its red brand logo, … Continue reading

Moto X+1 product pages reappear with specs

Retailer Livraria Logos has put up three Moto X+1 product pages, and though they don’t have any images, they do contain some specs on the handset. This follows a product page for the smartphone that showed up previously with more specs, only to be pulled a short time later. The Moto X+1 has been spotted with black, bamboo, and leather … Continue reading

SpaceX Falcon 9R rocket explodes during test

Friday is the happiest day of the week, but not for SpaceX. The space company’s Falcon 9R rocket exploded in the air earlier today over McGregor, Texas, an apparent self-destruction after the system detected something faulty going on. The explosion was the result of automatic termination resulting from the detection of a malfunction. Elon Musk took to his Twitter account … Continue reading

RunScribe sensor shows how you run

Running is the favorite activity for many fitness enthusiasts, and to help show those runners how they run is the runScribe from Scribe Labs. The runScribe is a small sensor that attaches to the back of one’s shoe, gathering data and transforming it into a three-dimensional view of how a person runs. Unlike some other running sensors, the runScribe aims … Continue reading

Swing Copters clones slam Play Store, knock down game’s ranking

Swing Copters, the latest game from Flappy Birds creator Dong Nguyen, has already spawned hundreds of knock-off apps, and Google has been busy purging them from the Play Store. These games were released ahead of the official app, being created on what Nguyen revealed in the game’s teaser video. While annoying to the average user looking for the real-deal, Nguyen … Continue reading

Microsoft Miracast dongle surfaces, will take on Chromecast

Microsoft has a dongle in the works, and it is poised to take on Google’s Chromecast by the look of things. The Miracast dongle would allow Lumia users to broadcast their mobile’s screen to an HDTV, the benefits for which are obvious, and include watching movies on the big screen. The dongle was spotted on the FCC’s website by Windows … Continue reading