Facebook Graph Search is an amazing feature with a terrible name. It takes the massive, inordinate amount of personal information and experiences you’ve charted over the years, and pulls them up with a few keystrokes. Watch it in action. More »
How to Literally Shoot the Moon
Posted in: Today's Chili Isaac Newton laid out the physical ballistic requirements to hit the moon with a gun in his famous Cannonball thought experiment. Since Newton, and for years before him, humans have relentlessly sought to shoot the man in the moon in his big, smirking face. Now, we’ve nearly figured it out. More »
If You Don’t Think 4K TV Is Freaking Awesome, There’s Something Wrong With You
Posted in: Today's Chili CES is mostly useless, sure, and most of the trillion dinky things trotted out like chrome and plastic show chihuahuas will wind up in landfills. But CES is worth it just to give 4K, Ultra HD TV its big debut. And if you’re not amazed by it, I’m afraid you’re an idiot. More »
What What do you think of when you think of the 80s? Beverly Hills Cop, synthed-out pop music, MTV actually being Music Television, and glaring neon colors, right? Right, with one addition: shades. Insanely over designed lunatic sunglasses! Here comes a highly relevant collection of the craziest ones. More »
Meet Red October: The Global Cyber-Espionage Ring That Spent 5 Years in the Shadows
Posted in: Today's Chili There are plenty of cyberweapons floating around out there, like Stuxnet, Flame, and that whole gang. Now, Kaspersky has turned up a cyber-espoinage operation its dubbed “Red October,” and it’s up there in the big leagues. But unlike its cohorts, it doesn’t look state-sponsored. This is a freelance job, and it’s professional grade. More »
How Intel Will Build the Holodeck
Posted in: Today's Chili Mooly Eden steps out of the world of transistors and microprocessors for a moment. “If you want a simple explanation of what we’re doing, just look to Asimov,” the head of Intel’s Perceptual Computing push says, explaining. “Or Star Trek, Star Wars, and Avatar. The ideas have been in science fiction for years, and now they’re becoming fact.” They’re plainly taking sci-fi concepts and figuring out the road map to get there. More »
I’ve read plenty of crazy GPS stories, but this has to be the craziest of them all: a 67-year-old woman drove for 900 miles over the course of two days because of a GPS error combined with her complete lack of attention. Her actual destination was only 90 miles away. More »
One of the ultimate desires of humankind: living on the solitary edge between urban luxury and the embrace of nature. Houses on cliffs and rocks reflect this desire well. You might find your dream house among the next 27 buildings; many of them are true examples of exceptional architectural design and outstanding engineering. More »
Some Chinese company decided that having regular booth babes at their CES shack wasn’t enough. Instead, they used naked women in some sort of artsy-fartsy installation that was supposed to illustrate the advantages of whatever products they were selling. More »
Tim Tebow’s Press Conference Sucked, or Why the Celebrity Headphone Trend Is Idiotic
Posted in: Today's ChiliAt the end of December, a PR agency representing Tim Tebow’s new signature line of Soul brand headphones—model number SL300, $299.95 retail—emailed us to invite us to a CES event at which Tebow himself would be showcasing his headphones and “speaking with the media.” The event was total bullshit. Just like celebrity headphones. More »