Toshiba’s high-tech grow rooms are churning out lettuce that never needs washing
“Why plant lettuce in a clean room? The obvious answer: Because it’s clean. Everything is tightly controlled, including air pressure, temperature, lighting, bacteria, and dust. The result is a crop that doesn’t need pesticides, doesn’t have bugs, and doesn’t need washing.”
November 13, 2014 at 08:53PM
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The government has special airplanes designed to spy on peoples’ cell phones
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the federal government has a secret, airplane-based surveillance system that is capable of sweeping up information from thousands of cell phones at a time. While the device is intended to spy on criminal and terrorist suspects, the program also sweeps up private information from many innocent people.
November 13, 2014 at 07:53PM
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The Visible Atomic Bomb
Ever wonder what goes into an atomic bomb? Well now you know.
November 13, 2014 at 07:53PM
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I almost killed someone with a drone
That should be illegal, but it’s not.
November 13, 2014 at 07:53PM
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The Terrifyingly Transparent Texting Of The Future Is Here
It’s called Beam Messenger, and it lets you see everything the other person is typing.
November 13, 2014 at 03:38PM
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Reddit CEO Resigns
Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigned from Reddit after a disagreement about a new office, company advisor Sam Altman wrote in a blog post.
November 13, 2014 at 03:26PM
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The man who can hear Wi-Fi wherever he walks
Frank Swain has been going deaf since his 20s. Now he has hacked his hearing so he can listen in to the data that surrounds us.
November 13, 2014 at 01:13PM
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2015 Outlook: Virtual-Reality Hardware’s Surge
A handful of tech’s biggest companies will roll out virtual-reality headsets next year as they try to create a new market for games and other software. It’s a gambit made possible by more than two decades of advances in 3D graphics and improvements in sensor speed.
November 13, 2014 at 12:23PM
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Dawn of a Thousand Suns
As the beginning of the Atomic Age fades into history, archaeologists work to document a time of uncertainty and experimentation.
November 13, 2014 at 10:43AM
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FBI’s most wanted cybercriminal used his cat’s name as a password
When he was arrested at his Chicago home in 2012 for hacking the website of security think tank Stratfor, the dreadlocked Jeremy Hammond was the FBI’s most wanted cybercriminal.
November 13, 2014 at 09:38AM
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