A New VR Program Lets You See Proteins That Could Be Causing Cancer
The folks over at Popular Science decided to try out IPM VR, software created by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine for the Oculus Rift VR headset.
March 26, 2016 at 11:06AM
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Microsoft’s Experimental ‘Holoportation’ Technology Looks Like It’s Straight Out Of ‘Star Wars’
Microsoft Research is developing a new technology called “holoportation,” that allows users to beam holograms of themselves to another user’s VR headset. The effect looks almost better than “Star Wars.”
March 25, 2016 at 02:40PM
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What Do The Reviews Say About The iPhone SE?
The new iPhone SE — that’s “Special Edition,” apparently — is out March 31st, and the reviews are rolling in. And they’re very positive! (Unless you hate small phones).
March 25, 2016 at 01:05PM
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Marlboro Kicks Some Ash
To use iQOS, a smoker inserts a tube of tobacco that looks like half a cigarette into a device about the size of a fat ballpoint pen. The tobacco is skewered on a metal blade that heats it to about 500F, a third the temperature of a burning cigarette, providing a dozen or so puffs.
March 25, 2016 at 11:10AM
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Leaked Nintendo NX Console Revealed As Fake
While we are sad to see that this isn’t real, we do have to commend this guy’s 3D rendering and Photoshop skills.
March 25, 2016 at 07:38AM
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The names that break computer systems
The world’s people are incredibly diverse — and so are their names. But in an age of computers and databases, having an unusual moniker can sometimes lead to headaches. What happens if your name breaks the system?
March 25, 2016 at 06:35AM
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Humans Turned A Chatbot Racist And Other Facts
Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Twitter ruins yet another thing, the engineers of terrorism and lighting thousands of matches all at once.
March 25, 2016 at 05:17AM
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The Mouse To End All Mice
Logitech’s quest to make the perfect wireless mouse.
March 25, 2016 at 02:00AM
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Netflix admits to throttling video for AT&T and Verizon customers
After T-Mobile CEO John Legere accused his rivals of throttling Netflix video last week, the streaming video service came out and admitted it was slowing down its own streams, according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal.
March 24, 2016 at 07:12PM
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What Went Into The World’s First $1 Million Drone Race
Dubai’s World Drone Prix was the first drone race with $1 million awarded in prize money. But the winner’s prize isn’t the only place where the race flashed the dough.
March 24, 2016 at 12:02PM
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