en Thu, 23 May 2013 12:19:24 +0800 3918 Tiger Electronics released a wearable video game system in 1995 called the R-Zone. It projected crappy beat 'em ups directly into kids' eyeballs. The product flopped - clearly way ahead of its time. But now, the year of Google Glass is here. Many have heard about Glass, but only a few have gotten ...

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:10 +0800 Watch this 14-year old girl completely destroy Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" guitar solo. And by destroy we mean she shreds it like a pro. If you don't really know what it means to cover Van Halen's "Eruption", it just means Tina is a guitar God.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:10 +0800 Jif, the peanut butter company, has finally weighed in on the debate about how to pronounce GIF:Their tweet links to a GIF, less than a day after the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) revealed that GIF is actually pronounced "Jif".

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:17 +0800 Trunk is a charging cable with a USB connector on one side and a Lightning connector on the other, and it's rigid enough to hold your iProduct in whatever position you like. Created by ILoveHandles, the charging cable/holder proves itself useful in a number of circumstances - Like if you need your i...

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:17 +0800 Here's a short video that will fill you in on what you probably don't know. It shows you 13 facts you might not know are true. Like how lobsters are immortal (say whut?!) or that Russia is bigger than Pluto. As always, discovering unknown facts and myths debunked never gets tiring.

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:23 +0800 Natural disasters take place every year, but thanks to tech, reaching out those effected by these disasters is no longer an obstacle. Since phone lines can get congested, updating social networks is now an the ideal way to get information out.This infographic created by USF's Online MPA details jus...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:16 +0800 While eating something churned out by 3D printers might not sound appetizing, one guy thinks it will be the perfect solution for space travellers. Anjan Contractor of Systems & Materials Research Corporation, just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal ...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:34 +0800 By now you've already read that the Xbox One is not just a gaming console. It's going to make watching Tv awesome and it features voice and gesture controls. Watching TVTo turn the console on, just say "Xbox on". To watch TV, just say "Xbox, watch TV".  To listen to music, say "play music", and...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:20 +0800 China's Sky-City will be completed by the year end. It's also a pre-fab skyscraper and is expected to become the world's tallest structure. It will also be completed in record time. The scheduled time to build the Sky City is seven months which equates to 13 feet per day. The goal is a step back to...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:54 +0800 Our favorite astronaut Chris Hadfield is back on earth, but he's still making space videos. Here he is talking about how he's adapting back to gravity. Hadfield kicks off the interview by responding in French, and toggles between English too and addresses everything from how his neck feels now an...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:54 +0800 Leave it to Axe to make a dude breaking into a ladies house into the leading man. Obviously, this is just an ad, because what's sexier than being burgled by a dude with super slick hair: Ad Week

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:54:24 +0800 Back in the day, the only building blocks that were available were Lego. But today's educational toys will teach your kids how electronics work: Founded by Tarun Pondicherry and Josh Chan, these LightUp magnetic building blocks that can teach anyone about how electronics work. The blocks come ...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:02 +0800 It's been more than a decade since Smith abandoned his music career for acting, but a recent appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman shows that he still has a few rhymes left in him. When the band played his 1992 hit "Summertime," Smith didn't hesitate to join in, launching into full r...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:02 +0800 See this structure? This is a concept sketch of the 984-foot tall hotel that was proposed by US-based firm Mobilona. The hotel was set to be built on an artificial island off the coast of Dubai Barcelona and would include facilities like a zero-gravity spa, a vertical wind tunnel, and other otherwor...

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:06:07 +0800 There are plenty of base jumping clips online, but nothing quite as brutal as this. Daredevil Matthew Gough was base jumping in Lake Garda, Italy when his parachute opened backwards and got twisted and tangled. He hit the ground at 40mph from a 1,000 foot cliff, and the entire harrowing experie...

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