After four years in development the highly anticipated space exploration game No Man’s Sky is finally done. Developed by Hello Games, the title has faced a legal dispute with Sky over its name and a postponed launch date, raising the ire of fans who even went so far as to send the team death threats…
Month: July 2016
Steve Jobs Tells Definition of Object-Oriented Programming
It’s a well-known fact that even without any formal engineering training, Steve Jobs had an unmatchable understanding of technology. Many people avoid calling him a programmer or an engineer, but nobody would deny that he was a visionary. He said that it took a very unique combination of technology, talent, business, marketing, and luck to change…
Pokemon GO Player Almost Loses His Job
A Pokemon GO player’s Reddit post details how playing the game at work leads him to being suspected of breaching company security, putting his career at risk. Pokemon GO has seen massive popularity since its release, becoming the top downloaded app from the iOS store in just two days. Of course, the game’s massive popularity…
Scientests create stingray robot with living cells
US-based researchers have created a stingray robot with living cells that can respond to light signals, paving the way for autonomous artificial creatures that can carry out their own decision-making. The robot has an outer layer of cells grown from rats’ heart muscles that power its wing-like fins, which are made from flexible plastic and…
What Do Tree Rings Sound Like
We all know that the Lorax speaks for the trees, but what do they sound like when they speak for themselves? Rings on a tree can give information about the age of the tree, as well as indicate environmental conditions such as rain levels, disease, and even forest fire. Light colored rings indicate quick growth,…
The Best Way To Dry Your Smartphone (NOT RICE)
This might be better than rice hack for saving your smartphone if it gets wet Just imagine the stomach-flipping feeling when your smartphone falls into water and goes beyond repair. The best course of action that you would have probably heard from others would be to quickly find some dry rice and drop your smartphone…
Can You Stand On Jupiter?
are so used to picturing us humans on Earth’s surface (and maybe soon Mars) that when we see a planet like Jupiter, one of the first questions that comes to mind is “Can we stand on it?” Let’s for a moment ignore the extreme conditions (gravity, atmospheric pressure, high temperature, and winds) that are found…
Make Electricity And Fire From A Lemon
If I call lemons a perfect battery that produces little electricity and fire, you might not believe me. Unlike rubbing two sticks together and generating friction, the process of turning a lemon into a working battery is pretty simple. Apart from a healthy lemon, you need copper and zinc electrodes, some steel wool and a…
“Sharknado” Moment On Camera
No, that image is not photoshopped, it really is a shark diving nose-first into the sea. While sailing a few miles out from Perth on the West Australian coast last Thursday, 19-year-old Jake Beazley’s fishing trip was given a brief but brilliant half-time show. “It was around lunchtime when I had myself a good fish…
Carrying a Gun-Like Case Can Get You Detained By Police
man was detained by police officers at the London Stansted Airport for carrying his iPhone inside a case that looked like a firearm. While a gun-like case is a great item that you can show-off, it is not particularly a smart thing to use a case like that in current times with terrorist attacks and…
Someone faces off with alligator to retrieve his iPhone
When 24-year-old Anthony Larrimore dropped his iPhone while snapping pictures of an alligator in Fort Myers — only for the ‘gator to take a shine to the smartphone. The only problem? The iPhone had pictures of Larrimore’s 10-month-old son on it. According to Larrimore’s partner Laciey D’Agostino, the problem began when they decided to try…
Why Time Moves Faster When You’re In Control
We’ve all been there: waiting for a boring meeting to finish or for a bus to arrive and time just seems to drag on far more slowly than usual. Yet our most enjoyable moments seem to whizz by at lightning speed. It seems obvious that more boring events appear to take longer than the ones…
