Home Plan: Foursquare blends old and new
This classic design boasts a timeless and traditional caramel-colored shingle and stone facade. Inspired by both the shingle style that swept the East Coast at the turn of the century and the all-American foursquare, it features Old World architecture as well as modern conveniences. Exterior highlights include irregularly shaped windows,…
EVA Air to offer onboard WiFi from 2013
EVA Air has announced plans to provide in-flight mobile and WiFi communications aboard its brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Approved by Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, this new service will be made available on the new aircraft in 2014, making EVA Air the first airline in Taiwan to secure approval The…
This Robot Toy Is Expensive, But Damn, It’s Beautiful
Just. Look. At. It. If you love Japanese robots, this deluxe super alloy Mazinger Z is definitely worth your attention. And maybe even your cashola. Priced at 36,750 ($440), this 30cm tall Mazinger Z leads the way in Bandai’s newest Soul of Chogokin series (“chougoukin” or is Japanese for “super This latest…
Facebook’s Future Rests on Lessons From Wal-Mart Campaign
Facebook Inc.'s stock is up more than 50% from its September nadir. But whether the company can keep wooing back investors will depend on deals like its Black Friday experiment with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. On Thanksgiving, Facebook Chief Operating Officer … Keep reading… Read also: Facebook cozies up with Walmart for mobile-ad blitz | Internet […]
Concept Art Writing Prompt: A Robot Suicide
Robots contemplate their mortality in this week’s Concept Art Writing Prompt. Let’s hear your best tales of robots considering the ends of their existencewhether they decide to end it all or not. “The Rope,” is just one painting in Eric Joyner’s massive series of tin robot art (and one of…
World ORT introduces robotics in kindergartens
A new experimental program conducted by the Jewish education organization World ORT recently introduced robotics in local kindergartens. The initiative, which currently runs at three kindergartens in Kiryat Yam, provides 5-yearolds with Lego toys they can assemble into robots in the shape of cars, cranes and other similar objects. The…
Exterminate! Doctor Who-villain lookalike robot taking on superbugs could save …
It may look like a gadget from Doctor Who, but this robot is a new, efficient method of tackling hospital superbugs that could save the NHS more than 200million a year if adopted nationwide. The remote-controlled Tru-D device uses concentrated levels of UV light to kill 99.9 per cent of Currently,…
Google chairman declares victory in Android vs. Apple
By Anita Li, Mashableupdated 4:45 PM EST, Thu December 13, 2012 | Filed under: Mobile Google chairman Eric Schmidt says Android is dominating Apple’s mobile system like Microsoft once dominated the company on PCs. STORY HIGHLIGHTSGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt says Android has beaten AppleSchmidt: “We’re winning that pretty clearly now”Android has 72 percent of…
Acer Netbook for $229.99 at Best Buy Today
Best Buy has been counting down the days to Thanksgiving all week with special deals that are likely just as good as anything that is coming up on Black Friday. Today’s final deal, however, is merely okay depending on whether customers took advantage of earlier prices. While Best Buy is…
New Windows chief: The tech press doesn’t get Windows 8, but newbies do
The complaints you’ve been hearing about problems with the Windows 8 combined tablet-desktop interface aren’t due to the operating system’s design, says Microsoft’s head of Windows product development. Instead, the tech press is too set it in its ways to recognize the power of the new operating system. Newbies, she Microsoft’s…
