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Late last year we told you about Scanadu and its real-life tricorder, called the SCOUT. Within 10 seconds of direct contact to your left temple, the SCOUT analyzes, records and spits back your vitals, including temperature, respiratory rate, ECG, blood pressure (systolic, diastolic), stress and oximetry levels. Today, Scanadu is announcing three upgrades to Spock’s once futuristic tool, in addition to an update to Project ScanaFlo, a disposable u…

The new Kinect is kind of awesome. Just by the numbers, it’s a huge upgrade. You can (most of) the full walkthrough we saw just a bit ago here at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in the video above. Parts are jaw-dropping.

How do you build the next generation of an iconic gaming console—and controller? How do you create something that fans both recognize and are inspired by? Wired got some exclusive alone time with the people who brought Xbox One to life. If you like prototypes, you’ll love this.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the recent improvements and updates to the Google+ experience, both on the web and in mob… by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Google, News

The best Android phones represent a powerhouse combination of features, specs, and all-around user experience. Last week we asked you to tell us which ones you thought were the best. Then we looked at the five best Android phones available right now, and put them to a vote. Now we’re back to highlight our winner.

The popular video game will become a live-action series for Microsoft’s new console Xbox One.

LG to demo an unbreakable and flexible 5-inch and 7-inch display for mobile devices this week in Vancouver

High school chemistry class. Open flames on the ceiling. Fire sprinkler system. You can guess what happens next.

The world’s most valuable company, Apple Inc., employs a group of affiliate companies located in Ireland to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found — and its CEO will be questioned Tuesday.

Though building out the armor required for an Iron Man suit is obviously (some would say imposingly) impressive, re-creating the detailed webbing and lithe nature of Spider-Man’s suit is just as incredible a feat. MoonSpider shared the Spider-Man suit he made and it puts all Halloween Spidey costumes to shame.

The father and son movie star duo told Ellen about their relationship, and the things Will does to e

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man …

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Fe…

So, Google’s new Hangouts app keeps all of your chats in sync across all of your devices. Cool, right? But what if you’re in a video call on your phone, and then open the same video call on your computer. Boop! Suddenly there’s two of you, as I just discovered when chatting with my friend Bay.

Who has time to watch a whole movie anymore? It’s summer! So in the spirit of phoning in everything once the temperature rises above 70-ish, here’s Ridley Scott’s Aliens in 60 seconds of adorable animation. Brought to you, of course, by the fine folks who did Star Wars Episode IV, Back to the Future, and The Matrix. Not bad for a human. [YouTube]

The revelation that Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against cancer stoked heated discussion this past week, but one prominent cancer researcher says it demonstrates the need to make genetic testing available to all Canadians.

Here it is at last — the first full-length trailer for Europa Report, the tense thriller about a mission to Jupiter’s moon that goes horribly wrong. It’s filled with stunning visuals and neat character moments. Plus laudatory quotes, including a couple from io9.

So you want to build the Enterprise. Don’t we all! Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin math, it’s possible. Kind of. The bad news? It’s going to be stupid expensive. But not unfathomably so! Start scrounging up your space-pennies.