New Transformers 4 teaser!
Watch the first real trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction. Which is almost entirely in slow motion.
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Those Maddening Eyeball Floaters!
Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What a -
Lenovo introduces two new Thinkpad Chromebooks aimed at education
Includes a convertible Yoga branded Chromebook, toughened for use in schools
Lenovo has this week introduced a pair of new Chromebooks aimed at the education customer. The 11e series Chromebook will be available in two form factors; a traditional clamshell laptop and in its convertible Yoga form. Since Lenovo is aiming the 11e series – also available with Windows 8.1… -
Sports drinks unnecessary, counterproductive for most people – CBC News – Latest Canada, World, Entertainment and Business News
If you’re grabbing a sports drink to replenish your electrolytes after exercise, you could actually be working against your workout. A CBC Marketplace investigation found that the vast majority of Canadians don’t exercise hard enough to need the colourful drinks. -
I don’t understand why it took so long for the other driver to get back behind the snow plow.
I don't understand why it took so long for the other driver to get back behind the snow plow.
The near crash of two tractor-trailers and a snowplow on Highway 11 north of Nipigon, Ont., was captured on a video in one of the tractor-trailers and posted on YouTube, an incident the OPP is now investigating. -
Wow! It’s amazing no one got hurt through all that.
Wow! It's amazing no one got hurt through all that.
A landslide last week in Ronchi di Termeno in northern Italy sent two boulders tumbling downhill, narrowly missing a farmhouse. -
Awe… These commercials are so cute!
Awe… These commercials are so cute!
Watch Budweiser’s Super Bowl XLVIII commercial following the special friendship between the Clydesdales and a puppy. #BestBuds budweiser.com Music: Let Her G… -
Hopefully this is true!
Hopefully this is true!
Samsung’s super Android phones, and its Android devices in general, have long been hindered by the terribleness of the proprietary UI and apps the company insists on bundling with its hardware. Re/Code reports that Samsung’s gonna cut it out. Let’s hope so. -
Good tip! #transcription
Good tip!
#transcription Most of us don’t need to transcribe audio too often, which means that paying for a service is generally out of the question. If you just need to do it once and you’re not terribly concerned with accuracy, Andy Baio suggests using YouTube’s built-in captioning system. -
It’s like a miniature version of the space shuttle.
It's like a miniature version of the space shuttle.
In 2016, a new kind of space shuttle will rise to the skies atop an Atlas V rocket. Developed by a private company—the Sierra Nevada Corporation—it would be able to ferry seven astronauts to orbit and back. Its name is the Dream Chaser and this video shows its (spectacular) development progress so far. A fine spaceship indeed! -
This is so cool!
This is so cool!
Think back: you’ve just dumped a bin of LEGOR bricks onto the floor with a satisfying crash, and you have the whole day ahead of you to build whatever you want. There’s something pretty amazing about being able to piece toget… -
Tough to get a break these days.
Tough to get a break these days.
Canadians paid more than Americans for most consumer items — even those made in Canada — when the loonie was strong. And we’re going to pay more again now that it’s gone into a nose dive? What’s wrong with this picture? Neil Macdonald asks. -
I’m sure this is part of the reason why we still don’t have Google Play Music here in Canada. #googleplaymusic…
I'm sure this is part of the reason why we still don't have Google Play Music here in Canada.
#googleplaymusic Dear Lifehacker,
I’ve always wondered why Blu-rays have regions, or why a music service is available in one country but not another. The Internet is global, right? And why are videos that stream in one country blocked in another? Is there any rhyme or reason, or is it all just to be annoying? -
This is pretty amazing and all but I sure hope this leads us to better treatments for memory loss.
This is pretty amazing and all but I sure hope this leads us to better treatments for memory loss.
For the first time in history, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have captured how our brain makes memories in video, watching how molecules morph into the structures that, at the end of the day, make who we are. It’s there’s a soul, this how it gets made. -
This sure makes me wonder what they’ve got planned with all these acquisitions. #google
This sure makes me wonder what they've got planned with all these acquisitions.
#google Google can’t stop buying robotics companies. In the past two months, eight of the 12 companies the search giant has acquired have “robotics” in their name or descriptions. Here’s your complete breakdown of the robot army presently at Google’s command. -
China’s Lunar Rover Only Lasted a Month
China’s Yutu Lunar Rover landed on the moon just over a month ago, and promptly started sending back photos. Unfortunately, it looks like China’s triumph could be short-lived; the Xinhua news agency reported that the rover stalled in its tracks while shutting down for the evening. Space is hard! -
As awesome as it was to see a ship intentionally run aground, I can’t imagine all that crap flowing …
As awesome as it was to see a ship intentionally run aground, I can't imagine all that crap flowing back into the sea is environmentally friendly.
When a ship comes to the end of its working life, it has to be torn apart, piece-by-piece, to be disposed of. By that point, though, little care needs to be taken in getting it ashore–so they’re just intentionally run aground. This is what it looks like. -
Google Found an Artificial Brain to Power Its Robot Army
Clearly not content with buying a terrifying robot army, Google is now purchasing a London-based artificial intelligence company to go with it–for a cool $500 million. -
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already.
I can't believe it's been 10 years already.
Ten years ago today, the Opportunity rover landed on Mars. In this newly released retrospective, NASA engineers reflect on the challenges they’ve faced keeping this intrepid little rover roving well beyond its original 90-day mission.
