Madonna has released her latest music video on…Snapchat? Yep. Video screenshot by Anthony Domanico/CNET While Snapchat may be the social network of choice for today’s teens, the teens of yesteryear are starting to slowly invade the disappearing messaging service. Madonna, aka The Queen of Pop, is decidedly not a teen (the entertainer is 56 years …
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Pretty much everyone who has ever seen “Star Wars” would love to be able to fly the Millennium Falcon around the galaxies. One crafty individual going by the social-media moniker Olivier C is living that dream, and released a YouTube video of himself piloting a custom Millennium Falcon radio-controlled quadcopter drone he built himself. Related Links Rubberneck at this TIE …
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There’s a new sleep tracker on the market, but instead of wearing it on your wrist, this one cozies up with you under the sheets. The new Luna mattress cover, similar to the Misfit Beddit before it, converts your bed into a smart bed that tracks your sleeping patterns to help you get a better night’s sleep. The Luna has …
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Quirkbot can do some pretty awesome things, like letting you control a game of Pac-Man using bananas. Quirkbot Hey kids, straws aren’t just for drinking apple juice anymore. A new Kickstarter campaign for a device called Quirkbot will help you turn those old straws into a fully functional robot. Launched by Kids Hack Day, Quirkbot itself is a programmable microcontroller …
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A drone not unlike this DJI Phantom quadcopter was discovered on White House grounds early Monday morning. DJI The US Secret Service said Monday that a quadcopter drone crashed on the White House grounds just after 3 a.m. ET, causing a brief lockdown while the agency investigated to determine if there was a threat to the site. Related Links Drone …
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Want to wear an image of last week’s ham sandwich? Picattoo turns your Instagram pictures into temporary tattoos. Screenshot by Anthony Domanico/CNET You’ve carefully curated your Instagram feed, capturing the perfect photos of your cat and mid-morning snack and applying exactly the right filters to make them pop. You’re proud of your feed, so why not take the next logical …
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The drug-smuggling drone is believed to be a DJI Spread Wings S900, pictured here. DJI While Amazon, Google and others explore how to use drones to deliver merchandise to customers, drug smugglers in Mexico are turning to the remote-controlled aircraft to deliver packages of a different kind. A drone carrying methamphetamines crashed into a parking lot at a shopping center …
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The battle over technology for your face goes on as more companies dream up face-worn wearables aimed at enhancing your ocular experience. One of the more interesting examples is connected ski goggles, and a new Israel-based startup called RideOn has announced what it calls the world’s first true augmented-reality goggles for the slopes. Related Links Skiing showdown: GPS-informed goggles miss …
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They’ve made a custom Groot swing and a that lets kitties simply poop into Mordor, and now the Hollywood prop designers behind the web series “Super-Fan Builds” are back with their finest creation yet– a stroller taken straight from the streets of Gotham. Related Links Tardis stroller for the young ‘Doctor Who’ fan ‘Jaws’ baby bed is horrifyingly awesome ‘Jaws’ …
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An image of a chest cavity taken from the GE Revolution CT scanner. GE Healthcare Images captured by a new type of CT scanner are something to behold. GE’s Revolution CT creates immensely detailed images of the beating heart and other organs, including bones, that could replace a barrage of tests previously required for a diagnosis. It can, for example, …
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