Anthony Domanico

You can watch the Lexus Hoverboard in action August 5

One of Lexus’ testers brings a Slide Hoverboard to a specially designed skate park. Video screenshot by Anthony Domanico/CNET Lexus is moving forward with its plans to bring us A video posted to the company’s YouTube channel Tuesday announces that we’ll see the Lexus Slide Hoverboard in action on August 5. The 18-second teaser clip …

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Multicolored glowing gadget spits out personalized nutritional supplements

Unless you’re an expert nutritionist, you probably struggle to know what, if any, supplements you should be taking to achieve optimal health. It doesn’t help that retailers like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe carry thousands of products to treat a laundry list of potential health concerns, making it pretty tough to figure out exactly what might work for you. One startup, …

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In ‘Sharknado 3,’ it was George R.R. Martin’s turn to die horrifically

Warning: This clip is a bit gruesome, and definitely not safe for work. Only click the play button if your work is awesome and cool with you watching videos of sharks tearing a human apart. Winter is no longer coming! ✌️ #Sharknado3pic.twitter.com/ISlOlvIpGq — Sharknado (@SharknadoSyfy) July 23, 2015 Season 5 of HBO’s hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” ended in …

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Watch adorable humanoids battle for the robot soccer world cup

Video screenshot by Anthony Domanico/CNET Could a team of robots beat a team of humans in a game of soccer? One robotics competition is actively working to make that happen, hopefully in our lifetime. That organization is RoboCup, which puts on an annual event showcasing some of the best and craziest advances in the robotics industry. The 19th annual RoboCup …

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Watch the cute full

The first full-length trailer for Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” is here, and the cutesy dinosaur-befriends-human movie looks set to take viewers on an emotional journey to Feels-ville. Related Links Watch the first trailer for Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Dinosaurs, in space! Trailer tours the vast universe of No Man’s Sky “The Good Dinosaur” imagines a world in which dinosaurs and …

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Nike’s Flyease is a cool new shoe for athletes with disabilities

For those with disabilities, sometimes things most of us take for granted can be excruciatingly difficult. Fortunately, some companies out there are trying to make life easier, like Nike with its easy-entry sneaker line, Flyease. Instead of a traditional lacing system, the Flyease has a zipper that goes around the back of the shoe so you can zip the shoe …

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‘Goosebumps’ trailer puts Jack Black to work scaring children

The monsters from R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” books are loose, and it’s up to his niece and their new teenage next-door neighbor to save the town of Greendale (no, not that Greendale). Related stories Real-life horror fills ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ trailer Freak out at sea on a zombie-themed cruise Fake Netflix Lemony Snicket trailer isn’t for the squeamish That’s the …

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Build your own Terminator arm for cheap

Have you ever wanted to be a badass futuristic cyborg assassin-turned-bodyguard sent from the future to either kill or protect people and help determine the fate of humanity? While you’ll probably never actually become a cyborg, you can at least pretend to be one with this DIY Terminator arm that looks like the one Miles Dyson studies in “Terminator 2: …

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Shark Wahlberg kicks off Shark Week with bite

Shark Week is officially in full swing, and what better way to celebrate than by watching a clip featuring everybody’s favorite shark, Sharky Shark Wahlberg? Related Links The Terminator goes on vacation in this animation, but he’ll be back In this ‘Jurassic Park,’ the humans try to escape Hulk smashes through his list of everyday errands A new animated short …

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Crazy art installation puts an LED thunderstorm in a glass house

Grab your virtual umbrellas and raincoats, as the forecast calls for a significant chance of thunderstorms in this art installation by German artist Leigh Sachwitz of Flora&faunavisions. The piece was displayed at the Triennale der Photographie exhibition in Hamburg last month, and features a transparent house made up of a roof and walls that are filled with LED lights. Titled …

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