Angles Mirror reflects the viewer’s silhouette with its motorized spokes
Those looking for a cool piece of art to clamor over this weekend can visit NYC's bitforms gallery to witness the Angles Mirror copy your silhouette.
No reservations: How a restaurant took social media’s power back into its hands
Restaurants are tired of customers ruining their Web reps with Yelp complains. Instead, they're using social media for more than just gratuitous promotion.
These modern Smart Playhouses will make you wish you were 5 again
The Smart Playhouse is the kind of secret clubhouse we wish we had growing up thanks to its design to resemble modern architecture.
Three engineer students invent an electrifying anti-rape undergarment
Three students from one of India's most prestigious engineering universities have created a device capable of delivering shocks to potential rapists.
Bloc the wooden Apple TV holder makes the device part of your furniture
When attached to an HDMI cord, does your Apple TV tend to skew sideways thanks to the heavier weight of the cord? If so, Bloc is here for the rescue.
Emoji, blogosfear, and more tech lingo you need to know
On this fine April Fool's day, let's have a look at silly-sounding words and determine their true meanings in our weekly tech lingo lesson.
The snooze button is bad for you, but why? [Video]
The idea that the snooze button will help ease your body into waking up will actually do more harm than good, reports the latest ASAP Science video.
Kinect-powered virtual therapists can fully decode a patient’s body language
Psychiatrists can't always keep their eyes on you while making notes. Enter SimSensei, a virtual therapist that uses the Kinect to detect body movements.
Grab your apocalyptic go-bag, a vial of deadly virus from bioterror lab went missing
A scene straight out of a movie has just plagued America. A vial of an obscure, deadly virus has vanished from a University of Texas Medical Branch lab.
Game, set, match: Student solves three Rubik’s cubes while juggling them [Video]
YouTube sensation Ravi Fernando wows the Web with his latest video in which he solves three Rubik's cubes... while juggling them.
King of the Nerds episode 102 recap: A honey badger in a room full of kittens
Fantasy land is over as our contestants begin to show their true colors by behaving like little kids fighting over the last chocolate milk in the cafeteria.
King of the Nerds episode 105 recap: Angry nerds are scary nerds
We're five episodes into "King of the Nerds" and this is a challenge that'll truly test their IQ: Sudoku, Rubik's cube, and Memory games!
King of the Nerds season one finale recap: One nerd takes it all
The season one finale for "King of the Nerds" has finally crowned its winner, but is it who you think it is?
New Orleans becomes the first city to offer cabs with built-in vending machines
New York City may have wanted to modernize its famous yellow cabs, but it's New Orleans that beat it to the punch. The southern city is now offering cabs with built-in vending machines for passengers' soda fix.
Is Disneyland planning a Star Wars Land? We discuss if the force is strong with this one
A recent survey sent to Disneyland Annual Passport holders asks whether they'd be interested in a 'Star Wars'-themed section of the park.
BitTorrent makes nice with artists and fans: ‘We’re not The Pirate Bay’
With two new products recently launched, BitTorrent aiming to change its rep by collaborating with artists directly to provide legally distributed content.
What we’ve Shazam-ed at SXSW 2013
Here are some of the tracks we've Shazam-ed during SXSW 2013 so you can formulate a playlist hip enough for Austin.
Dating apps at SXSW hope to make serendipity happen
SXSW'ers looking for love have apparently come to the most technological place to find it, with tons of dating apps advertised across festival grounds.
VHS-collecting filmmakers urges you to ‘Rewind This’ movie for nostalgia’s sake
Rewind This!' - a documentary highlighting the life and times of VHS format - aims to remind people of the tapes' nostalgia effect.
Notorious Facebook hook up app invades SXSW to the chagrin of … SXSW
The notorious Bang With Friends app has made its way to Austin, but SXSW organizers were not impressed with team using the festival name without permission.
Backstage at a Bravo TV live show taping: Making television more social on the Web
We were invited to attend a taping of Bravo TV's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at SXSW. Naturally, we couldn't say no.
MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes on how film can win the TV market back
With TV shows becoming more theatrical, the one way film can win back its viewers is to get social, local, and enhance the overall movie-going experience.
Since Facebook won’t add a dislike button, here comes the Hater app
Everything is always a bit fluffy on Facebook, where you could only Like statuses and photos. That's why Jake Banks launched the Hater app in time for SXSW.
Break out your calculator, because to win at online dating, you’ve got to do your math
She wanted a husband, so she took to online dating. But to find the lover of her dreams, it would take more than just JDate to churn out random guys.
Inside the #SXSWTechCab, where I traded my digital sins for a free ride
Kendo UI is giver SXSW attendees free taxi rides for a small fee: Confess a technological sin with host Irina Slutsky and she'll be your chauffeur.
Expanding the social barrier: Q&A with Suicide Girls co-founder Missy Suicide
We sat down with Suicide Girls co-founder Missy Suicide to talk about new extensions of her website in the era of mobile apps and microblog platforms.
How New York City is giving payphones a 21st century revamp
The City of New York wants to reinvent the payphone, with design ideas involving kinetic energy, air quality sensors, solar panels, and augmented reality.
How to survive the wild, weird weeks of SXSW
SXSW is the Wild West of digital and social festivals, mixed with music and film - and a lot of partying. Survive with the help of our SXSW 2013 guide.
King of the Nerds episode 107 recap: Let’s get physical
In our last episode before the finale of "King of the Nerds," contestants are finally challenged to do something relatively nerdy: Solve physics problems.
Supercapacitor, SoLoMo, and more tech lingo you need to know
South by Southwest is quickly approaching, so it may be a good idea to learn about these SoLoMo apps people keep buzzing about.
Go home, robot, you’re drunk: Boston Dynamics’ BigDog can now hurl cinderblocks
Watch out, enemies. Mess with us and you may have to face the wrath of Boston Dynamics' BigDog robot, who can now fling cinderblocks in your direction.
‘Help Sony President Name His Pink Balls,’ pleads Sony. Yeah, really
Sony U.S. President Phil Molyneux posted a blog last night, requesting the help of Sony fans to "name his pink balls." Excuse me?
Heat-sensitive, color-changing jeans won’t so much as let you hide a fart
Those looking for a pair of jeans that changes as their body temperature shifts can rest easy knowing these Naked and Famous denims exist.