Google is now offering a standalone camera app for Android that’s very similar to the standard app that ships with the stock version of Android. TouchWiz users rejoice.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1hMfjY9
via IFTTT
Walmart Is Downsizing Its Superstores and Putting Apartments on Top
Walmart, the leviathan of the U.S. retail economy, has had a tough year. So tough that the company’s new CEO is prescribing a surprising strategy to slow decaying sales: Build smaller stores. And, in at least one case, put housing on top of them.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1j1OJqs
via IFTTT
Tiny Magnetic Robots Might One Day Work On Equally Tiny Assembly Lines
We’ve successfully engineered giant robot arms for building cars on an assembly line. But smaller mass-produced items—like electronics—still mostly rely on the nimble hands and fingers of a human. Building and controlling robots on a very small scale is still very difficult, but a company called SRI International may have found a clever solution using magnets.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1j1VxEF
via IFTTT
Guy trying to take a selfie gets kicked in the face by train conductor
Perhaps this should be the punishment of all selfie takers. Or at least all selfie takers who put themselves in potentially dangerous situations just to take a damn picture of their mug blocking everything behind it. Jared Michael, the foolish guy in the video, paid the price. He tried to take a selfie in front of a passing train but instead got kicked in the head by the train conductor.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1qLF38r
via IFTTT
Guy Builds Spider-Man’s Webslinger Using an Electromagnetic Launcher
Since scientists have yet to figure out a formula for real-life human spiderwebs (c’mon, guys!), hardware hacker Patrick Priebe took matters into his own hands. But since he’s limited by real-world constraints too, he instead engineered this wrist-worn electromagnetic miniature harpoon launcher.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1r2jyhN
via IFTTT
You’re Not Allowed to Sue General Mills If You Like Them on Facebook
You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the legal implications of liking something on Facebook, but you should. General Mills quietly updated its privacy policy so that doing things like using a coupon, entering a sweepstakes, or liking the brand means you can’t sue them. Really.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1l7vem0
via IFTTT
Northrop’s Flying Ram Would Have Sliced Enemy Planes in Midair
War drives technological innovation like little else. No proposal is too ambitious, impractical, or downright foolhardy for consideration if it provides a strategic advantage. This school of thinking has led to atomic bombs, autonomous vehicles, and, in 1945, a short-lived fighter prototype that could cut through enemy aircraft in midair.
from Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1eNJmP3
via IFTTT