NASA’s Real Space Cowboys Wrangle Asteroids
The idea of harvesting resources from asteroids long predates space travel, and NASA is now taking the first steps toward bringing those celestial bodies down to Earth. Plans are being made for an entirely robotic spaceship able to haul a typical nearby asteroid, about 25 feet long and 500 tons, to a position near the […]
Smart Foam Furniture Assembles Itself
Those frustrating hours spent assembling a snorglesborg or jvarslk from Ikea may start coming to a close thanks to a Belgian designer and engineer who has been working on smart foam technology that unfolds itself into stylish furniture. Referred to as Memories of the Future, Carl de Smet has created a type of self-building furniture […]
Romance Pants Help You Seduce Your Partner With Tech
Opening with the appropriately cheesy 70s-style porn music, Team Instructables introduces the world to its creation of Romance Pants. At the mere tug of the zipper, these pants lower the room’s lighting and increase the volume on the music player to a chosen soundtrack to help create a more enticing atmosphere for the activity hopefully […]
Marvel Tempts Fate Second Time With Limited-time Free Comics Offer
When Marvel made the announcement during SXSW that the company was opening its library to readers for access to over 700 free first issues, the rush of people ended up causing ComiXology’s servers to crash. The entertainment juggernaut hopes to have different results this time and seeks to do so by instituting a registration policy […]
Google Fiber Possibly Coming To Austin, TX; Where Next?
Google and the city of Austin, TX plan on making a major announcement on Tuesday, April 9, and speculators say that announcement will involve the arrival of Google Fiber in the Texas capital. As the home of Samsung, Dell, Blizzard Entertainment, AMD, Intel, an Apple call center, and others along with hosting such tech-fueled events […]
Facebook Home: The App That Thinks It’s An Android Skin
Yesterday’s leak of the HTC First gave the impression that it was going to be the much ballyhooed Facebook Phone at last. Instead, HTC and Facebook gave us something far more interesting. The HTC First is indeed a phone with strong connections to Facebook. However, the solution that powers it, Facebook Home, is more than […]
BlackBerry Announces More BB10 Devices: Why That’s Bad
It has to be asked. Is the company formerly known as RIM actively trying to fail? One would not think so. The high-end flagship Z10 is highly anticipated and the BlackBerry 10 operating system continues to get solid reviews. Techcitement has yet to try it out here, but one trusted source referred to the new OS as […]
iBooze: Precision Cocktails With Party Robotics
Who has not dreamed of a robot butler of their very own? Who could resist a loyal robot whose only desire is to provide you with intoxicating libations after a long day? Well, through the creative application of a built in WiFi network, a peristaltic pump, and a series of food grade tubes, that dream […]
The Entirety Of The Internet As One Image
You, and most of the planet, have been hacked. Thankfully, instead of stealing your identity or files off of your computer, the hacker’s main goal was to define a visual representation of what the internet looks like as people log on and off of it. By scanning the IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), the anonymous […]
Facebook Says First With HTC — Details Leaked
The Facebook phone is the rumor that will not die. The closest that rumor came to becoming real was the disappointing HTC Status. Facebook hasn’t given up though, and tomorrow the company will unveil “our new home on Android.” For those unable to make it or unwilling to wait, you can get a sneak peak at 9to5Google. […]