Category Archives: Technology
Reader Photo Gallery: Crazy Dust Storm Turns Sydney Red
Dust storms swept over Sydney Wednesday morning, turning the city sky so red, some residents thought they’d left the blue planet.
“It was like waking up on Mars,” Sydney resident Marcus Schappi wrote in an e-mail to Wired.com.
Residents of eastern Australia have had to battle these bizarre conditions, because strong winds from the dry interior swept [...]
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The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Gets Weird
In the search for extraterrestrial life, some scientists say we’re focusing too much on finding signs of existence as we know it, and in the process, we may be missing more strange forms of life that don’t rely on water or carbon metabolism.
Now researchers from Austria have started a systematic study of solvents other than [...]
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Wax Tailor Solves CD vs. Vinyl Fight With CD-Vinyl Format
French hip-hop has few finer champions than Wax Tailor, whose Tuesday release, In the Mood for Life, scratches soul, hip-hop, funk and jazz into an intoxicating hybrid.
He’s also a tech mediator: His lead single, “Say Yes,” is being packaged exclusively at Borders with In the Mood for Life in CD-Vinyl format, which can be played [...]
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Microsoft Unveils Secret Touchscreen Tablet
While the world eagerly awaits Apple’s fabled touchscreen tablet, Microsoft has unveiled one of its own. It’s called Courier.
The Courier, still in late-prototype stages of development, is a dual-screen device that folds like a booklet. It features dual 7-inch multitouch screens connected by a hinge. The interface is designed to detect finger gestures as well [...]
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Nasa To Reveal New Scientific Findings About The Moon
NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss new science data from the moon collected during national and international space missions.
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NASA Sets Target Date for Ares I-X Rocket’s Test Launch
NASA is targeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, for the flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, pending successful testing and data verification.
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What Exactly Should You Do with Fingers That Won’t Stop Drumming? [Design]
As an obsessive compulsive gum-chewer, I never thought to make art of my annoying habit like Nik Ramage. He built a mechanical copy of his hand, which drums its fingers without cessation. Anyone imagining a use for this thing?
Based on Dezeen’s description of it, this little gadget is either a pure annoyance or maybe, depending [...]
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What the Wireless Industry Will Tell the Feds, the Wired.com Interview (Part 3)