Category Archives: Tech

How to Identify Your Location Based on Movie Backgrounds

For aliens crash-landing on Earth, people who never leave home, and those addicted to… Read More

Source:: Gizmodo

This Super-Stable Aluminum Battery Can Charge in 60 Seconds

This may look like a scrap of kitchen foil, but it’s actually a new kind of aluminum battery that could out-perform the lithium-ion cells in your smartphone…. Read More

Source:: Gizmodo

The 404 Show 1,608: Trevor Noah, Netflix reboot wishlist, Tidal, Deadpool, Ready Player One (podcast)

It’s an old-school trio on today’s show. Peter Ha, Justin Yu and Jeff Bakalar discuss the week that was pop-culture and tech including the Trevor Noah announcement, Deadpool news, Tidal, Full House and more. Read More

Source:: CNET

US Festivals Are Now Banning Selfie Sticks, Too

Selfie sticks are very quickly being branded as a public hazard: Our culture’s “… Read More

Source:: Gizmodo

Iceland’s Tiny, Isolated Population Makes It the Perfect Genetics Lab 

A millenium ago, a group settled in Iceland and have stayed there ever since, with few people coming and going. And so their DNA has stayed remarkably homogenous. That’s a major boon for genetics researchers, who today have … Read More

Source:: Gizmodo