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ICYMI: The Kellogg box prize, a suped-up SUV and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-757254{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-757254, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-757254{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-757254").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: We know guys. You already lost precious time catching up with all the Apple news. That's why we're covering a virtual reality experience from Kellogg, which is sending out cereal boxes with instructions for making a VR headset out of them. In other paper-folding news, the cheapest ever foldable microscope (only 50 cents!) traveled to the Amazon rainforest and the pictures are gorgeous. And Range Rover is protecting its wealthiest patrons with an SUV that can take TNT blasts, armor-piercing gunshot rounds and other such spy-level shenanigans.
ICYMI: Zero-G booze glass, exoskeleton walk of fame and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-703008{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-703008, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-703008{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-703008").style.display="none";}catch(e){} Today on In Case You Missed It: The Open Space Agency designed a zero-G whiskey glass for Ballantine whiskey, aka enabling astronauts and other space travelers to swirl (but not sniff) with refinement no matter where their travels may take them. Raspberry Pi has a new touchscreen display that will let people make new uses for the credit card-sized programmable computer. A paralyzed man is walking around in an exoskeleton with ease after undergoing a spinal cord stimulation program at UCLA. He's the first paralyzed person to regain enough feeling in his legs to walk confidently in an exoskeleton and we are all in awe.
ICYMI: Coral protector bot, non-ugly wearable glasses & more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-251016{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-251016, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-251016{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-251016").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: The nation's largest vision insurance company, VSP, is beta-testing wearable health-tracking glasses and somehow they don't even look ridiculous. An autonomous robot submarine is patrolling coral reefs and killing the starfish that normally eat coral, to preserve the reef. (So many conflicting feelings, amirite?) And MIT researchers are back with another 3D printer to blow your mind. This one is machine-vision enabled, meaning it can scan as it prints and correct itself.
ICYMI: Self-healing plastic, Star Wars gear and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-241742{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-241742, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-241742{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-241742").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: We are seriously in awe of the scientific discovery that came from studying squid. Researchers developed a plastic that can reform, no weaker, after getting cut in half-- just so long as water is applied to it. And if you have a couple hundred dollars to blow, you can use it to buy an alarm clock that syncs with Spotify to gently ease you in and out of sleep with a matching glowing light. Also check out the new smart stethoscope product for medical professionals, allowing them to record the heartbeats they hear, then analyze the sounds in an app.
ICYMI: A super selfie, 'GTA' wildlife doc and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-437566{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-437566, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-437566{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-437566").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Australia's tourism board is winning the selfie game by offering a selfie that merges tourist's own selfies with the same scene, expanded, taken with a second camera. Land Rover is demoing a trailer concept system that allows drivers to see what's behind a trailer with a video feed. And Grand Theft Auto V fans cobbled together an amusing wildlife documentary from the game that is worth a watch.
ICYMI: Gameroulette, 3D-glass printing and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-356435{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-356435, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-356435{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-356435").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: An MIT group built a 3D printer that extrudes glass rather than plastic; they believe the technology could be used to make cheaper fiber optic cables. Chatroulette users were treated to a surprise live first-person shooter game that pitted them against creepy zombies. The rest of us totally missed out. A new tech-enabled bartending buddy would sync with its smartphone app and walk you through making the perfect cocktail: All for $39.
ICYMI: Electric surfboard, '80s video app and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-143496{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-143496, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-143496{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-143496").style.display="none";}catch(e){} Today on In Case You Missed It: If Jaws has kept you out of the ocean, there's another way to experience surfing. Just pay $4,000 for the Onean Electric Surfboard and cruise lakes and rivers instead. And you can re-live the glory days of Saved by the Bell and Zumba pants with an iOS app that turns captured videos into vintage gems. And an art installation lets you sing to it and vibrates back with its own song.
ICYMI: Hypersonic plane, social connections app and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-184810{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-184810, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-184810{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-184810").style.display="none";}catch(e){} Today on In Case You Missed It: Germany is trying to revive a decades-old plan for a hypersonic commuting plane which would deliver people from Frankfurt to Australia in 90 minutes. A video for a social connection app called Knock Knock stars a couple celebs who will likely never ask to be connected to little ol' me at a party. And a custom drone builder is calling it what it is with a giant eyeball drone. Just to clear up any confusion.
ICYMI: Thought-controlled exoskeleton, textingbrella & more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-947132{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-947132, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-947132{width:570px;display:block;} Today on In Case You Missed It: Thought-controlled exoskeletons are walking around a lab in Korea and we remain impressed. An advertisement for a redesigned handle on an umbrella is making us all shout #firstworldproblems. And this may have happened back during MakerFaire, but it's news to us: A 15-year-old beat out everyone else at a "Game of Drones" competition that pits drones against one another, Fight Club style.
ICYMI: Head injury alert, zombie killing centers and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-604354{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-604354, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-604354{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-604354").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Google is putting its glut of satellite imaging data to good use with the "Sunroof" database, which helps people check their homes and figure out if they get enough sun to install solar panels. University of Pennsylvania researchers made a polymer that changes color depending on the depending on the amount of force used against it. They're hoping to make helmets that quickly signal the degree of a possible brain injury. And Australians beat the Americans to the virtual reality laser tag fun zone finish, building a VR zombie killing gaming center ahead of the U.S. one slated to open next year.
ICYMI: Google's face-policing API, Rage Rooms and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-380801{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-380801, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-380801{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-380801").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Google's new API for Android applications comes with face detection that can tell if you're smiling or not. Then there's the trend in Rage Rooms that looks like too much fun to keep to ourselves. And a hoax of an amazing prototype: A supposed adoption of Volkswagen technology birthed a stroller to follow you around, using collision sensors to avoid people or objects. This thing should really exist in some form, yes?
ICYMI: Far away haptic hello, birthing robot mom and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-3569{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-3569, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-3569{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-3569").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: The Haptoclone allows users to touch and interact with distant objects, in a way you have to see to understand. But basically, long-distance makeouts over Skype are coming. Cambridge University researchers designed a robot that can make it's own 'children,' then test them for the strongest features, to then incorporate for the following generation. And the FIA Formula E Championship (the E is for electricity-based power) just showcased its new cars for the start of its second official season.
ICYMI: Robot barkeeps, Android Experiments and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-618936{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-618936, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-618936{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-618936").style.display="none";}catch(e){} Today on In Case You Missed It: We take on two pieces of robot news, both of which seem promising for different reasons. First, a robot with responsive, human reflexes is being designed to enter dangerous situations where a real person might be injured. The secret is that the controller is a guy wearing a matching robot exoskeleton. Then, more MIT scientists executed an algorithm that allows robots to actually buzz around and serve alcohol. Obviously, we're fans of that. Lastly, Google unveiled a video describing its Android Experiments project and some of the applications are super interesting.
ICYMI: Real wizard wands, another remote car hack and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-576421{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-576421, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-576421{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-576421").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Another car hacking job, this one by the University of San Diego, is showing just how vulnerable our smart cars can be. And if you're sick of people stealing things off your desk, check out this rubber-band shooting desktop sentry. And most importantly of all, a new Kickstarter is bringing wand dueling to life with a more complicated version of laser tag. And yes, it is the best thing to happen to me this year.
