Month: October 2013

Business

Airport Car Rental Service Silvercar Is Headed To LAX In November

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Silvercar continues to expand its tech-focused airport car rental service into new markets, and in a few weeks will be making its biggest debut yet. According to an email sent to customers late last week, Silvercar said that on November 4 it will be launching at LAX, which will soon house its largest fleet of Audi A4s. As we’ve written before, Silvercar hopes torevolutionize the airport car rental business, by…

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Mobile

HTC One Max leaks out with Verizon badge front-and-center

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper When HTC launched the HTC Mini+, everyone wondered when the company would release a phone large enough to justify buying a companion device. These images, from Android Central’s forums, makes the arrival of the 6-inch HTC One Max that much more of a foregone conclusion. The anonymous Verizon employee who took the pics also says that the large smartphone does indeed carry a fingerprint scannerand a removable back. Still, if we’re at the point where conspicuously carrier-branded…

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Business Culture Design Hardware Dev

HoneyBee3D printing store opens in Oakland with rapid prototyping service

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala We’re still a ways off from having a 3D print shop on every corner, but one Oakland neighborhood is getting a taste of that future. The city’s Montclair district got a little craftier this weekend when HoneyBee3D opened its doors to offer rapid prototyping, printer tools and Type A Machines 3D printers for sale. Given how costly the tech can be, this is a boon for folks who’d love to dip into…

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Art

Spectacular Microscopic Art Is Also World-Changing Science

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Old plant tissue stained for teaching botany at Cambridge. Old plant tissue stained for teaching botany at Cambridge. Fluorescent proteins in bacterial biofilms. Crystals in polarized light (urea). Old plant tissue stained for teaching botany at Cambridge. Fluorescent proteins in plants. Old plant tissue stained for teaching botany at Cambridge (Corch tree). Crystals in polarized light (urea). Crystals in polarized light (urea). Oils. Fluorescent proteins in plants. Oils. Crystals…

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Culture Environmental

A CITY IN FLAMES: INSIDE DETROIT’S WAR ON ARSON

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As reported on The Verge. By Jesse Hicks Understaffed and with few resources, Detroit-area firefighters battle a plague of abandoned, burning buildings For eight long years, the firefighters of Highland Park, Michigan, worked out of a warehouse. There was no red-bricked facade, no lanky Dalmatian. No freshly washed engines gleaming in the sun. No second-floor fire pole to descend in the dead of night to wailing sirens. Whatever idealized vision you have of firefighting, Highland Park…

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Business

The Twitter IPO By The Numbers

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATTHEW PANZARINO Here are some accumulated statistics from our scouring of the Twitter IPO filing for your perusal. The overall numbers show a company with good but slowing growth in users, solid revenue in mobile but no profit yet to show. Twitter is absolutely a mobile-friendly company, with some 75 percent of its monthly active users coming on portable devices. About 65 percent of its ad revenue comes from there, too, in sharp…

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Apple

Apple releases OS X Mavericks gold master to developers

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent Apple’s latest flavor of OS X, Mavericks, is just weeks away from landing on customers’ Macs, as the gold master has now been unleashed to the developer hordes. Though not a dramatic remake like iOS 7, it’ll bring a bring a facelift to such apps as Safari and Calendar, along with better energy management, easier networking, iOS notifications, improved multi-monitor support and more. Developers on AppleSeed also got new versions of iPhoto and Xcode, along with…

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Application

Zepp 3D motion sensor captures sports data, helps step up your swing

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon  Activity trackers like FuelBand are great if you just want to exercise, but Zepp Labs’ new 3D motion sensor might be more useful if you’re seriously training in a sport — especially if it’s tennis, baseball or golf. A 1-inch square of negligible weight, the sensor captures data from each swing you make — so long as you attach it to a glove, racket or bat — then transmits info to its accompanying…

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Art Automotive

The Most Incredible Custom Motorcycles of 2013

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As reported on Wired. BY DAMON LAVRINC Few machines are as ripe for customization as motorcycles. They’re pure mechanical simplicity. Two wheels, an engine, a transmission, some brakes and handlebars, and endless possibilities. Go to any motorcycle race and walk through the parking lot. You won’t find two bikes that are exactly alike. If dogs are a facsimile of their owners, motorcycles are their two-wheeled equivalent. Nobody understands this better than Chris Hunter. He’s the editor…

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Environmental News

Another Fukushima mishap leaks highly radioactive water into Pacific

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor TEPCO comes under fire from Japanese authorities after second breach in less than two months Radioactive water leaked out of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant late Wednesday and has likely spilled into the Pacific Ocean, authorities announced today. As Reuters reports, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) discovered that contaminated water was overflowing from a storage tank yesterday, and officials estimate that more than 100 gallons may have leaked…

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