Day: June 23, 2014

Space

Ten years ago, SpaceShipOne completed the first private flight into space

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As reported on The Verge. By Dante D’Orazio Ten years ago today, SpaceShipOne and pilot Mike Melvill blasted just past the Earth’s atmosphere into space, marking beginning of commercial spaceflight. The Paul Allen-funded project successfully became the first privately-financed human spaceflight, and after its success it seemed that commercial space travel was just around the corner. However, after just a couple more flights later in 2004, the SpaceShipOne was retired. There hasn’t been another commercial, suborbital…

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Google

Google Glass Frames By Diane Von Furstenberg Now On Sale In The U.S.

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington Google has new frames available for Glass buyers, and they’re specially designed by Diane von Furstenberg. These are the chicest Google Glass frames you can buy, for the time being, and they come in multiple sunglass tints, plus a single pair of optical frames in different colors. The designs are all Glass compatible, but you can also get Glass in a bundle with one pair of the sunglasses and one…

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Application

BrewDrop Brings Sweet Booze Right To Your Home

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As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs Rakuten’s Video Service Wuaki Confirms UltraViolet And European Rollouts It’s 11pm: do you know where your microbrews are? Matt and Andrew Bell know. As thecreators of BrewDrop, they want to make it easy to order booze using a simple app. The service, which just launched in Austin, Texas, allows you to send an instant order to local booze purveyors using an Uber-like interface. In fact, you can think of it…

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Government Hardware Dev Legal

Backscatter X-ray gun will help police hunt contraband

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As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT  Though “strip-search” backscatter X-ray machines were pulled from US airports for privacy reasons, the tech has found a new home in the MINI Z portable scanner. Made by American Science and Engineering (AS&E), it displays see-through images on a Windows tablet PC from low-intensity backscatter X-rays that don’t penetrate deeply into organic tissue. The company said it took seven years of research to shrink the X-ray tubes enough to create a handheld device that uses…

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Application Cloud Culture

Wink wants to simplify the smart home with a universal app and $80 hub

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As reported on Engadget. BY SHARIF SAKR You’ve probably never heard of Wink, but you may soon encounter its logo (“Wink app ready”) or its smart home router (the “Wink Hub”) the next time you go shopping at Home Depot. The logo will appear on a range of WiFi-connected devices from different manufacturers, including air conditioners from GE and thermostats from Honeywell, signifying that they can all be controlled via the Wink app for Android and iOS. The hub…

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