Chase Williams

Instagram Photo From World’s Tallest Building May Be Best Foot Shot Ever

Joe McNally, a world renowned photographer, posted an jaw-dropping photo to Instagram last week that had some people begging to question just how exactly he managed to pull it off. McNally posted the photo to Instagram with this message: “My old battered shoes climbed the [world’s] tallest building today. What an amazing structure! Tweeting from […]

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Hitachi’s ROPITS Transport Vehicle Drives Itself

Hitachi unveiled an automated transport vehicle on Tuesday that can be controlled via a smartphone or tablet. The ROPITS, short for Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System — say that three times fast, is a single-seat vehicle that uses cameras and laser distance sensors to gauge obstacles and avoid pedestrians. The Hitachi transport vehicle has […]

11y ago

Google Acquired Neural Network Startup, Wants To Develop Smarter Machines

Google acquired DNNresearch, a neural network research startup, on Tuesday after awarding the research team from the University of Toronto $600,000 for its work in language and image processing. The company was founded by Professor Geoffrey Hinton and two graduate students, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever, working in the university’s computer science department. DNNresearch, or […]

11y ago

Galaxy S4 Might Have 3D Camera

Samsung recently filed for a “2D 3D Movie & Still” trademark and it has some fans wondering if the manufacturing giant might be including a 3D camera in its Galaxy S4 model, which is scheduled for debut this Thursday. The Samsung trademark, published on March 5, was submitted under International Classification 009, which by definition […]

11y ago

Angry Birds For iOS Now Completely Free

One of the most successful mobile-game franchises in the world has released the original, full length Angry Birds with 15 brand new levels for iOS and it’s– wait for it — completely free. Rovio, in an effort to attract new users, has updated its pricing schedule and made the application completely free, adding additional content […]

11y ago

Wearable Computing Meets Pilates Clothing

Seattle, WA – Jennifer Darmour, a wearable computing expert for Artefact, has developed a prototype Pilates shirt designed to monitor a person’s body position. Using vibrations, sensors within the garment can notify wearers when it detects that body position is inaccurate. Darmour’s vision is to develop tech that’s more organic and less obvious. She believes […]

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Apple

Apple Patent May Lead To Squeeze-Sensitive iPhone Housings

A new Apple patent might mean squeeze-sensitive iPhone, iPad, and even Macbook cases. On Tuesday the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent submitted by Apple for an electronic system that allows control functionality via the measurement and translation of stress applied to a device housing. Apple’s US Patent No. 8,390,481 for “Sensing changes […]

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Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus Faces Treason

By a narrow vote, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus was charged with treason and impeached by the upper house of the Czech parliament on Monday. President Klaus’ term as leader of the Czech Republic is scheduled to end on Thursday. According to Reuters, the house voted 38 to 30 during a closed session to bring […]

11y ago

‘Barely Legal Teen’ Censored By Apple’s iCloud

Emails containing the phrase “barely legal teen” are being deleted by Apple’s cloud storage and email service, iCloud. According to Macworld, testers tried unsuccessfully to send an email containing the phrase “he’s a barely legal teenage driver.” However, after rewording the message to say “barely a legal teenage driver,” it went through without issue. The […]

11y ago

Sex Change Policy Being Considered By Yale

Yale students that want sex change operations could soon be covered by their student health plans. The Ivy League school is considering adding gender reassignment surgery to its student plan, following in the footsteps of Brown, Penn, Harvard, and Cornell universities. Yale is still reviewing policies related to the procedure for its 11,848 students, but […]

11y ago

Cannibalism Chat Room Plot Exposed

A police officer accused of collaborating in an online cannibalism plot has been accused of conspiracy to kidnap, rape, torture, kill, and eat a woman he attended college with, as well as his wife. On Wednesday, investigators read aloud dozens of internet chats which demonstrated participant plans to cook and consume human flesh. Officer Gilberto […]

11y ago

Watered Down Beer: Lawsuit Claims Budweiser May Be Cheating Consumers

Beer enthusiasts in the United States have filed $5 million class-action lawsuits against Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev accusing the company of selling watered down beer. Suits filed in California, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey claim that AB, the world’s largest brewer, is purposely overstating the alcohol content in 10 of its well known, retail beverages. Former employees […]

11y ago

Jesus Jeans Crusading Against Apparel Companies In The US

An Italian jeans manufacturer that owns the trademark on the name “Jesus” in the United States is cracking their “whip” at apparel companies that attempt to use the name in their brands. FOX News reports that the company, which is called Jesus Jeans, was given exclusive rights to the word “Jesus” within the United Stated […]

11y ago

Donkey Meat Found In South African Market

Cape Town, South Africa – Donkey meat is being fraudulently sold on the South African market packaged with products like burger patties, deli meats, and sausages. Based on a new study performed by Stellenbosch University, up to 68 percent of 139 meat products tested found meat originating from donkey, soya, goat, and water buffalo — […]

11y ago

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Orion Music Festival Bringing Metallica To Detroit

The Orion Music Festival will be lead by the metal heavyweight Metallica for a second year on June 8 and 9 at Belle Isle in Detroit. Other major performances will be given by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Deftones, and Bassnectar. The event, Orion Music + More Festival, is scheduled to feature over 30 […]

11y ago

College Rape Survivor Faces Expulsion For Being ‘Disruptive’

A college sophomore attending the University of North Carolina is being sent to the university’s “Honor Court” and could potentially be expelled for speaking out about her rape. Representatives of the university are charging Landen Gambill with an Honor Code violation that states she has been “disruptive” or “intimidating” toward another, her rapist, and has […]

11y ago

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Coming To PS3 This Fall

Square Enix and Disney Interactive have announced the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMix in North America and Europe this fall. “I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately … Like, is any of this for real … or not,” a quote from Sora, the game’s main character. The game, first announced at last […]

11y ago

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Glenn Beck Launches Campaign For TV Stations To Add His Web Program

Glenn Beck has started a campaign to get his internet program, TheBlaze, added to cable and satellite television provider networks across the country. Beck plans to promote GetTheBlaze.com, a web site that asks supporters to contact their service provider and request the program. He will further discuss the channel and the site on his nationally […]

11y ago

Grand Central Station Bomb Scare

New York, NY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) cancelled shuttle service between Times Square and Grand Central Station on Sunday night, and rerouted trains around the station following a bomb threat to the commuter rail terminal station. At approximately 9:20 pm on Sunday an unidentified male called 911 and claimed that a bomb would […]

11y ago

Coca-Cola Scam: Oregon Mom And Daughter Plead Guilty

Albany, OR – An elaborate Coca-Cola bottle cap scheme devised by an Oregon mom and her daughter has come to an end with the two pleading guilty Friday to their deceit. Carrie Jones, 55, and her daughter Sarah Jones, 31, were arrested following a corporate investigation in 2011 that tracked a suspiciously high number of […]

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