Next up for 3D printing: a moonbase?

Next up for 3D printing: a moonbase?: The European Space Agency and others are looking into creating an inflatable moon dome that can house four people while protecting them from meteorites, gamma radiation, and more. [Read more]

Superomniphobic Material Vigorously Repels All Fluids

Superomniphobic Material Vigorously Repels All Fluids: You may have heard of oleophobic coatings (which reduce smudges on your touchscreen) or hydrophobic coatings (which repel water). Working with a team at the University of Michigan, Dr. Anish Tuteja has developed a new coating for material that will repel both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids of just about any kind.

Dozens interested in being Washington's pot consultant

Dozens interested in being Washington's pot consultant:

As officials figure out how to regulate the state's newly legal marijuana, they're hiring an adviser to fill in the gaps of the typical bureaucrat's education: how cannabis is best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged, regulated and cooked into brownies.

BlackBerry 10 OS Review - Watch CNET's Video Review - page 2

BlackBerry 10 OS Review - Watch CNET's Video Review - page 2: Another of RIM's longtime strong suits, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) sends peer-to-peer messages, photos, voice notes, contact information, and files between BlackBerry users for free. In BlackBerry 10, the app blossoms, adding voice chat, video chat, and screen sharing to its beloved emoticons and group messaging.

Here Are the Patterns the Feds Found for U.S. Mass Killings

Here Are the Patterns the Feds Found for U.S. Mass Killings: Mass killers are likely to prefer handguns; overwhelmingly likely to be male; and unlikely to have served in the military, according to a November study by a Department of Homeland Security fusion center.

Affordable Injection Molding Transforms Tinkerers Into Tycoons

Affordable Injection Molding Transforms Tinkerers Into Tycoons: While everyone is talking about the 3-D printing industrial revolution, Protomold is busy helping tinkerers become tycoons by making mass-production injection molding technology accessible for easily customized short-run batches ? and their recent expansion of advanced materials lets designers produce almost any creation they need.

The little-known Apple Lisa: Five quirks and oddities

The little-known Apple Lisa: Five quirks and oddities: The machine’s 30th anniversary is as good a time as any to take a look at a handful of both odd and useful features that truly made the Lisa something unique.

Researchers Find Serious Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play

Researchers Find Serious Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play: Researchers have uncovered three sets of serious security flaws in the protocol for Universal Plug and Play, a component embedded in nearly 7,000 different kinds of devices -- including routers, printers, media players and smart TVs -- that would make them vulnerable to remote hacking.

Apple TV 5.2 update adds Bluetooth keyboard support, AirPlay sending, and more

Apple TV 5.2 update adds Bluetooth keyboard support, AirPlay sending, and more: Though Apple TV has long been able to receive AirPlay audio and video, it now gains the ability to send AirPlay audio as well. You can send the audio from movies, TV shows, and other content you play back on Apple TV to AirPlay-enabled speakers and devices including the AirPort Express and other Apple TVs. You can insert your own Apple TV singularity or Inception joke here, as desired.

Roseburg students to entertain with comedy | Local & Regional News | KPIC CBS 4 - News, Weather and Sports - Roseburg, OR

Roseburg students to entertain with comedy | Local & Regional News | KPIC CBS 4 - News, Weather and Sports - Roseburg, OR: The Roseburg High School Drama Department’s Winter production, Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” will be taking the stage Thursday through Saturday.

Officials say the show is based on minor characters from Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet,'' who are, "plopped center stage and the whole production is turned around, with periodic entrances and exits from Hamlet, Ophelia, and other characters."

Apple TV software update adds Bluetooth keyboard support

Apple TV software update adds Bluetooth keyboard support: A new Apple TV software update adds a few new features, including support for Bluetooth keyboards and a way to see what's playing next. [Read more]

Apple releases iOS 6.1 with additional LTE support

Apple releases iOS 6.1 with additional LTE support: The first point update of iOS 6 brings support for more LTE networks as well as a movie ticket-buying feature within Siri. [Read more]

15 Tweaks to Make When Moving to Lion or Mountain Lion | Mactuts+

15 Tweaks to Make When Moving to Lion or Mountain Lion | Mactuts+: In the last two iterations of OS X — Lion and Mountain Lion — Apple has been making some bold moves in respect to the way the computer operator interacts with the machine. Bold in the sense that the changes are quite a departure to the way in which people have been used to using OS X in the past.
While change can often be positive, some of us take a little time to adapt and are perhaps more resistant to change. This article examines some quick fixes to help you make Lion and/or Mountain Lion a little more familiar.

Is Apple TV waiting on H.265 HEVC ratification? – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

Is Apple TV waiting on H.265 HEVC ratification? – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home: The standard will support a resolution of 8,192 by 4,320 pixels and can deliver double the data compression ratio of the current H.264.

Architect Designs 3-D Printed, Mobius Strip-Inspired Landscape House | Wired Design | Wired.com

Architect Designs 3-D Printed, Mobius Strip-Inspired Landscape House | Wired Design | Wired.com: Architects have tossed around the idea of 3-D printing buildings, but Universe Architect’s first one could have a twist.

Inspired by the Mobius strip, Janjaap Ruijssenaars’ house design wraps around itself, twisting the interior to the exterior and back. Ruijssenaars and his collaborator, artist and mathematician Rinus Roelofs, call it the Landscape House because landscapes, too, are continuous.

J.J. Abrams: One director to rule them all?

J.J. Abrams: One director to rule them all?: Reports from Hollywood suggest J.J. Abrams may direct the forthcoming 'Star Wars' film. He's already got the next 'Star Trek' coming out this fall. This is like crossing the sci-fi streams. [Read more]

How Digital Comics Change the Way Comic Books are Drawn—And Imagined

How Digital Comics Change the Way Comic Books are Drawn—And Imagined:

J.J. Abrams To Direct "Star Wars Episode VII"

J.J. Abrams To Direct "Star Wars Episode VII": "Star Trek Into Darkness" director J.J. Abrams has been confirmed to direct "Star Wars Episode VII" for Disney with a 2015 target release date.

Half a Million DVDs of Data Stored in Gram of DNA

Half a Million DVDs of Data Stored in Gram of DNA: Paleontologists routinely resurrect and sequence DNA from woolly mammoths and other long-extinct species. Future paleontologists, or librarians, may do much the same to pull up Shakespeare's sonnets, listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, or view photos. Researchers in the United Kingdom report today that they've encoded these works and others in DNA and later sequenced the genetic material to reconstruct the written, audio, and visual information.

Happy 29th Birthday, Apple Macintosh!

Happy 29th Birthday, Apple Macintosh!: On January 22, 1984 during the Super Bowl, Apple ran their famous "1984" commercial...