This is a clever little concept design by New York-based Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects: a perfectly normal chair with a tiny little table top, that turns a functional piece of furniture into something rather more sociable.
Intel Says Haswell Will Extend Laptop Battery Life by 50 Percent
Intel has just made one very, very big claim: it reckons that its new Haswell chip will boost the battery life of laptops by a staggering 50 percent.
It Sure Looks Beautiful Inside the Ring Nebula
The Ring Nebula is a common image in astronomy, but new images from Hubble reveal something rather strange inside the cloud of swirling gas.
Speaking last night, Digg CEO Andrew McLaughlin explained that Digg's Reader won't be a standalone app, and will allow you to sort and rank content, unlike a normal RSS reader.
Google is apparently facing a fresh antitrust probe from the Federal Trade Commission to find out if it's been abusing its dominance in display-advertising to illegally curb competition. Naughty.
Google's been logging data about hot trends ever since you started tip-tapping search terms into its front page, but now it's gone and made it look damn pretty with it.
You might know that a googol—the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes—is a very large number indeed. You might even know that a googolplex—a 1 followed by a googol of zeros—is an even bigger number. But this video helps explain why it's such an insane concept to get your head round.
How a 3D Printer Helped a Child Breathe Again
When Kaiba Gionfriddo was born, his parents never expected to have to look on, helpless, as his windpipe collapsed daily and stopped him from breathing. They were desperate—so when a team of researchers suggested that a 3D printer could help, they leapt at the chance.
Where there's a patent, there will always be a patent troll.
The New York Times has taken an interesting look at hacking culture in China—where it seems the practice is no longer an underground phenomenon, but a massive commercial enterprise.
