Drone flies as both biplane and helicopter using one propeller

There are helicopter drones and fixed-wing drones, but creating a hybrid of both is tricky. Even Parrot's Swing, as clever as it is, needs four propellers and elaborate wings to pull off its stunt. However, TU Delft (with backing from Par…

Ben Heck's Texas Instruments light booster

Even plants like to sleep sometimes. To do that, though, they need one hearty light meal from the sun. Watch how Ben and the team use Texas Instruments' MSP430 microcontroller with the ADS7042 light-sensing BoosterPack to control a se…

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This hard iPhone 6s case is just $3.95 today!

Want a hard case for your iPhone 6s that also has a built-in kickstand? If so, Amzer's snap on case is a perfect solution. The hard case will protect from dings and scratches, and the kickstand will keep it upright when not in use. Right now you c…

Google brengt foto- en videodatabases uit voor machine learning

Google heeft twee databases uitgebracht, eentje met videogegevens, en een andere met fotogegevens. De data moeten onderzoekers helpen bij het trainen van algoritmes voor machine learning-systemen.

Meerkat stopt met aanbieden apps voor videostreaming

Meerkat is gestopt met het aanbieden van zijn videostreamingapps. De eens zo populaire dienst kampte met een sterke terugloop in interesse, en tevens hebben de makers hun aandacht verschoven naar andere diensten.

CCSmoothSlider gives the sliders in Control Center a different look

'EU gaat Google dwingen te stoppen met machtsmisbruik Android'

De Europese Commissie is van plan om Google te waarschuwen vanwege zijn praktijken rondom het Android-besturingssysteem. Volgens Europa doet Google aan machtsmisbruik, en daarvoor krijgt het mogelijk ook nog een boete opgelegd.

Fighting game's 'useless' add-ons help its creators

Steam has a wide range of ways to support game developers, ranging from buying early releases through to countless add-ons. But it doesn't have a way to pay developers out of sheer kindness. How are you supposed to donate short of visitin…

Volvo's e-buses will honk at oblivious pedestrians

Volvo's e-buses, which are already shuttling passengers in some European cities, are silent operators like other electric vehicles out there. The automaker's idea of minimizing their chances of colliding with pedestrians, however, is giving…

Inside iOS 10: Widgets escape Notification Center, arrive on lock & home screens

After laying the groundwork with widgets in Notification Center with iOS 8, Apple's iOS 10 update makes widgets more accessible and useful by making them available not only on a a device's lock screen, but also on the home screen's …

Google releases massive visual databases for machine learning

It seems like we hear about a new breakthrough using machine learning nearly every day, but it's not easy. In order to fine-tune algorithms that recognize and predict patterns in data, you need to feed them massive amounts of already-tagged…

This Week's Top Downloads

Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. , but over on How-To Geek, they point out that the free software is also useful for resetting apps back to their d…

Netflix had zaterdagavond een wereldwijde storing

Netflix kreeg zaterdagavond te maken met een technische storing, waardoor wereldwijd mensen geen verbinding konden krijgen met de streamingdienst. Inmiddels zijn de problemen weer verholpen, maar blijft de oorzaak in het ongewis.

USB-C's new audio spec could rid of your headphone jack

Like it or not, the effort to get rid of the headphone jack is well underway. The USB Implementers Forum has published its long-expected Audio Device Class 3.0 specification, giving device makers the standard they need to pipe sound through…

Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $302.4 million in patent retrial

Easily Cut Into Hard Winter Squash After a Quick Simmer

If you’re having a hard time cutting into the tough rind of that winter squash, try giving it a quick bath in simmering water first.Read more...

Hackers Pissed That People Don't Want to Pay for the NSA Tools They Stole

Since August, “TheShadowBrokers” have been claiming that they had acquired NSA hacking tools through a breach of the Equation Group, which is believed to be an offshoot of the NSA. After offering what appears to be proof of the tools’ legitimacy, th…

How to Turn Off Apple Watch

The Apple Watch battery lasts a while, and most users will place the Apple Watch onto the charger or into Night Stand mode if they’re letting it sit for a while, but sometimes you might want to actually turn the Apple Watch off completely. Maybe you…

Cram a Raspberry Pi Retro Console Inside a SNES Controller

We’ve seen a Raspberry Pi stuffed into an Xbox controller , arcade stick , and a NES controller , so it only makes sense we’d get one inside a SNES controller. YouTuber Anthony Caccese did just that. Read more...

Space drone learns how to see with one eye in zero-G

One of the small drones aboard the ISS taught itself how to go around station with just one eye, and it was a lot harder than you might think. For starters, the SPHERE drone (that's short for Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient E…