Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 6:18pm
Perhaps he saw the Apple logo on the back and figured it was lunch, but this elephant in a Thai animal park took a liking to a Chinese tourist's iPhone, snatched it out of her hand and swallowed it down.
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Michael Trei
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Friday, December 28, 2012 - 11:21am
If you're an evil villain who really wants to know when somebody is snooping around your secret lair, it helps to have sophisticated surveillance gear. Static cameras are fine, but what if you had a camera that could automatically detect intruders then follow them around while snapping pics?
Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 4:39pm
Cockroaches are one of the yuckiest, grossest things city dwellers have to deal with, but what if you could control their movements by sending them tweets from your smartphone? That would make it all better, right?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 10:41pm
What could be more fun for a little kid than getting to drift off to sleep in your own amazing spaceship? That's the feeling five year old Finn must get each night, ever since his dad used some old discarded TV broadcast gear to create this fantastic spaceship bed.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 9:46pm
Whenever I see one of those massive public aquariums, I wonder just how thick that glass has to be. Apparently, someone at a shopping mall in China didn't work out the answer to that question accurately enough, because the giant front window of a huge tank holding recently gave way, flooding the onlookers with a 33 ton wave of water and sharks.
Sunday, December 23, 2012 - 11:57pm
Just when you thought you were king of the smartphone hill with your 5.55-inch Samsung Galaxy Note II, along comes Huawei with their massive 6.1-inch Ascend Mate phablet.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 6:08pm
We've already learned that in-flight Wi-Fi will be getting a whole lot better next year, but what wasn't clear was just how we're going to be seeing such a big leap in performance. Now Boeing has revealed that 20,000 pounds of potatoes played a key role.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 3:37pm
So far, our search for Martians and other extraterrestrial forms of life hasn't quite panned out, but that doesn't stop us from continuing to look. Now astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire in England have discovered a new system of planets, which in many ways are remarkably similar to our own neighborhood and may even support life.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:33pm
If your idea of getting back to the beauty of nature involves bombing down a double black diamond trail while blasting your favorite tunes, this Beats by Dre ski helmet could be just the ticket.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 7:12pm
Do you have a greedy fat cat who likes to steal the food from all your other pets' bowls? This feeder could be the answer, with a locked door that only opens when the right cat steps up for some chow.
