Geek Life – Page 114 of 132

Elon Musk is building that hyperloop track he always wanted

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/555803747792609280 In a tweet today, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that he will be building a hyperloop test… Read More

YouTube stars to interview Obama after State of the Union

Obama was the first candidate to optimize the power of the Internet to help him get elected in 2008. And… Read More

Boeing’s latest engineering feat is a building within a building, and it’s incredible

To put its engineers closer to the manufacturing process, Boeing devised a clever fix: Building an office building right inside… Read More

HerbFront wants to be the Zillow of weed real estate

One of the biggest obstacles anyone in the burgeoning cannabis industry faces is finding and securing rental properties. Even if… Read More

The anti-Tinder: Talk or Not dating app puts conversation first

If you’ve dipped your toes into the hell that is online dating recently, you will discover that it can be… Read More

Not nominated for an Oscar? ‘Lego Movie’ director builds his own

What do you do if you feel like you’ve been left out of the Best Animated Feature category for an… Read More

Expedia releases 2015 travel trends so there’s no excuse not to plan that trip

Planning a getaway is usually never easy, but with the right info you can get a jump-start on planning your… Read More

When bad things go viral: MTV’s ‘Unfriended’ is the first horror film to happen online

In the grand tradition of “Scream,” MTV has discovered a new way to torture and kill teenagers — and instead… Read More

Minecraft, Heads Up and NBA Jam: The games most likely to make you break your smartphone

With mobile gaming on the rise, the chances of dropping your smartphone during an intense bout of play is increasing,… Read More

Take that, Tesla: Chinese automaker GAC put a fish tank in its luxury SUV

Of all the crazy, cool, awesome and weird stuff we’ve seen from automakers during CES and coming out of the… Read More

Seattle No. 6 overall in best metro areas for STEM jobs

The good news is that if you have a degree in science, tech, engineering or math, you have a better… Read More

Now you can follow the Royals: Prince William, Kate and Harry are on Twitter

I love it when uber-famous yet secretive people finally land on social media. Especially when they probably have nothing to… Read More

60 million people are on Spotify, but only one in four pays

While more people are streaming music, they’re still not necessarily paying for it. Spotify announced that it had 60 million… Read More

Watch Sir Patrick Stewart act out the 5 most annoying people on planes

If you’ve traveled by commercial air in recent years, you know it’s getting worse. Seats are more cramped together, services are… Read More

Coffee Meets Bagel doesn’t bite on Mark Cuban’s record $30M ‘Shark Tank’ offer

In what is being billed as the “largest offer in the history” of “Shark Tank,” three sisters from San Francisco… Read More

Emerald City Comicon sold to pop culture events chain ReedPop in ‘classic superhero team-up’

Our favorite local Emerald City Comicon event, which has grown by leaps and bounds over the years, announced that it has been acquired… Read More

Today in totally unnecessary: Kickstarter brings us the Foot Hammock

If you’ve ever been sitting at your desk, thinking, “Gee, I really wish I had a nice little warming hammock… Read More

New Smithsonian app brings Bone Hall to 3D life

The Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum in D.C. announced a new app called Skin & Bones that will add a more lively, animated… Read More

Yahoo Screen is bringing back ‘Community’ for season six

In the latest move by a tech giant to dominate your screen time, Yahoo announced today that it’s bringing the… Read More

Lumoid offering the try-before-you-buy Warby Parker model with fitness trackers

You’ve probably used one of those try-before-you-buy services before, which Warby Parker revolutionized with eyewear. Now a San Francisco company… Read More

Shipping glitter to your enemies is all the rage on Twitter

When a link to ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com came up on Twitter today, retweeted by several folks, and even sparking conversation on Reddit, we… Read More

‘Star Wars’ characters, Batman and the Avengers meet Buddha in these wonderful 3D-printed statues

You’ll want this 3D-printed Chewbacca Buddha and everything else in this Etsy store. Maker Chris Milnes, or muckychris on Etsy,… Read More

Moving on up: Steve Ballmer to lease deluxe sky-rise office in downtown Bellevue

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer apparently has something else to dance about this week. It’s being reported that he is… Read More

FAA gives CNN green light to study drones in newsgathering

In the near future, that CNN report might be brought to you courtesy of drones. The Federal Aviation Administration gave… Read More

The $120M juice everyone’s dying to fund in Silicon Valley

Could one of the hottest — and most secretive — startups courting Silicon Valley really be a juice company? Apparently… Read More

Scale back on the selfies, guys: Study shows closer ties to narcissism and psychopathy

Talk about needing to clean up your digital footprint. A new study from Ohio State University reveals that the more… Read More

Netflix confirms it’s bringing back ‘Wet Hot American Summer’

Fans of the 2001 cult hit Wet Hot American Summer can rejoice. Netflix has committed to making eight episodes of the… Read More

Go inside an F-18 Super Hornet in this rad GoPro video

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it was like to go inside an F/A-18E Super Hornet, here’s your chance.… Read More

Prince, Chrissy Teigen’s meme and ‘Transparent’ Golden Globe moments are big winners on Twitter and Facebook

Prince, is there anything he can’t do? The No. 1 most mentioned item from last night’s Golden Globes was his… Read More

‘Where the Wild Things Are’: MagicBook bringing augmented reality to books

Is convincing your kids to read getting more difficult? MagicBook would like to change that. The company is developing an… Read More