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Highlights from Canadians’ submissions to the broadcast regulator...

Velocity 2X is interactive poetry. All of its pieces, all of its movements, all of its systems and mechanics flow seamlessly into and out of one another to create a constant tone of movement and a feeling of endless flow. A mistimed jump, a poorly placed shot, and even death are merely delays; brief hurdles in your pursuit of a perfect run. Velocity's influences are clear from the outset--Metroid,...

Lockpicking just became a whole lot easier. Engineers Jos Weyers and Christian Holler can use 3D printing technology to produce ‘bump’ keys capable of opening millions of locks, without ever having seen the original keys. ...

In 1984, a young guy with a bowtie and long hair stood in front of a large audience in California, and made the pitch of his life. He was trying to persuade the people in front of him that the innovation they were about to see was going to change the world, and so he tried for a sense of drama. "All of the images you're about to see on the large screen will be generated by what's in that bag," he...

Ryan Grepper invented many a dud before he made more than $13m (£7.8m) on a souped-up cooler – a cool-box that, by Friday night, had become the most successful project in crowdfunding giant Kickstarter's five-year history. ...

Alice Roberts has just described how as five-week old embryos we all have gill arches – but thankfully none of us end up as fish. The watery origins of the voice box is just one among many fascinating chapters in The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and The Making of Us , the anatomist and anthropologist’s new book. ...

In 1984, a young guy with a bowtie and long hair stood in front of a large audience in California, and made the pitch of his life. He was trying to persuade the people in front of him that the innovation they were about to see was going to change the world, and so he tried for a sense of drama. "All of the images you're about to see on the large screen will be generated by what's in that bag," he...

A WOMAN thought she’d lost her $14,500 wedding rings forever — until a man who found them with his metal detector shared a picture on Facebook....

EARTHQUAKE, volcano eruption or tsunami? No-one really knows how the world will end, but when it does, an expert says you need to know these seven things....

Scrivener is a widely loved Mac-based writing tool used by many authors. The Linux version is a subset of the original, compiled from a subset of the Windows-based code. It is still cool, though. ...

Android 4.4, KitKat was released on October 31, 2013, or at least, that's what you can say about one device: the Nexus 5. For the rest of the ecosystem, the date you got KitKat—if you got KitKat—varied wildly depending on your device, OEM, and carrier....

JAPAN has its own real-life Batman rolling around the streets on a Batcycle with a full Christopher Nolan styled suit....

In Azure Striker: Gunvolt , you charge through a series of missions in the order of your choosing within a colorful 2D world, contending with pitfalls and robo-fodder until you engage in a boss battle confined to a single screen arena, and if you're successful, you're rewarded with a new type of gun. So, yes, it shares a few things in common with Mega Man . But, what I've just described is in effect...

Last night’s episode of The Daily Show featured MIT Media Lab instructor David Rose talking all about connected objects and his new book, Enchanted Objects . The hilarious interview left Jon Stewart in awe over the new frontier of tech. More »           ...

With countless new models released every year, the robovac arms race seems happy to ignore features like battery life, storage capacity, and even price. What’s most important these days is how intelligently an autonomous vacuum can navigate its surroundings, so Toshiba’s crammed some 27 sensors into its new Torneo Robo, so it always knows what needs cleaning and what obstacles to avoid. More »...

This beautiful purple jewel is an artist rendition of W0855 — a Jupiter-sized brown dwarf 7.3 light-years from Earth. If the scientists who just published a new paper on its composition are right, it’s the first object outside the solar system in which we have observed water clouds – an amazing discovery. More »           ...

IKEA is one of the largest corporations in the world, and even the smallest change in its supply chain could have a gigantic impact on its business. After all, this is a company that uses 1 per cent of the world’s wood supply . In fact, IKEA operates a whole venture fund devoted to emerging tech, from ice cream to batteries. More »           ...

Yes, the rumours are true: Samsung just announced a smartwatch with a data connection. The Samsung Gear S can make phone calls. Because why the hell not? More »           ...

BBC Worldwide has announced a skins pack for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft to bring Doctor Who to the popular block building game. Which means, amongst other things, that there are now two good Doctor Who games. More »           ...

Video: I don’t know about you, but sometimes I daydream that I have the power to move stuff or make wonderful things with my mind alone — because I can’t be bothered to move from my sofa, really. Superlazyass-Man. That would be my superhero name. Or Mary Poppins. And my superpower will look just like this video. More »           ...