Indian E-Waste Market Growth to Overtake China

The e-waste market growth in India will surpass China's, a report has said. The e-waste market in India will grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.22 percent over the period 2014-19, surpassing China which is poised to grow at 19.41 percent CAGR during the period 2013-18, the research report said Tuesday. According to the report from Dallas, US-based Reportsnreports.com, lack of effective e-waste disposal mechanisms is hindering market growth. The presence of various toxic...

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Ford Sync teams with Life360 to tell your loved ones when you’re driving

Life360's latest integration effort has announced it will use CES 2015 to show off what it can soon do with Ford Sync AppLink. AppLink allows iPhone and Android-based mobile devices to both control and run approved apps simply by using a Ford car's steering wheel buttons, radio, or supported voice commands. One such app is Life360 and its new feature called Drive Mode. Available for Android phones in the second quarter of 2015, Drive Mode enables the Life360 app to first pair with the Ford Sync...

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You can make a 143-megapixel camera using a scanner

Scanners are really extra-large image sensors at heart, so it stands to reason that you could make a decent camera out of one. Right? Well, Dario Morelli just proved it... and then some. His homebrew medium format camera uses parts from an Epson V30-series scanner to take enormous 143-megapixel photos whose resolution puts even the better professional cameras to shame. Morelli went so far as to repackage everything in a custom enclosure, so the device is relatively portable and will sit...

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Take Your Bentley To The Next Level With The Bentley Smartphone

The two luxury brands have teamed up as part of a five year partnership, and the first fruits of the deal is a smartphone that only those who own a Bentley can afford, as it'll set you back a cool £10,700. In typical Vertu style the phone is made from premium materials including a sapphire crystal glass front, quilted calf leather back in Bentley's signature Newmarket Tan and a titanium frame. There's even a tiny Bentley B wings motif on the front, and we were told by a representative...

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Bieber Falls Several Times Before Pulling Off Skateboarding

These days, the New York Knicks aren't the only ones embarrassing themselves at Madison Square Garden. Just feet outside the World's Most Famous Arena, where the Knicks have floundered to a 5-28 record, Justin Bieber put on a performance that he'd probably like to have back. A skateboarding aficionado, the 20-year-old pop star was spotted practicing his craft in Midtown Manhattan. Dressed in black pants, a black sweatshirt and a black Chicago Bulls hat (more on that later), Bieber recorded several falls before pulling off his desired trick....

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The 5 Weird Exercises That Can Make You Age Backwards

Check out this inspiring video below: This workout program is built similarly for men and women. Steve and his wife Becky swear that men and women can, and should, work out in the same way. No need to work out separately or do different exercises. There are 5 common mistakes to avoid if you want to slow down the aging process and achieve your dream body: 1. Stop The Diets! Stop eating those low-fat foods that keep being advertised as “healthy” for you. Your body needs fat in order to run correctly! If you’re constantly counting all those...

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PlayStation Now to feature in Samsung Smart TV 2015 lineup

Nearly a year ago Sony CEO Kaz Hirai announced PlayStation Now, a cloud-based gaming service that lets users access PlayStation games without requiring a console. So far it’s only been available on Sony devices, but that’s all about to change. Next year PS Now will be available on Samsung Smart TVs. Users will be able to access the service via an app downloaded through the TV’s smart Hub. No actual PlayStation is needed, instead you stream games from the Web straight to the TV. Our...

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha Limited Edition with leather designs

Samsung launched the Galaxy Alpha, a somewhat cutdown Galaxy S5 on the inside, but a much better device on the outside. Right from the beginning it was clear that Samsung wanted people to think of the Alpha as a more fashionable smartphone, a premium device that did what you wanted it to do while also looking the part, too. While the specs of the device aren’t all that, the Galaxy Alpha is definitely a good-looking device built from some premium materials. That doesn’t seem to have been ...

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Amazon Prime signs up 10m new members this holiday

Amazon claims in a press release that its low prices and free two-day shipping over the festive period encouraged people to flock to its site to sign up for a free trial. The site also cites the surge in membership due to the 700,000 books, over one million songs and tens of thousands of TV shows and movies that Prime members have at their disposal. Amazon even touts its one-hour delivery service, Amazon Now, as a reason for the big draw in customers. While the service only debuted last...

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Samsung echoes eggs with 360-degree Ring speakers

CES may still be a week away, but that hasn't stopped Samsung from whipping the covers off its latest audio products, a pair of egg-shaped speakers promising omnidirectional sound. The Samsung WAM7500 and WAM6500 each look distinctive, with their 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Alien pod aesthetic, but according to the South Korean firm they should sound even better too, thanks to some special tuning tech. Samsung has dubbed it "Ring Radiator", and it's all about the groove running the speakers' ...

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Iran trials suicide drones for Kamikaze strikes

Iran has tested a "suicide drone" designed to crash explosively into targets on land or in the air for the first time, part of a huge military exercise underway near the Strait of Hormuz. The so-called "mobile bomb", dubbed both the Yasir and the Raad-85 by local press, is believed to be based on a homegrown - though foreign inspired - drone design revealed by the Iranian army last year, said to be capable of flying for around ten hours before dive-bombing its victims. Although the Yasir...

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VAIO to offer smartphones starting next month

Sony marketed laptops under the Vaio name with some success. Last summer Sony decided to spinoff the laptop branch of the company into a standalone brand simply called VAIO. Word has surfaced that VAIO is now getting ready to toss smartphones onto the market in a move that will see VAIO directly competing against Sony, its former parent company. VAIO will be working with Japanese carrier Japan Communications for the smartphones. Japan Communications is a mobile virtual network operator...

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How To Keep Mosquitoes Out Of Your Yard

Repel The first method of controlling the mosquito population in your yard, the use of repellents, is the least violent — gently persuading the marauding insects to hunt for blood elsewhere. Spray-on repellents like Off or Aeroguard, all of which utilise the chemical DEET, are very effective — so long as you don’t minds smelling like a camp site. If you’re going for a dinner party with less of a backwoods feel, try a mosquito coil instead. Mosquito coils burn Citronella oil. This yellow...

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United Airlines sues site that found loophole for cheap tickets

You know how it's often cheaper to fly from Chicago to Paris by booking a flight to Dubai, and then just getting off at the stopover, which happens to be Paris? Well thanks to a lawsuit from United Airlines and booking site Orbitz, you do now -- the airlines are suing a site called Skiplagged, which arranges "hidden city" connection discounts. Here's how it works: airlines often charge more for popular routes like Chicago/Paris than for less popular, but much longer, multi-connection routes...

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I Want To Live In One Of These Spectacular Cabins In A Norwegian Fjord

It’s so perfect it seems artificial — some illuminated display inside a “Visit Norway” booth at a travel fair. It’s actually the view from a cabin in the northwest coast of Norway, 250 miles northwest of Oslo, a paradise in the middle of a fjord. ...

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Microsoft Could Ditch IE For A New Browser Named 'Spartan'

Windows 10 should bring lots of changes to Microsoft’s operating system, including a possible overhaul of Internet Explorer. Many believed the beleaguered browser would be getting an update with codename “Spartan,” including much needed additions like extension support. Now, ZDNet reports that Spartan may in fact be a new browser entirely. So what’s different? Well, rumours say the underlying structure of IE/Spartan won’t be changing that much. According to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, IE will continue...

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How To Turn An Entire Watermelon Into One Giant Jelly Shot

How To: At your New Year’s Eve party, blow your guests’ minds harder than a Yonshakudama firework with a watermelon that splits to reveal a jiggly jelly core. All of the vodka and flavour, none of the seeds. The process is really quite simple. Take a watermelon, split it in half, scoop out the meat, replace with jelly mix and vodka, cover and refrigerate. And, best of all, the rind doubles as a serving platter. Remember: drink responsibly this New Year’s E...

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These Are The 20 Most Pirated Movies Of 2014

As 2014 draws to a close, it’s time for us to look back on another year’s worth of gratuitous movie pirating. And surprisingly enough, this year’s most torrented movies weren’t actually all that terrible. You’ve got taste, ya thieves. Of course, that’s not to say that all 20 were winners. But according to Variety’s data from security firm Excipio, quite a few Oscar nominees hit the top 10, which is more than we can say for last year’s set. And there is some weirdness, heresince Excipio for...

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These Snowmobile Vertical Drops Look Like An Insane Snow Rollercoaster

It never ceases to amaze me how people insist on breaking their necks or getting spinal cord injuries by jumping off vertical slopes on top of heavy snowmobiles. The guys on the video below just keep going for it in some rather crazy dro...

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Tim Burton-era Batmobile Model Features Pop-up RC Machine Guns

You’ll probably be a little disappointed to learn that this incredibly-detailed 29-inch long model of the Batmobile used in the Tim Burton-era Batman films isn’t fully remote control — you can’t drive or steer it. But while it sits there looking beautiful, you can remotely deploy its pop-up machine guns, blast smoke from its afterburner, and trigger various accent lighting and sound effects, which is admittedly still pretty cool. Limited to just 200 units it makes sense why each of these...

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The Craziest Stuff People Tried To Sneak Onto US Flights This Year

 WWII Blasting Machine, Atlanta, GA: Spear gun, Las Vegas, NV: Hairbrush dagger, Fairbanks, AK:  Scooby Doo razor blades, Newport News, VA: Knife taped to carry-on bag, Pheonix, AZ: Lipstick knife, Detroit, MI: Knife in phone case, Tampa, FL: Saw in bible, Orlando, FL: Knife in enchilada, Santa Rosa, CA: 3 pounds of cocaine inside meat, San Jose, CA: Marijuana and marijuana paraphernelia in various types of peanut butter jars, Denver, CO (left)...

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