Thomas MathewRobugtix's 3D-printed T8 spiderbot will terrify your friends for $1,350 (video)verified_publisherEngadget - Jamie RiggWhether they run, jump or swim, there are plenty of robots around to be fearful of. None have quite exacerbated our arachnophobia as much as Robugtix's T8 octopod, however. The 3D-printed spiderbot not only looks the part, but employs 26 servo motors to drive its unnervingly life-like movement. …
Thomas MathewWalmart permanently drops iPhone 4S price to $39, iPhone 5 to $129verified_publisherEngadget - Jon FingasWhile brief sales on iPhones are relatively common, it's rare to see permanent price drops outside of a hardware refresh cycle. Walmart is willing to give those cuts a shot, however. Visit the company's stores from this point onward and you can pick up the 16GB iPhone 4S in its AT&T, Sprint or …
Thomas MathewHuawei Ascend P6 solves 4 x 4 Rubik's Cube in 50 moves, considers meaning of life (video)verified_publisherEngadget - James TrewOkay, it might not be the fastest phone-cubing you've ever seen (or the funkiest,) but it's likely some of the shrewdest. Using an Ascend P6 at its heart, "MultiCuber 3" is the latest contraption from serial cube-coder (and ARM Engineer) David Gilday which combines Lego Mindstorms, algorithms and …
Thomas MathewMeet B, the flying car that'll make it even easier to terrorize local wildlife (video)verified_publisherEngadget - Melissa GreySometimes, when a remote-control car and a remote-control helicopter love each other very much, they come together and produce something like the B. Well, okay, that's not exactly how this small flying car came about, but it's a nice story. Witold Mielniczek, a computational engineering Ph.D. …
Thomas MathewGoogle News in Germany asks publishers to opt-in for indexing, sidesteps copyright feesverified_publisherEngadget - Richard LawlerDespite its "Defend Your Net" campaign last year, Google was unable to fully put the brakes on changes to German copyright law that may mean it has to pay up for news excerpts it indexes. As a result, the company announced that unlike the other 60 countries where Google News operates by relying on …
Thomas MathewThe best Samsung phones 2024: top Galaxy handsets rankedTechRadar Gaming - Philip Berne,The best Samsung phone is hard to pick, because Samsung makes more phones than any other phone maker, with a wider variety to choose from. Our pick …