You might want a centrifuge to make this cocktail

Posted on 18/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

After a long morning of sweating through the first glimpse of New York City's 90-degree summer, I found myself inside a West Village bar called Existing Conditions. Its shiny leather banquettes, expensive art and mood lighting proved that the area no...

Inside Cirque du Soleil’s technology lab

Posted on 11/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

We hear about disruption all the time -- to transport, to media, to manufacturers. What happens when it comes for the circus? The centuries-old entertainment form used to be the place to see incredible, death-defying feats. Now, we see that kin...

The forgotten pioneers of computer animation

Posted on 07/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Everyone remembers ReBoot. It's hard to forget the show's lead character -- a bright blue 'guardian' named Bob -- and his fight to protect a city inside a computer. The computer-animated series premiered in September 1994, months before Pixar stunned...

In search of upcycled food that actually tastes good

Posted on 20/09/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

I wish I could say that I only recently encountered the trend of transforming used grain into something edible, but then I'd be ignoring evidence of me eating dog treats made at a microbrewery a few years back. The worst part is that I tell Zagat on...

Big tobacco keeps starting ‘grassroots’ Facebook campaigns

Posted on 19/09/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism. Facebook groups like 'Oregonians Against Tax Hikes' and 'No Blank Checks for Colorado' look like citizen groups concerned about taxes. But after...

The Bitcoin Ponzi scam that won’t go away

Posted on 23/05/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism. In an industry rife with scams, one cryptocurrency trading startup -- USI Tech -- was paying real dividends on its customers' investments. At lea...

Impossible Foods’ rising empire of almost-meat

Posted on 19/05/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

This April Fools' Day, Impossible Foods was behind a prank video. Customers in a St Louis branch of Burger King were surreptitiously filmed eating the restaurant's flagship Whopper. First they rhapsodized about their love for beef. Then they were tol...

Burned alive for using a smartphone

Posted on 05/04/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism. Mosul, Iraq -- Before the camera rolls, 34-year-old Fatima pulls her head scarf over her face and ushers her young daughter out of frame. It ca...

The Shed and the art of the flex

Posted on 03/04/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Shed's concept is simple: It's the 120-foot tall building that moves. This idea is both its architectural hallmark and its metaphor for the future of culture. Opening on Friday, New York City's half-billion dollar, hybrid museum-meets-performanc...

The kings of artisanal cheese wear lab coats

Posted on 08/03/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Forget France. In the 21st-century artisanal cheese world, all roads lead to the tiny town of Greensboro, Vermont, home to the Cellars at Jasper Hill. There, brothers Mateo and Andy Kehler craft some of the best cheeses in the world: Jasper Hill has...

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