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How to Reupholster a Balans Chair
It’s pretty easy to replace the padding and fabric on a Balans (kneeling) chair. Provided you have new fabric, padding and the right tools, you’ll be able to renew such a chair in no time. Edit Steps...
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Mr. Postman launches smart mailbox Kickstarter campaign
All right, all right, Mr. Postman really missed the 2013 holiday season, launching its Kickstarter campaign on Christmas Day. But hey, hopefully this means that that Insert Coin: New Challengers...
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Apple may let you tag iPhone photos using your voice
Tagging greatly simplifies photo searches, but it can be a cumbersome process — just ask anyone who has typed in keywords for dozens of vacation shots. It may be more intuitive if Apple implements the...
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Geek Trivia: People Pay A Premium For Coffee Beans Excreted By What?
People Pay A Premium For Coffee Beans Excreted By What? Civets Sloths Pandas Parrots Think you know the answer? Visit source: Geek Trivia: People Pay A Premium For Coffee Beans Excreted By What?
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Why is Time Slower in Rockets?
Have you found it difficult to wrap your mind around the concept of time dilation? Then today’s video should help make it much easier to understand! Professor Mike Merrifield is back with a terrific...
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Add your new toys to your Engadget profile
Throw out all the wrapping paper, finish eating the leftover turkey and have the last of the eggnog, because Christmas has come and gone. It’s time to take stock of all your fancy new loot. Yesterday,...
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NYPD’s cruiser of the future knows if you’re on the lam, can detect radiation
New York City’s Police Department is one of the most well-financed in the world, and the prototype for its next-generation patrol car clearly reflects that. A rear-mounted infrared sensor scans,...
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How to Make a Marble Maze Game
The paths in this maze game are made from flexible straws. The bends make perfect corners for the marble to roll around. Create your own maze in the same manner––and enjoy! Edit Steps Draw your maze....
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What are the Benefits of Using a Proxy?
You have likely heard other people discussing the use of a proxy to bypass web filters at work, or to browse the internet anonymously, but wondered if a proxy would actually be that useful to you or...
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Carrier site helps Americans watch out for data-hungry mobile apps
American carriers warn you when you’re using a lot of data, but they don’t always tell you how to avoid that usage in the first place. Thankfully, they’re taking a more proactive stance with the...
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Daily Roundup: Taiwan fines Apple, LG HomeChat, Siri photo-tagging patent and...
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the...
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This homemade ’3D printer’ spikes jello shots with infused designs (video)
Barista Bots, one of the most popular attractions at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, printed scanned logos, smileys and other shapes atop comped lattes. Thirsty attendees with 20...
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How to Be a Nurse
Nursing shortages are common. Nurses are needed in hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, nursing homes and home health care. Learning how to be a nurse is a great way to enter the healthcare...
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Internet Archive starts preserving classic game consoles on the web
Many gamers won’t load a console emulator for much more than a brief nostalgia kick. The Internet Archive has loftier goals, however. It’s expanding its Historical Software Collection to include the...
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Netflix outage interrupts streaming in US, Canada and Latin America (update:...
As they do each year, the holidays have brought their usual assortment of family gatherings, overeating and service outages, including one tonight affecting Netflix. We’re able to play videos on some...
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CyanogenMod brings its unique Android alternative to every Oppo N1 smartphone
If you’ve had your Oppo N1 since launch but would rather use anything besides its Android one-off ColorOS, the hardware manufacturer doesn’t take it personally. In fact, you’ll find a version of...
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Best of 2013: An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network
Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002, a year before Myspace and two years before Facebook. Consequently, it is often thought of as the grand-daddy of social networks. At its peak,...
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2013: The Best Energy Stories of the Year
By Kevin Bullis Clean energy technology made progress in 2013, but low-carbon energy isn’t growing fast enough to meet goals for limiting climate change. That would require switching energy sources as...
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