"I was bored with everything being static in my visual world," artist Anthony Howe told The Creators Project about his new work — a series of so-called "kinetic sculptures." These kinetic sculptures are hardly static — thanks to the wind, they move in mesmerizing patterns that The Creators...
"What matters is putting human feeling into your design." Anthony Howe
Microsoft is having trouble updating machines to Windows RT 8.1. The company has taken the update offline, preventing people from upgrading their RT devices. In a statement published on Microsoft's support forms, the company says it is "investigating a situation affecting a limited number of...
Twitter #Music may not be much longer for this world. All Things D's Mike Isaac reports that multiple sources say the company is "strongly considering" shutting down the music discovery service, which has seen little public interest. Those sources didn't reveal how long #Music could last, but the report says that the service's fate "is nearly sealed."
The service first went live in April after...
Designer François Chambard has breathed new life into the theremin with a playful new collection on display in New York. Chambard, founder of the Brooklyn-based studio UM Project, created 12 theremins for an exhibition called Odd Harmonics, weaving smooth wooden boards with brightly colored dashboards, classic knob dials, and playful flourishes. (One appears to be wearing a white wig.)
The Moog-based synthesizers are the centerpiece of the exhibition, which also features work from artists Cassandra C. Jones and Tomory Dodge. Like the originals that Russian inventor Léon Theremin created in 1928, Chambard's recreations can be controlled by moving one's hand in and out of an electromagnetic field generated around their antennae, resulting in eerie and undulating sounds.
Core77 has more images and background on Chambard's work. Odd Harmonics is on view until November 16th at the Judith Charles Gallery in New York.
Not your grandfather's theremin
"Hi Avonte, it's mom. Come to the flashing lights Avonte."
That was the message many New York pedestrians could hear blaring from NYPD vans in recent days, as one part of a mammoth effort to track down 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo. Since he went missing nearly two weeks ago after wandering away from his school in Long Island City, NY, police and volunteers have taken various steps to track...
When missing kids are tragically tough to find
Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Every Saturday, we'll bring you some of the best and most important reads of the past seven days, from original reports, to in-depth features, to reviews and interviews. Think of it as a collection of some of our favorite pieces that you may have missed — or that you may just want to read again. You can follow along below, or keep up to date on...
After launching two new iPhone models, Apple says it still has a lot more to cover. The company is planning to make those announcements during a Tuesday event in San Francisco. New iPads are a certainty, but there's plenty more that Apple could have in store for consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season. Here’s what you should — and shouldn’t — expect from Apple’s October 22nd event, scheduled to kick off at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. As always, The Verge will be there live providing in-depth coverage on all of Apple's latest announcements.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new golden rule: every mammal takes about 21 seconds to urinate. Patricia Yang and her co-authors dubbed it the "Law of Orientation" in a paper published this week, and they say it applies across a wide range of animal sizes.
Yang and her team discovered this commonality after observing male and female cows, dogs, elephants, goats, and rats at the Atlanta Zoo. They filmed these animals urinating, taking note of their size, bladder pressure, and urethra length, and then searched for videos of other peeing animals on YouTube. Based on mathematical models derived from...
Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablet isn't supposed to go on sale until October 22nd, but one British retailer is selling it early to customers. Retail chain Argos listed the Surface 2 tablets on its own website this week, allowing customers to purchase them online and pick them up in store. Verge reader Chris Nelis managed to purchase a 32GB Surface 2 on Friday at his local store, and The Verge was able to buy its own unit this morning from an...
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Yesterday, Microsoft released Remote Desktop apps for iOS and Android that let smartphone users control their Windows PCs on the go, but there was no Windows Phone version in sight. Fortunately, it's something the company is working quickly to fix. According to The Next Web, a Microsoft...
Two weeks after Twitter filed the paperwork for a planned billion-dollar IPO, we learn that it's poised to take advantage of the same international tax loopholes as other large firms like Apple,...
It’s Halloween season, and if you’re feeling the holiday spirit Carrie is opening this weekend. To see what else is on the horizon, let’s take a look at some of the latest trailers to make...
Would Huawei spy for the Chinese government? That's a question that cost the telecom equipment provider plenty of money last year. After the US government said the company posed a national security risk, Huawei was forced to take its networking...
"I would like to make our company’s position clear." Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu
A lot of products come out each week — we don't highlight all of them, but all of them make it into The Verge Database. In Spec Sheet, a weekly series, we survey the latest product entries to keep track of the state of the art.
Not every action film star can say they delivered enough one-liners to become a parody of themselves, but Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly can. Now, the former California governor is promoting his new film, Escape Plan, by offering to say any of those famous lines on camera....
In July Google gave Hangouts on the desktop a significant feature bump by rolling in the ability to make phone calls, and now an update to the iOS app is bringing the same functionality to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Calls are free within the United States and Canada, and users are also able to make and receive calls using their Google...
"Hello?" Everyone with Hangouts on iOS
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has exposed numerous secret surveillance programs with new revelations coming on a regular basis, but it turns out it may have been easier for him to procure...
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A year ago, Microsoft "reimagined" the look and feel of Windows, and placed a risky bet on the future of computing. Touch is everything, it said, and nearly everything about...
When The X-Files went off the air in 2002 after nine seasons, fans were left with a lingering question: what role did Optimus Prime play in any of this? The answers may become...
Often times the most pirated movies each week can't streamed or rented online to begin with. That's according to piracydata.org, a new website that — simply by pointing out the lack of convenient viewing options — is trying to shift some...
Virgin Galactic may be closing in on launching its first-ever commercial space flight, but the company is also thinking about how its technology can help improve travel on Earth, as well. Speaking...
There was a stretch in the mid-1990s when Hollywood suddenly wised up to the fact that the internet was here to stay, and jumped on its emergence as the hook for a series of clunky, awkward “cyber-thrillers.” It was an era that gave us the likes of The Net, Johnny Mnemonic, and Hackers, movies that — ironic nostalgia aside — are best...
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset hasn't yet made its way to consumers, but once it does, chief technology officer John Carmack envisions it one day running Android. "The way I believe it's going to play out is you will eventually have a head-mounted display that probably runs Android as a...
Today, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Jeh Johnson as the new head of the Department of Homeland Security. It's a surprise pick, after a long search that included everyone from TSA chief John Pistole to New York City's police chief, Ray Kelly. But while Johnson has been in...
If you're a Pokémon fanatic, there's a new source to go to get all of the info on the Pokémon universe you could ask for: Wolfram Alpha. The massive "knowledge engine" has just added a huge set of Pokémon data, including physical...
Elon Musk doesn't get buyer's remorse, he just gets new plans. Musk confirmed to CNN Money that he has in fact purchased James Bond's transformable submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me — unfortunately, while the car apparently still works...
Toyota has announced a voluntary recall of some 803,000 cars due to airbags inadvertently deploying — and the blame appears to be spiders inside the air conditioning units. Toyota's recall notice states that some 2012 and 2013 Camry, Venza, and...
Once upon a time, Twitter was "a shitshow," according to a new report from Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson and Alyson Shontell. The report chronicles the "chaotic" journey leading up to the company's imminent IPO, which was reportedly filled with numerous internal power struggles, a few CEOs, and over six total days of server downtime in 2007 alone. Along the way, you'll also learn about Twitter's long-lost co-creator Noah Glass, whom Carlson originally exposed back in 2011, how Jack...
Edward Snowden says the NSA's secrets are safe from spies in Russia, as he left all copies of the classified documents he leaked with journalists back in Hong Kong, reports The New York Times. Snowden chose to leave the files behind him because...
The Verge staffers aren't just people who love technology. They're people who love stuff. We spend as much time talking and thinking about our favorite books, music, and movies as we do debating the best smartphone to buy or what point-and-shoot...
When the government first launched Healthcare.gov as an informational site back in June, open source advocates were delighted to hear that the code would be available for anyone to see on the public programming library GitHub. "This new flagship federal .gov website is 'open by design, open by default,'" The Atlantic wrote at the time. "That's a huge win for the American people."
But after a storm of criticism over the healthcare exchange — the second, more complex part of...
With WikiLeaks biopic The Fifth Estate launching today in the US, the organization will show its own competing film for free on the opening weekend. Mediastan, a documentary, is described as a "road movie" that follows WikiLeaks during its 2011...
Who is really making Amazon's first smartphone, and what will it look like? If recent rumors are to be believed, the company's first devices could come from HTC. Other rumors suggest that Amazon is working on not one, but two devices: a phone with head tracking and 3D effects, and a less high-tech device that could be sold for free.
But if this 2001 ad starring Jeff Bezos is any indication, it won't be HTC making the company's first handheld — it'll be Taco Bell. Who needs 3D when your...
Scott Campbell delights in finding the most interesting moments in film, and then documenting them in his distinct water color style. His "Great Showdowns" series has covered a huge range of cinematic conflicts — from the Ghostbusters up against...
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