Open source mini sub appeals to our inner Steve Zissou

Quadrocopters haven’t exactly opened the skies for DIY exploration so much as they have for acrobatic feats, but the OpenROV project is hoping to make the briny depths friendlier for aspiring explorers and educators alike. The open source rover, spearheaded by NASA engineer and researcher Eric Stackpole,

ASUS MeMO 370T 7-inch tablet clears the FCC, leaves no trace of Ice Cream or Jelly behind

The 7-inch ASUS Eee Pad MeMO ME370T we saw in early prototype form during CES just passed through the FCC. It’s still only showing WiFi radios with no trace of a cellular connection, although if it’s going to be the $249 standard bearer NVIDIA and ASUS were so excited about, that’s to be expected. A

Insert Coin: ZIP-Shooter lets you dolly around or track straight (video)

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. If you’re tired of shaky-vision in your films but don’t have Spielbergian budgets, the ZIP-Shooter

More Bad News For HP: The New Google Chromebook Compared to a Typical HP Laptop

Today Google announced two new computers, the latest Chromebook laptop and a brand new desktop machine called the Chromebox. After reading Jon Mitchell’s thorough review, it became apparent that there’s now very little difference in user experience between the Chromebook and a traditional laptop (for

Five Stars Hits 1.3 Million Check-Ins, Emerging As A Quiet Giant In Customer Loyalty

We in the press haven’t heard too much from Five Stars, the customer loyalty startup, since it launched out of the Winter 2011 class of Y Combinator last year. But now that seems the silence has been for a pretty good cause: Turns out that Five Stars has been busy over the past year building a business

Oh, the places you’ll go… with this shoulder-mounted telepresence robot (video)

In what’s likely to be good news for mothers that just can’t seem to cut the cord, a team of Japanese engineers from Yamagata University have crafted a tiny telepresence robot that mounts to your shoulder. Part of this year’s IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the unsettling cyborg

Interactive Outdoor Ad Startup smartDIGITAL Raises $2.7M

smartDIGITAL, a startup that makes interactive ad displays, has raised $2.7 million in a Series A round of funding.

smartDIGITAL displays are already available in Chicago and Miami, says co-founder and CEO George Burciaga, with plans to roll them out to 10 markets over the next 36 months. They’re essentially

Apple CEO Tim Cook at D: All Things Digital – The Round-Up

So the man that people are still calling “the new Steve Jobs” rather than his real name took the stage at one of the most heralded technology events tonight – heralded not because of the glitz and glamor and product announcements but because of the candor and insights you don’t

Apple’s Tim Cook Hints at Deeper Facebook Ties, Enhanced Siri

Apple CEO Tim Cook was careful not to reveal any deep secrets in his sit-down interview with All Things D‘s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher…

Tim Cook pushes Apple manufacturing in USA at D10

When asked at the All Things D conference by Kara Swisher why Apple does not have its own factories in China, Tim Cook spoke highly of the plants already in place. “We decided a decade ago that there were things Apple could do best and that there were other things that somebody else can do Read