Stephen Colbert asked his fans to share his passion for space by donating to NASA to support its work with the International Space Station . Colbert rallied behind NASA’s efforts to create alternative vaccines to fight diseases — including salmonella and pneumonia — that have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics Read more »
Red Bull Launches a Fitness Mission With Fitocracy
Red Bull sponsors several extreme sports pros who produce videos with gnarly titles such as “Wakeboarding in the Swamps of Louisiana” and “Dust and Bones.” But through a partnership with online health startup Fitocracy, the company now wants to motivate average joes to submit decidedly non-extreme reports with names such as “20 crunches.” Fitocracy is a one-year-old fitness tracking platform that incorporates gaming elements. Users earn points to “level up” and rank on a leaderboard by reporting any fitness activity. Read more »
Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, Dies in Plane Crash
Steve Appleton, the chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, has died in a plane crash, the company confirmed Friday. He was 51. Appleton was reportedly flying the small plane when something went wrong and the plane caught fire Read more »
Is This The Future of Touchscreen Tech? New Video Will Blow Your Mind
Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning has unveiled a follow-up YouTube video to its wildly successful “A Day Made of Glass,” providing another look into what the future could be like with the growth of glass touchscreen interfaces, from innovative chalkboards and activity tables in classrooms to uses for it in hospitals. Corning released two versions of “A Day Made of Glass 2″ — one with a narrator and another, abbreviated version without commentary — the video follows the life of young Amy and her family as they go through their day using various products made of glass Read more »
Atari Assemble! Super-Team of Veteran Developers Embrace Mobile Gaming
The good old 8-bit band is getting back together. Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox, has assembled a super team of Atari’s original programmers to form a game studio meant to re-revolutionize the gaming industry. Blackley grabbed 11 of Atari ‘s game creators to form Innovative Leisure , a gaming company focused on developing mobile titles. Read more »