[Photo: Festo] Pretty much any man-made flying contraption has to use wings, propellers, or a gas in some combination to achieve flight. Get ready to add “flipping inside out” to the list. SmartInversion is a helium-filled flying object built by Festo that achieves thrust by turning itself inside out: It’s a six-sided ring of articulating [...]

Many of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets released in the U.S. will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with a couple of notable exceptions. While newer Samsung Android phones will be graced with Android 4.0, if you have a Galaxy S, an original 7-inch Galaxy Tab or if you are a T-Mobile customer, [...]

Yes, there is a stigma associated with buying refurbished laptops. I understand it to a degree—I mean, there is nothing like liberating a fresh, shiny gadget from its plastic packaging prison. What I don’t understand is how this stigma exists in a society where buying a used car is so widely accepted. As many others [...]

Forget the viewfinder and display. Ubi-Camera lets you frame a shot using your fingers, film director-style. (Credit: Video screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET) If you want to get more natural with your pics, Japanese researchers are working on a gesture-based mini camera that lets your hands frame the shot. The group at the Institute of Advanced [...]