http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:10:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/lego-mars-curiosity-rover-set-official-19287094/ http://www.slashgear.com/lego-mars-curiosity-rover-set-official-19287094/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:52:37 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287094 Curiosity rover won this round, beating out ...the Portal-themed Lego set. The Mars Curiosity Lego set was submitted by Lego ...has been decided on yet for the Curiosity Lego set. SOURCE: Lego Cuusoo [timeline...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/lego-mars-curiosity-rover-set-official-19287094/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-atmosphere-said-to-have-contained-oxygen-long-before-earth-19287150/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-atmosphere-said-to-have-contained-oxygen-long-before-earth-19287150/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:45:55 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287150 Curiosity rover is chugging along on the surface of Mars, NASA is making other discoveries from samples taken from other Mars rovers. This time around, looking at rock samples from NASA's Spirit rover, scientists have discovered that Mars had an ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-atmosphere-said-to-have-contained-oxygen-long-before-earth-19287150/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-curiosity-rover-blasts-mars-rock-with-laser-100-times-17286772/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-curiosity-rover-blasts-mars-rock-with-laser-100-times-17286772/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:10:15 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=286772 Curiosity rover bore into Martian rock with a small drill multiple times, but the robot has just taken things to the next level: lasers. Specifically, the rover got to bore a small hole into Martian rock by blasting it with a laser ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-curiosity-rover-blasts-mars-rock-with-laser-100-times-17286772/feed/ 3 http://www.slashgear.com/smartphone-apps-that-mimic-birds-are-harmful-says-wildlife-trust-14286424/ http://www.slashgear.com/smartphone-apps-that-mimic-birds-are-harmful-says-wildlife-trust-14286424/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:07:01 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=286424 curiosity, and in doing so pulls it away from its natural, daily activities. A bird that may be busy creating a nest, foraging...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/smartphone-apps-that-mimic-birds-are-harmful-says-wildlife-trust-14286424/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-puzzle-completion-unlocks-new-godus-god-27283651/ http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-puzzle-completion-unlocks-new-godus-god-27283651/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 08:34:30 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=283651 Curiosity - winner's video: [youtube Qhzb9OUWrXU]...initially to Henderson when he completed Curiosity, and then released publicly) suggests ..." in the intervening period, while Curiosity is still available to download...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-puzzle-completion-unlocks-new-godus-god-27283651/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-astronauts-have-higher-chance-of-cancer-30284356/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-astronauts-have-higher-chance-of-cancer-30284356/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 04:17:08 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=284356 Curiosity rover. Such a tool is designed to provide valuable ... need in life sciences to reduce risks for our explorers. Curiosity's RAD instrument is giving us critical data we ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-astronauts-have-higher-chance-of-cancer-30284356/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-opportunity-rover-finds-sign-of-past-non-acidic-water-on-mars-07285449/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-opportunity-rover-finds-sign-of-past-non-acidic-water-on-mars-07285449/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:26:46 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=285449 Curiosity rover is equipped with a drill, which it has used to bore into Martian rock in recent months, Opportunity has no such tool....]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-opportunity-rover-finds-sign-of-past-non-acidic-water-on-mars-07285449/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/teslas-elon-musk-says-supercharging-network-will-be-tripled-30284161/ http://www.slashgear.com/teslas-elon-musk-says-supercharging-network-will-be-tripled-30284161/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 05:22:20 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=284161 curiosity ten-fold, however, and he soon elaborated on Tesla's planned announcement. "We have something cool called the ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/teslas-elon-musk-says-supercharging-network-will-be-tripled-30284161/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-nearby-flags-close-by-curiosities-on-your-smartphone-29284070/ http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-nearby-flags-close-by-curiosities-on-your-smartphone-29284070/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 14:57:27 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=284070 http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-nearby-flags-close-by-curiosities-on-your-smartphone-29284070/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/photos-show-curiositys-parachute-flapping-in-the-martian-wind-04276455/ http://www.slashgear.com/photos-show-curiositys-parachute-flapping-in-the-martian-wind-04276455/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:35:12 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276455 Curiosity was 51-feet in diameter and ...the atmosphere on Earth. This is why Curiosity required such a large parachute to... the parachute move is a minor curiosity, these windy flapping events could help...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/photos-show-curiositys-parachute-flapping-in-the-martian-wind-04276455/feed/ 3 http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/ http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:24 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=282849 Curiosity rover drilled into Mars' rocky surface ... is the name of the rock that Curiosity drilled into first. The first drilling ...drilled hole. In between these two drillings, Curiosity experienced a bit of a hiccup ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/ http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:26:04 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276615 Curiosity rover, which experienced a variety ... has gone into effect, and Curiosity will be on its own,...this is the perfect opportunity for Curiosity to get some R&R... case you missed it, the Curiosity rover suffered an issue with...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/feed/ 0