Banned Planned Obsolescence

Banned Planned Obsolescence

Planned obsolescence. What is it? Every year a new phone puts the one you have to shame. Shinier, faster, more technologically advanced, and worst yet—threatens to make your own tech extinct. Are you embarrassed that your antiquated laptop still has a DVD player, no...
The Snowden Archive

The Snowden Archive

NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden was streamed live on CBC today talking about The Snowden Archive. A group called the Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression, and a student from the Ryerson Journalism School created the Snowden Surveillance Archive searchable...
TALOS: Tampa’s  ‘Iron Man’

TALOS: Tampa’s ‘Iron Man’

Special Operations is developing TALOS: a real-life Iron Man suit right here in our backyard at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. This real-life Iron Man suit is fully armored, bullet proof, and has a helmet with sensors and lenses to help military personnel find...
How to Survive PAX: Part 2

How to Survive PAX: Part 2

The fifth Penny Arcade Expo East creeps closer to execution on March sixth 2015. Attendees lucky to be in Boston one day before the event, take note! The following is based on the past 7 years’ experiences between PAX East and Prime, brought to you by...
The Samsung Galaxy S6

The Samsung Galaxy S6

A perfect storm for a lawsuit between Apple and Samsung is brewing in the advent of Samsung getting ready to release its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy 6 Edge. Apple and Samsung have long been known to copy each other… ahem, I mean be inspired by each other, causing some...
Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six

Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six

Last weekend Powered Labs took a trip to Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six, an “event started in 1991 by Brian for owners of vintage and modern high performance and collector cars that do not necessarily wish to race them, but who like to drive at speed under...