NEWS

Bag of air said to be from Kobe Bryant’s final NBA game on sale for $15,000

The bag of air supposedly from Kobe Bryant’s final NBA game was put up for sale on eBay on Saturday. Sports Illustrated reports that starting bid on the bag started at $1, but rose up to $15,000 with 93 bids over the weekend.  But the $15,000 bag was reportedly removed on Sunday.  With stupid shits like this going on how do you expect third world countries not to scam americans?

TECH

Tech Alert: This ultra-thin ‘electronic skin’ turns your body into an LED screen

If smartwatches and fitness trackers are the best we can do when it comes to wearables, stop the planet, I want off. Jupiter looks better anyway. But wait, I can turn my skin into an actual LED display? Okay fine, I’ll stay, because that sounds awesome. Developed by researchers in Tokyo, Japan, these super-flexible electronic displays are the thinnest ever, at an incredible 3 micrometres thick. How thin is that, exactly? Oh about 0.003 mm - more than 13 times thinner than a human hair. (more…)