The amazing, uncertain, and super-personal future of 3D printed sex toys

Though still in their infancy, consumer 3D printers are already been used to create just about everything -- including sex toys.

Startup Spotlight: ‘This creep might save your balls’

SurveyMonkey took Movember to the next level with a company-wide initiative and The Great Shave.

The ’5-second rule’ is a myth, so stop eating food off the ground! (video)

A great new video from Vsuace uses science to deconstruct the "5-second rule." Did you know 93 percent of shoes have fecal matter on them? Just think about that the next time you eat things off the ground.

Ask.com reveals the most popular questions of 2012

The result is a fascinating insight into not just what people are searching for, but why. And what, specifically, they want to know about a person, event, or concept.

This is what the ‘fiscal cliff’ looks like (infographic)

2012 may not mark the end of the world, but it may signal a nasty end to the perhaps not great -- but also not terrible -- economic malaise of the United States.

Kardashians, iDevices, and Facebook: Bing unveils its most-search terms of 2012

Last I checked 2013 was still 34 days away. But Bing is obviously an impressive piece of technology: it already knows the most-searched terms of 2012.

Talk to NASA about fictional planets, the end of the world, and maybe what they found on Mars

The top of discussion is the 2012 rumors that are proliferating across the internet. According to the organizers, however, December 21 will not, in fact, mark the end of the world.

UK government posts, then takes down James Bond job opening for an “elimination specialist”

But, for at least an hour, there was a job posting on the UK government's website for an James Bond-style "elimination specialist." And yeah, the job code was 007.

Oops — this island on Google Maps (and Earth) does not actually exist

Google Maps is probably the gold standard when it comes to modern maps, as Apple found to its chagrin when it swapped out Google's maps app for its own a few months ago. But even the best aren't perfect.

World’s oldest working digital computer springs back to glorious blinking, clacking life

The UK's national museum of computing has restored a 61-year-old mechanical computer to full clacking, blinking, and punch-card-reading working order. It's noisy and, as you can see in the video below, it's awesome.

Italian company releases seeing-eye mannequins that check out customers for age, sex, and race

High-fashion mannequin maker Almax has released mannequins that don't just look good, but also look. Right back at you, that is.

Steve Jobs’ $250 million superyacht, Venus, finally sets sail

Venus is 80 meters long -- over 250 feet -- and was built with living quarters to accommodate 12 people. Its equipment and living space, according to SWNS.com, can be controlled from seven 27" iMacs.

Scientist invents a cloak of visibility … against ocean waves (!)

Just weeks ago Hurricane Sandy pounded the east coast of the United States with horrific consequences. But imagine a machine that could make massive ocean waves simply disappear.

4 guys, 48 states, 1 epic road trip to awaken entrepreneurship across America

#IM48 is a road trip for people with ideas. Four guys, spending four months traveling across America to put on events that encourage people to bring to life their ideas.

WHO and E-Cigarettes battle it out for smokers’ lungs

Electronic cigarette website is distributing electronic cigarettes before the WHO bans them.

Too high? Medical marijuana dispensing machine’s stock increases 3,000%

It's rare for a publicly traded company to be concerned when its stock price gets a dramatic increase, but that's exactly what happened to MedBox earlier this week.

World first: Chinese scientists teleport data, laying the groundwork for quantum computing — or interplanetary Internet

If you understand this, you're a genius. Stop reading immediately and create a Star Trek-style matter teleporter, charge the world royalties, and retire as the richest human in the history of the world.