Articles by J.E. Reich
'Inside Amy Schumer' Actor Neil Casey Cast As Villain In New 'Ghostbusters' Flick
SNL writers' room alumn and current 'Inside Amy Schumer' staffer Neil Casey will star as the new villain in Paul Feig's franchise reboot.
'Lego Movie' Directors To Head The Next 'Star Wars' Spin-Off
Directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will direct the next 'Star Wars' spin-off, which will focus on Han Solo's origin story, Disney announced.
Gems Found In Martian Meteorite Could Indicate Signs Of Life
Traces of opal have been found on a Martian meteorite. Could this indicate signs of life on the planet?
New Zealand Cracks Down On Cyberbullying With Digital Legislation
New Zealand is taking a stand against cyberbullying with its new digital legislation, but how will that affect freedom of speech?
Microsoft Accepting Proposals For HoloLens 3D Holographic Academic Research
Microsoft is granting major bucks and full use of a HoloLens kit to a few lucky candidates - and with it will hopefully showcase the ways in which it will affect the future.
Japan Accepts USA-Based MegaBots Robot Duel Challenge
Let the battle of the giant killer robots commence. If you've ever wanted to see robots pummel each other with paintballs, here's your chance: the company Suidobashi Heavy Industry, which has designed a giant fighter robot, has responded to U.
Google-Owned Waze And RideWith Team Up For Commuter Carpooling In Israel
Google's Waze has teamed up with RideWith for an unprecedented commuter-only carpooling service in Tel Aviv — but will it last?
Airplane Projected Video Onto Clouds For The First Time In History
Using 19th century technology as their inspiration, a team of scientists and artists have come together to create the first laser cloud projection in history.
Uber Giving Free Rides To Citizens On Jury Duty
There are plenty of reasons to dislike Uber, but free rides to jury duty isn't one of them. There are plenty of reasons to really, really dislike Uber, but this isn't one of them: Macomb County, Michigan, is offering free Uber rides to jurors just minding their civic duty.
'No Drone Zones' Declared For Fourth Of July Festivities
So you think you can drone on a federal holiday? This is why we can't have nice things. There are a lot of terrible, horrible, no good very bad things that drones do on a daily basis, but one of the decidedly cool uses you can put them to is sending them up in the air with a 3D video camera to take pictures of fireworks.
First Look At Carrie Fisher In New Princess Leia Costume
Carrie Fisher as Leia looks ready to kick some butt in the first unofficial glimpse at Leia Organa Solo's new fightin' duds.
Shape-Shifting Laminate Can Change According To Weather
A student at the Royal College of Art has designed an architectural laminate that reacts to rain, sunshine, and more.
Art Piece Fires Off Cap Guns Whenever There Is An IRL Drone Strike
Artist Jonathan Fletcher Moore has created an art installation that uses a public database on U.S. military drone strikes, a Raspberry Pi and a series of cap guns to highlight human atrocities.
MasterCard Wants To Scan Your Face
MasterCard is launching a face-scanning app for online purchases with an eye to significantly cut down online identity theft.
A Metal Capsule Might Be Key To Tsunami Survival
Nope, that's not a Pokemon ball — just the latest development in survivalist technology that could save your life during a tsunami.
Findings Suggest That Exoplanets Can Rejuvenate Themselves
Astronomers have possibly found an exoplanet that can shave billions of years off its age. What does that mean for us?
The Late James Horner Receives an 8-Bit Tribute
This 8-bit video features James Horner's synthesized works in an homage to the composer, who died in a plane crash last week.
Rosetta Finds Unexpected Sinkholes, Flat-Bottomed Basins On Comet, ESA Says
The Rosetta orbiter has sent back images of sinkholes on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to Earth - and is bringing scientists one step closer to understanding what makes comets tick.
Dubai Makes Plans To 3D Print An Office Building
The United Arab Emirates will begin building their planned 3D office that will only take a few weeks to construct — all under murky circumstances.
USA-Based MegaBot Challenges Japan To The Ultimate Bot Battle
MegaBots takes on Suidobashi Heavy Industries with a tongue-in-cheek video invitation. MegaBots, an American-based engineering entrepreneurial firm with a mission of bringing to life paintball-wielding bots for recreational battle, released a video this week with a special message - to be more specific, an invitation to Japan to duke it out via machines straight out of the robopocalypse.
NASA is Designing A Drone To Fly On Mars
Drones could be deployed on Mars as early as 2022, NASA scientists say. NASA has designed a prototype glider drone to fly on Mars. The prototype -- called a Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m -- is a boomerang-shaped two-foot long aircraft that clocks in at about 2.
The Full Trailer For 'Steve Jobs' Is Finally Here
Michael Fassbender's turn as Steve Jobs is intense and engrossing in this first full trailer for the upcoming biopic.
United Airlines Will Start Powering Planes With Fuel Made From Animal Poop
United Airlines is committed to cutting back greenhouse gasses, and sometimes, that means flying planes with fuel made from animal feces.
Robert Zemeckis Will Not Allow A 'Back To The Future' Reboot During His Lifetime
Director Robert Zemeckis' reaction to a Back to the Future reboot? "Oh, God no." Back to the Future fans can rest easy: director Robert Zemeckis is going to protect the franchise/nostalgic relic of your childhood until they pry his withered corpse off of it.
A Singing Robot Is Starring In A Berlin Opera
Meet Myon, the opera-singing, showboating robot, who scientists are studying to find out if robots can learn to feel emotions.
Scientists Discover That Concrete Can Heal Itself
Just like the human body, concrete can heal itself, and this might be an invaluable compound to help out U.S. infrastructural issues.
Google And Molson Team Up To Make A Voice-Activated Beer Fridge
Try saying "I am Canadian" in six different languages - you'll need to, in order to grab a beer from this refrigerator that only unlocks via voice command.
A Clip From The X-Men DOFP Rogue Cut Is Here At Last
Catch a first look at Rogue in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' Get stoked, X-Men fans: a clip from the X-Men: Days of Future Past film featuring Rogue is finally here.
Google Earth Turns 10, Celebrates With Announcing New Version
The Google Earth upgrade will include 1,500-plus new Earth View photos and a new layer called Voyager.
For 'Star Trek' Fans, A TV Reboot Is Unlikely
Despite wishes, the 'Star Trek' franchise team admits that a television series is out of their control.
