As you're getting ready to throw down a couple hundred bucks on the latest iPhone, Dave Hakkens might have just created the smartest smartphone on the market. With its Lego-like ability to swap out broke or outdated components, Phonebloks will literally be the only phone you'll ever need.

Pizza Hut Canada hardwired their pizza dips to play different sounds.

Consumer electronics companies and chipmakers aren't the only players entering the wearable tech space. Nissan is joining the fray too, with what it alleges is the first smart watch to connect the car and driver. Nissan will be showing off the device - dubbed the Nissan Nismo Watch - at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It's Nissan's first entry into the world of wearable tech.

The needle drops and a series of high, repetitive whines come from the album. Then a crackling sound, and a muffled guitar riff. Finally, Kurt Cobain's voice - audible, but distant and hollow, like he is singing in a tunnel with a scarf over his mouth.

Wired editors Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin experience the new HD 1080p version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at the E3 expo. Watch their reactions and hear their detailed review in this episode of Wired's Game|Life. Watch on wired.com!

A A A Netherlands-based company wants to revolutionize iPad publishing. In much the same way that Quark enabled desktop publishing in the eighties and platforms like WordPress and Tumblr allowed anyone to cheaply and easily set up their own blog in the aughts, Prss wants to put iPad publishing in the hands of people who lack programming skills.

I noticed an interesting thing at a Chicago Nordstrom this past weekend amid the Fourth of July sale items. It was a table with about half-dozen handbags on it emblazoned with Pinterest logos. These, a sign explained, were some of the 'Top Pinned Items' on the social network.

Sony updated its smart watch Tuesday, introducing the Sony SmartWatch 2 at Shanghai's Mobile Asia Expo. Designed to be used as a second screen for your Android smartphone, the water-resistant smart watch has NFC (near-field communication) connectivity, and can be personalized with apps based on how you want to use it.

If E la Carte has its way, you may eventually be able to order your meals using a tablet at most restaurants in the U.S. Two years ago, the startup unveiled a tablet designed for restaurants called the Presto, which let customers browse menus, place orders and pay bills - all without getting up from the table or depending on a waiter.

Getty Images partnered with East London media artists The Light Surgeons to create an interactive experience at Cannes Lions 2013 which explores their vast video archive of 1.8M clips through meta-tagging and connections to reveal the conceptual relationships between image and word. Getty Images' international creative experts shared their insights around the future of video at the event.

When it comes to cycling, there is nothing as important than the safety of the rider. Designer, Soohun Jung is trying to reinvent how riders communicate with others on the road with her concept design, iBackpack. The convenient bag is a communication tool that integrates a tablet and smartphone via Bluetooth using a special app.

Semi-finalist in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, Alexandr Kostin's concept bracelet, the Hand Tree is a wearable filter that cleans the air surrounding a person. Kostin believes that if everyone wears his invention, we will have an army of mobile air purifiers cleansing the Earth.

Whether you are for or against the new Citi Bike system, it appears that for the time being it is here to stay. With the new influx of cyclists Citi Bike is likely to lead to, it is important to keep safety in mind - which is where a new project from Adafruit comes in.

Artist Doug Aitken's latest project, Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, puts art and innovation on railway tracks by transforming a train into a travelling art studio that is set to run cross country from New York to San Francisco. http://stationtostation.com

The density of pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks of New York City make it an optimal place to grab attention with an eye catching or innovative store window display. For the NYC debut of their casual clothing and accessories line Kate Spade Saturday, the brand created four walk up shoppable interactive windows in formerly vacant retail stores.

The 'Street Charge' stations will be tested for 90 days in "an exclusive deal with AT&T" and could expand to other cities in the future.

On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will begin to let people also take and share short videos. Call it the Vine effect.

Kotaku has obtained an image of what it claims is the first "Made For iPhone" controller. Purportedly made by Logitech, the controller looks similar to the guidance images Apple released when it detailed the new iOS 7 controller API. It features what appears to be a circular D-pad, four action buttons, and a pause key. The guidance images also called for either two or four shoulder buttons to be included, but it's difficult to see from Kotaku's blurry image if the controller has any shoulder buttons at all, let alone how many.

France-based Augment is hoping to make AR a useful sales tool for allowing consumers to see how products will look before they commit to buying.

Using a smartphone, enter likepepsi.com, then connect with your Facebook account, like the Pepsi Facebook page and get a free Pepsi. The vending machine also uses the phone's location settings to make sure that only those in the vicinity receive a free sample for their 'like'. Those without smartphones use the 42" built-in touchscreen to log into Facebook to receive a free drink. Once the sample was given, a timer ensured everyone was logged out of their accounts. This new method of sampling provides real-time feedback on who has liked, tasted and enjoyed the beverage.