Insert Coin: New Challengers winner Ziphius backstage at Expand

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Insert Coin: New Challengers winner Ziphius backstage at Expand (video)" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/ziphius-1363569186.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Now that our Insert Coin: New Challengers contestants had duked it out and the judges have made their decision, we have a winner: Ziphius. Not only did the bot win $20,000 thanks to deliberation by our judges, but it came home with our $5,000 reader's choice prize too. Victorious and $25,000 richer, the brains behind the aquatic drone joined us backstage to chat about their project. For the full interview, check out our video after the break.</div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="349" id="viddler-5c97c942" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="//www.viddler.com/embed/5c97c942/?f=1&offset=0&autoplay=0&secret=68906798&disablebranding=0&view_secret=68906798" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="545"></iframe></div>

Insert Coin: New Challengers winner Ziphius backstage at Expand

  Now that our Insert Coin: New Challengers contestants had duked it out and the judges have made their decision, we have a winner: Ziphius....

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Lenovo bringing contactless payments to certain NFC-enabled ThinkPads in 2013

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Lenovo bringing contactless payments to certain NFCenabled ThinkPads in 2013" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/lendsc08233.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Select ThinkPad owners may be making online purchases simply by tapping a compatible credit card to an embedded NFC reader before 2013 is through. Lenovo reps confirmed that the tech would be coming to a yet-to-be-announced array of NFC-enabled ThinkPad tablets or Ultrabooks sometime this year -- processing partnerships are still in the works, so we don't have any details to share there, but if all goes to plan, you could be submitting your card details securely and with ease very soon. The company shared the news during today's Expand conference in San Francisco, shortly after unveiling two new ThinkPad models, including the T431s Ultrabook. Lenovo hasn't confirmed whether that model will offer tap-to-pay support, too, but we certainly wouldn't rule it out. We've seen contactless payments in plenty of smartphones, of course, but widespread tablet and laptop implementation has yet to arrive.</div></div>

Lenovo bringing contactless payments to certain NFC-enabled ThinkPads in 2013

  Select ThinkPad owners may be making online purchases simply by tapping a compatible credit card to an embedded NFC reader before 2013 is...

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