News of Google’s work on driverless cars certainly finds its way into the media more often than news covering other companies in the space, but that hardly means Google is the only company making exciting progress. While Google is hard at work producing its own autonomous vehicles, San Francisco-based startup Cruise Automation is taking a different approach to tackling the same market. Instead of developing its own vehicles, the company has created a $10,000 accessory that may someday be able to be retrofitted to any car to turn it into a driverless car.

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You may not have heard of them before, but I can tell you that Aerogels are cool. They are ultra-porous materials that are whipped up from silica gel or even aluminum oxide and may weigh just 15% more than air. Because they consist of so many microscopic air pockets, they are incredibly effective insulators.

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The Moto 360 is one of the most hotly anticipated smartwatches of the year, with Google expected to share more details about it, and about other Android Wear devices from LG and Samsung, on Wednesday. While the smartwatch has yet to hit stores, Minuum already has an awesome keyboard app waiting for the Moto 360 to be launched.

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June has already been an exciting month for tech so far with the unveiling of iOS 8 and the launch of Amazon’s first smartphone. And now it’s Google’s turn to make big waves in the tech world with its big Google I/O conference that’s set to start on Wednesday. This year’s I/O promises to be exceptionally busy, as Google’s world-conquering ambitions are going to extend from your smartphone and tablet into your clothes and your home. Below we’ve listed the three things we’re most looking forward to seeing at Google’s huge annual conference this week.

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Google is getting ready for its I/O developers event that kicks off on Wednesday and Sundar Pichai has been designated as the “master of ceremonies and Google’s public face,” according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The publication has published an extensive profile of Pichai, a very important Google executive who’s currently shaping the future of Android, Chrome and other Google products. In the process, Bloomberg revealed previously unknown details about Google’s relationship with Samsung and the reason Andy Rubin was forced out of Android.

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Why did Google really buy Nest? One big reason was to conquer your home, of course. And now Nest has revealed the next major phase in its plan to rule your home through its new Developer Program that will make it possible for “Nest devices to securely interact with the things you already use every day” including “lights, appliances, fitness bands and even cars.”

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Motorola has been hard at work positioning the Moto 360 smartwatch to be a success, most notably through a hugely effective face design competition in which over 1,300 concept artists submitted their vision of the upcoming wearable device. Now the device is likely hours from making its debut at Google I/O and an FCC filing has been uncovered detailing one of its most exciting potential features: wireless charging.

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iFind, dubbed “the world’s first battery-free item locating tag,” may be one of the coolest Kickstarter projects yet, having already hit over $520,000 in pledges – more than 20 times its initial goal – but it also may be a huge scam. iFind is a tiny device that’s supposed to be used with a smartphone app to quickly locate lost items. While this isn’t a new idea, WeTag says it can do it without the use of a battery. And that’s the crucial detail that causes concern.

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Google doesn’t always launch major new versions of Android at Google I/O but we now have confirmation that it’s going to do so this year. In a long profile of Google Android boss Sundar Pichai at Bloomberg Businessweek, the publication reveals toward the very end of the piece that Pichai “will preview the next [Android] release (Lollipop? Lemonhead?) for the first time at I/O rather than waiting until the fall.” Last year we had to wait until the fall to get our first look at Android 4.4 KitKat but Pichai explains to Bloomberg Businessweek that the company has decided to push things up this year because “I want the world to understand what we are doing sooner.” We’ll be here to bring you all the latest news on Android and other exciting Google announcements when Google I/O kicks off Wednesday afternoon.

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The world is full of truly stupid would-be criminals but one Minnesota man might have just taken the crown for the title of World’s Stupidest Thief. CBS Minnesota reports that police arrested 26-year-old Nicholas Wig for allegedly burglarizing a home in South St. Paul on June 19th after his victim discovered that Wig had used his computer to log into his Facebook page and never logged out before leaving. When police arrived to arrest Wig, they also found that he was wearing his victim’s wrist watch, which obviously won’t help with any potential defense.

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