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Cyborg crickets could chirp at the smell of survivors Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
If you're trapped under rubble after an earthquake, wondering if you'll see daylight again, the last thing you need is an insect buzzing around your face. But that insect could save your life, if a scheme funded by the Pentagon comes off.
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Video game timer knows when to quit Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
Can't seem to get your kids to stop playing games? A 79-year-old Minnesota man is banking on it.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 144 [+].
Dolphin Inspired Submarines!!! Posted: 5 months ago by suebe
Dolphin-inspired submersible boats by
Innespace Productions can jump, dive and roll like real dolphins.
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SnūzNLūz - The Asshole Alarm Clock Posted: 5 months ago by suckersklub
When you decide to snooze, it connects to your online bank account via WiFi, and donates your real money to an organization you hate.
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Buzz Lightyear 'first man on moon' some believe Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
In a survey, which reveals "deeply worrying" levels of ignorance about the Apollo space program,
~11 out of 1009 people surveyed thought Buzz Lightyear was the first person to step onto the moon.
~A further 8 people thought it was Louis Armstrong.
~Over a quarter of all people do not believe the astronauts actually landed on the moon.
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Read the Never-Before-Published Letter From LSD-Inventor Albert Hofmann to Apple CEO Steve Jobs Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
The following post is adapted from the new book "This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America."
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Synthetic tree captures carbon 1,000 faster than real trees Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions.
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New radar aims to detect illegal tunnels on U.S. border Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Tunnel diggers have been hard at work along the U.S. border in recent days and months, the agency knows. Of every tunnel ever found by a patrol agent, 60 percent were discovered in the last three years, and patrollers spot a new one every month.
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Bugatti Makes a Car for the Ages Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
You want to buy a camera? We can pit it against three others with nearly indistinguishable features, no problem. Blu-ray players? We'll compile a three-axis matrix that triangulates the perfect combination of image quality, connected functionality and price. But if you're considering the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, we can't do much for you.
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Google Operating System Officially Announced Posted: 5 months ago by pocksucket
For several years now the notion of an operating system from Google has had geeks around the world drooling. From the rumoured (and debunked) Linux variant Goobuntu to Android on Smartbooks, speculation has been rife. Today Google made an official announcement that their own OS is coming.
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Microsoft warns of serious Internet Explorer security hole Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
Microsoft has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.
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Strange Gel Remote Concept by Panasonic Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
When it’s not in use, this concept remote just sort of lays there limp, pulsating with light. But when you touch it, the remote gets excited and becomes rigid.
*just like me*
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Social Security Numbers Gleaned From Public Data Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
For years, government officials have urged people to protect their Social Security numbers by giving out the nine-digit codes only when absolutely necessary. Now it turns out that all the caution in the world may not be enough: New research shows that Social Security numbers can be predicted from publicly available birth information with a surprising degree of accuracy.
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Smile! Posted: 5 months ago by suebe
More than 500 employees of Keihin Electric Express Railway in Japan will be subject to "smile checks" every morning. Software will evaluate the quality of their grins, and alert them if they aren't looking happy enough
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Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste Posted: 5 months ago by chinook
By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation.
The article is 1.5a old, but still an interesting read.
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TV remotes to undergo big change Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command.
But as technology improves and gets less expensive -- and the remote manages a wider range of content -- it's finally ready for a makeover.
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Web in trouble? The hidden cables under a Cornish beach feeding the world's internet Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Most people think the internet is beamed around the planet by satellites. In fact, 90 per cent of global internet traffic is carried by a vast cable network, thousands of miles of which snake under the oceans.
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The gift of normal -- Day 1: Prosthetics are life changing Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
Like any college student with a flair for fashion, Stephanie Dorsey makes key choices each morning.
Designer jeans or a skirt. Pumps or flip flops. Hair scrunched, curled, straightened or pulled up.
Dorsey also decides whether to wear her ears.
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The Internet Isn’t As Powerful As We Think… Yet Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
It’s truly a tool that people in this modern age cannot live without, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. If the Internet was gone the world would freeze and daily production of a multitude of products would slow down, or worse, completely halt.
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Land Rover unveils 'world's toughest phone' Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
The new S1 mobile by Land Rover has been hailed as the world's strongest phone after it survived being dropped from a tall building, stood on by an elephant and roasted in an oven.
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MySpace not liable for girls' rapes, court says Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
Girls who were sexually assaulted by men they first contacted on MySpace cannot seek damages from the social-networking Web site, which is protected from liability by federal law, a state appeals court has ruled.
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Tiny New Battery Is Printable Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
A new battery, small and thin, weighs almost nothing and can be printed in a process similar to silk-screening shirts.
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Color-Picking Pen Concept Imagines Real-World Photoshop Eyedropper Tool Posted: 5 months ago by cactushair
Designer dreams up pen that perfectly replicates colors in the environment...
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Acid Test Three Posted: 5 months ago by trushafty38
A test to check if your web browser is doing its job.......I think you IE people that have not jumped on the Firefox band wagon will love this test /sarcasm
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Man uses nail clippers in DIY circumcision Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
A man who gave himself a DIY circumcision using nail clippers was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
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