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How To Use Your Hand As A Ruler Posted: 3 weeks ago by iamamaniac
If you’ve ever needed to measure the width of a box but have no ruler, here’s a handy (literally) tip.
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The Internet is about to die. Literally die! Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth.
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Sky Tran Posted: 3 weeks ago by gammerus
Possibly the coolest new mode of public transportation.
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Introducing the Blade-Free Fan Posted: 4 weeks ago by Pazez
Welcome to the future.
f**k Jetpacks.
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NASA Returns to the Moon- and doesn't Stop There!* Posted: 4 weeks ago by Pazez
*Because they're planning to crash into it.
This is happening Friday, 6:15am EST; you're supposed to be able to see it with a telescope!
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Robo-pop Posted: 1 month ago by nateebiinature
This Robot's Got Talent!
The amazing humanoid can sing songs by using brilliant new electronic voice technology.
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US spontaneous human combustion raygun Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Flying frying machine gives car a nasty burn.
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The 150,000 Dollar Homework Posted: 1 month ago by suckersklub
Amazon settled a lawsuit over a teenager's homework, which was lost during the infamous deletion of Orwell's 1984 e-book from all Kindle™ devices, by paying a ridiculous amount of money.
Personally, I think even in college I never submitted any homework that was worth more than 50 bucks.
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A judge saves thousands by allowing someone to testify via Skype instead of flying to New York. Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
A Queens judge solved the problem of a civil trial that involved a plaintiff in India by simply having the man testify yesterday using the Internet telephone/video provider Skype, saving thousands in costs and days of people's time.
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Asteroid attack: Putting Earth's defences to the test Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
IT LOOKS inconsequential enough, the faint little spot moving leisurely across the sky. The mountain-top telescope that just detected it is taking it very seriously, though. It is an asteroid, one never seen before.
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Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Shield on Giant Yacht Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
The 557-foot boat Eclipse, the price tag of almost $1.2 billion, set sail this week with a slew of show-off features, from two helipads, two swimming pools and six-foot movie screens in all guest cabins, to a mini-submarine and missile-proof windows to combat piracy and, an anti-paparazzi “shield”
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Electric superbike smashes speed record by breaking through 150mph mark Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
An electric superbike has broken a land speed record by bursting though the 150mph mark .
The zero-emissions Mission One ridden by Jeremy Cleland became the fastest electric-powered vehicle when it hit an average speed of 150.059mph over two miles.
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Court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
For the first time, the state's highest court ruled today that the state Declaration of Rights allows police to break into a suspect’s car to secretly install GPS tracking devices, provided they have a warrant before they act.
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1,000 MPH car Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Britain’s Richard Noble, the reigning king of land speed, is building a rocket on wheels to shatter his own record. The only problem: A ragtag American team might beat him to it
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Nano-technology vs Kevlar Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Nanocomp Technologies, is the first in the world to make sheets of carbon nanotubes -- microscopic tubes stronger than steel but lighter than plastic.
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Garlic farm wards off high-speed internet Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
A Nova Scotia garlic farmer has put the brakes on high-speed internet coming to Victoria Harbour, a rural community on the Bay of Fundy, fearing radiation from microwave towers will affect his crops.
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Two MIT Students Take Pictures From Space On a $150 Budget Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Perhaps more significantly, they managed to accomplish this feat using components available off-the-shelf to the average layperson.
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9/11 Google Doodle Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Well, more like there was none. Not earth-shattering but it was surprising to me. Did you guys think so too? Just curious..
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You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.
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Gone With The Wind Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
The Full Scale Tunnel, at Langley AFB, is where researchers have spent the past 78 years readying many of the nation's airplanes for flight. Aviation pioneers, including Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes, walked its halls. But it is old, inefficient and not designed for the computer age. It also sits in a flood path.
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Inventions That Will End Work As We Know It Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
In America, we like to celebrate Labor Day by ditching work. But one day you may never have to labor again. Here are four inventions that will eliminate working-class and professional jobs in the next 50 years.
*warning:contains video that may bend the rules of...Plime*(this is a poor sarcastic remark, no harm intended)
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Britain's Oldest Computer Comes Back To Life Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
It was designed in 1949, first ran in 1951 and performed mathematical calculations at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire.
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10 Technologies We Stole From the Animal Kingdom Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
People have been lifting ideas from Mother Nature for decades. Velcro was inspired by the hooked barbs of thistle, and the first highway reflectors were made to mimic cat eyes. But today, the science of copying nature, a field known as biomimetics, is a billion-dollar industry. Here are some of our favorite technologies that came in from the wild.
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Teenagers 'filmed sex act fearing Large Hadron Collider doomsday' Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
The incident occurred after the launch of the particle accelerator ring, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which some dubbed a "doomsday device", sources told The Courier-Mail.
It is understood the girl wanted to lose her virginity to the boy - believing that the world was about to end.
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A Library Without Books Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
“When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books,’’said James Tracy, headmaster of Cushing and chief promoter of the bookless campus.
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