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A team of independent scientists have observed, investigated, and confirmed that a cold fusion device has operated successfully in Italy. The reactor has apparently outclassed mankind’s most compact available energy source (gasoline) by more than 10X. That awesome (in the very literal sense of that word) news is about the[...]
Thinking about mechanized food creation in space, comparisons to Star Trek‘s replicator immediately spring to mind, but it’s worth noting that in this case both the printer and the software are relatively old hat (by the standards of the spanking-new 3D printing industry). Contractor is planning to use the RepRap[...]
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Autonomous, or “driverless” cars are on our horizon. Whether you like it or not, they are coming and they may be coming sooner than many people realize. Is the world ready to give up the reigns and passively be shuttled to and fro? According to a recent study by Cisco[...]
Google’s design chops have come a long way from the infamous test of 41 shades of blue. For much of its history, the company was not well known for any particular design motifs other than their minimalist search page. But with the release of their Android operating system, Google[...]
I could wax poetic about how even garbage truck manufacturers have to continually innovate to stay ahead of their increasingly international competition, or I could tell you how our desire for fuel efficiency has given cars made out of lightweight materials more easily capable of being crushed. Hell, I could[...]
Paypal’s Here service is serious about taking the mobile payments war straight to Square, and yesterday’s announcement was a major escalation in that war. You can now get your Paypal Here processing free for the remainder of 2013. No processing fees for the rest of the year. That’s a big[...]
Yesterday Microsoft announced that they have enabled Google Talk functionality on their Outlook mail service. This means live messaging with your Google contacts while you are anywhere inside the Outlook or even SkyDrive services. To say the least, this is an unexpected move for Redmond to make. The blogosphere has[...]
That Batman is the greatest hero ever invented in the history of great heroes is an undebatable and widely known fact. It’s basically science. What is less well known is that he is also a branding genius. Batarangs, the Batmobile, the Batcave – Batman has done what any good branding[...]
The YouTube paid subscriptions announcement last week ruffled quite a few feathers in the blogosphere and many predictions on the impending death of cable TV. In short, YouTube is now allowing a select group of 53 premium video channels to erect a paywall of at least .99/mo for their content.[...]
Neo-EV automaker Tesla is the toast of the town this week. The company released news that they have achieved their first quarterly profit ever, and as a result the stock price soared $20 to $72.30/share in after-hours trading. Yesterday, notoriously fickle magazine Consumer Reports gave the Model S a score[...]
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a modern-day scourge, with more lives lost in the US to these superbugs than are lost to AIDS. One bacteria alone, MRSA, accounts for 19,000 deaths every year. Identifying these strains is key to combating and stopping their spread through the population. Currently, testing takes hours using[...]
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