Archive for March 2011
NASA Studying Ground Laser for Orbital Clean Up
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NASA is tired of all that space junk that’s orbiting our planet. The myriad of broken satellites and other junk orbiting poses a hazard to functioning satellites that are in orbit. A tiny little chunk of anything traveling at orbital speeds is enough to destroy a satellite and possibly harm… |
March 15th, 2011
EPOC Neuroheadset Uses Your Emotions to Browse Flickr
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While I’ve never thought about using emotions to browse the Internet, apparently Emotiv EPOC’s brain-reading headset will do the trick for you. Combined with the EmoLens app, the EEG headset can detect up to four different emotions. Depending on how you feel, photos will be tagged differently.… |
March 15th, 2011
Official Minecraft Magnets: Notch Approved
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Last year, Etsy seller kongscut pounced on the success of Minecraft and came out with a set of Minecraft magnets. Now kongscut has competition, from no less than ThinkGeek, which is now selling official, licensed Minecraft… magnets. |
March 15th, 2011
Spot in Queue for iPad 2 Sold for $900
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In a fit of madness that only Apple – and Lady Gaga – can induce, last March 11 a woman was able to sell the first spot in the iPad 2 line in Apple’s flagship New York store for $900 (USD). That’s just the spot, iPad 2 not included. Amanda… |
March 15th, 2011
Bender Toque: Facing Winter With Robots
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I’ve always loved toques, but I have shied away from decorative ones. Check out this Bender toque that was crocheted by hand by Cheewawamomma! You have to admit that Bender is one of the most likable robots on TV, given his sunny disposition. Although I’m not sure if the kid… |
March 15th, 2011
Junkyard Jumbotron Turns Random Displays into One Big Screen
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It’s not like I haven’t seen matrix displays before, but this is definitely a unique spin on the concept. Developed by Rick Borovoy, Ph. D. and Brian Knep of the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, Junkyard Jumbotron lets you combine a number of internet-connected screens together to create one… |
March 14th, 2011
Remote-Controlled Bald Eagle Has a 9-1/2 Foot Wingspan
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Next time you see a giant bird flying through the skies, you might want to double-check that it’s the real deal. You could be looking a remote-controlled fake.… |
March 14th, 2011
White iPhone 4 Confirmed by Apple for Spring 2011
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If I am to be honest, I have never understood why people have been so enamored of the white iPhone 4. I guess it’s mostly because they can’t have it. The white iPhone 3GS wasn’t any more lusted after by most geeks than the black version (and it actually showed… |
March 14th, 2011
AT&T Puts Data Caps on DSL and U-verse
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I can’t imagine that many AT&T customers will be happy with the latest announcement from the company. AT&T is instituting data caps on its DSL and U-verse broadband services starting in May. The data caps are nowhere near as paltry as those you see on mobile broadband, but going from… |
March 14th, 2011
R2-D2 Xbox 360 Casemod Could Have Helped Anakin Lighten Up
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He may not have 8 consoles and a million controllers connected to him, but this R2-D2 makes up for it by having a current-gen system, an Xbox 360. Built by Mark Bongo, owner of Major League Mods, the casemod also has a projector, speakers, HDMI out, optical audio out, as… |
March 14th, 2011
