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Researchers Invent Scale So Sensitive It Can Weigh a Single Proton

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Let’s be honest, most of us prefer the scales in the bathroom to read on the low side. Who wants accuracy, when you can feel a bit better about yourself? I’ll tell you one group who wants accuracy, scientists. A few ounces or pounds here and there might be okay…

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April 5th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Medisana TargetScale Looks Like a Science Fiction Movie Prop

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Everyone who’s trying to lose weight or to stay fit knows that a good scale is an important part of keeping on track. This isn’t the first high-tech scale that I’ve come across, but it sure looks futuristic, kind of like a transporter pad from Star Trek…, probably a

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March 29th, 2012 by: Range

Scale LEGO Back to the Future Delorean Doesn’t Need Roads

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This beauty combines two of our favorite passions, LEGO and Back To The Future.… This is a made to scale LEGO DeLorean. It’s j
ust a 1:15 scale model of the real thing, so it isn’t large, but it is impressive.

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March 23rd, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Scale Gas Range Lets You Cook By Weight

Scale Gas Range

I don’t cook a lot. And when I do, it usually ends up in disaster: either it ends up getting undercooked (because I have no patience and think it’s done when it’s really not) or overcooked (because I forgot all about it and left the stove on without switching the…

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December 22nd, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Weigh Whatever with the Scale²

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Typically, you need different types of scales depending on what sort of thing or being you want to weigh. But with this intriguing concept, the scale itself is able to scale to suit its target.…

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October 21st, 2011 by: Technabob

Japanese Scientists Come Up With a Chemical That Turns Biological Tissues Transparent

Japanese Riken Chemical Turns Biological Tissues Transparent

A lot of lives (some human, mostly animal) have been sacrificed in the name of science and medicine. It’s hard to completely understand how some biological organisms function or how some processes work because scientists can’t just go ahead and cut something (or someone) up to do so.…

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September 2nd, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Wall Projection Scale for People Who Aren’t Weight Conscious

Wall Projection Scale

Men, here’s a quick tip: ask women any question, just don’t ask her what her weight is. (Unless, of course, you want to be bombarded with a hundred and one follow-up questions as to why you’re asking her and why you’re so mean and insensitive and if you think she’s…

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August 10th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

USB Optical Mouse With Digital Scale Good for Weighing Your Mouse Hand?

USB Optical Mouse with Pocket Digital Scale

If you ask me, the mouse is definitely something I can’t live without. Sure, the touchpad on my laptop is enough for my needs sometimes, but I need my USB mouse to be able to drag and drop things with ease. Or do most of the stuff I do on…

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August 3rd, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Rug With Scale Remembers Your Weight and Keeps Your Feet Warm

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For anyone who uses a scale regularly, it’s a given that most of them out there are pretty basic. How about injecting a bit of style and technology into these utilitarian weight-watchers? And no, I’m not talking about a scale that tweets your weight.

Kwon Sunman’s Rug With Scale is…

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February 8th, 2010 by: Range

R2-D2 Statue Armed With All of the Tools an Astromech Needs

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Ah Artoo. Fixer of robots and ships, hacker of computers, opener of doors, bleeper of bloops, carrier of Death Star schematics, witness to the Skywalker legacy. If there’s one word that I associate with that lovable astromech droid, it’s “useful”. He’s deus ex machina on three legs. He really deserves…

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December 15th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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