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Scientists Sent a Direct Brain-to-Brain Message Via the Internet

Communication is a messy business. If it weren’t for miscommunication, Hiroshima and Nagasaki may well have never been bombed, the light brigade would have survived the Crimean War, the Korean war could have been averted, the Battle of Karansebes wouldn’t have been so much like an Adam Sandler movie, and…

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goTenna Smartphone Radio Antenna: No Signal, No Problem

An upcoming device called goTenna could turn smartphones and other mobile devices into modern walkie-talkies. The portable antenna uses VHF radio waves, allowing you to send text messages over short distances without the need for cellular reception or an Internet connection. The goTenna connects to a mobile device via Bluetooth.…

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Unreplied Tracks Who Hasn’t Replied to Your Emails, So You Can Bug Them More

It’s easy to keep track of emails that you’ve sent if you only send a few at a time that are in need of replies. This becomes exponentially harder when the volume of emails goes up. Cue Unreplied, a service that works with Gmail to keep track of each message…

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Rings and Bracelet Translate Sign Language

Learning how to sign takes time and a whole lot of effort. Others get the hang of it fairly quickly, while some find that practice makes perfect. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have something like the Sign Language Ring to help you throughout the entire process.…

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Fujitsu Tech Lets PCs and Mobile Devices Talk and Swap Files by “Looking” at Each Other

There are already a couple of ways by which mobile devices can communicate with computers without using wires, like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and the newer Near Field Communication technology or NFC. But Fujitsu Laboratories has come up with a way for a mobile device to interact with a computer, using its…

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MIT Engineer Develops Glasses that Read Facial Expressions

I have watched the show Lie to Me and I really like it. It’s cool that the character is supposed to be able to tell when someone is lying just by their facial expressions. I wish I could do that sometimes, it would make life much easier. An engineer at…

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Google Wave Now Available to Everyone, Still Confusing

Google’s newfangled instant email brainstorming organizer to-do list thing, Wave, is now open to everyone, no invites needed. So you and your friends, relatives and colleagues can now collaborate in real time and figure out once and for all how you’re supposed to use Wave. What are you waiting for?…

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Messenger Dog: a Phone on All Fours

In an emergency, knowing where your loved ones are and how they’re doing helps remove a lot of the stress. While portable communication devices like phones are already part of our everyday lives, they’re not always reliable – your phone’s battery might run out, or you might not get any…

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Forget P2p, Here’S B2b: Brain-to-Brain Communication

We can now add telepathy to the list of things that’s possible thanks to the Internet. Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have demonstrated that it is possible to transmit thoughts from one person’s brain to another person’s brain using nothing but pieces of tape, a couple…

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Walkie Talkie Wrist Watch

Looks like modern technology has finally caught up with the concept of the old Dick Tracy communicator watches. These geek-chic watches claim to have a range of up to 3 kilometers. Looks like a great idea for hikers and other outdoorsy types. Want one? They’re available for 59.99 Pounds Sterling…

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Scientists Sent a Direct Brain-to-Brain Message Via the Internet

goTenna Smartphone Radio Antenna: No Signal, No Problem

Unreplied Tracks Who Hasn’t Replied to Your Emails, So You Can Bug Them More

Rings and Bracelet Translate Sign Language

Fujitsu Tech Lets PCs and Mobile Devices Talk and Swap Files by “Looking” at Each Other

MIT Engineer Develops Glasses that Read Facial Expressions

Google Wave Now Available to Everyone, Still Confusing

Messenger Dog: a Phone on All Fours

Forget P2p, Here’S B2b: Brain-to-Brain Communication

Walkie Talkie Wrist Watch

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