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The End of an Era: Steve McCurry and the Final Roll of Kodachrome Film
PetaPixel - 14 Jan 2013 04:36Watch This Army of 21 Snow Plows Team Up to Clear a Canadian Highway
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2013 04:00
You'd imagine that it would take quite a few plows to clear a snow-covered highway, but not quite this many. Keep count as they go through and you'll see a whole 21 plows in formation (and a couple of sand trucks) painst...
Participating In Hackathons Is the Best Way To Become Pitch Perfect For VCs
TechCrunch - 14 Jan 2013 05:02
The proliferation of organized "hackathons" has been a big story over the past few years. Quite a few developers that I'm friends with see them as a way to keep themselves sharp on their own products and ideas, especiall...
Google launches Zavers, an ultra-targeted online coupon system
The Verge - 14 Jan 2013 04:55
Google continues to make moves to infiltrate and replace your wallet, this week releasing a new "digital coupon solution" called Zavers. Zavers is essentially a coupon book tied to your phone: you add coupons to your acc...
The 1,000 year DVD is here
ZDNet - 14 Jan 2013 16:19
I heard about the 1,000 year DVD several years ago. I didn't believe it it would ever work, but now I do. Here's why.
Pulse news reader app takes on Flipboard with social feeds from Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube
The Verge - 14 Jan 2013 20:53
Pulse is one of the better-known RSS readers out there, with apps for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire as well as browser integration. Now, a new update to Pulse (for iOS and Android) lets users add social profiles from sit...
Crazy Nanotech Skin Can Make Bouncing Balloons of Liquid Metal
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2013 17:53
Liquid metal technology. That's Terminator 2 stuff, right? Well you better start running now, John Connor, because it's here. A new, flexible, conductive nano-coating lets liquid metal keep its form by transforming under...
Wolves bite back in the human world
New Scientist - 14 Jan 2013 12:40
Grey wolves are an evolutionary success story, giving rise to the domestic dog 10,000 years ago and now rebounding from centuries of persecution
This Scientific Coffee Machine Could Satisfy the Biggest Coffee Nerd
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2013 12:21
This system of burners, pipes, flasks and gauges looks like it came straight out of a laboratory. In fact, though, it's a prototype coffee machine--and it could satisfy the technical desires of even the biggest coffee ne...
DC restaurant hands out receipt-printed newspaper when you ask for the check
The Verge - 14 Jan 2013 06:39
The Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC, sure doesn't seem to have much difficulty with change. While it might trace a proud history dating back to 1856, the restaurant has moved at least four times, added OpenTable reser...
Apple Cuts Orders For iPhone 5 Components, Reports WSJ
TechCrunch - 14 Jan 2013 06:03
Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 components due to weaker-than-expected demand, reports the Wall Street Journal. The article said that "Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, hav...
A Moon With Two Suns: Making Art from Science
Universe Today - 14 Jan 2013 05:35
A view of Kepler 47c and binary stars. ©Digital Drew. All rights reserved. What would it look like on a hypothetical icy moon orbiting the exoplanet Kepler 47c? Perhaps something like this. This is an illustration by an...
Car Crashes Directly into Chicago Apple Store (Updated)
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2013 02:38
Insert a bad Apple Maps joke here: a car just slammed directly through the wall of an Apple store in Lincoln Park, and is now inside the Apple Store. More
Watch SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket hover, from its own point of view (video)
Engadget - 14 Jan 2013 23:50
Ever wonder what it would be like to hover 131 feet above the ground through rocket power? You could come close with a jetpack, or you could watch a new SpaceX video that shows the Grasshopper reusable rocket's own persp...
Mining Electronic Records for Revealing Health Data
The New York Times - 14 Jan 2013 23:48
Databases offer a trove of medical information, without the cost of clinical research trials.
Hottest Golden Globes Fashion Ranked by Facebook Users
Mashable - 14 Jan 2013 23:47
Which Golden Globes fashion statements sent your fingers running to Facebook to publicly react via status updates? Facebook and InStyle have the rankings. More About: 70th Golden Globes, celebrities, Entertainment, Faceb...
Amazon Instant Video now available for the Nintendo Wii
The Verge - 14 Jan 2013 23:44
Nintendo's humble Wii may now play second fiddle to the recently-launched Wii U, but that isn't stopping Amazon from bringing its Instant Video platform to the older console. The new Wii Channel just launched in the Wii ...
Aaron Swartz's Lawyer Says Prosecutor Was Out For Publicity
The Huffington Post - 14 Jan 2013 23:42Does Connected Home Security Actually Make Us Safer?
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2013 23:40
Securing your home against intruders used to be as simple as barring your doors and locking your windows. But home automation services--offering everything from remote monitoring to keyless door locks--have revolutionize...
Navy wants drones stashed on the seafloor
NBC News - 14 Jan 2013 23:37Nearly half of US kids read e-books, and the other half wants to
NBC News - 14 Jan 2013 23:36NRA Releases iPhone Shooter Game One Month After Sandy Hook
Mashable - 14 Jan 2013 23:36
The National Rifle Association released on Monday a first-person shooter for the iPhone and iPad -- one month to the day after a tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., left 26 dead. The game, ...