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Hypnotizing Lights Look Friendly Until They Trap You
Gizmodo - 12 May 2013 16:00
Isotopes v.2 looks alluring. All those pretty, pulsating lines of light draw people in. Relaxing. But once they get in there, things start to change. The lights become more constant and intense. Basically they put people...
Listen to Radiohead's Idioteque On a Laser-Printed Wooden Record
Gizmodo - 12 May 2013 02:00
We've seen 3D-printed records before, and while they don't sound great, they're still pretty neat. Now the same mine behind those, Instructables' Amanda Ghassaei, has got another weird record variation to try out: laser-...
Facebook Home Finally Hits 1 Million Downloads
Mashable - 12 May 2013 23:33
Facebook Home has finally hit 1 million downloads exactly one month after being released for Android, according to install numbers in the Google Play store At a press event on Thursday, Facebook's director of mobile engi...
The Future of Gaming -- It May All Be in Your Head
Singularity Hub - 12 May 2013 23:26
Neurogaming is riding on the heels of some exponential technologies that are converging on each other. Many of these were on display recently in San Francisco at the NeuroGaming Conference and Expo; a first-of-its-kind c...
DigitalRev Pits Film Vs Digital in a 36-Hour Photo Tour of London
PetaPixel - 12 May 2013 23:19
Categories: Finds Inspiration Tags: alambydigitaldigitalrevfilmkailoklondonstreetphotography For their most recent international foray, the DigitalRev producers decided to send Kai, Lok and Alamby on a 36-hour trek acros...
Does anyone know a good way to learn how to use power tools safely?
Life Hacker - 12 May 2013 23:00
Does anyone know a good way to learn how to use power tools safely? Can someone recommend any good games on Android with good storyline? I would like some help with choosing my next phone. I need help choosing between tw...
US Navy drone flies two days straight using liquid hydrogen tank
The Verge - 12 May 2013 05:47
As the US military discovers just how useful drones can be, it's eager to keep them flying as long as can be, and the US Office of Naval Research now has a drone that can fly for two whole days. The Ion Tiger, an experim...
Ilford Imaging Taking Custom Orders for Ultra Large and Specialty Format Film
PetaPixel - 12 May 2013 23:54
Categories: Equipment News Tags: customfilmilfordilfordimaginglargeformatorderspecialtyulfultralargeformat Thanks to the prevalence of digital photography and the fact that camera stores seem to be closing left and right...
Nokia's next Lumia teased on TV with a metal body and big camera lens
The Verge - 12 May 2013 23:46
Nokia announced its latest Lumia 928 handset on Friday, but the company has more planned for an event in London next week. On Sunday, Nokia teased part of this announcement during a commercial break on British TV. The sh...
Ground control to Commander Hadfield: astronaut records first music video from space
The Verge - 12 May 2013 23:36
Last December, astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded the first song in space aboard the International Space Station, and he's back today with the first music video from space: a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Hadfiel...
Switched On: Three days without Google Glass
Engadget - 12 May 2013 23:30
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. The television. The PC. The cellphone. We take the things in these sentence fragments for granted today, but they took many years to enter...
NBC to Remake Primetime Sked With 6 New Fall Shows
Variety - 12 May 2013 23:18
NBC will once again remake nearly every night of its primetime schedule in the fall in an effort to move it beyond its dependence on "Sunday Night Football" and "The Voice." In all, NBC will add three dramas and three co...
Hon Hai's Apple pie under threat from Pegatron
Reuters - 12 May 2013 23:16
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More U.S. Teens Killed Texting While Driving Than Drinking
Mashable - 12 May 2013 23:07
Texting while driving has now replaced drunk driving as the number one cause of teenage deaths on the road in the U.S., new research has found. The study, performed by the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York, fou...
Google Must Not Like Sports, As Google Now Will Crash When You Try And Add Or Remove Teams From The Sports Card
TechCrunch - 12 May 2013 23:06
Google Now is a great feature for Android users, and now those who are on iOS devices. The idea is that the more you use Google products, the more it learns about you and the better information it can spit at you proacti...
SideCar's Sunil Paul On Working With (And Battling) Regulators
TechCrunch - 12 May 2013 23:00
SideCar co-founder and CEO Sunil Paul was part of what may have been the most spirited and feisty panel at our Disrupt NY conference earlier this month. Sharing the stage with Hailo CEO Jay Bregman (I'll be posting an in...
Crowdsourcing An Alternate Name For 'Ride Sharing'
TechCrunch - 12 May 2013 23:00
We at TechCrunch have been referring to the phenomenon of peer-to-peer transportation services as "ride sharing." Not a post goes by, however, without someone jumping into the comments to point out that the phrase is ina...
Extraordinary 28-Hour Dubai Timelapse Makes The World Seem Magical
Gizmodo - 12 May 2013 23:00
Back in 2011 when Gerald Donovan filmed Dubai for 28 hours he made an incredible timelapse of it. But he couldn't leave well enough alone. After the limitless potential of the footage nagged at him for a few years he cam...
There's Infinite Timelapse Goodness In This 28 Hours Of Footage
Gizmodo - 12 May 2013 23:00
Back in 2011 when Gerald Donovan filmed Dubai for 28 hours he made an incredible timelapse of it. But he couldn't leave well enough alone. After the limitless potential of the footage nagged at him for a few years he cam...
Nokia Teases New Lumia's Camera In Prime Time TV Ad, Ahead Of "See What's Next" London Event On Tuesday
TechCrunch - 12 May 2013 22:49
Nokia has run a TV advert teasing a new Lumia device it's widely expected to unveil at an event in London on Tuesday. The advert ran during a prime time evening slot on Channel 4, during a screening of The Inbetweeners m...
Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week
Mashable - 12 May 2013 22:45
You must've had a seriously busy week last week if you missed all these goofy viral videos that came under our radar. Stop all that leaning forward and sit back while we catch you up on all the latest mirth and merriment...
India IT watchdog investigating breach in ATM heist
Reuters - 12 May 2013 14:38
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