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Liquid Wallet - $41
The Gadget Flow - 20 Feb 2014 08:00
The Liquid Wallet is the first of its kind to seamlessly integrate your essential keys into a minimalist wallet. Liquid is designed to be a wallet that can not only efficiently store your cards and cash, but also unlock ...
Google closes Currents news reader, pushing users to Google Play Newsstand instead
Pocket-lint - 20 Feb 2014 03:21
Google has officially closed its Currents news reader app for Android, after being available since December 2011. Google isn't leaving news junkies out to dry however, pushing Currents users over to the newer Google Play...
Oral-B Smart Toothbrush To Be Unveiled At MWC 2014
Ubergizmo - 20 Feb 2014 19:30
Ask anyone what they’re looking forward the most from Mobile World Congress 2014 and you’re bound to get names of upcoming smartphones or tablets thrown your way, but the event isn’t just about mobile devices. That...
Health Tip: Ward Off Dry Skin
MedicineNet - 20 Feb 2014 09:00
Title: Health Tip: Ward Off Dry SkinCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/19/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/19/2014 12:00:00 AM
Case Western Reserve grants exclusive license to Compadre; AeroClay LLC is formed
EurekAlert! - 20 Feb 2014 07:00
(Case Western Reserve University) Compadre, a company best known for transit packaging solutions, has obtained an exclusive license to pursue commercial uses for AeroClay, an innovative technology developed in a Case Wes...
Harvard team 3D prints blood vessel-lined tissue that could one day be used to test drugs
GigaOM - 20 Feb 2014 02:47
The researchers used a mix of inks that, together, can form living tissue that could be used to test new drugs.
Samsung NX30 And Galaxy Camera 2 Pricing Announced
Ubergizmo - 20 Feb 2014 19:34
Patience is always a virtue that is worth maintaining, and the same holds true with the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 as well as the Samsung NX30 mirrorless camera, where the latter is seen above, while the former is spotted r...
Google Now smartwatch reportedly one of three upcoming HTC wearables
The Verge - 20 Feb 2014 08:10
HTC will demonstrate the first of three upcoming wearable products next week, a source tells Bloomberg. The Taiwanese manufacturer, which currently only sells phones, will show a smartwatch prototype to carriers at the M...
Closing the 'free will' loophole
MIT - 20 Feb 2014 07:00
In a paper published this week in the journal Physical Review Letters, MIT researchers propose an experiment that may close the last major loophole of Bell's inequality -- a 50-year-old theorem that, if violated by exper...
Gawker Frat Houses Are Death Traps | Jalopnik Draco Malfoy Took A Lamborghini Through An In-N-Out Dr
Gizmodo - 20 Feb 2014 23:59
Gawker Frat Houses Are Death Traps | Jalopnik Draco Malfoy Took A Lamborghini Through An In-N-Out Drive-Thru | Jezebel Eight Reasons Why the Mangagement Ring Should Totally Be a Thing | Lifehacker Wall Street Survivor Te...
Kazam launches its first 4G-enabled Thunder 2 handset for Europe
Pocket-lint - 20 Feb 2014 23:58
UK-based handset maker Kazam, started by two former HTC execs, broke on the scene last year to "disrupt status quo" with a smartphone priced for every customer. On Thursday Kazam announced the Thunder 2, its first LTE sm...
Developing countries face 'leading medical scourge of developed countries'
Science Daily - 20 Feb 2014 23:13
Chronic illness, already a major and expensive problem in developed countries, is rapidly increasing in developing countries, adding to the longstanding burden caused by high rates of infectious diseases. However, poor c...
Apple brings two-step verification for Apple ID to more countries
Engadget - 20 Feb 2014 23:13
After discovering a huge security hole last year, Apple added an extra layer of protection for Apple ID and iCloud users in the form of two-step verification. Today it's making the important security feature available in...
Sodabriety: Teens at risk for obesity switch from sugared drinks to water with peer intervention
Science Daily - 20 Feb 2014 23:12
Kids growing up in Appalachia are the nation's largest consumers of sugary drinks. With deaths in Appalachia related to obesity, cancer, diabetes and heart disease on the rise, local teens are working with researchers to...
Long-term daily multivitamin supplement use decreases cataract risk in men, study finds
Science Daily - 20 Feb 2014 23:12
Long-term daily multivitamin supplement use may lower cataract risk in men, according to a study of nearly 15,000 male physicians. Half took a common daily multivitamin, as well as vitamin C, vitamin E and beta carotene ...
A Sliding Stool That Expands To Accommodate an Extra Person
Gizmodo - 20 Feb 2014 23:00
With a design that promises to revolutionize flirting at the bar, Karthik Poduval's Room For Two stool features an expanding design that allows it to seat two people when the need arises. So there doesn't have to be an e...
Nokia Lumia Icon Review
Slash Gear - 20 Feb 2014 22:59
Verizon has needed a new Windows Phone 8 flagship, and Nokia was the obvious choice to deliver it. Don't mistake the Lumia Icon for a side-thought in Nokia's smartphone schemes, …
Nokia dives into game development with Modern Mayor for Windows Phone
Engadget - 20 Feb 2014 22:44
It looks like Nokia has added game development to its repertoire as the handset maker released free-to-play Modern Mayor for WP8 Lumia devices today. The title tasks players with the mission of saving a dying town from c...
Scientists Turn Off Pain Using Nothing But Light
Gizmodo - 20 Feb 2014 22:40
Pain is a hard problem. Sure, we can throw a little morphine at pain in the short term, but researchers continue to struggle with solutions for chronic pain. New research from Stanford's futuristic Bio-X lab looks like a...
The case for (and against) a mini-er Mac Mini
Ars Technica - 20 Feb 2014 22:00
The recent wave of mini-desktops leads us to reconsider one of our favorites.
Zebrafish discovery may shed light on human kidney function
Science Daily - 20 Feb 2014 21:17
Researchers say the discovery of how sodium ions pass through the gill of a zebrafish may be a clue to understanding a key function in the human kidney. In this research, the protein allows the sodium ions to be absorbed...
Bioengineered growth factors lead to better wound healing
Science Daily - 20 Feb 2014 21:17
When we are wounded, our bodies naturally begin a process of repair of the damaged tissue. This process is mediated by biological molecules called growth factors, which are proteins that occur naturally in our cells and ...