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Beer Machine Home Beer Making Kit
The Gadget Flow - 15 May 2014 07:00
Price: $90 By reinventing the historic process of brewing beer at home, the Beer Machine Home Beer Making Kit has made this entire method easy and stress free. Through its exquisite system, it can brew, ferment, carbonat...
High-flying turbine produces more power
MIT - 15 May 2014 06:00
MIT alumni develop airborne wind turbine that floats 1,000 feet aloft to capture stronger, steadier winds.
Glass sold-out in subtle charcoal as Google boosts wearable
Slash Gear - 15 May 2014 18:13
Google has already sold out of one color of Glass, with supplies of the most discrete of the five wearable finishes exhausted after it was put up for general sale …
Sony Xperia Z2 Review
Android Central - 15 May 2014 21:54
As we approach the midway point of 2014, the march of smartphone progress is as unrelenting as it's ever been. The latest devices from the likes of Samsung and HTC have pushed specs, screen sizes and price tags to new he...
Glowing mice aid nanoparticle research
CNET - 15 May 2014 08:46Angling to be the Google of 3D printing, Autodesk announces its own open source printer and platform
PandoDaily - 15 May 2014 01:00
Autodesk announced today that the company will release its own 3D printer with its new open software platform called Spark, in an attempt to set a "new benchmark for the 3D printing user experience." The move takes a pag...
For GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, the Internet of Things is about saving the planet
PandoDaily - 15 May 2014 18:09
The World Energy Innovation Forum, a two day event that began yesterday at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, is ostensibly what is says on the label: a stocktake on the physical, political, and philosophical tran...
"Hubble V1" -- The Object that Revealed a Cosmos of Galaxies
The Daily Galaxy - 15 May 2014 16:58
The NASA's Hubble Space Telescope focused in the image above on a single variable star that in 1923 altered the course of modern astronomy. V1 is a special class of pulsating star called a Cepheid variable that can be us...
Rumor: Sony RX100M3 Pictures, Specs & Pricing Leaked
PetaPixel - 15 May 2014 14:59Shape-changing mirror puts lasers in focus
Gizmag - 15 May 2014 04:12
One cinematic cliché we've all seen is when the hero deflects the villain's dastardly laser beam with a hastily snatched hand mirror, sending it back at his adversary. Physics, ever the wet blanket, says that this is a ...
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Wrapping Up Waypoint Work
PTTU - 15 May 2014 23:59
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover will depart the science waypoint where it drilled into a rock last week.
NASA's Newest Wind Watcher Arrives at Launch Site
PTTU - 15 May 2014 23:57
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: A new Earth-observing mission that will measure ocean winds from the International Space Station has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to begin preparations for la...
Tour Florida's pricey 'Star Trek' mansion (pictures)
CNET - 15 May 2014 23:02New smart coating could make oil-spill cleanup faster and more efficient
e! Science News - 15 May 2014 01:54
In the wake of recent off-shore oil spills, and with the growing popularity of "fracking" -- in which water is used to release oil and gas from shale -- there's a need for easy, quick ways to separate oil and water. Now,...
UN Says 'Killer Robots' Threaten Human Rights, Considers Banning Autonomous Weapons In Warfare
IBTimes - 15 May 2014 01:34
"Killer robots" have left Hollywood and entered international politics. For the first time, world leaders who are increasingly concerned with a real-life "rise of the machines" are meeting this week to consider banning t...
Solar Winds Linked to Increased Lightning Strikes
Live Science - 15 May 2014 01:02
A new study finds in an increase in lightning strikes after large solar winds. The findings suggest that particles from the sun may interact with the atmosphere to make lightning more likely.
Man-made Skin Reveals How Sharks Swim So Fast
Live Science - 15 May 2014 00:48
Sharks are known for their speed and agility under the waves, but how their jagged skin enables these feats has long mystified scientists.
FDA Warns Against Temporary Tattoos
Live Science - 15 May 2014 00:37How to Track Sleep with Your Fitness Tracker
Live Science - 15 May 2014 23:42
Many fitness trackers keep on tracking even after you've hit the sack. Here's how to track your sleep with some of the most popular fitness trackers.
Grand Theft Auto III series lands on Amazon's tablets and Fire TV
Engadget - 15 May 2014 23:22
The Grand Theft Auto games have been on seemingly every platform known to humankind, but those with Amazon devices have had to make do without Rockstar's vehicular mayhem. That changes today: you can now snag Grand Theft...
Chipotle's Putting Essays On Its Cups So You Can Brain Up At Lunch
Gizmodo - 15 May 2014 22:40
Sitting at a fast food joint eating by yourself is, at best, kind of boring--what are you gonna watch/read/stare at? Chipotle's new cups and bags, printed with original essays from writers including Malcom Gladwell and T...
Girl swimming in a lake full of millions of golden jelly fish
Gizmodo - 15 May 2014 22:24
This video of Nana Trongratanawong "surrounded by millions of golden jellyfish during a freedive at Jellyfish Lake, Palau." Although you can't see them, that "millions" figure is not an exaggeration: "Millions of golden ...