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Watch a tourbillon at 1000 percent scale
CNET - 8 Jul 2014 07:44Change Agents: Elizabeth Holmes wants your blood
USA Today - 8 Jul 2014 06:02'Netflix for Pirates' has a new feature that will drive movie studios insane
BGR - 8 Jul 2014 04:45
Popcorn Time - the controversial service offers a Netflix-like movie streaming experience to users interested in pirating movies in a different, more exotic way than traditional downloads - has just gotten better, Busine...
Uiee portable charger does its job in style
Coolest Gadgets - 8 Jul 2014 14:00
Just about everyone owns at least a smartphone these days, and more often than not, it would be that particular smartphone that will be accompanied by a slew of other devices, ranging from tablets to perhaps a GPS naviga...
Brazil bandits steal $6.3 million of Samsung phones, computers
Reuters - 8 Jul 2014 04:16
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Newfound biggest bird ever was 'more like a dragon'
CNET - 8 Jul 2014 00:53Murderers, fakers throw bizarre twists in high-tech lawsuits
PC World - 8 Jul 2014 23:52
Two high-profile Silicon Valley lawsuits have been thrown bizarre twists in the past week after individuals, apparently in one case including incarcerated murderers, attempted to join the legal actions. The battle betwee...
Michigan Mud Day Is Pretty Much Every Kid's Dream
Mashable - 8 Jul 2014 23:30
Summer heat can be unbearable, but one Michigan county has a creative way to battle the weather. Mud Day, which has been a Wayne County tradition for the past 26 years, began on Tuesday at 11 a.m. and lasted for two hour...
Apply the 80/20 Rule to Clutter to Get Rid of Old Junk
Life Hacker - 8 Jul 2014 23:30
Nobody likes clutter, but it's pretty hard to get rid of things sometimes. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, author Jennifer Baumgartner suggests you apply the 80/20 rule to your stuff to help you get rid of it.
BlackBerry unveils 4.5-inch square display BB10 Passport with physical QWERTY keyboard
Tech Times - 8 Jul 2014 04:55
BlackBerry posted an article on its upcoming Passport smartphone. The device features a 4.5-inch square display and physical QWERTY keyboard.
Radical dual tilting blade helicopter design targets speeds of over 270mph
Gizmag - 8 Jul 2014 04:44
As one of the contenders in the race to win a $US100 billion contract from the US government for the Army's next generation of attack helicopter, AVX Aircraft Company has conceived a futuristic machine kitted out with co...
Don't call it laser tag: this is a real-life version of 'Left 4 Dead'
Engadget - 8 Jul 2014 04:05
Every year we get another Call of Duty, but if you've given up hope waiting for a new Left 4 Dead, a Georgia-based company might have something a bit well, realer, to help tide you over. Blood, Guts 'n Glory [sic] is loo...
Negar Sani solved the mystery of the printed diode
e! Science News - 8 Jul 2014 03:48
With an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America (PNAS), a thirteen-year-long mystery that has involved a long series of researchers at both Linköping Univ...
Closing in On Gravitational Waves --"Will Be a Clear Message About How the Universe is Put Together"
The Daily Galaxy - 8 Jul 2014 16:10
Many large heavenly bodies and events in the universe, such as the birth and death of stars, generate energy in different wavelengths of light, which existing telescopes can find, says Nergis Mavalvala, the Curtis and Ka...
Apple adds a step-counter, caffeine tracking to iPhones with iOS 8
GigaOM - 8 Jul 2014 15:00
The latest beta version of iOS 8 adds a pair of new health-tracking data points to the Health app and one of them won't even need manual data entry or a wearable device if you have a newer iPhone.
Possible Advance for Some Late-Stage Lung Cancer Patients
MedicineNet - 8 Jul 2014 09:00
Title: Possible Advance for Some Late-Stage Lung Cancer PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/7/2014 12:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 7/7/2014 12:00:00 AM
GameStop wants to offer exclusive content with its preorder titles
Engadget - 8 Jul 2014 08:08
We're guessing a few of you don't mind preordering the latest triple-A game to ensure you get your hands on it on release day, but (ignoring the whole digital distribution thing) it's increasingly rare for game stores to...
The new atomic age: Building smaller, greener electronics
e! Science News - 8 Jul 2014 03:47
In the drive to get small, Robert Wolkow and his lab at the University of Alberta are taking giant steps forward.
Using Raspberry Pi to make your own 3D-printed Game Boy
Slash Gear - 8 Jul 2014 02:17
Old Gameboys are available aplenty on eBay, Craigslist, and maybe that old box in your mom's garage, but for some people, there's something special about a device crafted with one's own hands. If you fall into that categ...
Hypersexuality in Women Linked to High Porn Use
Live Science - 8 Jul 2014 00:37
For women, being "hypersexual" may mean high rates of masturbation and pornography use, rather than more passive behaviors such as fantasizing, as previous studies had suggested, new research finds.
Super Typhoon Neoguri From Space: How NASA Satellites Track Cyclones And Hurricanes
IBTimes - 8 Jul 2014 23:34
As Japan braces for Super Typhoon Neoguri, NASA has been monitoring the tropical cyclone from space. The International Space Station and NASA's Earth-observing satellites, Terra and Aqua, have tracked Neoguri as it has d...
You'll be able to learn a whole language eating a pill in the future
Gizmodo - 8 Jul 2014 22:33
When MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte says that humans will be able to learn an entire language by eating a pill, you better listen. In this new TED Talk, Negroponte shows all the times he was right predicting t...