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Crock-Pot hits market with WeMo smartphone control
Slash Gear - 1 Aug 2014 17:52
The "Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker enabled with WeMo" is a mouthful, to be sure - but it'll also fill your mouth with delicious, digitally controlled cooking excellence. Controlled wirelessly using the WeMo app, this Crock...
Some Video Gamers 'Hear' Sound Effects After Playing, Study Finds
Live Science - 1 Aug 2014 20:47
Some video gamers hear sound effects like screams and explosions long after they have stopped playing, a new study finds.
Ice Queen Scoop
The Gadget Flow - 1 Aug 2014 07:00
Give your guests a royal serve of ice-cream next time you throw a party by using this unusually designed Ice Queen Scoop. Having drawn its inspiration from the Queen herself, this scoop can truly bring humor on the party...
Why Cadillac Obsessed Over Grams On The 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe
Forbes - 1 Aug 2014 05:54
The 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe is the lightest vehicle in its class. How Cadillac made that happen is fascinating.
U.S. Air Force Taps MIT's Lincoln Lab for ORS-5 Mission
Space News - 1 Aug 2014 20:42
The U.S. Air Force's rapid response military space office will ask the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory to design and build a satellite to bridge a potential gap in on-orbit space surveillance c...
No Sex, Please, We're 'Manservants'
NBC News - 1 Aug 2014 16:19
A new start-up called Manservants lets women rent out handsome dudes to pour champagne, open doors and more.
NFL players will wear RFID chips this season to track their movements
The Verge - 1 Aug 2014 02:30
This year's football season is set to begin in September, and for the first time 17 National Football League stadiums will employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to better track how players move on the f...
NASA Mars mission to try to turn Martian air into key rocket fuel ingredient: oxygen
Fox News - 1 Aug 2014 13:51
NASA plans to make oxygen — a key ingredient of rocket fuel — on Mars early next decade.
Bits Blog: Judge Rules That Microsoft Must Turn Over Data Stored in Ireland
The New York Times - 1 Aug 2014 02:47
Other big technology companies are watching the case, which Microsoft said it would appeal, as a potential threat to their plans to offer cloud computing overseas.
Walter Leica Contrast Lens, an Eyepiece Add-On for Your M-Series Camera
PetaPixel - 1 Aug 2014 22:15Rubik's Cube Fridge shows your visitors how brainy you are
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Aug 2014 16:00
If there is one particular puzzle that has continued to enthrall little ones over the years, it would definitely be the Rubik's Cube, where there are moments when you would feel so frustrated at solving the last line of ...
Filling up could cost less thanks to biomolecular engineering breakthrough
Phys.org - 1 Aug 2014 14:10
Sticker shock at the gas pump could soon be a thing of the past thanks to research being conducted by UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Light pulses control graphene's electrical behavior
EurekAlert! - 1 Aug 2014 06:00
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Finding could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.
Was America's Top Rocketeer a Communist Spy? The FBI Thought So
Slashdot - 1 Aug 2014 04:01
New submitter IMissAlexChilton (3748631) writes Frank Malina masterfully led the World War II effort to build U.S. rockets for jet-assisted takeoff and guided missiles. As described in IEEE Spectrum, Malina's motley crew...
Transparent Organs: Images Reveal See-Through Mouse
Live Science - 1 Aug 2014 03:23
Scientists have rendered a once-furry mouse transparent, its brain, guts and all. Here's a look at the beauty beneath the rodent's skin.
Reddit Bans One of Most Popular Users for Vote Manipulation
Mashable - 1 Aug 2014 02:46
Reddit user Unidan, known off of the Internet as biologist Ben Eisenkop, has been shadowbanned from the site due to vote manipulation. Reddit administrators discovered that Eisenkop maintained five side accounts, which h...
Got some Dane in your DNA? Do a happy dance
CNET - 1 Aug 2014 01:59Would you buy a self-driving car?
CNET - 1 Aug 2014 01:57Shorebirds Adopt Baby Duckling, Cuteness Ensues
Live Science - 1 Aug 2014 21:24
A family of long-legged shorebirds adopted a fuzzy baby duckling in California's San Francisco Bay.
Celebrity Talking Tech: Mining heckles
USA Today - 1 Aug 2014 19:59
Comedian uses video service to call out hecklers at his shows.
'Fracking' in the dark: Biological fallout of shale-gas production still largely unknown
EurekAlert! - 1 Aug 2014 06:00
(Princeton University) Eight conservation biologists from various organizations and institutions, including Princeton University, found that shale-gas extraction in the United States has vastly outpaced scientists' under...
Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand
Gizmodo - 1 Aug 2014 22:57
In a weirdly serious bit of hair research, engineers have figured out how to change hair color without an ounce of hair dye. The only catch? You need a focused ion beam.