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Parrot Bebop Drone
The Gadget Flow - 3 Dec 2014 09:01
Price: $TBA Its feather-weight ABS reinforced structure (400g) makes Parrot Bebop Drone robust and safe. In the event of any collision, the propellers stop automatically. The emergency mode allows the drone to land immed...
Stop Wasting Everyone's Time
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2014 05:29
New data-mining tools are helping companies pinpoint which work groups impose the most on others' time and raising awareness of behaviors such as long meetings and overuse of 'reply all.'
Newton's Cradle Fridge Magnet delivers a science lesson every morning
Coolest Gadgets - 3 Dec 2014 15:37
I am quite sure that a fair number of us have grown up fascinated by the Newton's Cradle, which is essentially a set up that demonstrates just how one of the laws of physics work, which in this particular case, it would ...
How the Smithsonian made Obama's historic 3D-printed bust
Mashable - 3 Dec 2014 04:56
Museums are replete with exquisite, lifelike busts of U.S. presidents and heads of state. Many were made when their subjects, such as George Washington and Ben Franklin, were still alive Yet, for all their verisimilitude...
Your next iPhone could employ tiny gas thrusters
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2014 23:43
Apple Patents aren't always a clear indication of where the company is going in the near future. Most patents listed in the public are done so well after the product has hit the market - not before. Keeping that in mind,...
Sierra Leone Quarantines Half Its Population To Stem Ebola Outbreak
IBTimes - 3 Dec 2014 06:34
Sierra Leone has quarantined thousands of its citizens in an effort to slow the outbreak of Ebola, health officials announced on Tuesday. More than half of the country is already under quarantine, and the Daily Mail repo...
Ultrasonics may soon let you touch what you see in virtual reality
Mashable - 3 Dec 2014 05:17
At this point it seems like it's just a matter of time before every device shown on Star Trek becomes a reality and, thanks to a new innovation, the holodeck could be next A UK company called Ultrahaptics has developed a...
Watch a woman show what 100 years of beauty looks like in 1 minute
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2014 03:54
Different eras have different definitions of beauty. A look in the early 1900s can fall out of favor a few years down the road or maybe inspire a style decades later. Cut Video made this video that shows a model getting ...
Archaeologists uncover piece of America's slavery history
Fox News - 3 Dec 2014 22:11
Over the course of just a few decades at the turn of the 19th century, some 100,000 slaves arrived in the US at Gadsden's Wharf, in Charleston, South Carolina.
iHeartRadio debuts an all-holiday music station hosted by Santa Claus
Mashable - 3 Dec 2014 09:41
When you need the perfect DJ to rock around your Christmas tree, look no further than jolly old St. Nick himself. Launched on Nov. 28, iHeartRadio is hosting a radio station that will only play holiday music called North...
Sleeping Bag iPhone 6/6+ Sleeve by This is Ground
The Gadget Flow - 3 Dec 2014 09:00
Price: $95 Give your iPhone 6/6+ an ultimate blend of function and quality by enveloping it with the Sleeping Bag iPhone 6/6+ Sleeve from This is Ground. It has been made of high quality leather and comes with a protecti...
Obama Asks Congress for $6.2 Billion to Help Fight Ebola
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2014 06:18
The emergency funding will go to efforts both in and out of the country, all directed towards not just keeping Ebola at bay but ending the outbreak completely.
Be a code breaker: Enigma machines up for auction
CNET - 3 Dec 2014 06:08Strengthening Typhoon Hagupit may pose major threat to Philippines
Mashable - 3 Dec 2014 00:51
Typhoon Hagupit appears to be on a collision course with one of the most storm-prone nations on Earth: the island nation of the Philippines. It could strike somewhere in the central Philippines as early as this weekend, ...
Over half of death sentences in the US come from 2 percent of counties
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2014 00:20
Virtually every rich nation in the world has abolished the death penalty. But since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976, courts have sentenced over 7,000 people to die. Shockingly, about 56 percent of de...
The real reason behind Alan Rickman's shocked face in Die Hard
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2014 22:39
Little known fact about Alan Rickman in Die Hard: For his dead scene he agreed to fall onto an airbag 25 feet (7.62 meters) below on the count of three. Except the director and the stunt people thought they would get a b...
Beats boss Iovine hints at streaming service for Apple
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2014 22:02
At Apple, Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine has no actual role. The music mogul reportedly works alongside Eddy Cue, who heads up Apple's iTunes department. In the acquisition, Apple got a lot more than Beats hardware and st...
Excellent short film about losing everything you love and starting again
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2014 21:30
Sploid readers Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson--part of the California-based production group Lucky Treehouse--sent this excellent short about lost love and new beginnings, which they defined as "one part Moonrise King...
Lunar Laser Communication System wins R&D Magazine Editor's Choice Award
MIT - 3 Dec 2014 20:01
System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
Adelaide's burgeoning startup scene
Geek Time - 3 Dec 2014 18:00
MegaPitch and $3,000 prize from BlueChilli
Philips BDM4065UC Monitor
Photography Blog - 3 Dec 2014 12:00
MMD has added a new 40” UHD monitor to its line-up of Philips 4K Ultra HD displays.
The Air Dock
The Gadget Flow - 3 Dec 2014 08:59
Price: $79 The Air Dock 2.0: The most convenient way to charge your mobile device in your car. The Air Dock is a wireless charging station for your mobile device. Simply place your device onto the Air Dock to wirelessly ...