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Orion Off-Loaded for Cross Country Trek to Florida Home Base
Universe Today - 12 Dec 2014 02:42
After a brilliant first test flight, and historic Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery on Dec. 5, 2014, NASA's Orion spacecraft was brought onshore inside the USS Anchorage to the US Naval Base San Diego and has now bee...
CSAIL opens lab to 150 local students for Hour of Code
MIT - 12 Dec 2014 17:00
Robots, virtual visit from will.i.am aim to get kids excited about programming.
3DRudder Feet-Controlled 3D Controller
The Gadget Flow - 12 Dec 2014 08:59
Price: $130 The 3DRudder is a revolutionary feet-controlled 3D navigation and motion controller. The device is used while seated, all the user has to do is simply rest their feet on it. To move forward the user tilts the...
Sea of clouds fills Grand Canyon in spectacular weather phenomenon
Mashable - 12 Dec 2014 18:02
A breathtaking weather phenomenon turned the Grand Canyon into a cauldron of soupy cloud cover on Thursday The rare scenes were caused by a temperature inversion, which involves cold air filling the canyon while warm air...
CERN's Large Hadron Collider gears up for run two
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2014 17:08
CERN announced today at the 174th session of the CERN Council that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is gearing up for its second three-year run. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world a...
Meet IPE, a 'Feel Fuller' Wonder Powder that Regulates Appetite, Aids in Weight Loss
Tech Times - 12 Dec 2014 15:44
A team of researchers has developed inulin-propionate ester, or simply IPE, an ingredient that has proven its effectiveness in stopping people from gaining weight during early tests.
WIN: 2 PS4 20th Anniversary Edition consoles up for grabs
Pocket-lint - 12 Dec 2014 14:23
Sony's entire limited run of PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition consoles, in the original gray colour of the first PlayStation, have almost sold out everywhere. And bar a few being made available online for UK fans f...
Images and video show MH370 underwater search area
Mashable - 12 Dec 2014 07:16
The organisation mapping the seafloor in the search for the wreckage of MH370, has released a video and images showing the underwater area it is exploring. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is leading the sea...
Magic ultrasonic cutting machine perfectly slices sandwiches in half
Gizmodo - 12 Dec 2014 07:14
It never occurred to me to wonder who or what cuts those soul crushing pre-packaged sandwiches that I always find myself eating at an airport, but now I know: it's one of these magic machines. The cutting arm seeks out w...
Microsoft withdraws bad Windows 7 update that broke future Windows 7 updates
Ars Technica - 12 Dec 2014 23:56
Broken update also blocks install of third-party software.
Iowa to create digital driver's license app for your phone
Android Central - 12 Dec 2014 23:44Design better graphics with The Premium Photoshop Add-On Bundle [Deals]
Cult of Mac - 12 Dec 2014 19:15
If you are a graphic or web designer, chances are you spend a lot of your time working with Photoshop. And, why not? It is, hands down, the most popular and feature-rich photo editing and graphic design suite in use…
Lessons learned about HealthKit from Duke and Oschner
The Loop - 12 Dec 2014 15:21
Duke University in North Carolina and Oschner Health System in Louisiana are two of the first hospitals to incorporate HealthKit into their day-to-day operations. Duke's Dr. Ricky Bloomfield and Oschner's Dr. Richard Mil...
You'll love playing The Impossible Room but you will never beat it
Cult of Mac - 12 Dec 2014 14:00
Though he’s toyed with escape games for years, Turkish developer Maruf Nebil didn’t get hooked on the genre until 100 Floors hit the App Store in 2012. When The Room Two upped the ante with gorgeous 3-D environments ...
Ford's rebooted Sync 3 system says goodbye to Microsoft for BlackBerry
Mashable - 12 Dec 2014 06:50
Ford announced the next generation of its voice-control "infotainment" car system on Thursday. It seems that Ford is trying to get back in everyone's good graces by tossing the name MyFord Touch and rebranding it as Sync...
Rosetta finds comets carry more 'Star Trek' fuel than expected
CNET - 12 Dec 2014 06:45NASA Has Some Beautiful New Maps Of Saturn's Moons
Gizmodo - 12 Dec 2014 05:32
Back in the 1980s, NASA's Voyager spacecraft made a brief flyby of Saturn's moons, providing us with a tantalising glimpse of new worlds. Now, the Cassini mission has finished the job, providing us with high-resolution, ...
YouTube Gets A Built-In GIF Creator
TechCrunch - 12 Dec 2014 05:04
Remember back in November of last year, when I wrote that YouTube needed to build their own tool for making GIFs from videos? Some called me crazy. Many, however, agreed completely. It seems YouTube agreed, too. YouTub...
Oculus Acquires A Hand-Tracking Company And An Augmented Reality Company
TechCrunch - 12 Dec 2014 03:15
Will the Oculus Rift someday bring your hands into virtual reality? That seems to be a direction they’re moving in, based on some acquisitions they just made. This morning, Oculus quietly disclosed a pair of acquisit...
BitTorrent brings file-sharing protocol to Web browsing
L.A. Times - 12 Dec 2014 01:06Thanks to Apple, Dr. Dre had the most profitable year of any musician in history
TUAW - 12 Dec 2014 23:30Ford Performance confirms Focus RS as part of 12-model blitz
Digital Trends - 12 Dec 2014 21:15
A new Ford Focus RS will be among 12 new performance models Ford plans to launch between now and 2020. The Blue Oval is consolidating its performance operations under one global umbrella. The post Ford Performance confir...