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These wink-activated telescopic contact lenses give your eyes 2.8x optical zoom
Digital Trends - 17 Feb 2015 00:18
Pretty soon, we'll all be cyborgs. We've already got headsets that enhance your hearing, and exoskeletons that give you superhuman strength -- and now we've got contact lenses that give you the ability to zoom in on stuf...
Firing up the proton smasher
Phys.org - 17 Feb 2015 14:30
The Large Hadron Collider is being brought back to life, ready for Run II of the "world's greatest physics experiment". Cambridge physicists are among the army who keep it alive.
Work in an age of robots
New Scientist - 17 Feb 2015 22:00
As automation and the internet sweep away employment certainties even for the creative classes, three books explore the depth of our predicament
The unofficial theme of New York Fashion Week is diversity
Mashable - 17 Feb 2015 00:00
Diversity is very in this year. Let's hope it's not a passing trend. New York Fashion Week is welcoming participants and models of many backgrounds this season. The runways are seeing more ethnicities, gender identities,...
Inkless printing and smartframes bring living room walls online
Springwise - 17 Feb 2015 11:00
Wundershine is an image framing system which enables users to adorn their walls with their latest digital photos, printed on inkless thermal photo paper
Researcher Announces a Tattoo Removal Cream Is In the Works
Gizmodo - 17 Feb 2015 01:10
The thing about tattoos is they're inked on your skin for life, unless you want to undergo an expensive, time-consuming, and potentially scarring laser-removal process. But now, a tattoo-removal cream could be the destro...
What happens when you play table tennis every day for a year
Mashable - 17 Feb 2015 23:32
Anyone can become an expert in table tennis in one year. At least that's what Sam Larcombe, a ranked table tennis player and coach, believes. To prove it, he took novice table tennis player, Sam Priestley, and challenged...
Watch The Laptop Evolve Over 27 Years In 1 Satisfying GIF
The Huffington Post - 17 Feb 2015 22:11NSA Has Planted Surveillance Software Deep Within Hard Drives Since 2001: Kaspersky
IBTimes - 17 Feb 2015 06:37
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been planting surveillance software deep within hard drives made by top manufacturers, allowing it to eavesdrop on almost every computer in the world, according to Kaspersky La...
Microsoft Office for iOS now supports iCloud storage
The Verge - 17 Feb 2015 11:52
Microsoft is updating its Office for iOS applications with support for Apple's iCloud storage today. The updated apps allow iPhone and iPad users to open, edit, and save documents to iCloud without having to pay for an O...
T-Mobile's John Legere: A lot of spoiled CEOs would never do what I do
Mashable - 17 Feb 2015 23:04
We've learned quite a few things about John Legere from observing his Twitter feed. T-Mobile's CEO is a fan of The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul. He likes to run in a snow-covered Central Park. His life philosophy is...
New parameter for predicting high temperature superconductivity
Phys.org - 17 Feb 2015 17:10
(Phys.org)--Superconductivity occurs when electrons experience no resistance as they travel through conducting material. However temperatures must be near absolute zero, making superconductivity. In 1986 scientists disco...
A Fortune in Ancient Gold Coins Found Off Israel
Live Science - 17 Feb 2015 22:15
A trove of nearly 2,000 gold coins that date to about 1,000 years ago was discovered under water off the coast of Israel.
Should We Modify DNA in Human Embryos?
KQED Quest - 17 Feb 2015 23:37Inflammatory Bowel Disease May Be from Mom's Bacteria, not DNA
Live Science - 17 Feb 2015 23:02
The traits that you thought you inherited from your mom may have been actually passed from her to you in bacteria that she spread to you soon after birth, a new study finds.
Building a more versatile frequency comb
Phys.org - 17 Feb 2015 21:25
Frequency combs are the rulers of light. By counting a wavelength's many oscillations, they measure distance and time with extraordinary precision and speed.
Nintendo's shipped 5.7 million Amiibo figures (and here are the best-sellers)
Engadget - 17 Feb 2015 05:52
Nintendo said its now shipped over 5.7 million of its NFC-connected Amiibo figures, and more interestingly, it's showed which ones do the best around the world. There's indeed some variation, but Link, bless him, is the ...
This Is the Concept Car Apple Designer Marc Newson Already Designed
The Mac Observer - 17 Feb 2015 00:59
The whole world is now talking about the Apple Car, bringing a number of investigative resources to the subject. On Friday, it was pointed out that Apple designer Marc Newson already designed a concept car, and on Monday...
Neptune has reimagined the smartphone-wearable future, and it looks awesome
Pocket-lint - 17 Feb 2015 22:38
A startup called Neptune has introduced Neptune Duo, a new device that's actually two devices. If you look at the wearable landscape today, most smartwatches serve as an accessory to a smartphone. It's an add-on device. ...
Password cracking experts decipher elusive Equation Group crypto hash
Ars Technica - 17 Feb 2015 06:49
Mystery solved after crackers find Arabic word that dogged Kaspersky for weeks.
Satellite Images Reveal Ocean Acidification From Space
SpaceRef - 17 Feb 2015 02:40
Pioneering techniques that use satellites to monitor ocean acidification are set to revolutionise the way that marine biologists and climate scientists study the ocean....
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Life Hacker - 17 Feb 2015 00:16
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