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Health Tip: Vegetarian Athletes Need Plenty of Protein
MedicineNet - 9 May 2015 09:00
Title: Health Tip: Vegetarian Athletes Need Plenty of ProteinCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/8/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
Flower Power Steam Releaser
The Gadget Flow - 9 May 2015 23:00
Just place the Flower Power Steam Releaser on the edge of your cooking pot and let the steam vent out in style. It has reimagined your old-school steam releaser and given it a natural look instead. Whenever the heat is o...
The Best of Gizmodo This Week
Gizmodo - 9 May 2015 22:00
We had some great explainers on Giz this week, elucidating in-flight wifi, DNA editing, and the problem with electric bicycles. Also: exploding Apple Watches, "X-Philes" fandom, and some weird-ass gadget erotica. Here ar...
Paris Passport Case - Handsome Oversized Wallet
The Gadget Flow - 9 May 2015 23:00
Keep all your wallet essentials carefully stocked on this Paris Passport Case. It represents an oversized wallet that can hold up to four passports plus boarding passes, checkbook and credit cards as well as divided curr...
Hot deals ending soon: Last chance to get Apple WatchStand, Jamstik Wireless Guitar and more [Deals]
Cult of Mac - 9 May 2015 18:15
Save big on top gear and services every day at Cult of Mac Deals. You’re running out of time to save serious cash on the WatchStand Apple Watch Charging Dock, the Jamstik Wireless Smart Guitar, and more. WatchStand App...
Android Moves Past iOS In Both Revenue And Traffic
Tech Times - 9 May 2015 15:59
The tide has turned in Android's favor thanks to the global increase in volume for Android-based devices as opposed to iOS ones.
Stop there, ruffian! Nonprofit uses holograms to deter handicap parking spot thieves
Digital Trends - 9 May 2015 06:08
A Russian nonprofit called Dislife recently ran a powerful social experiment to deter illegal use of handicap parking spots. The technology projects a hologram of a disabled person if an official placard or sticker is no...
Google executives talk Snowden and NSA backdoors during AMA
Engadget - 9 May 2015 04:29
Senior members of Google's public policy team took to Reddit today to discuss the company's stance on government surveillance reform and the pending expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act that allows for the bulk c...
Recode: Apple to offer free music with its upcoming streaming service
Engadget - 9 May 2015 01:38
It's no secret that Apple plans on revealing a new streaming music service -- thanks to its Beats Music acquisition -- some time this year, supposedly at its annual developer conference in June. What has so far been a se...
LG G4 Review - The hero Android needs
Slash Gear - 9 May 2015 22:41
Life's not so good when you're stuck in the shadow of a big rival with deep pockets, but if anything can drag LG into the sunlight, it's the new G4. LG's flagship Android smartphone for 2015, the G4 takes what we loved a...
Underwater Photographer Plays Hide and Seek with an Octopus
PetaPixel - 9 May 2015 20:22
While on a dive, Hawaii-based underwater photographer Timothy Ewing set up a camera and captured this fun little video of himself playing hide-and-seek with an octopus he was trying to photograph. “Octopus are one of t...
Apple Pay to be accepted at Las Vegas casino this summer
Slash Gear - 9 May 2015 15:00
As Apple Pay continues to be accepted by more and more retailers across the country, the contactless payment method will soon be accepted at a new location: the casinos of Sin City. The Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas i...
New thin, flat lenses focus light as sharply as curved lenses
Phys.org - 9 May 2015 14:34
Lenses appear in all sorts of everyday objects, from prescription eyeglasses to cell-phone cameras. Typically, lenses rely on a curved shape to bend and focus light. But in the tight spaces inside consumer electronics an...
Shooting a Laser at a Planet, But Not To Blow it Up
Gizmodo - 9 May 2015 02:01
This breathtaking photo shows the intense orange beam of a new 22-watt laser pointed at the planet Saturn. Wait, isn't this like the shocking scene in Star Wars where the Death Star's superlaser completely annihilated pl...
Scientists Are Racing Across Nepal to Gather Fleeting Quake Data
Gizmodo - 9 May 2015 01:20
It sounds like a plot to a fast-paced popcorn flick, but right now, U.S. scientists are on a mad dash in Nepal, collecting as much quake data as possible from the country's scattered ground movement sensors, before the i...
Scientists X-Rayed Chocolate To Figure Out How It Gets That White Film
Gizmodo - 9 May 2015 00:00
Fat blooms, the white stuff you sometimes get on chocolate, have long been the bane of chocolate makers and chocolate lovers. It's harmless but decidedly unappetizing. Now scientists at Nestle have X-rayed chocolate to f...
Mummy Case - Enveloping Silicone Case for iPad Mini
The Gadget Flow - 9 May 2015 23:00Earth's Oceans May Have Crash-Landed via Ancient Asteroids
Gizmodo - 9 May 2015 23:00
SimEarth was right about one thing. The best way to wet up a planet? Hurl a bunch of icy asteroids at it.
Amazon's Echo wireless speaker gets voice-controlled Prime Stations
Engadget - 9 May 2015 22:33
Amazon has added Prime Stations to Echo, its wireless speaker-slash-personal assistant, perhaps in hopes that it would get more people to press the "Request an invitation" button. Prime Stations are the company's ad-free...
Swiss Luxury Watchmaker IWC Unveils Smart Strap For Regular Watches
Tech Times - 9 May 2015 15:35
IWC Schaffhausen, a Swiss luxury watch maker, unveils a new device that works when attached to the strap of the company's traditional timepieces. Aptly known as IWC Connect, the new device has fitness tracking and IoT co...
Tempus - Finally a Selfie Stick Worth Owning
The Gadget Flow - 9 May 2015 08:00
Beautifully designed Selfie Sticks with a focus on Durability, Performance and Simplicity. Most Selfie-Sticks are found in your local $2 store and made with the cheapest materials possible to increase profit margins. Our...
12 absurdly specific kitchen gadgets you definitely don't need (but probably want)
Digital Trends - 9 May 2015 22:15
Lamenting your abundance of kitchen space? These absurdly specific, nominally useful kitchen gadgets might be for you. Because who doesn't need snow cones on demand? The post 12 absurdly specific kitchen gadgets you defi...