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This girl spent her entire $90,000 college fund on clothes and travel
Mashable - 17 Jul 2015 18:59
One 22-year-old had a college fund that most kids would kill for, but now she’s thousands of dollars short for her senior year tuition after blowing $90,000 short on clothes and a trip to Europe “Maybe they should ha...
TAKUMI PURE+ An Elegant yet Smart/ Versatile Stationery
The Gadget Flow - 17 Jul 2015 08:00
The amazing length-adjustable pen in the world. Perfectly Compatible for over 60+ refills. All in one- all refills in one. To whom is interested in our takumi pure+, please keep sharing our project all over the world to ...
Gecko Switch - Your Movable Light Switch
The Gadget Flow - 17 Jul 2015 08:00
Break free from the traditional light switch. The Gecko Switch can be placed anywhere you want. Be creative! Gecko Switch isn't simply smart. It's movable! No longer anchored on the wall like traditional switches. At lon...
Cortana for Android leaks out a bit early
Engadget - 17 Jul 2015 20:33
Cortana is here for Android ... sort of. Microsoft announced back in May that it would be bringing Cortana to Android, and it was expected to land this month to coincide with the release of Windows 10. But now it looks l...
Former Reddit CEO: 'The Trolls Are Winning'
Tech Times - 17 Jul 2015 04:09
Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao has spoken out in an op-ed for The Washington Post, saying that the 'online trolls are winning.' Pao experienced online trolls firsthand after shutting down some of the more unsavory parts of ...
Gaia satellite and amateur astronomers spot one in a billion star
Phys.org - 17 Jul 2015 01:00
An international team of researchers, with the assistance of amateur astronomers, have discovered a unique binary star system: the first known such system where one star completely eclipses the other. It is a type of two...
Bill Nye on Google Cardboard, Pluto, and NASA
Android Central - 17 Jul 2015 16:26
During the launch event for the recent XPrize collaboration with Disney Junior through the popular Miles from Tomorrowland series, we took a few minutes to chat with Bill Nye about getting kids involved in science throug...
SanDisk Connect - Wireless Flash Drive for Smartphones, Tablets and Computers
The Gadget Flow - 17 Jul 2015 15:00
It is now possible to access your files, photos and other digital data wirelessly from the SanDisk 128GB Connect Wireless Stick. This flash drive can connect wirelessly to your smartphones, tablets and computers with the...
Briliant hands-free wheelchair translates body motions into directional input
Digital Trends - 17 Jul 2015 23:34
Designed by New Zealand-based inventor Kevin Halsall, the Ogo is a hands-free wheelchair that stands upright on just two wheels. Much like a Segway, it's equipped with an array of different sensors that translate the rid...
Spam email rate falls below 50 percent for first time in a decade
PC World - 17 Jul 2015 15:35
Spam fell to less than 50 percent of all email in June, the lowest in a decade, Symantec said Thursday in its latest Intelligence Report. The levels of spam have been slowly falling since 2010 for multiple reasons. Netwo...
Galaxy S6 gains microSD, battery thanks to Incipio
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2015 23:40
Will the addition of a microSD card slot and a removable battery change your mind about the Galaxy S6? Incipio hopes so. They've created an Offgrid battery case that works for both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Samsung G...
Bare Light - Design That Reveals Your Bulb's Electrical Components
The Gadget Flow - 17 Jul 2015 23:00
The most striking aspect of the Bare Light design is its simplicity. It might look like just another glass bulb socket but this light is a lot more than that. This is because it uses the logic of a light bulb to enclose ...
The Anti-Aging Pill Scientists Want to Test in Humans
Motherboard - 17 Jul 2015 15:00
Haven't we all dreamed of staying young and healthy? Some scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York say they have a pill that could help increase our healthy lifespan by reducing the contraction o...
Mysterious mountain revealed in first close-up of Pluto's moon Charon
Phys.org - 17 Jul 2015 13:43
A mysterious mountain in the middle of a moat on Pluto's biggest moon Charon, has captivated and baffled scientists leading NASA's New Horizons mission which made history when it became the first spacecraft to visit our ...
Apollo-Soyuz Spawned 1st Handshake in Space by US-Soviet Crews 40 Years Ago
SPACE.com - 17 Jul 2015 13:29
On July 17, 1975, NASA astronauts aboard an Apollo spacecraft linked up with cosmonauts in their Soyuz capsule. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project meetup showed that two different space vehicles could dock in orbit, but it ha...
Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time
New Scientist - 17 Jul 2015 12:00
Stars vibrate like musical instruments, a property that tells us about their insides - and that could reveal gigantic gravitational waves
Pocket for iOS updated with text-to-speech feature
Slash Gear - 17 Jul 2015 21:22
Pocket, the wonderful app that lets users save articles and other content for reading later on, has updated its iOS app with a text to speed feature. With this feature, busy users can have their saved articles read to th...
CVS Photo Online Probes Possible Security Breach
NBC News - 17 Jul 2015 17:48
CVS shut down its online photo center after a security breach may have compromised customer credit card information.
The world's thinnest iPhone 6 solar charger is blowing up on Kickstarter
BGR - 17 Jul 2015 16:35
Apple might add solar charging features to its products at some point in the future, but we're not quite there yet. Luckily for those iPhone 6 owners looking to charge their devices using the sun's energy, there's a crow...
NASA Spacecraft Less Than 1 Year from Jupiter
SPACE.com - 17 Jul 2015 13:20
NASA's Juno probe is now less than one year away from its rendezvous with Jupiter. Juno, which launched in August 2011, is scheduled to slip into orbit around the gas giant on July 4, 2016.
Space junk collision scare forced ISS crew to evacuate
Engadget - 17 Jul 2015 06:30
The ISS crew sure had a rough morning yesterday: a piece of an old Russian satellite came hurtling towards them, and the team didn't have enough time to move the station out of the way. Since they only had an hour and a ...
Windows 10 Will Kill The Installation DVD, Finally
Gizmodo - 17 Jul 2015 06:14
If you're one of those quaint people who still uses 'physical media' to install new versions of operating systems, Windows 10 could have a big shock in store for you: USB drives replacing the clunky old reinstallation DV...