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FStop is a Tinder-esque App for Pairing Models with Photographers
PetaPixel - 13 Jul 2016 19:54The First Print Shop for Paintings Made By Bots
Motherboard - 13 Jul 2016 12:00
Red Hook, Brooklyn, is now home to Artmatr Inc., a lab where you can come with an idea for a painting and the bot will make it for you exactly as you please.
SAVI SCOUT Targets Breast Tumors
Ivanhoe - 13 Jul 2016 07:00
TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 150,000 women have breast reconstruction surgery and breast conserving surgery every year. Thirty percent may require repeat surgeries. But there's new technology that could lo...
Save $50 on the 40W OontZ Angle XL Bluetooth Speaker
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2016 16:40
The original OontZ Angle is one of your five favorite Bluetooth speakers , but if you need something a little louder, the XL version is on sale for $80 today on Amazon, an all-time low, and about $50 less than usual.
23andMe launches new genotyping services for research
EurekAlert! - 13 Jul 2016 06:00
(Edelman) 23andMe announced the launch of its new Genotyping Services for Research platform, providing scientists with an end-to-end service to incorporate genetic information into their studies.
One frightening live sex show and the state of 360 video
Engadget - 13 Jul 2016 20:00
NSFW Warning: This story may contain links to and descriptions or images of explicit sexual acts. A woman with an enormous, warped vagina stands over you, attempting to situate a pair of naked coeds just so on an overstu...
The FBI is taking a deep privacy-infringing look into your eyes
BGR - 13 Jul 2016 04:00
The FBI loves your eyes so much that it will keep an iris scan of them forever, as long as you get arrested in one of the cities that are running an FBI iris scan program. The program has no privacy oversight and few pu...
Soprano and quantum computer combine for world first performance
Phys.org - 13 Jul 2016 15:10
What happens when you combine the pure tones of an internationally renowned mezzo soprano and the complex technology of a $15million quantum supercomputer?
Caltech scientists make Van Gogh painting out of DNA origami
Engadget - 13 Jul 2016 05:22
Art recreated in miniature is oddly compelling, requiring precision and a lot of patience. Caltech scientists have taken their own stab at it and recreated Vincent van Gogh's classic The Starry Night at about the width o...
Stellar outburst brings water snowline into view
e! Science News - 13 Jul 2016 23:25
A violent outburst by the young star V883 Orionis has given astronomers their first view of a water "snowline" in a protoplanetary disk - the transition point around the star where the temperature and pressure are low en...
DJI and Hasselblad team up for a souped up photography drone
Engadget - 13 Jul 2016 17:21
Back in 2015, DJI invested in a minority stake in the Swedish firm Hasselblad, which has resulted in the companies teaming up for a powerful new photography drone. The partnership has spawned the A5D-M600 bundle, featuri...
Robot would assemble modular telescope--in space
Phys.org - 13 Jul 2016 15:39
Enhancing astronomers' ability to peer ever more deeply into the cosmos may hinge on developing larger space-based telescopes. A new concept in space telescope design makes use of a modular structure and an assembly robo...
Astronomers discover a highly inflated sub-Saturn extrasolar planet
Phys.org - 13 Jul 2016 15:00
(Phys.org)--An international team of astronomers led by Joshua Pepper of the Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has detected an extremely inflated sub-Saturn exoplanet orbiting a bright subgiant star. The newl...
Europe's workhorse Sentinel ready for action
ESA - 13 Jul 2016 14:20
Getting the bigger picture on the health of our planet drew another step closer today as Europe's Sentinel-3A satellite was handed over to Eumetsat for operations.
Fiat Chrysler Offers Hackers Bounty to Report Cyber Threats
ABC News - 13 Jul 2016 06:22
Fiat Chrysler is turning to weekend car tinkerers and good-guy hackers to expose software vulnerability in its cars and trucks
Genes That Cause Red Hair And Freckles Increase Skin Cancer Risk
Tech Times - 13 Jul 2016 05:35
People who have red hair, as well as freckled and pale skin, have increased risk for skin cancer. A study that examined tumor DNA sequences revealed why redheads should be extra cautious of the sun.
Samsung Unwraps Massive 4 TB 850 EVO SSD: Speed And Space In One Package
Tech Times - 13 Jul 2016 05:14
Samsung silently unveiled its 4 TB 850 EVO SSD on its site. Here is what to expect from this particular variant of the 850 EVO.
Avis Now lets you pick your rental car from your phone
Engadget - 13 Jul 2016 04:32
To keep up with with the growing proliferation of car sharing services (and their own sister company Zipcar), Avis will now let you pick your ride, extend your rental or just breeze through the car pick up process right ...
ESA Prepares Revolutionary Air Breathing Rocket Engine
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2016 03:24
If new rocket engines being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) are successful, they could revolutionize rocket technology and change the way we get to space. The engine, called the Synergistic Air-Breathing Roc...
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 12 July 2016
SpaceRef - 13 Jul 2016 23:00
The newly-expanded Expedition 48 crew is preparing for next week's arrival of the ninth SpaceX mission. In the meantime, the International Space Station's newest trio is getting used to their new home in space and conduc...
China Could Legally Seize Moon's 'Peaks of Eternal Light' --"Will Earth's 1st Space War Over Helium 3 Start There?
The Daily Galaxy - 13 Jul 2016 21:27
A 'research station' on the 'peaks of eternal light' would prevent anyone else from approaching. A Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics senior astrophysicist, Martin Elvis, has sounded the alarm of how an unfriend...
The Moon Is A Real Attention Junkie
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2016 20:40
We're accustomed to seeing stunning images of both the Moon and Earth floating in space. It's the age we live in. But seeing them together is rare. Now, NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) has captured images ...