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A Portable Battery That Runs on Saltwater or Urine
If you've got a battery, you still need a means of charging it. And if you're in the military, you know that you never have exactly what you need exactly when you need it.
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Google Confirms Android 2.2 Will Fully Support Flash
Google’s Andy Rubin revealed that the upcoming version of the Android mobile operating system will fully support Flash technology.
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LEDs Could Save Your Wrinkled, Pimpled Face
Forget botox—if you want better-looking skin, start looking closer to home. At your LED-backlit LCD, for example. The Light Masque, pictured, is the secret to eternal beauty according to specialists, using red LEDs to diminish lines and spots.
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Study: Teen Girls Average 80 Texts Per Day
A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project has looked for insights into teen culture and specifically the prevalence of texting. According to the study, texting among the teen population in the U.S. has grown dramatically since 2008. Texting has now surpassed phone calls, IM, and social networking for communication between teens.
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The Geminoid F brings us a step closer to Bladerunner
The Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University has helped produce what has to be the most convincing android yet to come out of Japan
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Who would benefit most by buying Palm?
Rumors are swirling that Lenovo is interested in Palm. Sure, it's mostly the talk of Wall Street hedge fund folks, but it's sent Palm's stock up 20 percent, or 77 cents to close at $4.62 Wednesday. Is Lenovo actually interested in acquiring Palm's sagging smartphone business?
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The Inventor of the Ascender May Be A Real Life Bruce Wayne watch!
Nate Ball, mechanical engineer, MIT grad, and co-founder of Atlas Devices, just might be the masked crusader. As a stude...
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Does Technology Boost Productivity Or Devour Our Time?
That tablet by your bedside, the netbook you use on the commuter train, the 3G smartphone that's always within reach and other office technologies that were supposed to improve white-collar productivity instead are driving us to distraction.
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TiVo Premiere: TiVo's Latest DVR (Review)
TiVo has taken its sweet time to build its latest DVR, TiVo Premiere, which takes most of what was good with the TiVo HD and updates it with new hardware and software. The TiVo Premiere is a Series4 DVR and features a 320GB hard drive, good for about 45 hours of HD programming, or more than 400 hours of standard-def recordings.
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Gaming Vest Makes Virtual Fights Real and Painful
Next time your character gets shot while playing Call of Duty it could hurt for real. A tactile gaming vest created at the University of Pennsylvania can make
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