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Prehistoric Fleas Would Probably Eat Your Dog If They Still Existed [Insects]

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Their descendants are happy to just suck blood and pass along parasites to small mammals, but the hugeprehistoric fleas from 165 million years ago were equipped with saw-like projections around their mouth—for penetrating thick dino hides—that would probably make short work of a Chihuahua. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012

New Camera Sensor Captures Images and Depth Data At the Same Time [Guts]

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Samsung has developed what they're touting as the world's first sensor that can capture both an RGB and range (or depth) image at the same time, granting Kinect-like gesture recognition capabilities to a host of devices. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012

The Miracle Tree That’s Making Dirty Water Drinkable [Science]

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We take clean drinking water for granted, but in the developing world it's a big and expensive problem. Now, scientists are turning to a plant known as the Miracle Tree to create a new way of purifying water. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012

Windows 8 on a MacBook Air: Beautiful and Kinda Broken [Test Notes]

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The MacBook Air is the most beautiful piece of computing hardware you can put in front of your face. Windows 8 is arguably the most exciting software counterpart right now—sorry, Mountain Lion. So what happens when you mix? Well, maybe not what you'd hoped. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

Feb
29
2012

The Best Windows 8 Apps [Windows 8 Apps]

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Windows 8 is currently in its consumer preview, and aside from being g-g-gorgeous, it's also going to be home to a lot of beautiful new Metro-optimized apps through the Windows Store. Which are the best? Which do you need to download first? Here are the most essential Windows 8 apps on day one. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012

The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Box Set Is Your Reality Altering Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

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Marijuana. LSD. Shrooms. PCP. Ketamine. MDMA. DMT. Salvia. Ayahuasca. Hashish. I can assure you none of those have anything to do with today's deal, which is a special CD/DVD box set for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. The set presents the album in 5.1 surround, quadraphonic sound, and an uncompressed stereo mix of the album along with some special audio-visual material. And at $63, its more... [ Continue reading... ]

Feb
29
2012

First Nikon D4 Test Shots and Video: Low Light, High Quality [Video]

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We've heard ridiculous things about the Nikon D4's low-light performance: In short, word was that you can basically take great photos in a cave. We didn't go spelunking, but we did put this $6000 monster through its low light paces, and the results were even better than we'd hoped. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

Feb
29
2012

Brain waves used to make disturbing music

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While natural disasters can’t be helped, nobody likes to be reminded of them especially when they claim the lives of thousands of people. However, a Japanese artist named Masaki Batoh has decided to turn this negative experience into something creative instead. Using a modified EEG machine and headgear sensor, he has been able to utilize the help of last year’s Japan Earthquake survivors to create a new type of music... [ Continue reading... ]

Feb
29
2012

Warpia StreamEZ lets you have a wireless home theater setup

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Nobody wants any more cables on their hardware these days if they can help it, and Warpia is here to help with the StreamEZ. This useful accessory for your audio and video devices is designed to eliminate cable clutter that is usually present in most home theater systems. Not unlike other solutions on the market today, StreamEZ works with a transmitter and receiver as well. All you have to do is plug the transmitter into the video/audio... [ Continue reading... ]

Feb
29
2012

Inside Footage from Fukushima’s Deepest Crisis [Video]

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PBS' FRONTLINE cringe-inducing documentary, Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, takes you about as far inside Fukushima's rupturing, quake-paralyzed nuclear plant as you want to get. We've pulled together the most jarring moments here, where Japanese workers struggled to prevent a disaster from exploding further. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012
 
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