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Usain Bolt Now Part of the Shitty Celeb Headphones Illuminati [Headphones]

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In an occult ceremony involving Dr. Dre, Justin Bieber, Diddy, and Ludacris, Usain Bolt was inducted into the famous person headphone cash-in club. One of the greatest humans in the history of the species now shills for gadgets! More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012

Hang This Portable Swing Kit Anywhere for an Instant Playground on the Go [Video]

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Whenever the urge to swing strikes—whether your're in an industrial-looking warehouse, a busy construction site, or a crowded sidewalk—as long as you can find something overhead that's sturdy enough to support your weight, you can string up this simple portable swing seat. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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15
2012

Turkey Thinks This Bird Is an Israeli Spy Because Its Nostril Is Big Enough to Hold Microchips [Espionage]

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Turkish authorities announced Tuesday that they have recovered the body of a daring Israeli spy—replete with feathers. And a belly full of bees. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

May
15
2012

Air-Conditioned Flak Jackets Could Keep Cops Cool In the Summer [Safety]

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Empa, a Swiss materials company, has created an air-conditioned bulletproof vest based on Coolpad technology that could help keep police officers cool in the boiling, brain-melting summer heat. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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15
2012

This Watch Might Have Saved Someone’s Life in Vietnam [Watches]

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Luxury watch makers seem to be caught up in an arms race to include the most exotic materials in their timepieces. From genuine volcanic ash, to metal from the Titanic, to a face stamped from the bodywork of one of the most recognizable symbols of the Vietnam War. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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15
2012

Everything You Need To Disappoint Kids Who’d Hoped For a Real Pool This Summer [Toolkit]

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Year after year they beg and plead, but kids don't realize just how expensive it is to install a pool in your backyard. Not to mention all of the constant maintenance and cleaning. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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15
2012

GeForce Grid To Accelerate Cloud-Based Gaming Rendering

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GeForce Grid is described by NVIDIA has a cloud gaming platform which is a “gaming-as-a-service” product which lets developer address a larger market by executing games on remote servers and stream them to all kinds of devices (laptop, tablets…) over the Internet. This is not unlike OnLive by the looks of it. Of course, the main issue when dealing with game streaming games is latency. It’s not a new problem, and... [ Continue reading... ]

May
15
2012

NVIDIA’s Kepler GPU Supports Cloud Environments

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NVIDIA has just announced at its GTC conference that the NVIDIA Kepler* graphics processor (GPU) has been designed to support virtualized environments which are the basis of cloud computing. GPUs are traditionally very hard to integrate in a virtual environment because GPUs have traditionally been designed around performance, which often resonates with a “direct to the metal” programming mentality. These days, GPUs are fast... [ Continue reading... ]

May
15
2012

Vator Splash LA – Los Angeles, June 7

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Join hundreds of high-tech influencers for Vator Splash LA on June 7, 2012 between 4 pm and 11 pm at the Highlands Hollywood. Use the discount code “UBERGIZMO” for 15% off your registration here. Splash is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash gathers leading entrepreneurs, innovators, venture capitalists and angel investors across technology to inspire and energize the audience about entrepreneurship and... [ Continue reading... ]

May
15
2012

Piezoelectric Viruses Produce Electricity in a Pinch [Video]

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The problem with current piezoelectric systems is that they're typically made from toxic materials. But boffins at the Berkeley Lab have devised an ingeniously green alternative—current-creating bacteriophages. More » ... [ Continue reading... ]

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2012
 
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