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1. Flying Drone Charges Devices Wirelessly
Posted in Technology
University of Nebraska's new charging drone is something that smartphone manufacturers and carriers, among a plethora of other organizations, should pay close attention to.
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2. Facebook Stock Plummets - Zuckenberg Off Forbes Richest People List
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It appears even the world's most successful social network isn't error-proof.
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3. ZeroN - MIT's Revolutionary Computer Interface
Posted in Technology
MIT's ZeroN is a magnetically levitated metal ball that can be used as a 3D mouse, a 3D camera and more.
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4. NASA Goes Asteroid Hunting in a Zeppelin
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NASA goes after the fragments of an asteroid that touched down in Nevada with the help of a chartered airship.
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5. Multicore Processors - Useless on Phones?
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Is Stephen Elop rubbing in the success of the Lumia 900 by speaking out against dual core processors?
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6. Can Satellites Provide Power To Earth From Space?
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NASA funds former employee's concept for satellites that would beam solar energy down to Earth.
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7. Smartphone-Based Train Tickets Pulling Into Boston
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The future is coming to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authortiy this Fall.
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8. Louvre Museum Uses Nintendo 3DS In Tour System
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The Louvre Museum in Paris uses a dual-screen 3D-equipped portable gaming console to help the visitors navigate its halls.
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9. Royal Canadian Mint Crowdsources e-Currency
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The Royal Canadian Mint has announced it's getting rid of the penny and issuing a challenge to the software community to develop a virtual currency.
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10. James Cameron, Google Plan To Mine Asteroids
Posted in Astronomy
Planetary Resources gets some very high-profile backers for its asteroid mining program.
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11. Tupac Shakur Resurrected As A Realistic Hologram
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California music festival gets a surprise visit from the rap legend's "ghost".
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12. Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin masterfully weaves a tale of political intrigue, war, and chivalry with a mix of fantastical elements
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1. Smartphones Beat PC Revolution, Dot Com Boom and Social Networks in Growth.
1. Smartphones Beat PC Revolution, Dot Com Boom and Social Networks in Growth.
(Smartphone usage is officially the fastest growing technology trend of the past 3 decades.)
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2. Israeli Inventor Puts Together Fully Functioning Cardboard Bicycle
2. Israeli Inventor Puts Together Fully Functioning Cardboard Bicycle
(The greenest vehicle known to man goes even greener.)
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3. Chickenpox Vaccine A Success
3. Chickenpox Vaccine A Success
(Since the U.S. began routine chickenpox vaccination in 1995, the number of Americans sent to hospitals by the infection each year has dropped by more than two-thirds, government researchers reported Monday.)
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Category: Medicine and Biology
4. Weird New Creatures Found in Antarctica
4. Weird New Creatures Found in Antarctica
(Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world’s most pristine marine environments. )
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Category: Flora and Fauna
5. Japan Disaster - Before & After Cleanup Photo Gallery
5. Japan Disaster - Before & After Cleanup Photo Gallery
(This gallery of photographs shows the widespread devestation documented shortly after the 2011 disaster, and follows it up with a shot taken in the same place 3 months later. Quite a stunning compilation!)
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Category: Earth Sciences
6. Chimpanzees Hunt Using Spears
6. Chimpanzees Hunt Using Spears
(Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.)
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7. How Jellyfish Work
7. How Jellyfish Work
(Jellyfish are probably some of the most unusual and mysterious creatures that you'll ever encounter.)
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8. Top 5 NASA Space Missions Of All Time
8. Top 5 NASA Space Missions Of All Time
(These are the top 5 accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to date. We cant wait to expand this list, so get to work NASA!)
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1. Looters Smash Egyptian Treasures and Mummies
1. Looters Smash Egyptian Treasures and Mummies
(Looters broke into the Cairo museum housing the world's greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures, smashing several statues and damaging two mummies, while police battled anti-government protesters on the streets.)
Rating: 2.98
Category: Humanity
2. U.S. Considers Libya Air Strikes
2. U.S. Considers Libya Air Strikes
(Libyan troops pushed forward toward the insurgent stronghold of Benghazi on Thursday and launched air raids on its outskirts as Washington raised the possibility of air strikes to stop Muammar Gaddafi's forces.)
Rating: 2.98
Category: Humanity
3. Census of Modern Organisms Reveals Echo of Mass Extinction
3. Census of Modern Organisms Reveals Echo of Mass Extinction
(Paleontologists can still hear the echo of the death knell that drove the dinosaurs and many other organisms to extinction following an asteroid collision at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago.)
Rating: 2.98
Category: Flora and Fauna
4. Budget Cuts To Shut Down CERN Accelerators
4. Budget Cuts To Shut Down CERN Accelerators
(Europe's particle research center CERN unveiled budget cuts Friday that will force it to temporarily close its accelerators for a year in 2012, but said its flagship "Big Bang" machine will mainly be unaffected.)
Rating: 2.97
Category: Technology
5. 50th Anniversary of Manned U.S. Space Flight
5. 50th Anniversary of Manned U.S. Space Flight
(The United States space program was down and out when Alan Shepard climbed inside a one-man capsule on May 5, 1961, for a 15-minute ride.)
Rating: 2.97
Category: Astronomy
6. Marijuana Doesn't Cause Cancer
6. Marijuana Doesn't Cause Cancer
(Scientists were surprised to learn that a study of more than 2,000 people found no increase in the risk of developing lung cancer for marijuana smokers.)
Rating: 2.97
Category: Medicine and Biology
7. Giant Crayfish Found in Tennessee
7. Giant Crayfish Found in Tennessee
(A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said on Wednesday.)
Rating: 2.97
Category: Flora and Fauna
8. Russian-U.S. Soyuz Crew Lands Safely on Earth
8. Russian-U.S. Soyuz Crew Lands Safely on Earth
(A Russian Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the Kazakh steppe through stiff winds and snow on Wednesday, delivering a U.S.-Russian astronaut trio to Earth after five months on the International Space Station.)
Rating: 2.97
Category: Astronomy