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Posted on 20110209

A $53 Billion Plan to Bring High-Speed Rail to the U.S.

via Fast Company

It’s no secret that the U.S. lags behind countries throughout Europe and Asia in the high-speed rail department. In 2009, the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110209

FareBot: an Android transit-card sniffer

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Eric Butler’s Android app FareBot uses the RFID reader built into the Nexus S Android phone to sniff RFID-enabled transit … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110209

Facebook and Privacy: Fired for Beer Photos?

via GOOD

Your Facebook profile is probably full of things that can get you fired. Just ask 24-year-old Ashley Payne, a former English … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110209

Electrified kids’ toys of 1950

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From the July, 1950 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, a glorious collection of kids’ toys — some you might find today, but others … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110208

Aphids peeking (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

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“Aphid Peeking,” a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by reader Aaron Muderick. “These guys are so tiny they … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110208

TI’s Chips Will Make 2012’s Tablets Real-Time 3-D Supercomputers

via Fast Company

Texas Instruments has just outed a chip well ahead of its 2012 availability date, but it’s such a hot ticket item it’s worth … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110208

Ebocloud, A Novel About The Social Singularity

via Singularity Hub

The Singularity may arrive through robots, computers, or bioengineering…or it might be created by Facebook. Ebocloud, the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110208

AOL and The Huffington Post Create Click-Generating Chimera

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According to news released early this morning, AOL, the struggling internet behemoth of the 1990s, is going to acquire The … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110208

This Power Plant Blows O’s and Doubles As a Ski Slope [Architecture]

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Posted on 20110204

Chronic Dev Team unleashes greenpois0n, untethered jailbreak for 4.2.1

via Engadget

It’s finally here, folks. The Chronic Dev Team has put out the latest version of greenpois0n that allows you to free your … Read More >>

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