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After an arduous expedition that must’ve lasted hours, an intrepid frontiersman in the Seattle area has finally unearthed … Read More >>
Speculative fiction, and the art of predicting the future
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John Schwartz has a nice piece in today’s New York Times on science fiction as a tool for predicting the future: The dirty … Read More >>
Bankers will take $5 trillion from American economy over the coming decade
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How to succeed by failing: be a banker. From CNN World: For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the … Read More >>
“Rude” gestalt optical illusions
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Look closely. This isn’t your dad’s rabbit-duck illusion. “Rude Illusion Parade” (forgetmori) Read More >>
Nodes, Sensors, and Internet Access at the Bottom of the Ocean
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On September 1st the 274-foot Naval research vessel Thomas G. Thompson pulled into Newport, Oregon. Its crew of researchers, … Read More >>
Google Does A Full House Cleaning: Sunsets Desktop, Notebook, Fast Flip And More
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Well, it looks like the brooms and axes are out at Google today, for a little late-summer cleaning. The company announced via … Read More >>
Amazon Is Only Launching A 7″ Tablet? Genius. (Plus A Mockup!)
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The Amazon Kindle tablet is real. Very much real. As in, MG has held it in his very own hands. I threw together the mockup … Read More >>
Amazon tablet revealed; forks older Android and replaces Google marketplace
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MG Siegler has beheld the legendary Amazon tablet. It is 7″ big and has multitouch, a full-color backlit screen, Android, and a … Read More >>
webOS global business unit split outlined in leaked HP documents
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It’s been just over two weeks since HP announced plans to discontinue production of its webOS devices, and speculation over … Read More >>
Solar-powered rollerblading robot carries you to work on a chariot of humiliation (video)
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Bob Schneevis is at it again. The man who turned George W. Bush into a robotic Roman warrior has now developed something he … Read More >>