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>Founder of "flip" video camera moves to selling grilled cheese sandwiches

June 2, 2011

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> A while back we saw Cisco buying out Flip, that one digital camera that connects straight to your computer. Shortly after the purchase Cisco shut down the Flip program, and Jonathan Kaplan, the owner of the Flip program, while “emotionally” sad, wasn’t to “money” sad since he made his money anyways, still his next […]

>Twitter launched the "follow" button

June 2, 2011

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> Twitter launched the “follow” button earlier today, it now enables users to subscribe to the twitter feeds of actors, individuals, companies, blogs, etc. straight from their websites with a simple click. The way it worked before was by publishers redirecting users straight to their twitter accounts, from there the users would have to click […]

>Giant planet is responsible for chunking asteroids towards the Earth

June 1, 2011

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> If you thought that our story about white holes was strange, things are about get a whole lot weirder as they take a turn into the twilight zone. For years scientist have tried to explain why asteroids come and go on an elliptical path, most importantly why they come on the “regular” basis. Finally, […]

>This Drug is capable of modifying your memories

May 31, 2011

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> So you broke up with your girlfriend? don’t worry about it, you’ll get over it soon enough, specially with the help of Metopirone Researchers from the University of Montreal have found a drug that seems to shut down a person’s recollection of “bad” memories, yet the “good” memories remain in tact. This is possibly […]

>GM will bring back El Camino if 100,000 people comment on this post!

May 31, 2011

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> Update: It looks like this story was a bit to late for today, For some reason, Blogger failed to post this story on May 4th … Still a good story though, just a few days out of place. We apologize for that inconvenience and probably for the big hype you probably got! – Thanks […]

>A thunderstorm, a comet, and fireworks together to make the most beautiful night sky

May 31, 2011

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> Sometimes the most beautiful things our planet has to offer happen right in front of our eyes, but it takes a very good photographer to capture them in one picture. In January 2007, people from Perth Australia got the best show in town. They all gathered on a local beach to watch the night […]

>Su 2.0 the 45 Year old woman who’s brain was "rebooted"

May 31, 2011

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> Imagine waking up one morning to realize… nothing. Thats practically what happened to Su. When Su Meck was only 22, she was hit with a ceiling fan, the fan caused so much trauma to the brain that Su had a full %100 memory loss. Her Husband Jim called her “Su 2.0. she had rebooted” […]

>The most accurate 3D map of our Universe

May 31, 2011

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> The first thing we need to get from point A to point B is know where in the wold those two points are. Otherwise, it’s just a random shot in the dark, and when it comes to the universe, that random “shot” is billions upon billions of miles away.  The image pictured above is […]

>RFID chip tracks the food inside you – tells you when it’s almost "done"

May 30, 2011

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> We have seen a tremendous advancement on RFID Chips, they went from Giant stickers found in the back of your pocket jeans down to a small tag, then Hotels began to use them to prevent towel stealing, and now Hannes Harms a student at Royal College of Art in London wants to turn them […]

>LAPD’s New Police Cruiser is fitted with a number of high tech devices

May 30, 2011

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> The LAPD’s got a new ride, and it’s sweet, unlike the previous rides this one is actually packed with some heavy duty technology. The car is a Chevrolet Caprice PPV it has a 355 hp engine with 384 foot-pounds of torque, add the high tech I’m talking about, and this baby makes the old […]