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The faster the internet becomes, the slower it loads pages

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Image via Wikipedia World Wide Wait EVER noticed how long it takes for web pages to load these days? You click on a link and wait...

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Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall

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Image via Wikipedia Students endure hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and from school in this desert exurb of Tucson, and stir-crazy...

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Wikileaks and Iceland MPs propose ‘journalism haven’

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Image via Wikipedia Wikileaks has provoked the dream of Iceland becoming a haven for whistle-blowing Iceland could become a "journalism haven" if a proposal put...

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The Age of Impossible Numbers

In 1995, the majestic spiral galaxy {{w|NGC 44...

Image via Wikipedia The human brain is poorly equipped for comprehending massive quantities. This makes sense from an evolutionary perspective; large numbers are relatively new features...

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Tiny microphones provide a new way to eliminate background noise

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Image by visual.dichotomy via Flickr Opting for the quiet life MANY of those who talk loudly into their mobile phones are just inconsiderate show-offs for whom...

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Google to launch experimental 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home network

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Image via CrunchBase Google plans to roll-out an experimental trial of an ultra high-speed 1 gigabit per second (1Gbps) fiber-to-the-home (FFTH) broadband service that is...

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Using a skin graft to give city eyesores an eco-friendly face-lift

Eco-Friendly Face Lift

There’s no doubt fashion is fleeting. What might be the height of fashion today is almost certainly the fashion faux pas of tomorrow. Thankfully,...

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Japan’s two-second folding bicycle

2 Second Folding Bicycle

While folding bicycles have been around for a while now, this new variation can be folded with a swiftness and elegance never seen...

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Nanopool says the case is clear for spray-on glass

Spray-on glass

Yep, you read it right, spray-on glass. It could revolutionize the fields of agriculture, medicine, fashion, transportation - really, it would be easier to...

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Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb

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Image via Wikipedia Could methane-digesting bacteria and an Arctic cap of fresh water prevent a climate catastrophe? Methane trapped in Arctic ice (and elsewhere) could be...

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Willow Garage offers free robots to researchers

Willow Garage Robot

Imagine if every time someone wanted to develop a new piece of software, they first had to design and build a computer to...

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‘Artificial pancreas’ could remove multiple daily finger prick tests for children with type 1 diabetes

Artificial Pancreas

An artificial pancreas system being developed by scientists at Cambridge in the UK could help safely manage type 1 diabetes in children. The new...

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Quantum computing researchers achieve control over individual electrons

Quantum Computing

The superfast computers of tomorrow will likely be able to manipulate individual electrons, harnessing their charge and magnetism to achieve massive data storage...

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It’s All About Schools

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Image via Wikipedia THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I took part in a “qat chew” the other day at the home of a Yemeni official. Never done that...

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Zoom Replaces Missing Vroom

ZX40ST Electric Truck

Image via Wikipedia “SMOOTH and quiet as an electric motor” is a phrase that has been used repeatedly to compliment gasoline and diesel engines that...

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PrePeat inkless printer reuses sheets up to 1000 times

PrePeat inkless printer

Wouldn’t you love a dollar for every time you heard the phrase “paperless office” being bandied about during the 90s? Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen,...

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Bubble Motion Launches Twitter-Like Voice Blogging Service For Mobile Phones

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Image via Wikipedia Sequoia-backed voice messaging company Bubble Motion is getting into the microblogging space today, that is the voice-based microblogging space. The startup is launching...

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Energy-generating sOccket soccer ball scores a goal in off-grid villages

sOccet soccer ball

What kid doesn’t like kicking around a soccer ball? Imagine if this fun activity could also provide enough energy to power something useful...

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Quantum trick for pressure-sensitive mobile devices

A simulation of the original design of the GPS...

Image via Wikipedia Hand-held devices could soon have pressure-sensitive touch-screens and keys, thanks to a UK firm's material that exploits a quantum physics trick. The...

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Street Smarts: The BioBus Brings a Rolling Science Lab to Resource-Strapped Schools

BioBus

The Cell Motion BioBus, a high-tech, carbon-neutral laboratory housed in a retrofitted transit bus brings science education to deprived schools, and the hands-on...

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Robot Pack Mule to Carry Loads for G.I.s on the Move

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Image via Wikipedia Boston Dynamics's Legged Squad Support System is the latest challenge for robotics pioneer Marc Raibert Within the next three years, the U.S. military...

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Utility to Build First Power Plant with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits in California

Calpine power plant control room

Image by kqedquest via Flickr The planned natural gas-fired power plant will be the first to accept federal restrictions on the amount...

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Tech firm InteraXon to transmit brain waves across Canada

Thought Controlled Computing

If you’re attending the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia this month, you’ll have the chance to transmit your brain waves across...

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Robotic Audi TTS to tackle Pikes Peak at race speed – without a driver

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Image via Wikipedia The team at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) are aiming to send a specially-equipped robotic Audi at break-neck...

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Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall

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Students endure hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and from school
in this desert exurb of Tucson, and stir-crazy teenagers break the monotony by teasing, texting, flirting, shouting, climbing (over seats) and sometimes punching (seats or seatmates).
But on this chilly morning, as bus No. 92 rolls down [...]

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