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  Evolution made easy

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Another awesome video from Thunderf00t. YouTube - Evolution for IDiots (remix)...  

  Oh, there's my jetpack!

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Ah, the future is strange indeed. YouTube - Ray flys Martin Jetpack for a VIP...  

  Everyone else already used 'iPad' name

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Oh Apple. First it was Cisco's iPod name, now this... "Everybody can think of an easy name like 'iPad.' It's not creative." Indeed several other companies worldwide have had the same idea. Germany's Siemens uses the trademark "iPad" for small...  

  What's better than the iPad?

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Why Microsoft's Courier - their secret booklet device, of course. Microsoft's Courier - Their secret booklet device • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control...  

  8 Things That Suck About the iPad

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Actually, they list 10 things. So here's 2 for free. No Multitasking This is a backbreaker. If this is supposed to be a replacement for netbooks, how can it possibly not have multitasking? Are you saying I can't listen to...  

  The Birth of Hyperspace

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Or is it warp technology? Which will win out, Star Wars or Star Trek? They say that ideas developed about 50 years ago by a German scientist named Burkhard Heim suggest that we could use a very strong magnetic field...  

  Japanese Robots Scare Me

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Creeeeepy. But, at least she's not spinning leeks......  

  Symphonies of Science

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4 great videos from melodysheep. You can download them from http://symphonyofscience.com. YouTube - Symphonies of Science...  

  The Pet Rock is Back

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Now with USB 2.0 support. Simply plug the USB cable into a free port and let the fun begin. The USB Pet Rock will instantly begin to work its magic. People will stop by and ask you what your USB...  

  Mutated by Cosmic Rays

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First time I've seen this outside of a Marvel comic book reference: Cosmic rays can mutate Charged particles zipping through space, known as cosmic rays, can mutate the otherwise manageable microbes, spurring the bugs to reproduce quicker and become more...  
Interesting point. Also, it brings up a very good point referenced in the Little Brother novel: what happens when a government organization puts out its own version of ParanoidLinux in an attempt to snare those who think they need it?...  

  Hosting a key party with Windows 7

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Really? People have parties like this? I like this version a lot better: Now there's a party I can get behind....  

  Nerds are Rockstars

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It's true, as this Intel ad shows. YouTube - An "Intel Star" TV ad -- Sponsors of Tomorrow...  

  They Might Be Teaching You Something

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Playlist of They Might Be Giants' sciencey videos. Now get out there an learn something! YouTube - TMBG Science Videos...  

  Electron Cloud Photographed

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Eat that, anyone who's never won a Nobel prize! More proof that science is real. Scientists at the Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology in Ukraine have achieved what seemed to be a dauntingly impossible task: they've managed to take...  

  NYTimes: Machines will kill us all!

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NYT gets a little spooked by recent Terminator movies. The researchers -- leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California -- generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized...  

  Steorn's Orbo doesn't work

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But that should come as no big surprise to most people, especially those of us who abide by the laws of thermodynamics. The remainder of the 22 person jury chosen by Steorn have unanimously determined there's no such thing as...  
Very cool experiment with portable CD players. In space!...  

  Ecstasy's long-term effects

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I almost forgot to post this. Ecstasy's long-term effects revealed - health - 11 February 2009 - New Scientist Twenty years ago, young people all over the world donned T-shirts emblazoned with smiley faces and danced all night, fuelled by...  

  Sony unveils a time vampire

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Among the other things they're calling it... Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work | The Onion - America's Finest News Source...  

  Fast fry potatoes

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A spud-gun. Why didn't I think of that? Uber Tuber on MAKE: television from make magazine on Vimeo. MAKE: Blog: Uber Tuber on MAKE: television...  

  Water-powered Jet Pack

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This is three kinds of awesome! Although, I suppose you could show some fat guy eating spaghetti to the tune of Also sprach Zarathustra, and it would seem awesome too. Amazing New Water-Powered Jet Pack - Watch more Free Videos...  

  Italian Job cliffhanger problem solved

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'Hang on for 40 years lads, I've got a great idea...' Answer to Italian Job cliffhanger found | Metro.co.uk Finally, a solution has been found by the winner of a Royal Society of Chemistry contest. The team should smash the...  

  The Impossible Project

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Oh, this is great! We aim to re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid's old equipment, factory and seek your support. The Impossible Project I'm already scouring the thrift shops for...  

  Obama's PDA

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President Barack Obama's got a new Blackberry smartphone. Product Details - Sectéra Edge™ SME PED - Overview...  

  Swiss Bike

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Cool bike designed for paratroopers while jumping out of planes. This would make a great portable bike for our sailboat ... that we buy when we win the lottery ... and buy up a small island ... and become famous...  

  2TB SD card

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Holy crap! How long would it take to fill it with data, assuming you had an idle 2TB lying around on some other enormous hard drive? Latest SD card format to reach 2TB of storage - ZDNet.co.uk The SD Association,...  

  Paradise island 'caretaker'

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I've already applied for this, so get lost! BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Wanted: Paradise island 'caretaker' Tourism officials in Australia are describing it as 'the best job in the world'. They want someone to work on a tropical island...  

  Dean Kamen's mind-controlled cyborg arm

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He jokes and says it's made from Unobtanium. It's named after Luke Skywalker, and can provide enough sensory feedback, strength, control, and power to be a great prototype for future generations of cyborgs. All Things D: Dean Kamen on His...  

  The stars are right

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At least if you're in the southern hemisphere. If you're up here, you get a very angry-looking upside-down face. And Azathoth insanely smiled down on Earth and its sleeping inhabitants, blissfully unaware that they would soon be eaten. Three brightest...  

  Why OS X Shrugs Off Viruses

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Smart people already know about this, but maybe I'm not that smart. Maybe you aren't, either. Giz Explains: Why OS X Shrugs Off Viruses Better Than Windows There are a few different ways that Microsoft's mammoth market share actually hurts...  

  Hawking coming to Perimeter Institute

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Hah. Totally called this one. Hawking's coming to Waterloo. Stephen Hawking coming to Waterloo, Ont.’s Perimeter Institute Professor Stephen Hawking has been appointed a distinguished research chair at Waterloo, Ont.'s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. "The appointment marks a new...  

  First extra-solar planet discovered

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Hubble Snaps First Photo Of Planet Circling A Star -- InformationWeek It took about seven years, but NASA has finally found a planet that circles another star. The Hubble Space Telescope took the first visible-light snapshot of Fomalhaut b, which...  

  Atomic Pen writes on individual atoms

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It'd be pretty cool to have an atomic pen; think of all the secret notes you could leave for people with electron microscopes. But I'd probably keep losing the pen ... and the notes too. 'Atomic pen' writes with individual...  

  Google creates their own beer goggles

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I welcome our computer overlords. This new concept is supposed to prevent people from drunk emailing by asking skill testing questions. The next phase of the operation is to ask impossible questions when the person tries to email virus warnings,...  
I never really considered that I might have synaesthesia. Do we all have some synaesthetic ability? - health - 30 September 2008 - New Scientist So, you think you're not synaesthetic. You might have to think again. New research shows...  

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