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Blog Liveblog: Listening To Fake Coffeeshop Noises To Increase Productivity
CoffitivityCoffitivityCoffitivity gives you the ambient noise of a coffeeshop, wherever you are. I wrote this post while using the service to test it out. Coffitivity is a website with a ten-minute,...
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Man Charged For Shooting Robot
Coming In An experimental bomb squad robot from 2001 shows off its dexterity. Photo by Randy MontoyaBefore sending any people in, police sent two robots to check out an Ohio shooter barricaded in his...
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Can We Humans Build Cities That Don't Freak Us Out?
Outside PopSci's OfficeGoogle StreetviewNew research tries to measure the impact of streetscapes on our mental health. If you condensed all 200,000 years of humanity's existence into a one hour-long...
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Wireless, Implantable Interface Lets Monkeys Control Computers With Their Brains
Implantable Brain Interface Engineers Arto Nurmikko and Ming Yin examine their prototype wireless, broadband neural sensing device. Fred Field for Brown UniversityBrown University researchers invented...
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There's Salt Water On The Surface Of Europa, Which Could Be Good News For...
Liquid At Europa's Surface Based on new evidence from Jupiter's moon Europa, astronomers hypothesize that chloride salts bubble up from the icy moon's global liquid ocean and reach the frozen surface,...
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This Wristband Recognizes When You Write In The Air With Your Finger
AirwritingVolker Steger/KITIt's all in the wrist. Though smartphone technology has evolved to be able to treat your depression and drive your robot, one basic function -- typing -- can still be a total...
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Roku's Newest Streaming Box Remains Tiny, Gets New Processor And Interface
Roku 3RokuThe newest Roku addresses all of our issues with the last model--more powerful, better interface--with some unexpected bonuses to boot. Roku just announced the company's newest flagship media...
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How Did This Wolf Get To An Isolated Chain Of Islands?
Falkland Islands WolfMichael Rothman, Ace Coinage IncDNA testing and marine geology shows how the now-extinct Falkland Islands wolf crossed almost 300 miles of sea. In 1690, British explorers at the...
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Should We Use Big Data To Punish Crimes Before They're Committed?
NERSC's FranklinNERSCWelcome to a future in which big data helps law enforcement predict and punish crime before it happens. John Anderton is the chief of a special police unit in Washington, D.C. This...
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Watch 15,000 Volt Currents Meander Across A Sheet Of Plywood [Video]
These branching scorched patterns look just like river systems. Melanie Hoff, an art student at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, connected cables carrying 15,000 volts of electricity to a large sheet of...
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A Drone Flew Within 200 Feet Of A Commercial Jet. How Legal Was It?
Panic!Wikimedia CommonsAn airline pilot spotted an unmanned flying object dangerously close to his plane in Brooklyn yesterday. What can we learn from this? Yesterday morning, an Alitalia pilot...
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A Bookie's Odds On The Next Pope [Infographic]
Papal OddsDavid Smith, RevolutionsUpdated hourly, for your convenience It looks like Archbishop Angelo Scola is a top pick among Vatican-watchers for the next pope. Wanna bet on it?Now you can (But...
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"Keep Calm And Rape," Plus 5 More Awful/Offensive/Hilarious Algorithm-Created...
'Keep Calm And Rape Off'Amazon via NY Daily NewsHow did these insane slogans actually get on the internet? And who's buying them? Click here for some other examples of algorithms getting offensive.Just...
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New Smart Material Will Form Instant Casts For Accident Victims
A company in Spain has developed a fabric that hardens like plastic when applied to a vacuum. Paramedics may soon have a new instrument for their emergency first aid kits--a smart fabric that, when...
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How Football Hits Could Lead To An Immune Attack On The Brain
Head To HeadFrom the Centers of Disease Control and PreventionWe take a look at a new idea about head injuries in football. There's plenty of evidence that repeated head hits in football-even if they...
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Meet The Newest, Most Absurd Supercars From Lamborghini And Ferrari
Lamborghini VenenoLamborghiniIt's time for some ridiculous cars more suitable for a poster on a 12-year-old's bedroom wall than a trip to the supermarket! If you want to check out the best from the...
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Science Confirms The Obvious: Gun Laws Are Associated With Fewer Gun Deaths
But all that really tells us is that we need more research. In the wake of some particularly high-profile mass shootings, the national debate over gun control is perhaps more heated than ever. Does gun...
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Insect Wings: Nature's Most Violent Antimicrobial? [Video]
Nanoscale spikes in cicada wings behave like a medieval torture device, ripping bacteria to shreds. Cicadas are best known here in North America for only emerging from deep underground in huge swaths...
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Kepler's Hunt For Planets Outside Our Solar System: The Greatest Hits
Kepler-35Lynette Cook via NASAThese findings have changed the way we see our solar system. This article originally ran November 15, 2012. We've dusted it off to celebrate the four-year anniversary of...
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The Kinect Can Recognize Hand and Multitouch Gestures
Yes, there was a certain Tom Cruise movie with gestures just like these. No, we're not going to name it. Cem Keskin, a researcher over at Microsoft Labs, demonstrated a great new evolution of the...
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