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Tech NewsFacebook’s Rolling Out Smart Lists and Summaries for People with Too Many Friends
Facebook’s doling out new features to the masses this week. Their Google-Plus-alike Smart Lists will help you divide up the friends you care about. And their new email summaries will mush together the thousands of notifications you get from friends you don’t. Smart Lists, as you know, allows you to cull through your friends and … Continued
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Tech NewsWe Need Food Printers, Like, Yesterday
I don’t make the best nutritional choices of anyone I know. I don’t have the time to not eat chips for breakfast. What I need in my life is a food printer. Seriously. It’s time we started seeing them! Researchers have been working on the technology for some time now, and we’ve seen them all … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Fireball That Could Save Firefighters’ Lives
Firefighters are awesome, but it doesn’t change the fact that the job puts their lives on the line. This Wi-Fi ball, courtesy of Intel, has sensors built-in that, if thrown into a burning building, could keep our bravest out of harm’s way. https://gizmodo.com/this-firefighter-climbs-buildings-faster-than-spider-ma-5837696 Intel showed their fireball off at their IDF Day Zero presentations. It’s … Continued
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Tech News
The New Law That’s Making Phones Smaller and Robots (Potentially) Immortal
Computer hardware manufacturers have been guided by Moore’s law—that chips double in power every 18 months—for decades. A newly discovered trend, however, seems to be outpacing old Moore, making computers and mobile devices more power efficient in the same timeframe. The trend, now called “Koomey’s Law,” was discovered by Stanford University’s consulting professor of civil … Continued
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Nvidia’s Tegra 2 Successors Are Planning a Takeover
At last week’s Citi Technology Conference, Nvidia showed off their roadmap for their Tegra line of smartphone chips. The takeaway: their “Wayne” and “Grey” chipsets could give them an in with most handset makers by 2013. The first move is clearly in the power department. The “Wayne” system-on-a-chip is a descendant of the upcoming quad-core … Continued
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Tech News
Evil Genius Virus Literally Melts Troublesome Caterpillars
The Gypsy moth is one of the most obnoxious pests in the US today, capable of decimating whole forests. So of course the government wants them eradicated. But so potent is the virus they use to control them that it makes them suicidal and melts their insides. The virus is known as baculovirus, and it’s … Continued
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Tech News
This Is Houdini’s Pre-iPhone Personal Message Signature
Houdini was truly on the cutting edge. He wasn’t just the first man to fight a robot on film. He also jumped on the quick and relatively dirty “I’m at brunch and messaging you” thing REAL early, too. https://gizmodo.com/houdini-was-the-first-person-to-fight-a-robot-on-film-368301 [Letterheady via Brendan Koerner]
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Tech News
Fusion Garage’s Grid10 Gets a Price Drop and New Release Date
Remember the Grid10? Of course you do…n’t? Well, Fusion Garage’s Android-ish, infinite desktop-having tablet got pushed back two weeks to October 1st to allow for testing and Flash certification. But at least its down to $300. Ambition alone doesn’t justify a $500 price tag. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-the-grid-10-tablet-and-the-grid-4-phone-infin-5831676 [This Is My Next]
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Tech News
HTC (Kinda, Maybe) Wants to Buy WebOS
WebOS is in the doldrums. Even though HP is ostensibly keeping it alive, it’s not going anywhere in their hands. Rumors have spread about companies courting HP, but HTC seems to be putting serious thought into taking WebOS under their wing. https://gizmodo.com/here-is-the-most-depressing-hp-memo-of-all-time-5837758 They don’t have much real competition in that quarter either. Samsung squashed rumblings … Continued
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Tech News
AT&T Goes All In with Three 4G Windows Phone Mango Handsets
Right alongside the churnings of the old rumor mill, AT&T is ready to push out 3 new 4G Windows Phone Mango phones, namely the massive HTC Titan, the Samsung Focus S, and the Samsung Focus Flash. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-5-mango-might-be-out-september-15th-5839242
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Science Says Spongebob Is Killing Your Kids’ Brains
I grew up with Spongebob. Well, ok, I was 11 when it came out, but it’s been around half my life. But a recent study published in Pediatrics shows that just 9 minutes of the fast-paced Sponge hurts children’s brain power. It can’t be! The researchers tested their hypothesis—that fast-paced television does detriment to children’s … Continued
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Tech NewsThis 3D Photo Documentary Is Like Walking into the 1930s
The images here, mapped in 3D by documentarian Miklós Falvay, depict the first Hungarian gas station and the people who frequented it. Titled Motalko, it’s something like stepping into the Great Gatsby or a Hemingway novel. [Vimeo via Laughing Squid]
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Tech News
Sony Tablet S Is Up for Pre-Order at Best Buy
Sony’s natty new Tablet S will see release in just a matter of days, so Best Buy decided to show it off to get a buzz going. How sweet. It’s still too expensive, but it’s still the best Android tablet out. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/sony-tablet-s-review-its-good-to-see-you-again-sony-5836051
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
In This Battle Between Lasers and Lightning, Laser Won
Maybe this is the use the Wicked Laser was built for: LIGHTNING JOUSTING! Cold hard technology versus the awesome might of nature. And yet the red beam of man’s raw lust for power pierced through lightning’s heart unabated. Victory! https://gizmodo.com/wicked-laser-s3-krypton-lightning-review-holy-christ-n-5834091 Well, ok. What you see is the European Southern Observatory testing its Wendelstein laser guide … Continued
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Tech News
Before Radar, Militaries Used Gigantic Headphones for Land-Based Sonar
Radar is wonderful, sure, but militaries didn’t always have the benefit of radar to pinpoint enemy locations. Before that, there was sonar. Underwater is one thing, though. On land, you needed big victrola-like contraptions that looked uncomfortable as all hell. These acoustic locators worked in much the same way as a submarine or bat’s sonar … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial Media
TechCrunch on Facebook Music: The Great Music Unifier
A source for TechCrunch has handed them a little more info about Facebook’s planned new role as music’s connective tissue. In a nutshell, you’ll be able to share what you’re streaming across whatever service, be it MOG or Spotify, you use. That’s huge. https://gizmodo.com/music-needs-connective-tissue-and-facebook-wants-to-b-5836721 The new service—rumors have it as Facebook Vibes—will essentially Last.fm-style scrobble … Continued
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Tech News
Confused Naked Lady Gets Caught on Google’s Peeping Street View Camera (Yeah, NSFW)
This looks heavily like a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. An unsuspecting Miami woman just walks out of her home—naked, of course—only to find Google leering right at her. Both the unidentified lady and the camera must surely have reacted like some sitcom duo getting a load of each … Continued
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Tech NewsThere Is Something Deeply Unsettling about Scotch Tape Moving Like This
Johan Rijpma created this quirky short showing his dancing tape sculpture. At first it’s strangely musical. Almost hypnotic. By the end, with all the colors and tones, I was a little unnerved by how trippy it got. [This Is Colossal]
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Tech News
AT&T Is Filing Against the DOJ to Keep the T-Mobile Acquisition Alive
Well surprise… no surprise? AT&T has officially filed in court to counter the Department of Justice’s suit to stop the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Their contention is that the government just doesn’t understand what real competition is. https://gizmodo.com/the-government-probably-just-killed-the-at-t-t-mobile-m-5836158 The Justice Department is, understandably, up in arms against the deal because it stands to stifle competition between carriers … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
This Is What Spacecraft Look Like Before Lift Off
What you see is a gorgeous photo of the 20-minute rollback of the GRAIL spacecraft before it rocketed on its lunar mission this morning. What I see is some kind of early Federation ship entering warp. Amazing. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-has-just-launched-a-mission-to-the-center-of-the-m-5838947 Photo and permission courtesy of Ben Cooper/LaunchPhotography.com
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