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Photographing every species on Earth
Yep, there is someone out there creating a photographic library of all the animals in the world. The National Geographic Photo Ark is a project to document all the species living in protected areas and zoos around the globe, in… Read More ›
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Lytro 16GB Light Field Digital Camera: $100
The Lytro camera is the first consumer camera that records the entire light field—all the rays of light traveling in every direction through a scene—instead of a flat 2D image. Shoot first, focus later By capturing the light field, you… Read More ›
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A gigantic luxury car ‘vending machine’
Have you ever seen anything like that? It really does look like toy cars in a toy shop. Stunning! Singapore is a country known worldwide for both a very high cost of living and limited real estate space — that… Read More ›
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Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa
The next generation of our bestselling Fire tablet ever – now thinner, lighter, with longer battery life and an improved display. Beautiful 7″ IPS display with higher contrast and sharper text, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and up to 8… Read More ›
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A Texas man is suing his date for texting in a cinema
A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in small claims court in Travis County. Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim… Read More ›
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iphone 7 vs Hollywood Movie Camera Arri Alexa
Ever wonder how good the camera in your pocket is compared to the big hollywood movie camera? That is not a big difference at all. Quite incredible how far we have come.
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Today at Apple
Don’t underestimate the power Apple has in terms of retail and the ability to instantly increase sales with events like this. It is true that Samsung has some stores and so does Microsoft, but there is little competition in the… Read More ›
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The HTC U 11
HTC was king of the mobile hill at one time and after seeing this new ‘flagship’, it seems to be further away from the competition than ever before. A shame.
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Is your phone company scamming you?
Mobile phone bills are seemingly more consumer-friendly and easier to understand these days, what with unlimited data deals becoming more prevalent, as well as the demise of traditional two-year contracts. Unfortunately, it’s like looking at an Impressionist painting. It appears… Read More ›
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The “Nut Case” puzzle
There’s nothing complicated about a simple nut and bolt pairing, but this isn’t your average nut and bolt. The “Nut Case” puzzle by Hanayama takes the form of an apparently unsolvable problem: two freely twistable nuts trapped on a bolt… Read More ›
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