By Eric Limer
We geeks all have the same platonic prosthesis ideal: Luke Skywalker’s badass Star Wars mech-hand. We’re getting there, …
This Incredible Star Wars-Style Bionic Hand Let an Amputee Feel Again
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
The Incredible Urban Salt Mines Hiding Underneath Our Feet
Road salt is one of those city services that we take for granted, an invisible network infrastructure with a murky provenance. But though you may not know it, the salt on your roads might come a sprawling, century-old mine right below your feet.
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Gooey Electrolyte Could Put an End to Battery Fires
Battery fires are no fun. …
This Awesome Oculus Rift Rig Is Virtual Laser Tag—with Zombies
EU Pleased With Google’s Search Changes, May Settle Without Fines
The FDA Has Finally Approved This Swallowable PillCam After Nine Years
Straight out of a 70s sci-fi film, PillCam has …
This TSA Redesign Could Change the Way You Think About Airport Security
The TSA needs help—bad. The agency and its blue-shirted officers have never been the most popular kids on the block, but things got worse last week when a former employee …
Beijing’s Bacterial Smog, Black Market Cigarettes, and an Avalanche!
By Sarah Zhang
Beijing’s smog, the West’s drought, Alaska’s avalanche, and everybody’s cigarettes are part of this week’s landscape reads.
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Inside the Fakes Factory: My Chat With a Viral Image Creator
By Matt Novak on Paleofuture, shared by Brian Barrett to Gizmodo
It’s an astounding sight: Buddha carved into a tall rock formation at the …
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/02N2uHoj1Mg/@barrett
From Tablets to TVs: What’s Next For Display Tech in 2014
By Dr. Raymond M. Soneira – Displaymate Technologies
Starting in 2010 when Apple made the retina display and display quality a central theme for their product marketing, displays have moved up from the doldrums into an unprecedented renaissance of new display technologies for smartphones, tablets, TVs, and entirely new classes of products like wearable displays.
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