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The UBiqWindow: Google Earth Hologram Device You'll Want

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/422742[/vimeo] If you can forgive the crap music, you'll just love this video of Google Earth mashed up with a hologram machine. This is real, and I want one very, very badly. By combining a 2D mid-air projection system and motion sensors, the device gives you a gesture-base

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Why Should I Want This MID

Why Should I Want This MID

Really, why would I want this MID (Mobile Internet Device) over the current iPhone I use? Lord! I know you’re up to your neck with Apple banging, so for a change let’s compare it to an LG Arena, Samsung I7500 or even BlackBerry Storm 2. Where does this MID score over the rest of these Internet

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This Living Human Bone Was Grown In Lab

This Living Human Bone Was Grown In Lab

Scientists have grown real, living human bones in the lab for the first time, completely from scratch, and ready to be inserted inside human flesh. Or given to my dog, as a delicious treat. Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic—Columbia University professor of biomedical engineering—achieved the fe

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Google Wants to Kill JPEGs With New WebP Format

Google Wants to Kill JPEGs With New WebP Format

These pictures look the same—but they're not. Because the sign on the right, hypothetically, takes up nearly 40% less space. That's the version in WebP, Google's plan to speed up the internet by slimming down its images. What is WebP? It's a new graphics format that Google hopes will make file

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Solar Sail Proves Photon Acceleration Works, as it Twists and Turns Under the Sun

Solar Sail Proves Photon Acceleration Works, as it Twists and Turns Under the Sun

Less than two months after being unfurled in space, Japan's IKAROS solar sail accomplished its ambitious aim—becoming the first spacecraft to travel in space, powered by the sun. Now, it's demonstrated its fine steering ability. Measuring 20m diagonally, the solar sail is made from aluminized

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Ubiquity, a browser command line

[HTML1] During the last day the web has been abuzz about Mozilla Labs' Ubiquity. It's an addon for Firefox that can help you streamline how you get things done on the web. In the example above, they show constructing an email with a map and reviews using mostly keyboard driven input. The addon is q

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Scientists Discover How to Extend Lifespans without Starving Yourself [Science]

Scientists Discover How to Extend Lifespans without Starving Yourself [Science]

Restricting yourself to a super-low calorie diet has been discovered as a way to extend your lifespan by a noticeable number of years, but it comes with a pretty lousy side effect: you don't get to eat anything. Not worth it! I'd rather die at 70 knowing the sweet taste of ham and cheese Hot Pockets

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Why Alcohol Is Good For You

Why Alcohol Is Good For You

It's one of those medical anomalies that nobody can really explain: Longitudinal studies have consistently shown that people who don't consume any alcohol at all tend to die before people who do. At first glance, this makes little sense. Why would ingesting a psychoactive toxin that increases our

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New iPod Shuffle Moves Buttons to Headphones, Adds Text to Speech

New iPod Shuffle Moves Buttons to Headphones, Adds Text to Speech

Apple has quietly released a new iPod Shuffle design that mimics the original's pack of gum aesthetics. It costs $80, holds 4GB of songs, uses inline controls and boasts text-to-speech. • 4GB or 1,000 Songs • Silver or black color options, stainless steel clip • Controls have been moved

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Yanko: Best of June 2009

Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in June 2009.

10) Scania Truck by Adam Palethorpe. Permalink Hits: 7229

9) Portable Record Player by Charles Pyott. Pemalink Hits: 7380

8 ) Hologram Mobile Phone by Mac Funamizu. Permalink Hits: 7693

7) Turn-around Toilet by Young Sang Eun. Permalink Hits: 7935

6) Ferrari X-Racer by Vincent Montreuil. Permalink Hits: 8487

5) Mobile Touchphone for the Blind by Zhenwei You. Permalink Hits: 9487

4) Meet Pushya & Pullya Robots by Paul Grader. Permalink Hits: 9978

3) Earphone Transforming Mobile Phone by IIshat Garipov. Permalink Hits: 11397

2) Service Please Bottle by Doyeop Kim. Permalink Hits: 30711

1) Cargo Truck by Adam Schacter. Permalink Hits: 150407

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