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Techno Gadgets
Amazing Avian Photos Captured By Strapping Cameras To Birds
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dan NosowitzNot only that, but John Downer also creates replicas of birds and fires them into the sky to capture real birds. The results are incredible.
Apple Acknowledges An iPhone 5 Camera Issue
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin SmithApple has been pretty good lately about admitting when it is wrong.
Raspberry Pi Minicomputer
• http://thetechjournal.comA British nonprofit has a novel idea for getting kids interested in computer programming, a computer that fits in a pocket and costs less than the latest video game, it's called Raspberry Pi which is looks like a leftover scrap from electronics recy
NASA Funds 'Thor's Hammer' Idea for Tossing Satellites
• http://www.technewsdaily.com, Jeremy HsuHumans can only dream of having the power of Thor, the Norse-inspired superhero who can whirl and throw his hammer at blinding speeds. A NASA-funded plan envisions rockets using a similar idea to hurl tiny satellites toward other planets.
Cody Wilson's 3D-Printable Gun Project Hits Its Fundraising Goal Despite Being Booted Off Indieg
• http://www.dailypaul.com, Andy GreenbergA firearm anyone can download and print in their own home may be the most controversial application yet of consumer 3D printing.
Video: Tour the First Retail 3-D Printing Store In The U.S.
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dave MosherMakerBot Industries is opening the first U.S. retail store dedicated to 3-D printing. Explore a space that may soon arrive at a shopping mall near you.
3D-Printable Gun Project Hits Its Fundraising Goal Despite Being Booted Off Indiegogo
• ForbesA firearm anyone can download and print in their own home may be the most controversial application yet of consumer 3D printing. But some gunlovers, it seems, want to see it happen badly enough to put their wallets behind it.
First 3-D Printing Store Opens In U.S.
• http://www.popsci.comMakerBot will open a 3-D printing shop on Sept. 20 in New York City. Inside, a new breed of machines prints out designs from the web. The hope: to make the hobby mainstream.
Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?
• wsj, By DANIEL SIMONS and CHRISTOPHER F. CHABRISThe ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes, not on hard evidence—because there isn't any
Gamers may get a charge out of the Gauss Rifle
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben CoxworthWell, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing gl
World record quadrocopter swarm puts on impressive light show
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren QuickMany see small quadrocopters as the future of surveillance, aerial photography, warfare and even construction, but a new demonstration involving a world record-setting swarm of 50 quadrocopters has shown the aircraft can also pull off some pretty imp
Exploding watermelons with your mind
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick GilbertGames that are played by using your hands are so last year – why not do something a little more fun? For instance, why not explode watermelons ... with your mind? One hackerspace took that idea and ran with it, turning a mind-reading toy into a melon
The New Smartphone Incrementalism
• David Talbot via TechnologyReview.comTiny advances are loudly proclaimed as the industry battles over fractions of an ever-vaster global mobile market.
Jeff Bezos' Explanation Of Why Amazon Charges So Little For The Kindle Fire Is Awesome
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jay YarowOn stage yesterday Jeff Bezos delivered a terrific one-line explanation for why Amazon charges so relatively little for its tablets: "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices."
More than 70% of electronic waste management is uncontrolled
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, SINCAlmost three quarters of disposed electrical household appliances in Spain are processed out of the Integrated Waste Management System (SIG).
Apple Accuses Samsung in Complaint of Flooding Market
• Joel Rosenblatt and Eunkyung Seo via BloombergApple Inc., accusing Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) of flooding the market with “copycat products,” added the Galaxy S III smartphone to a list of products that it says infringe Apple patents.
iPhone Already Crushing Samsung Models Apple Wants Banned
• Marcus Wohlsen via WIRED.comThe eight Samsung smartphones Apple wants a U.S. judge to ban after winning its patent case might symbolize all that Steve Jobs hated about the Android competition.
America braces for holiday clash of tech giants
• The RawStory.comIt’s beginning to look a lot like a big season in the United States for mobile gadgets, with the still-rumored launch by Apple in September of a new iPhone, expected to ignite fresh growth in the smartphone market in the US and worldwide.
Making Stretchable Electronics
• David Talbot and Kyanna SuttonA startup prepares to manufacture electronics that conform to skin, arteries, and organs, allowing new surgical and measuring methods.
...Just Spotted This Guy Wearing Google's Secret Internet Glasses On The Train Like It's No
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Owen ThomasWe just hopped off Caltrain, the Bay Area's commuter-rail system, at Palo Alto to share this with you.
Startup Uses a Smartphone Compass to Track People Indoors
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica LeberIndoor Atlas says its technology for indoor positioning is highly accurate.
A Banking Giant Makes a Mobile Payment Bet
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica LeberBacking from JPMorgan Chase will speed a startup's rise in a crowded field.
A Phone that Knows Where You're Going
• http://www.technologyreview.com, David TalbotAn algorithm can better predict your future movements by getting a little help from your friends.
Microsoft Snubs Ad Agencies In Favor Of This 22-Year-Old For Surface Tablet Launch Video
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim EdwardsSurface, Microsoft's iPad competitor, will be available for sale in October and a lot is riding on it
Apple TV? Nexus Q? Boxee? Here's The Ultimate Guide To Picking A Smart TV Box
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin SmithYou now have a ton of choices to watch streaming content from the web on your big screen TV.
Video: The World's Thinnest Transparent Display is a Soap Bubble
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowThe world’s thinnest transparent screen isn’t really a screen at all, but something more like a soap bubble.
Review: Google's Nexus 7 Tablet
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Rachel MetzGoogle may be a little late to the tablet party, but its Nexus 7 should make plenty of friends.
Apple wins block of Samsung smartphone sales in US
• http://phys.org, AFPA judge granted Apple's request for an injunction blocking US sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones made in collaboration with Google to challenge the iPhone.
A Camera Made from Many Produces Gigapixel Images
• technologyreview.com, Duncan Graham-RoweA research project shows how a revolutionary type of camera could be commercialized.
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