Monday, September 19, 2011

Social project uses pop bottles to provide indoor lighting for the poor

Social project uses pop bottles to provide indoor lighting for the poor: "Perhaps you've performed that old camping trick before, where you created a lantern by shining a flashlight into a water-filled bottle."

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Sphero smartphone-controlled ball is ready to roll

Sphero smartphone-controlled ball is ready to roll: "Of all the products on display at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, one that drew a particularly large number of spectators was ... a ball. Not just any ball, mind you. Developed by Colorado-based tech firm Orbotix, Sphero is a self-propelled rolling ball that users remotely control via Bluetooth, using an app on their smartphone. While it was still in the prototype stage when we last saw it, Sphero has now been redesigned for the retail market, and is available for preorder."

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Teaching robots to think like people

Teaching robots to think like people: "If we're ever going to have robot butlers, then they're going to have to learn how to figure things out for themselves. After all, if you have to reprogram the robot for every slight variation on a task, you might as well do it yourself"

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NASA announces world’s biggest-ever rocket to take man to Mars and beyond

NASA announces world’s biggest-ever rocket to take man to Mars and beyond: "With the curtain coming down on the Space Shuttle Program, NASA has set its sights on the future with the announcement of a heavy-lift launch vehicle that is designed to take man beyond the moon to explore near-Earth asteroids, Mars and its moons, and beyond."

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NASA satellite set to crash back to Earth

NASA satellite set to crash back to Earth: "NASA has recently announced that an out-of-control, retired satellite will come crashing into the earth's surface "sometime" towards the end of September. "

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AT&vs. Verizon: LTE, Head-to-Head | News &Opinion | PCMag.com - StumbleUpon

AT&vs. Verizon: LTE, Head-to-Head | News &Opinion | PCMag.com - StumbleUpon:

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