Kindle as a survival tool

Kindle as a survival tool: "One of the most important thing you need in a disaster or survival situation is information."

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Unmanned K-MAX helicopter makes first combat cargo flight in Afghanistan

Unmanned K-MAX helicopter makes first combat cargo flight in Afghanistan: "The unmanned Kaman K-MAX helicopter has made its first combat resupply mission in Afghanistan. Designed to reduce the reliance on truck convoys that are often targeted by IED (improvised explosive device) strikes when resupplying front-line troops in remote areas and manned aircraft that place their crews in danger, the unmanned aircraft is a modified K-MAX intermeshing rotor helicopter with the ability to lift a payload of over 6,000 pounds (2,721 kg)."

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Sedan? Supercar? Roadyacht.

Sedan? Supercar? Roadyacht.: "The sad irony about fast, fancy cars. You can pick up one woman in any clean, decent car. To get two, three...fawning over you all at once, well...you'll want a flashy supercar. Or at least you would want a flashy supercar if it came with more than one passenger seat - you know, so you could actually take those ravishing gals somewhere."

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Apple files patents for hydrogen fuel cell technology to power mobile devices

Apple files patents for hydrogen fuel cell technology to power mobile devices: "Two recent patent applications by Apple indicate the company is looking at developing a hydrogen fuel cell system to complement the rechargeable batteries in a "portable computing device" - which could refer to Apple's range of mobile iDevices, its MacBook range of notebooks - or both"

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New technique removes even trace amounts of heavy metals from water

New technique removes even trace amounts of heavy metals from water: "Once released into the environment from industrial sources, trace amounts of heavy metals can remain present in waterways for decades or even centuries, in concentrations that are still high enough to pose a health risk. While processes do exist for removing larger amounts of heavy metals from water, these do not work on smaller quantities."

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SILENCED NIGHTHAWK 1911 - YouTube

SILENCED NIGHTHAWK 1911 - YouTube: ""

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Tesla announces final pricing and options on Model S

Tesla announces final pricing and options on Model S: "Earlier this week, Tesla announced the final pricing and options on its Model S sedan, which will hit the US market next summer. Unlike Tesla's first vehicle - the Roadster, the Model S is a practical family car that seats five or seven. It's also about half the price of the sporty, performance-oriented Roadster."

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Forget face detection - this Japanese car seat can tell who's sitting on it

Forget face detection - this Japanese car seat can tell who's sitting on it: "Who needs face detection when your car can know who's sitting in it based on their rear-end? A group of Japanese researchers at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology (AIIT) have developed a car seat that can identify drivers while they're sitting down."

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Large Hadron Collider researchers find new particle

Large Hadron Collider researchers find new particle: "British researchers say they've seen a new particle using data from the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The chi b(3P) is the first new particle that has been clearly observed using the LHC, the world's largest particle accelerator, which is housed in a 17-mile (27-km) long tunnel near the border of Switzerland and France."

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Lazareth's 250 hp, Ferrari-powered Wazuma V8 quad goes up for sale

Lazareth's 250 hp, Ferrari-powered Wazuma V8 quad goes up for sale: "In my part of the world, quad bikes (or ATVs) are everywhere. They're great for dropping in and out of the fields to check the vines, as well as hitting the road or dirt track for a bit of well-earned fun. Although there are quite powerful examples, for the most part quads are unlikely to generate the same kind of drool as, say, a Ducati superbike."

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US$25 Raspberry Pi personal computer nears launch date

US$25 Raspberry Pi personal computer nears launch date: "Budding computer hackers/scientists are about to get a welcome gift, albeit a bit late for Christmas 2011. The non-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation (RPF) is nearing the release date of its surprisingly powerful and remarkably affordable Raspberry Pi line of bare-bones machines that have been developed in an effort to broaden kids' access to computers in the UK and abroad."

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Archos 70b Internet Tablet aims at Kindle Fire - I4U News

Archos 70b Internet Tablet aims at Kindle Fire - I4U News: "Archos has been making Android devices for a while now for different needs. The firm has several different tablets to its credit and it has just introduced a new tablet that is cheap."

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Tactus Technology raises $6M for very cool dynamic touchscreen buttons | VentureBeat

Tactus Technology raises $6M for very cool dynamic touchscreen buttons | VentureBeat: "Tactus Technology said today that it has raised $6 million to develop its next-generation touch interface components for all sorts of touch-enabled devices."

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Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method

Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method: "Organic semiconductors hold immense promise for use in thin film and flexible displays – picture an iPad you can roll up – but they haven’t yet reached the speeds needed to drive high definition displays. Inorganic materials such as silicon are fast and durable, but don’t bend, so the search for a fast, durable organic semiconductor continues."

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Technology predictions for 2012 - Telegraph

Technology predictions for 2012 - Telegraph: "Rumour has it Apple will launch a television set in 2012. Making predictions about what Apple is planning is a risky business but here goes: I think we'll see an Apple TV set with content delivered as iOS-style apps."

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Gallery: The Best of What's New in 2011 | Popular Science

Gallery: The Best of What's New in 2011 | Popular Science: "When it comes to the most personal files, it can be hard to trust the cloud. The iTwin USB dongle provides secure access to a computer’s hard drive from any machine with a Web connection. Users plug half of the iTwin into a primary computer and set a password. "

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"Magi-Cam" Uses Mirror-Covered Robot to Record Camera-Shy Animals (Video) : TreeHugger

"Magi-Cam" Uses Mirror-Covered Robot to Record Camera-Shy Animals (Video) : TreeHugger: "It can be tough work to capture animals on camera without disturbing them in their daily routines or making them nervous on their home turf. However, a smart device called the Magi-Cam could solve this problem, using remote control to navigate a camera camouflaged with mirrors. "

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Amazing Science Facts About The Earth

Amazing Science Facts About The Earth: "This is a collection of interesting facts and details about the Earth. You may or may not have heard or read about these facts before. There is something about reading interesting facts that you didn't know that makes you want to learn more."

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What are Earthquakes

What are Earthquakes: "An earthquake is the sudden and sometimes very violent release of energy from the movement of the earth surface."

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SA-80 A2 TIRE LAUNCHING! (Merry Christmas!) - YouTube

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Kinect Hacked to Weigh Astronauts in Space | PCWorld

Kinect Hacked to Weigh Astronauts in Space | PCWorld: "Astronauts might soon be able to watch their weight in space by using a Microsoft Kinect. And no, I don’t mean that they’ll be playing Kinect Sports and Dance Central. A group of European scientists have found a way to hack a Kinect so it can determine your weight just by "looking" at you."

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A bionic prosthetic eye that speaks the language of your brain | ExtremeTech

A bionic prosthetic eye that speaks the language of your brain | ExtremeTech: "On the grand scale of things, we know so very little about the brain. Our thick-headedness isn’t quite cosmological in scale — we really do know almost nothing about the universe beyond Earth — but, when it comes down to it, the brain is virtually a black box."

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Will the world end December 2012

Will the world end December 2012: "Will Dec. 21 2012 be the end of the world? There have been a lot of discussion on this topic. There are a lot of end of the world predictions and arguments saying that the world is going to end on this day. What is the basis for these predictions?"

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Latest HondaJet test aircraft lifts-off

Latest HondaJet test aircraft lifts-off: "Honda's first ever commercial aircraft, appropriately named the HondaJet, follows in the footsteps of the company's ground-breaking CB750 motorcycle and S600 sports car by aiming to provide superior performance and value - this time in the light business jet market. "

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O1M One Moment natural, biodegradable shoes are like condoms for your feet

O1M One Moment natural, biodegradable shoes are like condoms for your feet: "The concept for these bright plastic shoes comes from native Amazonians, that did essentially graft soles to their feet. As explained by the manufacturer, the indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest painted their soles with latex derived from Hevea trees"

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New diode promises to uncork optical computing bottleneck

New diode promises to uncork optical computing bottleneck: "When it comes to speed, photons leave electrons for dead, which means optical computers will be much faster than their current electron-based cousins. While diodes for use in optical information processing systems already exist, these require external assistance to transmit signals so cannot be readily integrated into computer chips."

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Researchers create invisibility cloak for sound

Researchers create invisibility cloak for sound: "Many of the current experimental "invisibility cloaks" are based around the same idea - light coming from behind an object is curved around it and then continues on forward to a viewer. That person is in turn only able to see what's behind the object, and not the object itself. Scientists from Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have applied that same principle to sound waves, and created what could perhaps be described as a "silence cloak.""

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