Tiny humidifier works with any water bottle

Tiny humidifier works with any water bottle: "Carrying a full-size humidifier with you when you travel isn’t particularly convenient. If you still don’t want to dry out while sleeping in your hotel room, however, there is an option. South Korea’s Amazing Grace is now offering a tiny humidifier that can be placed in whatever bottle of water is close at hand."

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Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks

Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks: "Architecture studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has designed the “Optical Glass House” in Hiroshima, Japan, that aims to acoustically protect residents from the main road outside, whilst providing light and views for the residents within."

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Genetically-engineered mosquitoes lose nose for humans

Genetically-engineered mosquitoes lose nose for humans: "It has long been believed that detecting carbon dioxide was one of the ways that mosquitoes target their human prey. But the fact that mosquitoes tend to favor certain people over others indicates that some other odor also plays a part in the attraction. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have genetically engineered mosquitoes to alter their sense of smell, which could provide the understanding required to block the pesky pests' attraction to humans."

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Oculus Rift + Microsoft Kinect = full-on Virtual Reality?

Oculus Rift + Microsoft Kinect = full-on Virtual Reality?: "The ledge I'm standing on has a strange existential duality. In the physical realm, it's a thin strip of red, millimeters above the floor of a pristine white booth in a basement in Shoreditch, London where the 3D tinkerers and technologists (of everything from 3D film to 3D printing) at Inition keep their toys"

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Exclusive: Nerf’s Newest Gun Fires 100 Feet | Popular Science

Exclusive: Nerf’s Newest Gun Fires 100 Feet | Popular Science: "Sniping our fellow editors is a much-beloved and long-standing tradition here at Popular Science HQ. Trouble is: our long hallways leave us no escape from our all too well-armed victims. That won’t be the case for much longer; soon, we can be snipers. We got a sneak peek at the longest-range Nerf gun in history, the 100-foot-firing N-Strike Elite Centurion."

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