New 3M projector streams Roku content

New 3M projector streams Roku content: "The world seems to be moving away from projectors. Almost all of the tech-savvy consumer's content is downloaded digitally and streamed to TVs, tablets and smartphones. The projector is kind of lost in the shuffle of all of this. Enter 3M's Streaming Projector, which merges the massive display sizes that only a projector can produce, with the streaming content for which Roku is known."

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Delta Six gun controller fulfills your FPS fantasies

Delta Six gun controller fulfills your FPS fantasies: "The humble controller has never been the best choice for first-person shooters. Those who have mastered the keyboard and mouse combo can pulverize even the best console gamers thanks to the added accuracy and speed of movement that control method provides."

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Segula Technologies' hybrid composite Hagora concept

Segula Technologies' hybrid composite Hagora concept: "Segula Technologies may not exactly be a household automotive name, but if designs like the Hagora are any indication, it could be in the future. Designed to protect and serve the environment, the new concept car combines an innovative hybrid powertrain, composite construction, 1 + 2 layout and sporty crossover styling."

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A Beginner’s Guide To Digital Music Setup And Playing

A Beginner’s Guide To Digital Music Setup And Playing: "If you’re a music lover with boxes and shelves of music CDs, or if you have managed to burn or download digital music to your Mac or PC, this beginner’s guide to digital music setup and playing is written specifically for you"

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Video: Pumpkin Carving with a Colt .45

Video: Pumpkin Carving with a Colt .45: "The art of pumpkin carving with a firearm has become an annual tradition for YouTube firearms personality Hickok45. His popular channel is watched by thousands and the pumpkin carving episodes are yearly favorites. Every fall, Hickok45 features a different firearm and examines how it performs when tasked with creating eyes, nose and a mouth for a porch jack-o-lantern."

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Lockitron turns your smartphone into a house key

Lockitron turns your smartphone into a house key: "Lockitron is an awesome new piece of technology designed to let you unlock your house using your smartphone. Technology like this has been around for a little while with the UniKey, but what makes Lockitron so interesting is that it installs on existing locks in a user's home. This means the installation process take less than a minute."

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NASA building world's largest solid-fuel rocket

NASA building world's largest solid-fuel rocket: "When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) enters service in 2017, it will replace the historic Saturn V as the largest, most powerful space launch vehicle ever flown. "

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Dux Helm bike helmet integrates sunglasses

Dux Helm bike helmet integrates sunglasses: "Dux Helm is a Vancouver-based start-up that hit the scene earlier this year. Its first product is a little something it calls the "world's first bike helmet with retractable lens." While we know better than to accept those types of proclamations without reservation, we can say with confidence that the average bike helmet offers little more in the way of sun protection than a tiny, ineffective brim – if that. It certainly doesn't have a pair of sunglasses."

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Boeing testing truck-mounted high energy laser

Boeing testing truck-mounted high energy laser: "With the solid-state high-energy lasers already being tested on the sea and in the air, Boeing is continuing development of a truck-mounted system. The system is similar in concept to Boeing’s Laser Avenger that is intended for combating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but boasts a more powerful laser for countering a wider variety of threats, including rockets, artillery, mortars, as well as UAVs."

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NASA building world's largest solid-fuel rocket

NASA building world's largest solid-fuel rocket: "When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) enters service in 2017, it will replace the historic Saturn V as the largest, most powerful space launch vehicle ever flown. To lift its initial 70-metric ton (77 ton) payload into orbit, the SLS will rely on additional boost from a pair of the largest solid rocket motors ever to be built for flight. The first of these boosters is being assembled for NASA in Brigham City, Utah by ATK Space Systems using new manufacturing methods intended to make these behemoths safer and less expensive."

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Cheese-powered dragster sets speed record for vehicle of its class

Cheese-powered dragster sets speed record for vehicle of its class: "A cheese-powered dragster designed by researchers at Utah State University (USU) set a new speed record for a vehicle of its type, reaching a shade over 65 mph (104 km/h) at the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association's 2012 World of Speed event in September. No prize Stilton was wasted in the pursuit of glory however, as the vehicle runs on yeast biodiesel derived from the industrial waste of cheese production."

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Update: BLOODHOUND rocket engine successfully test fired

Update: BLOODHOUND rocket engine successfully test fired: "A 1,000 mph (Mach 1.4, 1,600 km/h) car came a step closer to reality today when the BLOODHOUND SSC team successfully test fired the vehicle’s rocket motor system. Conducted in a hardened aircraft shelter originally designed to house Tornado fighters at Newquay Cornwall Airport, the hybrid rocket motor burned for ten seconds, generating 14,000 lbs (60 kN, 40,000 bhp) of thrust and a roar of 180 decibels."

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