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Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China floats above the clouds [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Now that's what I call a bridge. Perfect place to test the theory of human flight.

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Team looks to build real Iron Man suit using crowdsourcing

Iron Man Factory has created an incredibly realistic looking Iron Man Mark III suit for super fans out there and hopes to secure crowdfunding to make even more of them.Their first suit is featured in...

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Intel is reportedly working on 18-core processor

The goal for the next round of CPUs from Intel involves the development of more processing cores inside a single silicon, reports the VR-Zone.While the most up-to-date processors from Intel, those of...

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Researchers send text messages using vodka

Texting has never been so… addicting. Two researchers have found a way to send messages by using vodka, and no they weren’t consuming it at the time.According to their paper, the researchers evaporated...

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US Army successfully shoots down drones with lasers

The US Army has developed a laser that can shoot down drones.The laser weaponry, named the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator, has been put onto a vehicle and the Army has successfully tested it out...

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Cyborg-like Titan Arm increases your arm strength, lets you lift more weight

We may be closer to the exoskeleton Matt Damon uses in Elysium than we thought. Four college students in Pennsylvania have created the Titan Arm, which when attached, allows the wearer to lift forty...

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Scientists create artifical worm that wriggles on its own, take us one step...

Guess what? There’s a project out there designed to create artificial life called the OpenWorm project. So far, the project is seeing the fruits of its labor after it created a lifelike copy of a...

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Biotech firm will 3D print human livers by 2014, according to report

The year 2014 might turn out to be something very special as a biotech firm is aiming to build a human liver via 3D printers. It’s crazy, but San Diego biotech firm Organovo is promising that it will...

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NSA is working on quantum computer to crack any and all encryption, according...

According to the Washington Post, it seems that the US government — the National Security Agency (NSA) in particular — is working on a quantum computer which would be able to crack all the encryption...

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Intel’s secret weapon: PCs that seamlessly run both Windows and Android

It seems that Intel is working on new hardware that could run both Windows and Android at the same time — without the need to reboot or partition to use either operating system’s software or apps.The...

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Open-source computer kit offers the ability to hack your brain, and we’re up...

The human brain is a mysterious thing, but that’s not stopping engineers Joel Murphy and Conor Russomanno from aiming to hack the thing. The duo plans to put affordable, open-source brain-computer...

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Intel announces Edison, a full computer the size of an SD card

In his keynote address at CES 2014, Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel, announced a new line of products that focus on smart technology, and among them is the Intel Edison.Intel Edison is a 400 Mhz board...

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Windmills could power your smartphone in the future — micro-windmills, of course

It may be possible to power your smartphone with the help of thousands of tiny wind turbines one day, thanks to the efforts of J.C. Chiao, who is a professor at the University of Texas, Arlington of...

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Ivee Sleek lets you talk to your connected home

Talking to our gadgets is nothing new because we’ve been doing this on a regular basis ever since Apple dropped Siri at our doorsteps. However how about talking to your home appliances? Yeah man,...

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New “smart” toothbrush tracks brushing habits

A company in France has created a smart toothbrush, which when synced to your phone, can track your brushing habits.This new toothbrush has been named the Kolibree, and it will track whether or not you...

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Spark builds open source alternative to Nest thermostat in less than a day

Spark has designed their own Nest style thermostat and it did not even take them a full day to do so.While it certainly doesn’t look as appealing as the Nest original, all the functionality is still...

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Google is working on smart contact lenses that measure glucose levels from tears

So it seems that Google is working on ‘smart’ contact lenses which can measure a person’ glucose levels through their tears.While the development and beta testing, through the Google Glass explorer...

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Researchers successfully test fastest internet ever: 1.4 terabits per second

Alcatel-Lucent and BT have announced that the “fastest broadband ever” has successfully been achieved in a recent speed test in London.Conducted on a 255-mile link between the BT Tower and Ipswich, the...

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Avegant Glyph aims to use the retina in your eye as a screen

After impressing virtually everyone late last year, the Glyph headset recently begun its Kickstarter campaign. Unsurprisingly, the project was completely funded in just a few hours, and now it’s...

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Developers hope to create peer-to-peer, decentralized internet with Bitcloud

A group of developers are working on a project that they hope will one day decentralize the internet and they are calling it Bitcloud.The idea revolves around similar principles to bitcoins, but...

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Hotel lets you walk past check-in desk and unlock your room with a smartphone

Starwood Hotels & Resorts will soon begin a pilot program that will let hotel guests use their smartphones as a means to check-in and also as a hotel room key.  Ideally, this would mean that you...

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Dell is working on computers that can sense mood

It seems that Dell is working on a computer that can understand a person’s mood.This project is part of Dell’s new R&D division. It was revealed by Jai Menon, who is heading up the new unit, in an...

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Scientists create bionic hand that allows patients to feel

Scientists have created a bionic hand that actually let’s a person feel with it. The full details have been published in the Science Translational Medicine Journal on the experiment lasted a month and...

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University of Tokyo develops smart diaper, will act as “early warning system”

With all the focus being on wearable tech these days, its hardly surprising that the latest device to enter the market will be a smart diaper. The University of Tokyo has developed a sensor that can be...

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China’s moon rover, Jade Rabbit, has officially stopped working

The Chinese lunar rover, called Jade Rabbit, has stopped working and there will not be an attempt to repair it.This news comes from a statement released through ecns, a Chinese news website. The...

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UAE testing out delivery by drone in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is testing out drones and their delivery applications in Dubai.Interestingly enough, the first things that the drones will be carrying will be government documents like...

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Canadian engineer builds space cannon in his backyard

A Canadian engineer has built a “cheap” space cannon in his backyard. Richard Graf built the 45 foot cannon as a way for people to launch their own small satellites, or “cubesats”, up into orbit.He has...

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How to save a tree [Amazing Photo of the Day]

Clever house design to ensure this tree keeps on living.

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Full body suit virtual reality tries Kickstarter, meets goal in a day

YEI Technology, which has launched a second Kickstarter campaign for their full-body virtual reality suit, has been successful.The company tried a Kickstarter last year, but it failed.  This year they...

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US military lab has come up with a pizza prototype that can last for three years

A US military lab in Massachusetts has reached a breakthrough in their quest to aid the army. The US military has been asking soldiers what they’d like to be added to the list of MREs (Meal,...

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Scientists are working on a lie detector that knows when someone lies on Twitter

Scientists have been working on a system that can distinguish when someone is lying in a tweet.The system, which is being called Pheme, operates by taking into account the information and sources which...

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This robotic suit gives you the power to lift 110 pounds… with each hand

A group of engineers have created a robotic suit capable of letting you lift 220 pounds like it was nothing. While I’d like to believe the “body extender” as they’re calling it is just the precursor...

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MIT engineers are working on self-healing technology

Engineers at MIT have been combining gold particles with E.coli cells in order to have cells that are conductive and they have been attaching them through the use of biofilms that are “sticky”. The...

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Researchers work on small batteries that are biodegradable

Researchers working at the University of Illinois have been taking steps that could eventually lead to cell-size batteries that power theoretical sensors that could go inside the body to better track...

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Engineering & curiosity [Video]

Is the universe booming with life? What say you on this subject.

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