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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

In Win D-Frame Mini





Another review of the In Win D-Frame Mini has hit the internet today. This time around it is the gang at CowcotLand doing the reviewing. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes. Physically, the D-Frame Mini looks like a small D-Frame except that the case comes already assembled.



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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Let's compare the backgrounds of science writers for Fox and NPR





GhostofAlyeska says he was "simply curious who Fox News' science reporters are. I wanted to know what kind of scientific backgrounds they might have." Here's what he found:



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You'll soon get 10TB SSDs thanks to new memory tech





SSDs and other flash memory devices will soon get cheaper and larger thanks to big announcements from Toshiba and Intel. Both companies revealed new "3D NAND" memory chips that are stacked in layers to pack in more data, unlike single-plane chips currently used.



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NASA is working with Russia on a new space station





Russia is teaming up with the USA to build ISS 2.0 once the current one's funding runs out in 2024 -- at least according to Russia Today and state news agency TASS.



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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

New Liquid 3D Printing System Is 25 Times Faster Than Its Competitors





3D printing isn't short of advocates in the design and engineering world, because of its ability to easily produce prototypes—but it can be slow.



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Windows 10 log-in options will include fingerprint, facial and iris recognition





Microsoft thinks it's high time you ditch your passwords. The company, which is readying Windows 10 for a late 2015 release, just announced that its next-gen OS will include built-in support for several alternative log-in options, including fingerprint, facial and iris recognition.



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Saturday, March 14, 2015

The Closest You'll Come To Being A Bird Is Watching This Insane Footage





Sure, it's a publicity stunt, but what a cool idea (and for a good cause: raising awareness about endangered birds of prey). The BBC, in conjunction with Freedom Conservation, attached a camera to a trained eagle named Darshan, who swooped down from Dubai's Burj Khalifa, filming as he flew.



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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

When Did The Anthropocene Begin? Here Are The Two Most Plausible Dates.





The Anthropocene, for the uninitiated, is a proposed (albeit still informal) geological epoch, characterized by the global impact of human activity. But the question these days, at least among researchers concerned with such things, doesn't have to do with what the Anthropocene is, but when.



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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Convert an Old Game Gear Into a Multi-System Retro Game Console





The Game Gear wasn't nearly as popular as the Game Boy, but it was still a cool little handheld system. If you have one sitting around needing a new use, Adafruit's put together a guide for embedding a Raspberry Pi into it so it can emulate all the classic systems.



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The Most Incredible Images And GIFs From The New Avengers 2 Trailer





Still drooling over the newest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer? Yeah, we don't blame you. We've been doing it ourselves, combing through the footage for the greatest clues, moments, and GIF-able glory it has to offer. Care to join us? First up, here's Ultron on his throne.



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Magicka 2 in May





Apart from the opportunity to get your wizard robes to the cleaners and back in time to play the game on launch day, pre-orders of Magicka 2 also include an exclusive hands-on sneak peek of the game.



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Monday, March 2, 2015

Qualcomm’s cognitive compute processors are coming to Snapdragon 820





Most of the time, when we talk about Qualcomm, we talk about the company’s Snapdragon line of processors or its LTE modems (back when those were branded separately). Qualcomm powers a huge slice of the Android smartphone and tablet market, but it’s not the company’s only interest.



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