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It's unclear whether a $600 ball camera can be competitive in a market where most smart phones now have a "panoramic" function. But it is still nifty
As trading gets more and more automated and computers more integral to the process, it was probably only time before some sort of robot rang the bell
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Kids who know two languages think faster and more creatively. And research even suggests that being bilingual could fortify the brain against dementia
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In the coming years, biomimicry could be the newest upscale dining fad, much as molecular gastronomy was in the late 1990s and locavorism is today
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From bug eaters to pee drinkers, these robots of the future will be part of the food chain
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As far as Charles Ginsberg was concerned, the video tape was "one of the most significant technological advances" since the television
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Over a ten week period, Sweetie accrued around 20,000 solicitations for virtual sex from men from around the world
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Even with the bar set incredibly low, most movies fail this simple test for sexism
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To do this, the Japanese robot takes advantage of humans comparatively slow visual processing time
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A quick Google will now give you the history of your word
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What would early bike designers think of this Tron-like reboot of their classic wheels?
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These drones are striking against a different kind of enemy: apple scab
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Some users speculate that polymers could have been to blame, though others pointed to nitrogen, one of the main components of urine
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Since they're already going to the flowers anyway, why not give them some pesticides to carry?
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These rocks can not only spy on you, they can communicate with each other and report back to base
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Musk bought the Lotus Espirit car from the movie The Spy Who Loved Me for $866,000 at auction
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Should the Common App fall down entirely, we'll probably hear the collective wail millions of high school seniors all over the country
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For the paranoid among us, an app that says when you may be being watched
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This new prosthetic mimicked rhesus macaques' sense of touch
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In the future wills may include specifications for the type of flower or bush we'd like to fertilize rather than the make of coffin or urn
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