World’s First Multi-Color, Multi-Polymer 3D Printer Unveiled

Lucas123 writes “Stratysis today announced it will be shipping this year a printer that can use hundreds of colors and polymers to create production-grade or prototype objects without the need for assembly. Previously, manufacturers could print multi-colored parts using many different materials and assemble them after completion. Stratasis’ Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer features a triple-jet printer head that combines droplets of three base materials to produce parts with virtually unlimited combinations of rigid, flexible and transparent color materials in a single print run.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Tesla Superchargers now cover drives from coast to coast

Tesla’s Superchargers , which can provide up to 170 miles of range with just a 30-minute charge, now cover trips between Los Angeles and New York, Elon Musk tweeted yesterday . The somewhat circuitous route brings drivers through states like New Mexico, South Dakota and Wisconsin during a journey from LA to NY, rather than the more direct I-40, I-70 or I-80 options that run farther south, so expect the cross-country adventure to take a bit longer than usual if you’re setting out within the next few months. Tesla will be adding many more Superchargers throughout this year, however, eventually enabling a more direct routing. And, come 2015, the entire country will be covered, making it possible to visit all 50 states and parts of Canada without going out of your way for a charge. Filed under: Transportation Comments Via: Bloomberg Source: Tesla

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China’s Lunar Rover Only Lasted a Month

China’s Yutu Lunar Rover landed on the moon just over a month ago, and promptly started sending back photos . Unfortunately, it looks like China’s triumph could be short-lived; the Xinhua news agency reported that the rover stalled in its tracks while shutting down for the evenin g . Space is hard! Read more…        

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Bitcoin Exchange CEO Arrested for Money Laundering

The Justice Department has formally charged the CEO of Bitcoin exchange Bitinstant.com with running an illegal wire service , and according to reports by the New York Post’s Kaja Whitehouse , he’s just been arrested at JFK. Uh oh. Read more…        

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Man uses first-class airline ticket to get free meals for almost a year

A man purchased a first-class ticket on China Eastern Airlines and enjoyed over 300 days of free meals and drinks at the airport’s VIP lounge at Xi’an Airport in Shaanxi, China. He kept changing the itinerary, which allowed him to feast without paying for nearly a year. When the airlines started to look into the matter, he cancelled his ticket and got a refund.        

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$499 3-D Printer Drew Plenty of Attention at CES (Video)

3-D printing is far from new, but a $499 3-D printer is new enough to get a bunch of people to write about it, including someone whose headline read, CES 2014: Could 3D printing change the world? XYZPrinting, the company behind the da Vinci 1.0 printer, has some happy-looking executives in the wake of CES. They won an award, and their booth got lots of attention. This is what trade shows are all about for small and/or new companies. Now the XYZ Printing people can go home and pump out some product — assuming they got a lot of orders (and not just attention) at CES. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Scientists watch how the brain makes memories for the first time ever

For the first time in history, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have captured how our brain makes memories in video, watching how molecules morph into the structures that, at the end of the day, make who we are. It’s there’s a soul, this how it gets made. Read more…        

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A Watch That Puts an Entire Planetarium on Your Wrist

If you’re planning on sticking around for longer—a lot longer—than a standard human lifespan, you’ll need a watch that keeps time on the galactic level. Van Cleef & Arpels’ new Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium will certainly fit the bill. Instead of hands denoting the hours and minutes, it incorporates six of our solar system’s planets rotating a tiny version of the sun in real time. Read more…        

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SkyDrive Is Now OneDrive, Until Microsoft Gets Sued Again

Microsoft’s SkyDrive is a terrific little cloud service that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Unless, of course, it’s being sued by British Sky Broadcasting Group over its name. But now SkyDrive will be called OneDrive, for just as long as is legally allowable. Read more…        

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Google’s Buying an AI Startup Called DeepMind for $500M

Clearly not content with buying a terrifying robot army , Google is now purchasing a London-based artificial intelligence company to go with it—for a cool $500 million. Read more…        

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