Wow. This is incredible. Captured by high-definition microscopy, the footage shows the buzzing world and slimy life inside a single drop of pond water. It’s completely alien, it’s unnerving and it makes your stomach turn itself inside out. There are brown flatworms, Medusa looking nematodes, starfish-like hydras ‘defecating’ and more oozy organisms. Read more…
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Well, that was quick. Samsung said it was producing the world’s first 3D vertical NAND memory just a week ago, and it has already started building the first SSDs based on that memory. Unfortunately, they’re not meant for the enthusiast crowd : the new 480GB and 960GB drives are instead designed for enterprise-class servers, where V-NAND’s blend of high capacity and reliability makes the most sense. Don’t be too forlorn, however. Samsung promises that the new memory will eventually reach PC-oriented SSDs, which could bring spacious flash storage to a much wider audience. Filed under: Storage , Samsung Comments Source: Samsung
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Samsung unveils first SSDs with 3D V-NAND memory, but only for enterprise
Coming fresh on the heels of the news that scientists are successfully 3D printing live, working, mini human kidneys, a new report in Nature is giving another burst of hope to the future of organ transplants. For the very first time, a research team has been able to grow human heart tissue that beats totally autonomously in its petri dish home. Read more…
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Scientists Just Grew Human Heart Tissue That Beats With Total Autonomy
The danger of buying expensive headphones is that no matter how good the sound quality is, you run the risk of ruining it by breaking a flimsy piece of rubber and metal. Or you can fix the plug for a couple bucks. Read more…
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Repair a Broken Headphone Plug for $2
Could 3D printing be the future of office supply stores? Staples, for one, has been dipping its toes in those rising waters, offering a limited selection of devices on its site. Office Depot’s following suit, making the seemingly logical move of including the third dimension in its printing offering. The chain announced today that it’s added 3D Systems’ Cube and CubeX to its online store, selling the printers for $1, 299 and $2, 499, respectively. It’s not quite a 3D printing kiosk in every store (who wouldn’t want a personalized Star Trek figure while you wait?), but it’s always nice to see a company looking to embrace emerging technology. Comments
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Here’s some more bad news to add to the pile of concern over email vulnerability , a brief filed by Google’s attorneys has just surfaced and revealed that Gmail users should have “no legitimate expectation of privacy”—ever. Read more…
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Google: Gmail Users Have No Reason to Expect Privacy
Deep down we all know we shouldn’t crank our music or listen to headphones with the volume really high, but we still do. And if you’ve ever wondered if years of hard rock has done any serious damage, here’s an easy way to find out . Read more…
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Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)
This map is covered in dots. In fact, there are 308, 745, 538 of the little things—each one representing a single individual living in the US, and its color indicating ethnicity. Read more…
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The Entire Racial Distribution of the US, Person-By-Person
WinCo is a midwestern chain of worker-owned stores that consistently underprice WalMart, while still paying a living wage to their staff and decent prices to their suppliers.
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WinCo: worker-owned grocery chain that pays benefits, pensions, living wages — and has lower prices than WalMart
Getting acquainted with Windows 8.1 has been a slow process that started early this year , but it looks like it’ll finally hit shelves in roughly two months. According to an unnamed source cited by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, the RTM build of the operating system is still on track to hit manufacturers by the end of August, and the OS — along with new hardware carrying it — will be publicly available come mid-October. Those hoping to get their hands on the near-final software ahead of time via MSDN or the sunsetting Technet are out of luck, however, as the outlet’s tipster claims the final portions of 8.1 won’t be obtainable through those means until general availability. If you need something to help pass the time until then, you can always dive into our in-depth hands-on with the update formerly known as Blue . Filed under: Microsoft Comments Via: The Verge Source: ZDNet
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Windows 8.1 reportedly scheduled for mid-October launch