Everyone’s first impression of the 14-inch Razer Blade, even more than its 17-inch older brother, is Ha, they made a MacBook . But then, Oh—wait . They made a MacBook. And actually, it’s even better than that. Read more…
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Razer Blade 2013: Now This Is How You Make a Damn Windows Laptop
The tradition of burying loved ones with grave flowers turns out to be quite an old one. Archaeologists Daniel Nadel and colleagues discovered the oldest example in a grave in Israel’s Mount Carmel, dating back 12, 000 years ago: Ancient mourners lined four graves with the flowers, most notably one that holds the bodies of two people. The pair—an adult male and an adolescent of undetermined sex—belonged to the primitive Natufian culture , which flourished between 15, 000 and 11, 600 years ago in an area that is now Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The Natufian society was one of the first—possibly the first—to transition from a roaming hunter-gatherer lifestyle to permanent settlements, and was also the first to establish true graveyards, said study leader Daniel Nadel , an archaeologist at the University of Haifa in Israel. The new discovery indicates that the Natufians were also among the first to use flowers to honor their dead. Link
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Like it or not, the first thing a lot of us look at in the morning is our phone or tablet. To that end, a slew of different apps have popped up that seek to get your morning off on the right foot. Here are the best depending on what you’re looking for. Read more…
Leftovers from atomic tests are good for biologists, bad for ivory smugglers.
You’d have to be in serious denial not to know that Google Reader is officially dead as of this morning. But there has been a certain ambiguity about how long your data would be available after the rapture. No longer. July 15th is the end. Read more…
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Google Reader Data Will Be Permanently Deleted on July 15th
This morning at 9:00 am PT, the SETI Institute will announce the new names of Pluto’s smallest known moons. Read more…
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In appellate case, ACLU and others argue that a warrant should be required.
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Cops shouldn’t have easy access to 220+ days of cell location data, lawyers say
Apple’s Reno, Nevada data center might be a lot greener in the next few years — according to GigaOm , the company plans to build a 137 acre solar farm right next to it. The Nevada complex will reportedly generate between 18 and 20 megawatts of power similar to Apple’s two arrays in North Carolina , but GigaOm says it will use a different kind of technology. Instead of a standard farm of solar panels, it will include mirrors that concentrate the sun’s rays on each one up to seven times, increasing the amount of energy produced. In a statement sent to the publication, Cupertino revealed that the facility will not only provide electricity for the data center, but also supply energy to the local grid. Solar company SunPower will work on the array’s engineering and construction, but until it’s operational (which could be a while), Apple will depend on geothermal energy generated by local plants. [Image credit: Apple ] Filed under: Misc , Apple Comments Source: GigaOm
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Interested in upgrading your eyeballs? Well, a team of DARPA-funded researchers led by Joseph Ford of UC San Diego recently published a proposal for a new type of telescopic contact lens in Optics Express . Designed for people with age-related macular degeneration, the lenses are only 1.17mm thick and can magnify images up to 2.8 times. Their layered construction admits light near the outer edge of the lens, bouncing it across a series of tiny aluminum mirrors before transmitting it to the back of the retina, kind of like the origami-optics lens . Telescopic sight can be toggled on and off by using a pair of 3D glasses to switch the polarization of the central part of the lens. It sounds promising, but the lenses — pictured after the break — currently have some obstacles, like gas-impermeable materials unsuitable for long-term wear and sub-par image quality. Want to read more? Pop on your glasses and check out the full paper at the source link below. Filed under: Science , Alt Comments Via: Extreme Tech Source: Optics Express (PDF)
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Telescopic contact lenses magnify sight 2.8 times, turn wearer into cyborg
When the App Store was fresh and new, you’d see different apps pop up in the Top Apps list. Those Top Apps lists were actually usable. But ever since Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja and whatever else decided to squat down, it’s the same damn apps over and over. So how popular does an app have to be to crack these lists? Read more…
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