Running certain Android apps on your desktop is nothing new with Bluestacks , but now you can get the whole dang OS running on your PC as a native application thanks to a little program called WindowsAndroid . More »
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You Can Run Android 4.0 in Its Entirety Right on Your PC
It was inevitable. Drones are in ever-wider use by the military, and some day they might deliver you food, but it looks like they’ll also be the private, flying-camera spies for private companies too. That’s what Japanese security company Secom is banking on with its new private security quadrotor. More »
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Oh God, Here Come the Private Security Drones
It seems the rumors of e-ink based displays’ imminent death at the hands of tablets were greatly exaggerated. Despite a glut of portable color screen devices now on the market, e-book readers are more popular than ever, and a company called ZBD Solutions now wants to use the e-ink technology as easily updateable store signage. More »
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Self-Updating LCD Grocery Shelf Labels Are Pure Genius
There’s a copyright notice people have been posting on Facebook over the past couple of days similar to privacy notice that made the rounds several months ago. Before you copy paste it on your own profile, stop. It’s bogus and unenforceable . More »
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That Facebook Copyright Notice Is Worthless
Back in 2010, neuroscientists confirmed that it was possible to communicate with some patients locked in a vegetative state by using an fMRI scanner . Though limited, the breakthrough suggested that more meaningful dialogue with patients in a coma could someday be possible. And now, two years later, it has finally happened. A Canadian man in a vegetative state has used his thoughts to tell scientists that he is not in any pain, marking the first time a patient in such a condition has relayed information relevant to their care. More »
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Man in coma uses his thoughts to tell doctors, ‘I’m not in pain’
Stop what you’re doing. Watch this. Repeat after us: What the ever-loving what?! More »
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This is one of the most impressive juggling routines we’ve ever seen