It’s been a long time (centuries!) since Istanbul was the focal point of trade between Asia and the West. But, yesterday, at the opening of the deepest underwater railway ever built, Turkish officials described their vision to “restore the Silk Road” linking London and Beijing—thanks to a Japanese-funded railway beneath the Bosphorus. Read more…
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World’s Deepest Undersea Tunnel Weaves Together Two Continents
It’s joked that duct tape can be used to fix almost anything. But a new product called FiberFix might very well be the only tool you’ll ever need for emergency repairs. And the secret is its special resin adhesive that hardens stronger than steel as it cures. Read more…
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New Instant-Fix Fabric Is 100x Stronger Than Duct Tape
The cheapest Mac Pro you can buy, Apple informed us last week , will cost you $3, 000. That’s a pretty penny, sure, but not outrageous for a workstation these days. What if, though, you spec it out as far as you can go? That’s when we hit new car territory. Read more…
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A Fully Loaded Mac Pro Could Cost You $14,000
Imagine a future without batteries. But in the same future, your cell phone charges in minutes and stays charged for weeks. Thanks to the world’s first silicon power cell, this future might not be so far away—and graphene is helping us get there. Read more…
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This Graphene-Coated Silicon Power Cell Signals a Battery-Free Future
Piracy is a dangerous game. You never know if the hosts are out to get money , or maybe just out to get you . Turns out the guy who ran a pirate haven called Uploader Talk was the latter. Now, after a year of stealing uploader’s info from deep cover, the jig is up . Read more…
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Magnificent Asshole Reveals Popular Piracy Site Was a Trap All Along
You have to crawl before you can walk—be you a baby or an asteroid-blasting space cannon. Now, after a successful test-fire here on Earth, Japan’s specially made cannon for its Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is ready to take its first, real steps in outer space. Read more…
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Japan Just Successfully Tested Its Asteroid-Shattering Space Cannon
“Through the Force, things you will see. The future, the past, old friends long gone.” Someone has apparently just found a laser-disc full of behind the scenes, never before seen footage from Return of the Jedi . Two clips were uploaded to a Facebook page yesterday: a silent 59 seconds of R2D2 repairing Luke’s X-Wing on Dagobah, and a minute of Frank Oz getting fed lines and doing Yoda like only he can (which, in the end, sounds like quite a strain on the ol’ vocal cords). Read more…
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Long Lost LaserDisc Found, Features Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Footage
Music scholars are recreating ancient Greek songs that haven’t been heard for thousands of years. The results aren’t very inspiring, but we’re finally getting a sense of what the ancients were listening to. Read more…
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Listen to 2,500-year-old music brought back to life
Hey remember Twitter Music ? Hadn’t thought about it in a while? Well apparently that’s a common problem, and according to a report by AllThingsD, Twitter is very seriously considering putting the service out of its misery . Read more…
When Megaupload got taken down two years ago, it took a whole hell of a lot of data with it. And eventually it got obliterated . Some of it was pirate data, sure, but some was legit too. And new research shows that, at the very least, ten million innocent files got the axe . Read more…
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The Megaupload Takedown Killed At Least 10 Million Innocent Files