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MIT Students Create An Ice Cream Printer

 You scream, I scream, we all transform an off-the-shelf Cuisinart soft-serve maker to extrude super-cooled and 3D-printed shells of ice cream! Three students at MIT, Kyle Hounsell, Kristine Bunker, and David Donghyun Kim, have created a homemade ice cream printer that extrudes soft serve and immediately freezes it so that it can be layered on a cooled plate. The system is a proof-of-concept… Read More

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MIT Students Create An Ice Cream Printer

US Marines Turned A Ship Into A Truck, Watch It Be An Absolute Beast

From Truck Yeah! : The US Marines have been planning up the “Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) to replace their beach-storming hovercrafts since 2008. They started building this one in 2012, and have finally brought out of the garage for a little test drive. Read more…

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US Marines Turned A Ship Into A Truck, Watch It Be An Absolute Beast

Uber Is Now Cheaper Than a New York City Taxi

redletterdave writes Uber announced in a blog post on Monday it would cut the prices of its UberX service in New York City by 20% — but it’s only for a limited time. Uber says this makes it cheaper to use UberX than taking a taxi. Consumers like Uber’s aggressive pricing strategy but competitors — and some of its own drivers — are not as happy. UberX, Uber’s cheaper service usually hosted by regular people driving basic sedans rather than fancy black cars, also cut its rates by 25% last week in the Bay Area, including San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. As a result of that announcement, Uber said its service was effectively “45% cheaper than a taxi.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Apple Maps Will Soon Remember Where You Parked Your Car

It looks like Apple’s doing everything it can to get its in-house Maps software back in our good graces. Thanks a hidden asset buried deep in iOS 8, new icons seem to reveal a Maps feature that would remember exactly where users last parked their cars. Read more…

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Almost Half The U.S. Subscribes To Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu Plus

It’s a good time to be a cord-cutter in the U.S. A new study says that 47% of all American households subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime or a combination of these. And almost half the country has at least one internet-connected TV set. Read more…

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Google Drive is reportedly down with frequent error messages and long load times.

Google Drive is reportedly down with frequent error messages and long load times. We’re looking into it — have you experienced any issues? (Update: it’s back!) Read more…

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You Can Buy an Actual Viking Ship at Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum

After touring a museum, what do you think is the best gift shop souvenir to commemorate your visit? A post card? A magnet? The online gift shop for the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, has got something far more appropriate: an actual viking boat to stage your own conquests. Read more…

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