It seems like everyone and their brother is working on some sort of smart glasses, but how about smart contact lenses? It turns out those might actually be closer than you think . More »
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This Contact Lens Puts a Display Right On Your Eye
hattig writes “US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new light source is called field-induced polymer electroluminescent (Fipel) technology. It is made from three layers of white-emitting polymer that contain a small volume of nanomaterials that glow when electric current is passed through them. The developer is promising cheap, hard-to-break, mercury-free, highly efficient bulbs from 2013.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Researchers Create New Cheap, Shatterproof, Plastic Light Bulbs
If you read Lifehacker you’re probably familiar with Tim Ferriss , the best-selling author and human guinea pig who will do just about anything to make life more efficient and acheive his goals. In his new book The Four Hour Chef Ferriss shares with corporate weblog Business Insider his key to learning skills as diverse as body hacking, business development, and amassing languages with his four step system: Deconstruct, Selection, Sequencing, and Stakes. More »
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Use Tim Ferriss’ Four-Step Process to Master New Skills
Save some time (while wasting time) on Facebook with handy keyboard shortcuts for quickly getting around the social networking site, finding conversations, and composing messages. This Facebook Cheat Sheet offers up all the shortcuts plus a guide to emoticons. More »
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The Facebook Cheat Sheet Shows All the Keyboard Shortcuts to Use Facebook Faster
Windows: If you’re having problems with a Windows 8 Store app and nothing is working, Microsoft offers a few troubleshooting tips, as well as a utility that can automatically find and fix app problems for you—even ones you’re not aware of. More »
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Microsoft’s App Troubleshooter Finds and Fixes Problems with Windows 8
Just such a wireless streaming feature could help Google’s Android compete better with iPad and iPhone, GigaOm reports. [Read more]
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Google reportedly working on open alternative to AirPlay
Before Apple had Game Center it had OpenFeint, a gaming network that brought a cohesive online experience to countless iPhone, iPad and eventually Android games. Some of us may have opted to miss out on its fun features, but for many game developers it was a priceless tool. Come December 14, OpenFeint will be no more. More »
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GREE Closes OpenFeint, Gives Game Developers a Month to Avoid a Potential “Poor Player Experience”
Most have been so excited to get their discs open they haven’t been noticing, but Engadget have spotted something weird on the Wii U’s proprietary disc format: the discs’ edges are rounded. More »
When massive, open-pit mines like the Minera Escondida —in Chile’s Atacama Desert—need to pull millions of tons of minerals out of the ground each year, they rely on fleets of huge, “Ultra-Class” haul trucks. The ETF Haul Train, however, pulls four times the minerals of these stone-toting behemoths with just one driver. More »
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Don’t Call It a Dump Truck: This Massive Mineral Hauler Transforms Into an Overland Train
astroengine writes “The family of planets circling a relatively close dwarf star has grown to six, including a potential rocky world at least seven times more massive than Earth that is properly located for liquid water to exist on its surface, a condition believed to be necessary for life. Scientists added three new planets to three discovered in 2008 orbiting an orange star called HD 40307, which is roughly three-quarters as massive as the sun and located about 42 light-years away in the constellation Pictor. Of particular interest is the outermost planet, which is believed to fly around its parent star over 320 days, a distance that places it within HD 40307’s so-called “habitable zone.”” Read more of this story at Slashdot.