Visitors to Nortk Korea now have another unusual observation to add to their list: they don’t have a shred of 3G data access during their trip. Read more…
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North Korea Has Turned Off 3G Networks For Foreign Visitors
Samsung has announced a new series of prototype OLED displays in Hong Kong that, with their mirrored and transparent surfaces, are like something from a sci-fi film. Read more…
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Samsung’s Mirrored and Clear OLED Screens Are Straight From the Future
Using a similar approach that allowed MIT to see through walls using just wifi signals , researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, led by Yasamin Mostofi, have found a way to count crowds of people —with a surprising degree of accuracy—using just basic wifi hardware. Read more…
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Wifi Networks Can Count People—No Phones Required
MicroSD cards are ridiculously, laughably, annoyingly tiny. (No, seriously: they’re small enough to be stolen by three slightly strong ants.) They’re about the same size of your baby fingernail, only with half a terabyte of storage now crammed in there. Read more…
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Microdia Somehow Fit 512GB Onto A MicroSD Card
Every time a virus gets you sick, your immune system keeps a record. This essentially becomes a kill list that lets your body recognize and readily dispatch of any virus that tries to invade again. Scientists have now created $25 test blood test that prints out this list—an easy and cheap way to find out every virus that’s ever made you sick. Read more…
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A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That’s Ever Infected You
SanDisk’s just announced an updated version of its Ultra Fit USB 3.0 flash drive that now comes with 128GB of storage, somehow hidden inside a tiny form factor that’s barely larger than the USB connector hanging off the other end. Read more…
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Where Is the World’s Smallest 128GB Flash Drive Hiding All Its Storage?
Here’s some news: You can now embed GIFs on Facebook. Well, technically, you can post a link to a GIF, and Facebook will produce the animation, just like pretty much every other social network’s been doing for years. Read more…
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Uh Oh, GIFs Finally Work on Facebook
About a billion people live without electricity , and they often turn to kerosene lamps: ultra dangerous, carcinogen-spouting, open flames that could turn homes into tinderboxes. So a new Indiegogo campaign’s out to provide safe, reusable lights that need zero outside energy sources. Read more…
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A Clever Lamp That Requires No Batteries, Electricity, or Sun
It has been a month of supertall news to top them all, with the World Trade Center’s record-breaking 1, 776-foot height possibly getting scooped by a surprise spire in Midtown Manhattan. Now a new rendering from Visualhouse posted at New York Yimby gives an idea of how dramatically the New York City skyline will change just 15 years from now. Read more…
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Here’s What a Supertall New York Skyline Will Look Like In 2030
We’re one step closer to biodegradable gadgets. These computer chips are made almost entirely out of wood . Read more…
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We Can Now Make Computer Chips Out of Wood