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A Clip-On Motion Sensor That Lets You Read While Running

Sep 05, 11:00AM

A Clip-On Motion Sensor That Lets You Read While Running

Back in April we brought you a device that researchers at Purdue University had developed to make it easier to read while running on a treadmill. But the infra-red goggles and tracking cameras that translated a runner's movements to the text they were reading was clunky, and no where near as easy to use as the new Run-n-Read clip-on sensor promises to be.

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Marie Curie Had Two Duels Fought Over Her After She Had an Affair

Sep 05, 10:00AM

Marie Curie Had Two Duels Fought Over Her After She Had an AffairToday I found out that Marie Curie once had two duels fought over her after she had an affair with a married man.

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Path Now Has a Premium Version--But Who Will Pay For It?

Sep 05, 9:00AM

Path Now Has a Premium Version--But Who Will Pay For It?

Path has today introduced a premium, pay-for service. Path 3.2 for Android and iOS now allows users unlimited access to the network's stickers, camera filters and all manner of other things for a monthly or annual fee.

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You Wouldn't Want To Be Inside This NASA Spin Test

Sep 05, 8:00AM

You Wouldn't Want To Be Inside This NASA Spin Test

This is a picture of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory, which is due to launch tomorrow—but it's spinning fast enough to make you feel really quite sick.

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Harman Kardon SoHo Headphones: Same Great Sound, New Portable Package

Sep 05, 7:00AM

Harman Kardon SoHo Headphones: Same Great Sound, New Portable Package

Last year's Harman Kardon CL headphones were absolute knockouts: A beautiful minimal design plus nearly perfectly clear sound, all for the totally reasonable list price of $200. With the new SoHo headphones, HK hopes to revise that success in a more portable package, while retaining the sound that made them a smash value to begin with.

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Yahoo's New Logo Is a Bore, and That's the Whole Point

Sep 05, 5:21AM

Yahoo's New Logo Is a Bore, and That's the Whole Point

At midnight, Yahoo unveiled its new logo after 30 days of zany decoy versions. It's a staid little number, the main surprises of which are its intense new shade of purple, an ever-so-slight serif, and an odd architectural shadow effect. It's a more traditional, adult design—and it hints at how Yahoo is changing on a larger scale.

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Fujifilm 23mm f/1.4 Lens: The Street Photographer's New Best Friend

Sep 05, 5:00AM

Fujifilm 23mm f/1.4 Lens: The Street Photographer's New Best Friend

Fuji knows that a lens ecosystem is one of the most important things when choosing a camera to invest in. That's why it's full speed ahead in developing options for its stylish X series of mirrorless cameras. The new 23mm f/1.4 prime lens is yet another piece of quality glass for the stable.

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Nikon's Tiny LED Light Keeps Darkness Out of Your Camera's Way

Sep 05, 4:01AM

Nikon's Tiny LED Light Keeps Darkness Out of Your Camera's Way

Nikon's LD-1000 LED movie light is an inexpensive, portable lighting solution that could make shooting video with company's Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras a lot easier. The always-on light mounts to your camera and keeps the scene in front of you continuously illuminated with what Nikon promises is a natural-looking, diffuse white glow.

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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Palette of the Ocean

Sep 05, 4:00AM

This must be what Jacques Cousteau's dreams looked like.

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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Spiderman

Sep 05, 4:00AM

Of course Spiderman has a giant Shogun warrior robot with which to battle over-sized lizard monsters, this is Japan after all.

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Do You Think Kids Have Too Much Technology These Days?

Sep 05, 3:39AM

Do You Think Kids Have Too Much Technology These Days?

Because people's skin gets wrinkled and because people's eyes get worse and because pop stars people have never heard of are somehow already insanely popular, it's common for adults to gripe about the kids these days. A lot of that talk eventually leads to how today's kids only know smartphones and iPads and YouTube and Facebook. They don't go outside! They don't play in the street! They should have grown up like us!

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You can kill with Lego bricks

Sep 05, 2:50AM

You can kill with Lego bricks

Given enough force you can probably kill with anything you want—so it's not surprising to see these custom Lego shotgun shells inflicting such damage on metal and plastic. If any of these hit your soft flesh on the right place, it would be way more lethal than any brick left on any rug.

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Watch LG Use 4K TVs to Trick People Into Thinking a Meteor Hit Earth

Sep 05, 2:16AM

LG, maker of fine displays and wonderful prankster of innocent people, has cooked up another beautiful visual trick: installing LG 4K TVs as fake window units and tricking people into believing a meteor has crashed onto Earth. Because the screen is so clear!

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Make Your Own LED Shoes That Light Up When You Walk

Sep 05, 1:09AM

Look. Your adult self is pretty much a failure to your 8-year-old childhood self. You don't buy toys for yourself anymore. You don't remember the last time you gorged out in the candy aisle. You try to eat healthy. You talk about things like politics and the economy and lumbar support. You basically lost everything you enjoyed doing as a child. So do yourself a favor and remember the good times by creating your own LED shoes that light up when you walk.

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The Newest Gravity Trailer Makes Space Look Like a Scary Roller Coaster

Sep 05, 12:01AM

Are you ready for Alfonso CuarĂ³n's Gravity? Alternatively, are you ready for a panic attack to melt your brain into grey ooze? This latest trailer basically takes you on a roller coaster of fear through the gigantic emptiness of space. You'll see Sandra Bullock twist and turn and spin and basically lose all control and kill any dream to become an astronaut. Nuts.

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Redesigned Wacom Intuos Tablets: A New Look for Budding Artists

Sep 04, 10:55PM

Redesigned Wacom Intuos Tablets: A New Look for Budding Artists

On the heels of its Windows 8 and Android tablets, Wacom just announced a new sleeker and brighter Intuos. The new models are geared less toward professionals, and more toward everyday folk looking to draw and sketch on their computer.

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Kotaku The Classic PC Games You Must Play | Jezebel Concerned Mom: Slutty Girls' Selfies Are Temptin

Sep 04, 10:16PM

Kotaku The Classic PC Games You Must Play | Jezebel Concerned Mom: Slutty Girls' Selfies Are Tempting My Perfect Sons | Deadspin The 16 Fall Movies You Should Be Excited About: A Guide | io9 Here's what third-century China thought about the Roman Empire

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Silent Text for Android: A Secure Text Service That Self-Destructs

Sep 04, 10:00PM

Silent Text for Android: A Secure Text Service That Self-Destructs

While it's been on the market for iOS for almost a year, Silent Text is finally hitting Android, and with concerns over cyber security reaching critical levels, it couldn't come any sooner.

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Nobody Knows What Built These Weird Little Web Structures

Sep 04, 9:49PM

Nobody Knows What Built These Weird Little Web Structures

For some baffling reason, a bunch of tiny, fence-like web structures keep showing up in the Peruvian jungle. Measuring about two centimeters across and delicately constructed, they're beautiful in a way. And since scientists have no idea how they got there, they're also totally mysterious.

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There's Such a Thing as Remote-Controlled Dogs Now (Yes, Real Dogs)

Sep 04, 9:40PM

There's Such a Thing as Remote-Controlled Dogs Now (Yes, Real Dogs)

So here's a weird scenario: You're sitting on your porch stuffing your face with cheesy grits and you can't find your dog. You can't yell at her because your mouth is full of grits, and you can't get up because sitting on the porch is damn relaxing. What you need is a remote control. For your dog.

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A Simple Knock Opens This Dishwasher, Keeping the Front Panel Clean

Sep 04, 9:23PM

A Simple Knock Opens This Dishwasher, Keeping the Front Panel Clean

Everything inside your dishwasher might be sparkling and squeaky clean, but loading it with dishes and cutlery all day has probably left it a greasy mess on the outside. A disgusting downside that Miele intends to alleviate with automatic doors on its latest dishwashers—which open with a simple knock.

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An Optical Illusion Makes This Flat-Pack Lamp Look Not So Flat

Sep 04, 9:00PM

An Optical Illusion Makes This Flat-Pack Lamp Look Not So Flat

The advent of online shopping has also meant an increase in flat-pack product designs that are cheaper and easier to ship around the world. Usually there are design sacrifices involved—see Ikea's product line for example—but Spain-based design studio Kutarq came up with this novel design for a lamp that's easy to ship but doesn't skimp on functionality.

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Did the Galaxy Gear Change Your Mind About Smartwatches?

Sep 04, 8:40PM

Did the Galaxy Gear Change Your Mind About Smartwatches?

Welp the Samsung Galaxy Gear is finally here. It's not the first smartwatch by any means, but it's the first big assault in a war that's just beginning. But has it changed your view on smartwatches at all? Has the Toq? Could anything?

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Some Brilliant Idiot Made the Android KitKat Logo in 3D and It's Great

Sep 04, 8:34PM

Some Brilliant Idiot Made the Android KitKat Logo in 3D and It's Great

Some things are just too dumb to not be fun. Here's the Android KitKat logo, in 3D, which you can drag around and spin in circles, for no reason at all, except that it's the funnest.

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The Race to Build the Biggest Ferris Wheel on Earth

Sep 04, 8:20PM

The Race to Build the Biggest Ferris Wheel on Earth

For more than 100 years, every Ferris wheel on the planet was roughly the same size and height as the 1893 original. But in 2000, something changed: London debuted the London Eye, an enormous juggernaut of a tourist trap. Its success sparked a global race to build higher and faster wheels in the sky—and it's only heating up. So who's winning?

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