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A DIY Controller That Gamifies Reddit

Sep 26, 12:32PM

A DIY Controller That Gamifies Reddit

Tired of reaching for your mouse or keyboard when you want your opinion to be known on Reddit? If you're handy with a soldering iron, or can coerce someone who is, this Karma Controller makes up-voting or down-voting posts as fun as playing GTA V. Well, almost.

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Bill Gates: Ctrl-Alt-Delete "Was a Mistake"

Sep 26, 11:41AM

Bill Gates: Ctrl-Alt-Delete

The keyboard combo that is Control-Alt-Delete may have become iconic—but according to Bill Gates it was all just a big mistake.

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How Google Has Turned Language Translation into a Math Problem

Sep 26, 10:48AM

How Google Has Turned Language Translation into a Math ProblemLanguage translation is a notoriously difficult task for humans, let alone computers. But in trying to solve that problem Google has stumbled across a clever trick, that involves treating them like maps—and it really, really works.

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This Bear Was an Official Member of Poland's WWII Army

Sep 26, 10:00AM

This Bear Was an Official Member of Poland's WWII Army

After being invaded by Germany in the west and later by Soviet Russia in the east, the Polish government fled Warsaw but continued to fight from abroad. After Germany attacked Russia, the Russians decided to release their Polish prisoners of war, who then began re-forming into an army.

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Google Talk Is Sending Messages to the Wrong Recipients

Sep 26, 9:18AM

Google Talk Is Sending Messages to the Wrong Recipients

Well, this could be embarrassing. According to user reports, Google Talk appears to be delivering messages to the wrong recipients.

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Jony Ive and Craig Federighi Talk Design, User Experience and Touch ID

Sep 26, 8:32AM

Jony Ive and Craig Federighi Talk Design, User Experience and Touch ID

Last week, Business Week ran a fairly boring interview with Tim Cook, Jonathan Ive and Craig Federighi. Now, though, it's released a longer interview with just Ive and Federighi, which is kinda interesting. Here are some of the highlights.

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How Gesture Control Actually Works

Sep 26, 7:46AM

Gesture control sure is cool, even if it's still a little bit of a gimmick. But how the hell does it actually work?

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Nissan is now (kinda) selling its Versa Note cars on Amazon.

Sep 26, 7:22AM

Nissan is now (kinda) selling its Versa Note cars on Amazon. Fortunately 1-click purchasing doesn't work, but you can snag $1,000 off the price if you're one of the first make a purchase.

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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: The Mega Plush

Sep 26, 4:00AM

So first we had Teddy Ruxpin, a delightful animatronic pal for little kids. Then we had Ted, the CGI-based, foul-mouthed, binge-drinking pal once those kids grew up. And now there's apparently a gun-toting, Sock Monkey-slaying, cyborg-bear vigilante roaming the streets. Stephen Colbert was right, these things are terrifying.

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What the Military Issue Rifle Is in Each Country of the World

Sep 26, 3:00AM

What the Military Issue Rifle Is in Each Country of the World

Different strokes, different folks. Different guns, different countries. Here's a map showing the military issue rifle for each country in the world. You'll see familiar M4s, AK-47s, AK-74s, some M16s and tinkles of other weaponry. Judging by the map's choice of colors, it seems to group weapons that are of a similar family together by color.

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Replacing the Faces of Iconic Celebrities with Emoticons Is Stupid Fun

Sep 26, 2:19AM

Replacing the Faces of Iconic Celebrities with Emoticons Is Stupid Fun

Emoticons are inherently silly. They're text based facial expressions that don't always make sense. Anytime a $ or # gets inserted to an emoticon, no one has any idea what the hell is going on anymore. But! When emoticons capture a feeling perfectly, they're beyond brilliant. A string of words can't even express life the same.

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This Animation Makes Stephen Hawking's Ideas Easier to Understand

Sep 26, 1:03AM

Stephen Hawking. Theoretical Physicist. Cosmologist. Smart guy. Beyond genius, actually. Hell, very probably the best brain that us humans have right now. But so much of his intelligence is hard to grasp for less wrinkled brains like us. This animation, made by The Guardian as part of its Made Simple series, breaks down the basics of some of Hawking's ideas about black holes, singularity, gravity, physics, Hawking Radiation and so forth. You might get a little smarter? [The Guardian via Brain Pickings]

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You can set up your Apple TV through your iOS 7-running iPhone now thanks to the magic of Bluetooth.

Sep 26, 12:29AM

You can set up your Apple TV through your iOS 7-running iPhone now thanks to the magic of Bluetooth. Just touch your iOS device to your Apple TV and your Apple TV will get all the deets on the Wi-Fi network, passwords and iTunes account details. [Apple]

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A City Getting Google Fiber Explains How Awesome Google Fiber Is

Sep 25, 11:44PM

Google Fiber—which for most of us is an idea better than any dream we've ever had—is expanding. After blessing Kansas City with superlightspeed Internet, it's moving on to Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. Chances are you probably don't live there. Chances are you might have not even heard of Provo. Chances are you're wondering why it's not your city getting Google Fiber and not Provo.

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Lifehacker The Things Nobody Tells You About Grief | Jezebel Delusional Man-Child Has Most Incredibl

Sep 25, 10:52PM

Lifehacker The Things Nobody Tells You About Grief | Jezebel Delusional Man-Child Has Most Incredible List of Dating Requirements | Jalopnik Detroit's Newest Muscle Car Is A Mash Up Of Every Great Muscle Car | Deadspin What's The Deal With The America's Cup? An Explainer

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Chromosomes Actually Look Like an Insane Ball of Spaghetti

Sep 25, 10:40PM

Remember back in high school biology class when you had to sketch the structure of a cell? Chromosomes were always fun because you know they'd be these smooth X's stuffed with DNA. Well, I hate to break it to you, but science doesn't actually work like that.

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The First Carbon Nanotube Computer: The Hyper-Efficient Future Is Here

Sep 25, 10:20PM

The First Carbon Nanotube Computer: The Hyper-Efficient Future Is Here

Coming just a year after the creation of the first carbon nanotube computer chip, scientists have just built the very first actual computer with a central processor centered entirely around carbon nanotubes. Which means the future of electronics just got tinier, more efficient, and a whole lot faster.

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Corkscrewing Lasers Could Be the Key to Unlimited Bandwidth

Sep 25, 10:00PM

Corkscrewing Lasers Could Be the Key to Unlimited Bandwidth

Conventional data transmission techniques rely on two-dimensional signals to carry the information down a pipeline, but there's only so much potential bandwidth to go around. There are only so many signals you can pack into a given plane before they begin to overlap and interfere with another. But if we were to add an additional third plane, science could conveniently sidestep that technological roadblock. And that's exactly what a team at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has done.

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Shooting Challenge: Fall Leaves 2013

Sep 25, 9:57PM

Shooting Challenge: Fall Leaves 2013

This week marks the end of summer and the first days of fall. It also marks the start of fourth annual Fall Shooting Challenge. Don't worry if things are still green by you—the results aren't due next week—but you can enter starting...NOW!

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How Software Enables an Artist With Cerebral Palsy to Paint Hands-Free

Sep 25, 9:40PM

Astro Saulter is an incredibly talented artist from Jamaica. He was also born with cerebral palsy, which has confined him to a wheelchair for his entire life. But thanks to some special software, he can exercise his uncanny ability to create art.

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Trade Your Swiss Army Knife For This Multi-Function iPhone Case

Sep 25, 9:20PM

Trade Your Swiss Army Knife For This Multi-Function iPhone Case

Your smartphone has already replaced everything from your digital camera to your alarm clock, so why not the pocket knife clipped to your keyring too? The creators of the IN1 feel you should demand more from your iPhone case than just a way to protect it from falls, and so have packed theirs with a multitude of removable tools sure to make any wannabe MacGyver happy.

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Add Some Lift to Your Living Room with These Balloon-Shaped Lights

Sep 25, 9:00PM

Add Some Lift to Your Living Room with These Balloon-Shaped Lights

Finding the right lighting for your home can be a tough challenge these days. You can get ceiling-mounted lights, recessed lights, track lights, wall lights—you can even get fancy with a chandelier or a floor lamp! But what about something fun? Look no further than these "Memory lights".

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Food Truck Uses Sensory Trickery So You Can Enjoy Endangered Eats

Sep 25, 8:40PM

Food Truck Uses Sensory Trickery So You Can Enjoy Endangered Eats

A new GhostFood truck traveling the northeast in October will offer you the experience of eating some wonderful, albeit endangered, delicacies. That's right: the experience. You won't actually get to eat the food, but if the proprietors' trickery works, your brain—and your tastebuds—won't know the difference.

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Google Hangouts is finally finally finally getting proper status indicators (on Android) so you can

Sep 25, 8:24PM

Google Hangouts is finally finally finally getting proper status indicators (on Android) so you can tell if you're bugging someone who's actually online! It's no SMS support, but this is one hell of a welcome update.

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What Kenya's Mall Siege Reveals About the Urban Future of War

Sep 25, 8:17PM

What Kenya's Mall Siege Reveals About the Urban Future of War

A 2003 article in the Military Review has proven darkly prescient with last weekend's terrorist siege of an indoor shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Written by two retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonels, the piece outlines the emergence of modern-day siege warfare tactics, or the invasion of large architectural structures.

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