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The Pentagon is Investing Millions to Advance the Future of 3-D Printing Tech

3-D Makerbot-ing The Pentagon is getting into 3-D printing in a big way–$30-million big. Continue reading

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Virgin Atlantic Now Allows Cell Phone Calls on Transatlantic Flights

Consider your serenity shattered It was bound to happen and we can’t say we’re surprised that the forward-leaning Virgin Atlantic is the one doing it. Continue reading

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Talking to Dolphins: New "Dolphin Speaker" Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds

So Long and Thanks For All the Fish U.S. Continue reading

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Video: New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity

Piezoelectric devices promise to draw power from your footsteps or heartbeat , change the channel on your TV, and complete all sorts of helpful tasks – but they generally work in the nano-mechanical realm, requiring synthetic materials to function. Continue reading

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Video: New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity

Piezoelectric devices promise to draw power from your footsteps or heartbeat , change the channel on your TV, and complete all sorts of helpful tasks – but they generally work in the nano-mechanical realm, requiring synthetic materials to function. Continue reading

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Video: New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity

Piezoelectric devices promise to draw power from your footsteps or heartbeat , change the channel on your TV, and complete all sorts of helpful tasks – but they generally work in the nano-mechanical realm, requiring synthetic materials to function. Continue reading

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NASA is Training Up an Astronaut Crew for a Potential Manned Asteroid Mission

Asteroid Eros This spud-shaped rock is asteroid 433 Eros. Continue reading

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A Series of Long Exposures Aboard the ISS Produces a Psychedelic Swirl of Stars

A Series of Exposures from the ISS Trippy. Continue reading

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Computer Interface Monitors Your Overworked Brain and Takes Over Tasks For You

Brainput Multitasking Assistant A volunteer tries out the Brainput workload-sensor and multitasking-helper. Continue reading

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Engineer Details Plans to Build a Real, Burj-Dubai-Sized Starship Enterprise in 20 Years

Real Starship Enterprise BuildTheEnterprise.org The year 2245 is just too distant – we should build and commission a real USS Enterprise right now, cracking the champagne across her hull within 20 years, according to an enterprising engineer. Continue reading

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