Extras

All the cool stuff that’s not really news, but is still awesome.

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Don’t Text And Drive!

Typing a text message on your cell phone while driving is even more dangerous than phoning at the wheel, as it requires that you take your eyes off the road. As some 20% of the drivers in the USA indulge in... Continued
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A Rope-Jumping Robot

The winner of the ROBO-ONE 11 demonstration phase competitions is Takeshi Maeda’s OmniZero.4, which performed various feats that both astonished and pleased the jury. Read on to discover what these little t... Continued
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The Wii Gets Hack Proofed

ModChip users beware. Nintendo has taken steps to limit and or prevent the use of chips in the latest revisions of the Wii Systems. Of course, this will only slow things down for a while. Some providers of... Continued
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Trade that Gun for an Xbox in Mexico City?

In order to crackdown on drug violence in Mexico City neighborhoods, a new program has been put in place to to remove weapons without the use of force. Instead, they are allowing residents to trade their small... Continued
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The Tiniest Alphabet Soup In The World

You can choose the font and even the color of each individual letters, but you’ll need a microscope to see them and laser tweezers to move them around. A research team at the University of California in Los... Continued
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Evolutionary Car Racing

The University of Essex, in the UK, is organizing a special car racing competition. This contest will involve model cars driven by what they call an “evolutionary software” which is able to learn through ex... Continued
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The First Easy-To-Use Conception Kit

With millions of people worldwide having fertility issues, the Michigan-based company Conceivex, Inc. has found a niche. They've taken the hard work out of conceiving with their patented and FDA-approved Co... Continued
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Mice Who See The World The Way Humans Do

Non-primate mammals do not see colors as well as humans, due to having photoreceptors that only detect short (blue) and medium (green) wavelengths of the visible spectrum of light. Genetically engineered mi... Continued
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French UFO Files Open To The Public

The French National Space Agency has decided to set up a website making available to the general public all recorded UFO sightings over the national territory in the past 50 years. The goal of such a releas... Continued
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Bright Students Prefer Heavy Metal

The usual stereotype of a little genius is a studious kid, head in books and listening to soft classical music. However, a team of researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, has released a study that sho... Continued
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Over The Atlantic In A Sail Balloon

In an effort to raise public awareness to the use of renewable energy sources, the Windream One project was officially launched, sponsored by French environmental association Theolia. The project will consi... Continued