SmartCover: Wireless Charging iPad Case
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Apple’s stock may be slipping, but they keep churning out innovative, mouth-watering new products.
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Gel That Moves Itself When Exposed To Light
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Inspired by phototropism, the phenomenon of plants growing toward light sources, bioengineers from the University of California Berkeley have created a hydrogel that can creatively be manipulated by light.
DVDs That Smell Like Pizza When You Watch ‘Em
Yummy
Cowabunga dude!
First Music Video Recorded Live In Space
Commander Chris Hadfield
Commander Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space, has now become the first man to record a hit music video in space, with his spectacular rendition of David Bowie’s Space Oddity while abord the International Space Station.
Reversing Gray Hair Without Dye Or Surgery
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It doesn’t matter how you spell it, gray hair is either a badge of honor or the bain of your existence.
For the latter, scientists think they have the answer: a cream that when applied and reacting with sunlight, will change the pigment on your scalp and restore youth back to your cranium.
The World’s Simplest Yet Most Complex Movie
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Using a two ton machine operating at negative 450 degrees fahrenheit, a group of IBMers has constructed a silver screen marvel.
Fundawear: Vibrating Internet Controlled Underwear (NSFW)
Fundawear: Fun To Wear
Away for work and wish you could reach out and touch that special someone? Durex hopes to let you do just with their haptic underwear.
Man Controls Live Animal With His Mind
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World’s First Brain-To-Brain Connection
Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston have established a non-invasive, brain-to-brain interface (BBI) that allowed human participants to move a rat’s tail with their thoughts via EEG and focused ultrasound signals.
The World’s Most Perfect Object & The Origin Of The Kilogram (VIDEO)
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A kilogram isn’t what it used to be. Literally.
The kilogram is the only base unit still defined by a physical artifact; the international prototype kilogram (IPK).
The problem is, that artifact is always fluctuating its weight.
Apple Procures Patent For Skydiving iPhone
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Though they seem to be making a killing from selling us new screens, Apple apparently has patented a technology that makes your phone indestructible by allowing it to manipulate itself while in midair.