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12 min ago | Engadget

Alt-week 5.25.13: regenerating limbs, robo-politans and science's playground

We think it's fair to say that, we all aspire to a future where robots do the hard work, lost limbs self-regenerate, and kids love science.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Family, Kids, Physics, Science

4 hrs ago | Engadget

Mercedes-Benz plan will put QR codes on cars to speed up rescues

We joke that most people don't like QR codes , but those codes link to a lot of information through one snapshot -- and Mercedes-Benz may just use that efficiency to save lives.

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8 hrs ago | Technabob.com

Self-destructing Laptop Hack: Recovery Impossible

Growing up, Hack A Day's Caleb Kraft loved the James Bond movies. But he didn't idolize 007.

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12 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Digg Reader Announced To Be Digg's Official Google Reader Replacement

Ever since Google announced it would be shutting down its Google Reader service starting on July 1, a number of tech companies have attempted to step in to offer their own version of the popular RSS feed reader.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

16 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Mobelisk Turns Ordinary Tablets Into Enterprise Devices

At CTIA, MoGo has announced its second generation of modular sleeves that can turn a $200 device into a touch, enterprise ready tablet with extra battery capacity, optional laser bar code reader and many more options.

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Related Topix: Scanners

Fri May 24, 2013

Ubergizmo

Google Rumored To Be Interested In Waze As Well

A couple of weeks ago word on the street was that Facebook was interested in acquiring mapping company, Waze .

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Social Software, Facebook

Gizmag

iPhone biosensor does the work of a $50,000 lab-based machine

We already know that smartphones can perform many of the same features as more expensive computers, cameras and other devices.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cameras, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Engadget

Editor's Letter: One more Xbox

Can you believe we've had the Xbox 360 since 2005? As a child of the two- or three-year console cycle, a system still going strong after eight seems inconceivable.

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Related Topix: The, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, Deep Silver, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Startups

Gizmag

Seal system aims to keep kids from drowning

The Seal system consists of neckbands worn by swimmers, designed to sound an alarm if anyone is in danger of drowning It can't be easy, being a lifeguard at a pool full of children.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming

Gizmag

Samsung packs more pixels into tablet and notebook displays

Samsung Display has chosen Vancouver's Display Week Exhibition hosted by the Society for Information Display to unveil two new Retina-beating display panels.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks

Gizmag

Like the Galaxy S4, HTC One is getting its own "Google Edition"

Last week at Google I/O, some had been expecting a brand new Nexus phone or tablet.

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Engadget

Adidas labs unveils 99-gram adizero soccer boot and smart ball to help raise your game

Adidas isn't shy about embracing technology . In fact, sometimes it takes that a little further than you might expect.

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CRN

25 Cool Gadgets For A Hot Summer

Maybe the most anticipated season of them all, summer is finally here. Whether you are most looking forward to time spent by the pool, grilling out in the yard or an out-of-town hiatus, CRN has found the cool tech gadgets to help enhance any summer experience.

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Gizmag

Solar Impulse breaks own record for farthest solar-powered flight

The Solar Impulse has broken its own record for the longest distance flight of a solar-powered aircraft following the second leg of its journey across the USA .

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Engadget

Bing news search now shows related topics and personalities

Microsoft's Bing may be a boy among men in the search-engine wars, but that's not stopping it from piling on new features .

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Gizmag

World's largest outdoor swimming pool to be built in Japanese canal

Plans are afoot to build an 800-m swimming pool in the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka, Japan, according to a report in the Japan Times on Wednesday.

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Gizmag

Emergency shelter prototype assembles like an Ikea cupboard

Australian architecture firm BVN Donovan Hill made an appearance at Melbourne's recent Emergency Shelter Exhibition in order to demonstrate its new emergency shelter concept.

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Engadget

Samsung GT-i8800 smartphone makes an appearance running Tizen 2.1

Samsung's relationship with Google seems solid enough for now, but the company is still hedging its bets with Tizen should things turn sour.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Science / Technology, Open Source Software, Linux

Gizmag

Mataerial 3D printer builds gravity-defying structures directly onto walls

The Mataerial printer uses a robotic arm and quick-solidifying material to form rigid, free-flowing structures on almost any surface Earlier this year, we covered the 3Doodler , a pen that lets users sketch 3D objects with plastic filament, almost like a 3D printer.

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Gizmag

Toxic shock syndrome can't hide from fluorescent medical dressing

The new infection-indicating dressing on a healthy skin sample and on an infected skin sample .

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science