Print A Lighter Aircraft Bracket, Win $8,000 Via GE Jet Engine Bracket Challenge

Design 3D printed plane part, win up to $8,000!

by Arnold Carreiro

An aircraft engine’s brackets need to be strong and firm, but due to the heavy metal materials commonly used to make these parts, they are a bit on the bulky side. GE is looking for 3D printing wizards to solve this problem, while offering big bucks for big ideas.

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Suit Of Inverted Puppies Puts Dogs Into Your Style

by Steve Levenstein

Think fashion has gone to the dogs? You are correct sir! This outrageous outfit on sale at the Laforet Harajuku Department Store and Museum in Tokyo, Japan, adds a diagonal row of upside-down puppies to a snazzy black pinstriped suit.

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Google Says Potayto, Bing Says Potahto, But Whose Better At Search In Topeka?

Google Says Potayto, Bing Says Potahto, But Whose Search Is Better In Topeka, Kansas?

by Ron Callari

''Topeka' is the Indian word for "a good place to grow potatoes." And even though the wheat and corn crops grow in greater abundance today, two Internet search engines view the potential of this 122,000-person-town as two very different type of spuds. While one treats it like "small potatoes," the other likens it to "potatoes au gratin," or a great side dish to whet one's appetite.

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Robot Test Drivers?

by Katie Gatto

Test driving cars is harder then it looks. If you want to get the best testing, without hurting human test drivers in the increasingly rough situations, then you need to do something different. Many car makers are turning to help from non-human drivers. That's right, robots may be testing the cars you drive every day.

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NBC Desktop USB Fan Makes You Look (And Feel) As Cool As Jimmy Fallon

by China.new

Are you as cool as the next host of NBC's The Tonight Show, the one and only Jimmy Fallon? Would you like to be? A Chinese online seller can make it happen, no sweat.

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Microsoft Releases Office For iPhone

by dendory

The first release of Microsoft Office for iPhone is not quite what many people expected, requiring an Office 365 subscription and SkyDrive cloud usage, but if you fit the usage pattern, this may be an app worth checking out.

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Safety Nets Keep Pedestrians Covered When Beijing Manholes Aren't

by China.new

Dropping out of sight through an open manhole might be funny in cartoons but in real life, not so much. China's capital city of Beijing is testing out a possible solution, installing safety nets under 1,000 manhole covers along with a reflective pylon that pops up if the cover is removed.

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Air Hockey Playing Robot Adapts to Your Game

by Katie Gatto

A team of researchers at Chiba University, in the Namiki Lab, have been working on an interesting robot. The robot, which plays air hockey for a living, is designed to do something interesting. The robot is able to adapt to the way you play and get better at the game.

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Hey, Software Developers! Back That App Up With Appbackr!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re an innovative app creator who needs help with funding your current and future app developing projects, then you’re going to learn about Appbackr.com.

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Immortality For Scientists & Dalai Lama Connected By Social Media

by Ron Callari

A research initiative under the code name "Avatar" is opening its San Francisco office this summer, and will be launching a social media project connecting scientists around the world with the unprecedented goal of offering them immortality. Dimitry Itskov, a 31 yr-old media entrepreneur aims to transplant a human brain into a robot body within the next 10 years.

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What is a Nut Milk Bag?

by John P. Barker

What is a Nut Milk bag? Well, when I stumbled upon these words in search engine, my ideas ran from practical to just plain unsavory. Don't ask. What you should ask is if you want one... and if so, does it work?

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Oh Yeah, An Olla Pot Can Help You Keep Your Garden Green

by Laurie Kay Olson

With the continuing drought in much of the country and dwindling water resources anything that can water your plants efficiently and save water is a treasure. The Olla Pot (pronounced o-ya) is a bit of ancient technology that is returning to popularity. The unglazed terra cotta pot provides a continuous and efficient water supply to your plants.

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Brain Controlled Robots Get One Step Closer

by Katie Gatto

A research team at the University of Washington is working on teaching technology how to interact with the human brain. But before they can do that they have to get a solid understanding of the ways that the brain works. In order to do that the team is wiring up people who suffer from Epilepsy to see what they can see about how the brain works.

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How Many Pandas & Innovators Does It Take To Fill A British Airways' Plane

How Many Pandas & Innovators Does It Take To Fill A British Airways' Flight

by Ron Callari

'Pandas' and 'Innovators' were British Airways' only passengers this week on a couple of their historic flights. In two unprecedented promotions, giant pandas boarded one flight on Tuesday, June 11th to announce BA's first new route to China since it launched flights to Shanghai in 2005. The very next day, 100 innovators took part in the airlines' "UnGrounded" initiative, enlishted as a think tank hackathon team.

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Cornucopia: Can It Get Any Crazier Than Printing Food?

by Michael McParland

Whether it is producing card-counting blakcjack teams or inventing the email, it is no surprise when MIT is mentioned in the same breath as something astonishingly intelligent and innovative. But a machine which is capable of printing out food? Come on! How much more wonderfully weird can new food inventions get? Say hello to Cornucopia.

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5 Minutes To Better Marketing

by ModernMarketing

Starting up your own business can be one of the most exciting things that you will ever do. It is important to market your business or you may find that your success is limited and so are your sales. With no sales, your business will never take off, and this is true for about 90% of new business start-ups. It is important to carefully consider how you will market your business, even from the point of conception.

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USB Silent Desktop Fan Blows Cool, Looks Even Cooler

by China.new

This USB silent desktop fan from U-Like didn't come from the future or a 1950s sci-fi flick, it just looks that way. Designed to stand without a stand, so to speak, the fan rests on its side – any side – and quietly directs air upwards where it's most wanted.

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8 Great Gifts for Father's Day 2013

by John P. Barker

Father's Day. When you get to my father's age, it becomes quite difficult to find something original as a gift. Ties, while quite nice, are well-overplayed and no longer an option. Take him out to lunch? Sure... but again, not the most original of ideas. Movies are a good idea... but unless it's a drafthouse, it's really not that special.

So what to get for Dad on this Father's Day? Well, here are 8 ideas...

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Star Trek: Where No Wine Has Gone Before

by Laurie Kay Olson

Space -- the final frontier. These are the vintages of the Starship Enterprise. Yes, indeed Trekkie fandom has reached a new high (or low if you don't get it). There are three varieties of Star Trek wine available for preorder from the members-only wine marketing website Vinport. For adult Trek fans the world over it is finally time to reach "nerdvana."

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10 Unanswered Science Questions

by John P. Barker

Surprise! There are a lot of things out there that we don't know--and this video will cover a wide range of topics, with links to other videos that will delve even deeper into each mystery...

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