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Can You Beerlieve It? The New Self-Cooling Beer

by Michael McParland

Truly a new beer gadget like no other, the I.C Can from Tempra Technology and Crown Holdings is set to put a smile on the faces of beer drinkers everywhere. Yep, when a new beer invention takes 20 years to perfect, you know that good, and insanely cold things are going to happen. Sick of waiting for what seems like an eternity for a cold beer? Prepare to be sick no longer!

MOGA Wants To Be The New PSP – For Your Phone

by Cornelius Fortune

Mobile gaming used to be a quaint diversion you pursued while waiting in the grocery line. Now, games for your phone are looking better than ever. It was inevitable that a device would be created that could give gamers a real alternative to the portable game -- MOGA wants to be the device you love.

Japan's Automatic Robot Snowplow - An Update On Yuki Taro

An Update On Yuki Taro, Japan's Automatic Robot Snowplow

by Steve Levenstein

Where's a cute automatic Japanese robot snowplow when you need one? When nasty nor'easters like February 2013's “Nemo” blanket huge stretches of America's northeast with up to three feet of snow, a GPS-equipped robotic snow shovel like Yuki Taro would come in mighty handy.

Polaroid iM1836: Cool New Android-Powered Camera

by Arturo Rubio

Polaroid unveils the first and only Android-powered camera at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. Android fanatics drool.

Rex Robot Shows Off Prosthetics Possibilities

by Katie Gatto

A look at the new Rex robot, made by Shadow, that is designed to show off the forefront of prosthetics technology to the world. With more than half of the organs in the human body being simulated at this point. He will soon be on TV and then in a London museum for the public to see the advances for themselves.

New Treatment Targets Cancer Cells - Not Healthy Ones

UCLA-developed degradable capsules deliver cancer treatment

by T Goodman

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samuel School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new treatment method for cancer; a method that delivers a cancer killer to the nucleus of a cancer cell without harming healthy cells, avoiding the risks associated with gene therapy and chemotherapy.

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Lotteria's Bacon Hangover Cheeseburger Lays It On Extra Thick & Double Wide

by Steve Levenstein

Lotteria's upcoming limited-edition “Bacon Hangover Cheeseburger” not only thinks outside the bun, it dares to go there! What's more, the new extended-range burger features bacon so thick it can probably carry the burger without any help from the beef.

StormFly Kickstarts The Storm Versus Betting On The Cloud

by Ron Callari

Commuters, kids, business travelers and anyone on the move: How would you like to carry a lite-weight version of your computer on your wrist? While Cloud Computing is definitely the wave of the future, with hundreds of millions of PCs shipping each year, a good amount of today's computing happens locally. And to that end, StormFly has found the answer to moving complete operating systems between devices, quickly, easily and securely.

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First "Rom-Zom-Com" Gives Heart To Zombie Genre

First "Rom-Zom-Com" Gives Heart To Walking Dead Genre

by Ron Callari

Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of zombies combing the post-apocalyptic landscape, in walks another herd titling the genre either backwards or forward, dependent on your point of view. So much so, that your next popcorn outing might just include walking dead sweethearts, just in time for Valentine's Day.

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'30 Rock' Reinvented Situation Comedy, While Biting The Hand That Feeds [Videos]

by Ron Callari

Tina Fey's 30 Rock was a surreal sitcom that turned the genre on its head. High and low-brow comedy are treated as equals where punch-drunk punchlines often sail over the heads of even the most die-hard Feysians! To reinvent the 30-minute format, Fey also stole a page out of David Letterman's playbook - that is, disparaging jabs at its own TV network.

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1984's Big Brother Meets 'Person Of Interest' Becomes Reality?

1984's Big Brother Meets 'Person Of Interest' To Become A Reality? [Videos]

by Ron Callari

George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' written in 1949 appears to have entered the world's zeitgeist almost 30 years later than the author's prognostication. The satirical novel set in the fictional country of Oceania describes a dystopian society tyrannized by omnipresent government surveillance. Today, the TV Show 'Person of Interest' introduces a similar theme by replacing Orwell's 'Big Brother' with 'The Machine.' Is a world of paranoia within our midst?

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Large Study Links Erectile Dysfunction To Heart Disease And Early Death

by T Goodman

From Australian National University comes a longitudinal study of more than 95,000 men that links erectile dysfunction (ED) with heart disease. Though previous studies have demonstrated the link between ED and cardiovascular disease (CVD), this is the first study to show how the severity of ED can indicate the extent of the risk - and that ED is not just a risk factor for heart disease, but a risk marker.

KFC Japan's "Kentucky Chicken Rice": Double Down with a Difference

by Steve Levenstein

If you bet on Kentucky Fried Chicken's bunless wondrous Double Down being down for the count, KFC Japan has got a wake up call for you. The "Kentucky Chicken Rice" sandwich includes almost everything the Double Down was famous (or infamous) for, then adds a central patty made from rice held together with ketchup. Difficulty: no bacon.

Are Downton Abbey Fans Gamers Or Just Weepers?

by Ron Callari

In the days of Downton Abbey, class distinctions were fairly straightforward. There were the folks that owned the Abbey, the folks that aspired to own the Abbey and then those that slaved over hot ovens, spit and shined boots, delivered room service and scrubbed toilets. Today those distinctions have blurred significantly where demographics and psychographics tend to label you by your preferences.

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New Protein Discovered In T-Cells That Protects Against The Flu

by T Goodman

Researchers have discovered a protein in some of the body's T-cells that is a powerful repellent of influenza and other viruses. It's called IFITM3, and it won't help the norovirus or the remainder of this season's upper-respiratory flus, but if it can be incorporated into a vaccine, it might ward them off in the near future.

CSA Space Refueling Robot Test Successful

by Katie Gatto

The Canadian Space Agency announced a successful test of its newest collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The robot, which has managed to refill a mock satellite in space, on the international space station, may be used in the future to extend the life of satellites currently in space.

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Snoring Increases Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

by T Goodman

New research, conducted by the Henry Ford Hospital's sleep center, indicates that snoring is a contributor to cardiovascular disease, because it thickens the carotid arteries, the main arteries to the head and neck. The researchers warn that snoring is, in fact, a greater risk for atherosclerosis than smoking or obesity.

Augmented Reality Advancements Slowed Due to Hotel 626 Closing Doors? [Videos]

by Ron Callari

Hotels are known to be 24/7 operations. So why did Hotel 626 shutter its doors back in 2010, after checking in guests for only a couple of years? Namely because this hotel is not your typical hostelry. It was an advergame created to promote Dorito's snacks. It was indeed a social network for horror-philes who prefer their 'bumps in the night' to be filled with primal screams, where their room keys were triggered by Augmented Reality.

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China's New Y-20 Heavy Transport Jet Takes First Flight

by China.new

Today's highly anticipated first flight of China's enormous new Y-20 four-engined heavy cargo jet was, by all accounts, a complete success. The flight lifts China into a very exclusive club as the Y-20 now joins the United States' C-17 and Russia's Il-76 in the ranks of the world's largest military jet transport aircraft.

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The Effects Of Yoga On Psychiatric Disorders

by T Goodman

Duke University researchers have conducted a major review of the psychiatric literature that measures the effects of yoga as a treatment for a range of mental disorders in clinical trials. Here's how they went about their research, their results, and the implications for the future treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

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