Recent Discoveries and Breakthroughs

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Two Inventions Get FTC Prize To STOP Robocalls!

by Myra Per-Lee

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may not receive many robocalls, but it gets more than 200,000 complaints about the buggers every month. It finally decided last fall to issue a challenge to the public to see who could come up with a way to stop the marketing calls before they reach your ringer. The Robocall Challenge winners, announced April 2, 2013, were not the most inventive invectives, but the most likely-to-be-effective technologies invented separately by software developer Aaron Foss and computer engineer Serdar Danis.

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Most Inventors Are Iterators

by dendory

First world problems are things that may help our lives by making tasks slightly annoying, but which do nothing to help worldwide problems. A recent opinion piece compares inventors to iterators.

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Create Your Own Digital Board Games With DICE+

by Cornelius Fortune

Ever wanted to create your own version of “Clue” or “Monopoly,” but for the digital age? DICE+ wants your best ideas.

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Drone Technology To Be Used By Farmers

by Katie Gatto

A look at the soon to be coming testing of new drones for use, not in the military, but in the farming industry. The testing, which will take place in the state of California, may just help to usher in a new generation of sensor drones that will help farmers to do their jobs more easily, manage large crops more simply and reduce the risks associated with chemical exposure.

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Meet Kickstarter's Most Successful Project

by dendory

The Ouya may not have been the most funded project at $8.5 million, but it certainly was the most over-hyped. Now however, the small console that aims to compete with the likes of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo has started shipping.

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Brain Scans Predict Criminal Behavior

by dendory

Criminal minds are being studied in New Mexico to find out whether brain scans can indicate when a felon will reoffend. So far, the scientists have positive results, but nothing concrete to offer.

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App Goes Viral For The Wrong Reason

by dendory

When an iPhone app creator discovered it went viral in Brazil, he was shocked to find out that it was for a very peculiar reason. As it turns out, the name of the app had everything it took for it to become famous.

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Google Keep Challenges Evernote

by dendory

Google Keep is a new product that the search giant introduced in order to compete with current note taking apps such as Evernote. But with Reader having been killed just a week ago, is Keep a keeper?

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Japanese Researchers Announce Breakthrough In Regenerative Therapy For Breast Cancer Patients

by Steve Levenstein

A Japanese medical research team employing stem cells mixed with patients' own fat has been able to regenerate up to 90 percent of tissue removed during breast cancer surgery. If adopted as a standard treatment protocol, the procedure could significantly affect the number of radical mastectomies performed and post-surgery prostheses required.

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Toshiba Launches New 4K TVs

by dendory

Toshiba introduces the new 9 Series TV sets, providing full 4K resolution, 3D support and Cloud TV. These sets are available in 58", 65" and 84" dimensions.

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