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VibriSee: Ain't Those The Cat's Whiskers?

VibriSee glowing bike whiskers by T Goodman

Reflective lights and clothing let bicyclists be seen at night, but one invention, created by students at California State University Long Beach, went a few steps further.... They created VibriSee, cat-like whiskers for your bike that make the bike and the biker more visible in daylight as well as at night.  And though the whiskers may look like a cat's, their biomimetic functions are actually more like peacocks, rodents, octopuses, and ctenophores.


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Tech-Savvy Manicures: Nano Nails Work On Your Smartphone

Nano Nails by Alicia Zuberbier
I love well-manicured nails. I also love my touchscreen devices, keeping my phone and Ipod attached to me at all times. For women with long nails, using their smartphone can be a bit tricky. Nano Nails created an artificial nail that also works as a stylus. Now, it seems that women can have the best of both worlds.

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Slingshot, Facebook's Answer To Snapchat, Disappeared Itself (Video)

Slingshot, Facebook's Answer To Snapchat Disappeared Itself (Video) by Ron Callari
Me thinks Mr. Zuckerberg might have got the premise of Snapchat wrong. The raison d'être for that app is to have outgoing messages disappear seconds after they are received. Instead Facebook's Slingshot itself has vanished from the digital landscape, shortly after its debut.

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'Sweat Neutrality' Exercising Net Neutrality's First Amendment Right

Sweat Neutrality Exercising Net Neutrality's First Amendment Right by Ron Callari
Who's sweating Net Neutrality? Most of us would point to the little guy, the billions of netizens who believe the World Wide Web should remain free and equitable to all. Unfortunately, however, they are not the only ones who feel they have a First Amendment claim. There's also the big guys who are balking about their alleged loss of civil liberties -- and like the big bully in the school yard, they're shouting down all those who get in their way. . .

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Social Media Prenups Face Loopholes With Snapchat & MySpace

Social Media Prenups Face Loopholes With Snapchat & MySpace by Ron Callari
As soon as a precedent emerges in the social media space, whether it's something as innocuous as sponsored tweets or more critical such as revenge porn, folks look for loopholes to circumvent the action. Such is the case with 'social media prenups,' the latest trend to be embraced by the marriage-isn't-forever crowd.

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The Aryayek Time-Traveling Machine: Magic Eye Rather Than Carpet Ride?

Rod Taylor and The Time Machine by M Dee Dubroff
While going back into time might be pure fantasy, traveling between five and eight years into the future might just prove to be a reality. Algorithims provide the venue according  to one Iranian scientist. Read on for some strange and questionable details.

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Alcoa & Phinergy's Innovative Aluminum-Air Battery EV Makes Successful First Test Run

Alcoa & Phinergy's Innovative Aluminum-Air Battery EV Makes Successful First Test Run by Motors.new
Is fear of a drained battery holding you back from buying an electric car? Aluminum producer Alcoa and clean tech company Phinergy have got something for that: a revolutionary aluminum-air battery pack that promises drivers a whopping 1,000 miles between charge-ups!

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Snapchat, Facebook, Brogrammers & The Art Of Tech Hubris

Snapchat, Facebook, Brogrammers & The Art Of Tech Hubris by Ron Callari
The profile of the techie founder that's evolved over the course of last decade seems to have become a parody onto itself. It's a psychographic composite blend of youthful arrogance, a belief that coding takes precedence over formal education and a lust for unobtainable women. It's a geek's revenge against childhood harassment and their ultimate desire to be rewarded with as much as possible, as quickly as possible.

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First Warning Systems: Bra Detects Breast Cancer In Its Early Stages

by Fashion Finds
Many women have a love hate relationship with their bras - they hate how they look and feel without one, but love when they're able to take it off (ladies, you know it's true)! But that could all change with new smart lingerie that will be entering the market, because lifesaving makes feelings of love or hate seem inconsequential.

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Cloud Computing's Silver Lining For Smartphones: Fog Computing

Cloud Computing's Silver Lining For Smartphones: Fog Computing by Ron Callari
Computer storage is no longer just an issue at your place of business or in your home office. Today's mobile society requires our smartphones to carry just as many gigs (if not more) than what our desktops were supplied with just few short years ago. If you're still wasting your mobile phone's precious in-built storage, you're either purchasing too many seldom-used apps or. . .

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