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US Army Selects Top Inventions That Can Take, Or Save, Your Life [Army Gadgets]
IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices, are a sad fact of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, so you'll see the influence of these deadly weapons in this list of the US Army's top inventions for 2007. Every...
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MIT Professor Studies Snail Slime to Create Go-Anywhere, Anytime Robots of the Future [Robosnail]
Forget legs or treads or wheels, everyone, because tomorrow's robots will traverse the earth on a thin film of slime, just like the humble snail. At least, that's MIT associate professor Anette...
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New Sensor Means Future Clothing May know You're Stressed [Stress]
If German scientists have their way, your shirt may one day be able to pipe up with "I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and...
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Crowd-Controlling MEDUSA Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head [Medusa]
The Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the "microwave audio effect" to implant sounds and perhaps even...
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New Study Says Solid State Drives Are Better for Battery Life, Not Worse [Ssd]
I hope this SSD good/bad theme doesn't turn into one of those long-running "good for you/bad for you" food fiascoes (is coffee on the good list again, by the way? Blogging is thirsty work.) A new bit...
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NASA Envisions Robot Future That's More Wall-E Than Phoenix Lander [Robots]
When the Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on the Martian soil, discovered water ice and microbe-friendly acidic alkaline soil last month, it was quite a feat—for a human-controlled robot. But what if...
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NES Cartridge Modded into NES System With Screen, Space-Time at Risk Again [NES Mod]
I've changed my mind: this has to be the most jaw-dropping NES mod ever, beating April's one. And this time the space-time continuum is at risk of ripping. Modder Darkeru over at Ben Heck forums has...
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Huge Rubber Snake is No Joke, Generates Power From Waves [Power]
For some reason or other, we've shown you a lot of robotic snakes here on Giz. But this new one is kind of a robot snake in reverse: it's designed to float just beneath the surface of the sea and...
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Second Balloon Man Uses GPS, Kool-Aid To Go Where No Brazilian Priest Has Gone Before [Balloon Man]
Oregon resident Kent Couch finished what our friend the priest could unfortunately not: he got into a lawn chair rigged with huge party balloons, and floated his way to Idaho.
Couch brought GPS but...
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U.S. Travelers Lose 12,000 Laptops Every Week [Public Service Announcement]
All you travelers coming home tomorrow from your wild and crazy Independence Day weekend vacations, don't be one of 12,000 people who lose their laptops at airports every week. That's right, that...
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Batpod Makes Its Way to the British Formula One Grand Prix [Batman]
One of the coolest things about the Batpod from the upcoming Dark Knight movie is the fact that it actually works. Previously seen being straddled by Meredith Viera on The Today Show, the decked out...
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Interview: Collecting Every Nintendo Game & Watch Ever [Nintendo]
Before there was the Game Boy, there was Game & Watch. DS Fanboy has a sitdown with two dudes who scoured the world to collect every Game & Watch handheld ever produced: 60 in all, each one a unique...
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Can CO2 Worries and Rising Oil Costs Make Airships Popular Again? [Zeppelin]
With soaring fuel costs and greenhouse gas concerns, zeppelins might get their second chance to be a relevant mode of transportation. According to the New York Times, several countries are now...
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Twist Chair Will Corkscrew Giant Holes into Your Lawn [Furniture]
Here's a great product to ensure that you'll never be invited to somebody's backyard ever again—the “Easy Install Twist Chair.” Instead of having four legs like regular chairs, the Twist uses a...
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Windows Update Getting Updated: Will Be Faster, Less Sucky [Windows Update]
Have you ever searched for new updates with Windows Update in Vista? It's slow as balls, no matter how beefy your machine is. But! Windows Update is getting an, um, update that will make it run a lot...
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Sony Gets Serious With Another Next-Gen Display Tech: FED, Like CRT But Really Thin [Sony]
Sony is probably OLED's most vocal prophet as the TV of the future. But according to Nikkei, they're hedging their bets and getting more serious with another next-gen display tech: field emission...
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ST-2 Indoor Shooting Simulator Is Duck Hunt on Steroids [Shooting Simulator]
For the ultimate game of Duck Hunt, Marksman Training Systems is offering the ST-2 shooting simulator—the first on the market for shotgun and rifle shooting. Co-developed by the British Association...
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Laundry Concept Hides Washing Machine In Lounge Chair [Laundry]
Someone I know once had the awesome idea of turning a laundromat (popular here in my neck of the woods) into a singles bar. With this concept washer and dryer from Indian designer Harsha Vardhan, we...
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Adorable iPod USB Stick Will Melt Any Apple Hater's Heart [IPod]
Sure, you might loathe Apple with every fiber of your Windows-running being. But look at this iPod USB stick. It's so cute. How can you hate it? It comes in 1GB and 2GB flavors for £19.95 (about $40,...
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Water Balloon Slingshot Brings the Wet into Hot American Summers [DIY]
Now that we're headed deep into the middle of summer, it's time to bring out water balloons and figure out ingenious ways to fling them at your enemies. Here's a great tutorial at Instructables for...
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