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Sorry, University of New South Wales: Your efforts at shattering the efficiency record for solar cells earlier this month have been, ahem, eclipsed. A group of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to possibly brea...

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An image shows how eight famous landmarks could all comfortably fit inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Here’s a clever but of instrumentation and video work. Musician Steve-san Onotera, aka the Samurai Guitarist, recorded himself playing the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun at an excruciatingly slow pace—almost 30 minutes to play the song once. He then sped the recording up 20 times and played it back, creating a sound that could easily be mistaken for some kind of modulated violin. Shooting during a sunrise was a nice touch. (via Kottke)

'Lord of the Flies' author William Golding once said that women are "far superior and always have been."

The Florida man who stashed a high-powered phone jammer under the passenger seat of his Toyota Highlander has been fined a cool $48,000 for disrupting cellular service on his daily commute to Tampa. According to the FCC's order to pay up, driver Jaso...

It's no secret that the Republican Party hates net neutrality regulation, but it's now ready to raise the stakes. House GOP members have drafted a 2017 budget proposal that would neuter some of the FCC's bigger telecom initiatives, at least for a whi...

According to reports, the world's largest electronics manufacturer Foxconn has replaced around 60,000 human factory workers with machines. Or, as a government publicist for the city of Kunshan told the South China Morning Post, the factory "reduced e...

Hillary Clinton's email woes are far from over. Earlier this morning, the State Department's inspector general delivered a report to Congress stating the Democratic presidential candidate violated federal rules by using a private email server for off...

"Awake Dating," geared toward people who believe the world is controlled by secret organizations, went live in April 2016.

It's only been a few months since Facebook opened up live video streaming to everyone, but with over a billion daily users the emergence of a massive hit was inevitable. Late last week an odd yet charming video stream of Candace Payne amusing herself...

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“Quincy, I swear there’s something wrong with you buddy. Who- What dog sits like that on the stairs?”

“I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.”

- Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes (via novembersoul)

Life size #Overwatch #actionfigure at #Hollywood & #Highland
#losangeles #california #videogame #blizzardentertainment #tracer (at Hollywood Walk of Fame)

Not sure if we’re related, but that would be cool to know that photography runs in the family.
#ASC #AmericanSocietyOfCinematographers #hollywood #losangeles #california (at American Society Of Cinematographers (asc))

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A Giant Octopus Kite Majestically Swims Through the Sky at the Marina Barrage in Singapore

An astute PC technician is supposed to report any illegal content they see while fixing a machine, but one employee of Best Buy's Geek Squad might have gone too far. The defense in a child pornography case alleges that the FBI paid Geek Squad agent J...

Katherine Johnson received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for her contribution to America's Space Race, and soon more people will know what she did to deserve it. An upcoming book and movie both entitled Hidden Figures tell the story of NASA...

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When you try to help, but end up making things worse. [video]

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“Stop just sitting there and help me catch this bastard!”

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Stop playing games, Martha. (via thefunnyintrovert)

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1 Square Foot Of Bunny

Remember Dean Kamen's iBot wheelchair? Its uniquely adjustable wheel orientation gave patients the freedom to climb stairs and effectively stand upright, but its high price ($25,000) knocked it off the market in 2009. Well, it's poised for a comeback...

The physical limitations of existing materials are one of main problems when it comes to flexible electronics, be it wearables, medical or sports tech. If a flexible material breaks, it either stays broken, or if it has some self-healing properties i...