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These Terrifying Handcuffs Can Shock And Drug Prisoners

A recently filed patent details the (scary dystopian) handcuffs of the future.

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.12.2012 at 1:15 pm 19 Comments

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Technology

R.I.P. Pixels?

Give the pixel five years, researchers say, and it'll be dead--cast aside for a vector format.

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.12.2012 at 12:00 pm 11 Comments

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Science

Bullet Solves Crime By Tagging Shooters And Snagging Their DNA

Nanomaterials scientists develop a solution to the problem of heat--emitted when a weapon is fired--destroying precious DNA evidence.

By Amber Williams Posted 12.06.2012 at 1:38 pm 1 Comment

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Gadgets

Indestructible Hard Drive Can Survive Fire, Stop Theft, And More

The ioSafe N2 is personal data storage built to withstand anything.

By Matt Safford Posted 12.06.2012 at 12:46 pm 0 Comments

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Gadgets

3 Drills That Clean Up After Themselves

Tools with attachable vacuums make for dust-free drilling.

By Sal Vaglica Posted 12.06.2012 at 12:20 pm 0 Comments

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Gadgets

Samsung's Galaxy Camera Is The Camera Of The Future [Review]

The Galaxy Camera runs a full version of Android on its full touchscreen, along with a 4G LTE connection. This is how cameras will work in the future--but how about the present?

By Dan Bracaglia and Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.06.2012 at 12:00 pm 4 Comments

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DIY

You Built What?!: A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm

A 16-year-old's homemade wireless robotic limb.

By Gregory Mone Posted 12.06.2012 at 9:59 am 5 Comments

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Gadgets

A Holiday Gift Guide For The Bearded Man In Your Life

Beard maintenance is tricky, but pulling off the perfect beard with panache is even trickier. Here's how you can help.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.04.2012 at 11:00 am 0 Comments

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Gadgets

Tablet Newspaper 'The Daily' Is Folding

People had hopes "The Daily," the once-a-day, tablet-exclusive newspaper from media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, would help bring publishing into the digital age. It had enough money behind it, but it wasn't enough: the venture is folding. It's hard to say exactly how this will affect media companies investing in tablet publishing, but it'll definitely be something for them to consider. [New York Times]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 12.03.2012 at 10:17 am 0 Comments

Gadgets

6 Gifts For The Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist In Your Life

A test kit for unidentified substances, a metal detector for picking up chemtrails, and more

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.30.2012 at 11:00 am 11 Comments

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DIY

Turn Your Favorite Mitts Into Gadget-Compatible Manipulators

Four steps to texting without freezing.

By Taylor Kubota Posted 11.29.2012 at 9:58 am 8 Comments

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Gadgets

Korean Government Will Intervene On Gadget Addiction, Starting With 3-Year-Olds

Gadgets and the Internet are big in South Korea. Really big, as this Associated Press story points out. Now "addiction" to the devices is enough of a problem that the government is stepping in. Officials plan to make mandatory classes for children as young as three (!) so the problem is dealt with early. This is the first line of the article: "Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear." Yeah, that sounds like an issue. [PhysOrg]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 11.28.2012 at 11:28 am 3 Comments

Gadgets

Making A Digital River With A Sandbox And Kinect

UC Davis engineers built this augmented reality sandbox. A Kinect senses real changes made in the sandbox and a projector overlays it with moving digital water.

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.27.2012 at 3:53 pm 2 Comments

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Gadgets

Wii Mini Coming December 7 for $99

Well, this was unexpected. Nintendo is trying the take-a-cool-thing-and-make-it-smaller business model. A Best Buy blog post gives the details on the Wii Mini. Short version: it's a smaller Wii, more or less. It looks lovely in the screenshot and only costs $99, but it doesn't have Internet support and doesn't play Gamecube games. Also there's this other system called the Wii U that's out, so that makes this a weird time to offer another system that could compete with it. [Forbes]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 11.27.2012 at 10:31 am 2 Comments

Gadgets

9 Of The Most Wanted Gadgets... Of 1952

We thumb through the pages of Popular Science to find the carpet-sewing machines and robotic soda jerks that no doubt populated Christmas lists 60 years ago. Happy Black Friday!

By Julie Beck Posted 11.23.2012 at 10:00 am 4 Comments