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Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs

A UTMB Galveston study put the two groups head-to-head to see which would perform better using virtual surgery tools. All those videogames paid off.

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.16.2012 at 3:30 pm 8 Comments

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New E-Textbooks Will Tattle To Professors About Students' Reading Habits

CourseSmart plans to track how students read. It'll even determine their "engagement" in reading. Boy we're glad we aren't in school any more.

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.15.2012 at 11:00 am 2 Comments

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A Microscopic Look At A Pop-Tart And Other Amazing Photos From This Week

Including a human statue made of shattered glass, an Instagrammed look at drone warfare, and more

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.09.2012 at 5:30 pm 2 Comments

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People Are Literally Allergic To BlackBerry Phones

Like, an actual itching allergy. But, come on, there are lots of other reasons to dump BlackBerry.

By Colin Lecher Posted 11.09.2012 at 12:00 pm 12 Comments

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Gamers Chipping Away At Digital Cube Are Promised 'Life-Changing' Secret

This is how the just-released game Curiosity: What's Inside The Cube? works: Anyone with an iPhone or iPad can download the iOS app. With the app, the players connect on the Internet, furiously tapping on their screens to remove pixely chunks of a single, gigantic cube. The one player lucky enough to remove the final pixel from the cube gets to see what creator Peter Molyneux calls a "life-changing" secret. So naturally, the gamers have already worked together to chip out pixels that form swear words. But still. Pretty neat game idea. [Kotaku]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 11.06.2012 at 3:15 pm 3 Comments

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Can Smartphones Replace Onboard Electronics In Cars?

They're not only more efficient--they're better, too. These three gadgets are about to get out of your dreams and into your car.

By Laura Geggel Posted 11.06.2012 at 10:53 am 6 Comments

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read more about > accessories, cars, dashboards, gadgets, november 2012, smartphones, Technology, What's New

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PopSci Teardown: Black & Decker Matrix Quick Connect System

How a cordless drill replaces an entire workbench’s worth of gear.

By Max Fischer Posted 11.01.2012 at 11:01 am 0 Comments

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read more about > DIY, drills, equipment, gadgets, november 2012, Technology, TOOLS, What's New

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The Goods: November 2012's Hottest Gadgets

The apocalypse edition: Featuring a tiny hand-turbine that's good in a pinch, a jacket for firestorms or nuclear winter, and a stove that can burn almost any fuel.

By Amber Williams Posted 11.01.2012 at 10:00 am 1 Comment

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How The PopSci Staff Prepares For A Hurricane

Most of the Popular Science staff is based in New York City and the surrounding areas, which is great usually, but not so much today. Here's how we prepared for the hurricane.

By PopSci Staff Posted 10.29.2012 at 6:44 pm 2 Comments

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GameSci: Want to Dominate The Game? Set Your Morals Aside

Most people play through a "moral choice" game like BioShock or Fallout making the same decisions they'd make if presented with those choices in real life. But not everyone. Who are these morality-flaunters?

By Colin Lecher Posted 10.26.2012 at 4:30 pm 10 Comments

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The Bed That Uses Robotic Arms to Make Itself

By Laura Geggel Posted 10.19.2012 at 10:58 am 3 Comments

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Play Backyard Football Like A Pro

Four new toys to take onto the field (and into the endzone)

By David Cassilo Posted 10.19.2012 at 10:00 am 0 Comments

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read more about > apps, football, gadgets, gear, october 2012, sports, tablets, Technology, What's New

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How The Nexus Q Could Change the Way People Play

By Mark Hachman Posted 10.19.2012 at 9:00 am 0 Comments

In late june when Google introduced the Nexus Q, an Android-powered device that ports music and video from the cloud to home theaters, critics immediately set to tearing it apart. They called it “baffling” and “overpriced” and generally decried its lack of features. But, as so often happens with something truly unusual, the critics may have missed the point.

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read more about > android, apple, gadgets, google, iphone, kinect, nexus q, october 2012, outlook, turntable.fm, What's New

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GameSci: LittleBigPlanet Karting Gives You Rules Hoping You'll Break Them

There's nothing more formulaic than karting games--but in the new LBPK, gamers are encouraged to take that formula and blow it up. We talk to the game's creators to see why creativity can spring from restriction.

By Colin Lecher Posted 10.18.2012 at 11:00 am 3 Comments

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Cruising Through The Throwback Game L.A. Noire With Someone Who Was There

In L.A. Noire, you play a detective cracking cases on the mean streets of 1940s Los Angeles. One of the most heralded parts of the game was its historical accuracy: The landscapes and buildings are modeled on how they really were in the '40s. But what would someone who was actually there think of the game? In Eurogamer, Christian Donlan tackles that question. His father grew up in the '40s and, even better, his grandfather was a beat cop. Read what both Donlan and his dad think of the experience here.

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By Colin Lecher Posted 10.18.2012 at 10:12 am 1 Comment

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