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What It's Like To Use The Beautiful, Futuristic Nest Thermostat

Beyond the hype, what's the day-to-day life of a Nest user like? Is there planet-saving involved?

By Luke Mitchell Posted 12.28.2012 at 2:30 pm 9 Comments

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The 12 Best Gadgets We Reviewed This Year

From tablets to gaming consoles, smartphones to personal drones, and much more, these are the 12 gadgets that earned PopSci's top marks this year.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.27.2012 at 6:00 pm 0 Comments

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GameSci: The Wii U's Unlikely Influence

One of the Wii U's closest relatives isn't from Nintendo's past. It's a controller accessory with a surprising cult following.

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.26.2012 at 3:00 pm 6 Comments

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Pop Photo Readers' Best Shots Of The Year

Our buddies over at Popular Photography do a contest for readers to show off their best shots, and man, do they get some great stuff. Still-lifes, animal shots, action shots, landscapes--there's a huge variety of submissions here and they're universally awesome. Click through to see which of the hundreds of great entries took the big prize.

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By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.26.2012 at 12:14 pm 1 Comment

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8 Of 2012's Greatest Innovations In Recreation

For the tech-geek woodsman in you.

By PopSci Staff Posted 12.24.2012 at 11:00 am 2 Comments

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Watch This Gift-Wrapping Robot Make Elves Obsolete

General Motors reprograms robots to put a toy car in a wrapped box. Unionize, elves, before it's too late!

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.19.2012 at 6:00 pm 7 Comments

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Smartphone-Controlled Japanese Toilet Keeps A Personal Poop Diary

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.18.2012 at 5:45 pm 5 Comments

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IBM Predicts: Cognitive Computers That Feel And Smell, Within The Next Five Years

The computing giant's annual list of technology predictions for the next five years foresee computers that can taste, see, smell, hear, and touch.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.17.2012 at 6:01 pm 4 Comments

Computers With A Sense Of Taste Will Help Us Eat Smarter

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Fitness Trackers Make Terrible Gifts

Unless the person you're shopping for has obsessive tendencies, fitness trackers won't help him or her get into shape.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.17.2012 at 4:30 pm 5 Comments

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Popular Photography's Camera Of The Year Is...

It's that time of year again--the time of year to take incredibly detailed macro shots of pointsettias. And what better camera to do it with than the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, the winner of Popular Photography's hotly contested "Camera of the Year" contest? The follow-up to one of the most important cameras in the history of photography, the Mark III bests its predecessor in every way, topping strong competitors on its way to the prize. Read more here.

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By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.13.2012 at 5:14 pm 1 Comment

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Thank You, Apple Maps. Now Go Away Forever

iPhone owners: let's raise our glasses to Apple Maps, which has, indirectly, given us a better iPhone. And then let's get rid of it.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.13.2012 at 12:30 pm 5 Comments

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For New Lamps, An Unlikely Energy Source: Gravity

As long as you reset a weight every 30 minutes, you can have a continuous, battery-free light source.

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.12.2012 at 4:30 pm 33 Comments

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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 2:15 pm 19 Comments

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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 1:00 pm 15 Comments

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7 Gifts For The Geeky Kid In Your Life

The year's coolest toys for kids who like to build things, break things, and play with bugs

By Rose Pastore Posted 12.10.2012 at 6:00 pm 7 Comments

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