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Tech NewsStarting This Summer, Cars Will Harvest Their Own Waste and Turn Exhaust Into Energy
General Motors Thermoelectric Generator This module could capture waste heat in your car’s exhaust and convert it to energy, improving fuel economy in a Chevy Suburban by 3 percent. GM Engineers are making strides toward cars that can use their own waste for energy, testing BMW, Chevrolet and Ford vehicles outfitted with heat-collecting devices that … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: 1/1000 Gallery
This is probably the quickest challenge i had ever completed. It was a boring rainy wednesday afternoon in Columbus until i saw the shooting challenge. So off i went to complete it. Grabbed my Nikon put the shutter speed to 1/1000 and set the aperture accordingly. Needed someone to drop the weight into the glass, … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: 1/1000 Gallery 2
Nikon d7000, nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 lens @ 55mm, f/3.2, iso 400 My idea for this photo was to capture a chain reaction. Without access to nuclear material I turned to matches. It is a simple design, really, 100-plus matches in a circular candle cup with the center match lit first and the reaction began. The … Continued
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Beastly Drone Sub Is ‘Underwater Predator’
TAMPA, Florida – Ross Lindman gently pats the black hull of his intimidating 25-foot aquatic robot. Then he gestures to the bomblets strapped to either side of it. “This,” says the Columbia Group vice president, “is an underwater Predator.” Lindman isn’t kidding. On one side of the Proteus, the Columbia Group’s experimental submarine, are two … Continued
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NASA Sting Nabs Woman Trying to Sell Moon Rock For $1.7 Million
If you have a moon rock you want to sell, be warned: NASA doesn’t approve. A woman in California was trying to do that exact thing until she showed it to an undercover NASA investigator (Yup, they have those). See, moon rocks are national treasures and cannot be sold. Otherwise, you’ll probably have NASA on … Continued
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Microsoft Closes Down Unit Behind Courier Tablet
Microsoft has finally gone and offed Pioneer Studios, the operation that was behind the now dead, and still awesome, Courier tablet. The studio was the baby of J Allard, who broke up with Microsoft a year ago, and helped develop consumer electronics and experiences with products like Windows Phone 7, Xbox, Zune and the absolute … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Macro Gallery
Shooting Summary Camera: Sony NEX-3 F Number: 5.6 Exposure: 1/20 Focal Length: 55 Was lucky enough to pick up Led Zeppelin I and IV at the local record shop this past week and thought it would make a good subject for the challenge. If nothing else, might make you dust off those old vinyl records … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Macro Gallery 2
One mushroom was harmed in the making of this photo. Shot Details: Nikon D3000, with a reversed 50mm 1.8. Cheers, – Anup Hi Gizmodo, it was raining buckets and i thought it would be great to take a shot of a raindrop. Sadly i have no macro lens. So i took my old Canon 18-55 … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Macro Gallery 3
I was really excited about this challenge when I saw it. I always loved Macro Photography. Unfortunately, I dont have a very good macro lens. So I decided to take some inspiration from an earlier challenge (Free-Lensing). Ultimately, after having a conversation with a friend about the sexual nature of tools, I decided on a … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Al Jazeera English Now Available for Android
Al Jazeera already has a live streaming app available for Android, but a new full featured Al Jazeera English app has hit the Android Market and includes all the content from the website, breaking news alerts, free live video of their broadcast and the ability to send your media to Al Jazeera. Free. [Android Market]
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The NSA Collects a Library of Congress Worth of Data Every Six Hours
The National Security Administration is the eyes and ears of American national defense, charged with maintaining vigilance against external threats through information gathering — be it eavesdropping phone calls (like the one that led to bin Ladin’s downfall), surveillance video or photography. Once collected the data is parsed, keywords are all flagged and organized for … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Portrait Gallery
Hey, My friend and local DJ called me up and said that he needed some promotional pictures done, We’d been planning them for a while but neither of us really had time, but we agreed after work on Sunday that it was happening this week. Today, we got in his car and drove out to … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Portrait Gallery 2
Hello – this is my first submission to one of these shooting challenges, however I have meant to enter many many times. I received a Canon Rebel 2Ti for Christmas this year and figure I should probably start figuring out how to use it. This photo was taken with the lens that came with the … Continued
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American Airlines to Offer In-Flight Streaming to Your Device
Indulging in in-flight entertainment on American Airlines is going to get much easier—you’ll never have to stare at a stupid little screen on the the back of the head rest of the passenger in front of you ever again. American Airlines is testing a new service, in partnership with Aircell, that will allow you to … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: One Shot Gallery
I took this with my Bold 9780, I know it looks a little pixely when viewing the full size, but it’s the best I could do. This picture was taken before my exam and doesn’t it just put your mind at ease? (*sarcasm) I’m in my freshman year, so it was a little scary when … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: One Shot Gallery 2
My first and only image. Picture taken at Eriksbergs Port. Gothenburg, Sweden. Resting from heavy lifting, during the hot afternoon sun. No boats to load/unload today. I used a Sony DSC-W300, with ISO-100. Without flash. Program Auto. Exposure time: 1 / 800 sec. Focal Length: 8 mm. F: 8.0 – Amir Shahab For this week … Continued
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Apache Copters Get New Targeting System That Uses Infrared to Detect Muzzle Flashes
One of the new weaponry advances for the U.S. Army’s Longbow Apache helicopters is a targeting system that uses infrared cameras to detect muzzle flashes from ground fire. That means the Apache’s virtual eyes will be instantly drawn towards anybody shooting anything. Not only does the system allow pilots to target the ground-based enemies at … Continued
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This Guy Built a District 9 ARC Rifle Out of Legos
There aren’t many movies in recent history with more badass weaponry than District 9. And of course, badass weaponry inspires people to make their own models—but not with Legos. Legohaulic has done just that and the results are pretty amazing. I mean, normally it’s pretty easy to tell if something is made out of Legos, … Continued
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Random Dude Hijacks the Royal Wedding Color Feed
The Royal Wedding is finally goddamn over and now Will and Kate can look back at all the social media they foisted upon the Internet—YouTube videos, Facebook comments, and a Color account sponsored by The Telegraph. And in between pictures of stupid hats and kissing they can find this guy giving his Royal approval, complete … Continued
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ING Customers Can Now Pay Each Other By Bumping iPhones
Paying your friends with cash or talking them into PayPal is, like, ancient technology. Now you’ll be able to pay them from the source (if you’re both ING customers) just by bumping iPhones. IMG tapped into Bump’s API so now a phone-kiss swaps greenbacks instead of contact info.[iTunes via Mashable]
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