Soylent Tastes Better Without The Utopian Rhetoric
Soylent — a pale, powdery drink that is meant to satisfy all of a person’s nutritional needs — is perhaps the perfect symbol of the Silicon Valley mentality: efficient, soulless, and naïve.
August 13, 2015 at 02:09PM
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Is Coming August 21
So long, faux-leather backing. Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 5 is all slim, shiny, large-screened luster, with a redesigned stylus to match. It’s eye-catching alright, but there isn’t terribly much that’s new, according to CNET.
August 13, 2015 at 12:55PM
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This device can transform any TV into a touchscreen
Instead of buying a touch-enabled screen that might be able to function as a standard TV, Touchjet plans on turning your tube into a massive Android 4.4 Kitkat-powered touchscreen using the same technology you’d find in your remote.
August 13, 2015 at 11:46AM
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Industrial Light And Magic’s Insane Virtual Reality Lab
ILMxLab is the VR and augmented reality think-tank from Industrial Light & Magic. Their mission? Create the future of entertainment. And you’d better believe they’re starting with “Star Wars.”
August 13, 2015 at 11:08AM
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How Gecko-Inspired Tech Is Changing NASA
By studying how geckos stick to things, NASA has been able to do away with velcro in space and improve astronauts’ ability to maneuver objects easily.
August 13, 2015 at 10:35AM
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The Final File
Databases are interesting to read and explore. They’re one of the things that makes the web the web. Which explains how I found myself in possession of the names of more than 85 million dead Americans — the Social Security Death Master File. It’s full of corpses!
August 13, 2015 at 10:25AM
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Inside Industrial Light & Magic’s secret Star Wars VR lab
ILMxLab isn’t just exploring the future of entertainment — they’re already making it.
August 13, 2015 at 09:37AM
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Death goes green: the eco-friendly funerals of the future
We’ve made innovations in how we live, but what about how we’re laid to rest? With the ever increasing environmental toll caused by traditional funerals, the growing modern burial movement seeks to find simpler, more graceful ways of returning to the earth; burying unembalmed bodies in biodegradable coffins or shrouds, putting QR codes on headstones, creating facilities for human composting in city centers.
August 13, 2015 at 09:37AM
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GPS-Enabled Self-Driving Tractor Helps Farmer Get The Job Done
Matthew Reimer made this autonomous tractor that he can summon to drive alongside his combine with the touch of a button.
August 13, 2015 at 08:39AM
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A Handy New Use For Drones: Collecting Whale Snot
A spouting whale is a majestic sight, spraying everything around it with minuscule droplets of whale snot. (Okay, so it’s not technically snot — it’s more like lung mucus.)
August 12, 2015 at 11:42PM
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