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Can Artificial Meat Save The World?
Traditional chicken, beef, and pork production devours resources and creates waste. Meat-free meat might be the solution.<p>On an ordinary spring morning in Columbia, Missouri, Ethan Brown stands in the middle of an ordinary kitchen tearing apart a chicken fajita strip. “Look at this,” he says. “It’s …
Green LivingYouTube has an elite group that hunts and kills content
Most average, everyday YouTube viewers are only able to flag videos for inappropriate content on an individual basis. But it turns out a growing group of "super flaggers" receive a powerful bonus privilege: they're able to flag up to 20 videos at once for an expedited screening process. A report …
Lego Cubestormer robot solves Rubik's Cube in less time than it takes to read this headline
Until yesterday, the world record for fastest time in solving a Rubik's Cube was 5.27 seconds, which was set in the fall of 2011 by a Lego robot named Cubestormer 2. Thanks to the machine's successor (aptly named Cubestormer 3), the time to beat is now <i>3.253 seconds.</i> The robot, which is the third in …
The working Lego keyboard of your nerdy dreams is here
A Lego builder tackles the challenge of crafting a working keyboard out of Lego bricks and has to make some entertaining substitutions for traditional keys.<p>Back in 2005, Lego tinkerer Jason Allemann attempted to build a prototype of a working keyboard out of Lego using the membrane from a curved …
Lego9 Famous Tech Mascots and Their Colorful Backstories
Tech Mascots<p>1. Domo for NHK<p>2. TiVo's TV<p>3. Android's Android<p>4. Energizer Bunny<p>5. Travelocity's Roaming Gnome<p>6. Yesware Yeti<p>7. Twitter Bird<p>8. Reddit's …
More Project Tango Specs Revealed, Showing Two Wide-Angle And One Depth-Sensing Camera
Google’s Project Tango smartphone is a 3D environment sensing hardware experiment, which the company is hoping to ship to developers soon (today is the anticipated ship date Google stated, in fact) had some of its specs revealed in a Chrome issue tracker spotted by Myce this morning. The new specs …
Prisoners 'could serve 1,000 year sentence in eight hours'
Future biotechnology could be used to make prisoners feel as if they were serving a 1,000 year sentence, a team of scientists claim<p>Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence, a group of scientists have claimed.<p>Philosopher …
10 of the Maddest Scientists Who Ever Lived
From guzzling bacteria to dueling for mathematics, these scientists pulled some of the craziest stunts in the history of the profession.<p>What would you do for science? These scientists gave everything you had to achieve some of the most important advances we know today. From guzzling bacteria to …
Nobel Prize'Surgeon Simulator' is even more horrifying on iPad
Now with eye transplants and dentistry<p><i>Surgeon Simulator 2013</i> somehow managed to make the process of brutally murdering a patient hilarious, and now the experience has been translated to touch. What makes the game both challenging and funny is the delightfully difficult controls: heart surgery …
PS4 Continues To Beat Xbox One Through February
The NPD numbers for February are in, and Sony's PS4 takes the #1 spot for all hardware sales, according to the company. We don’t have a specific count, but Microsoft announced 258,000 Xbox Ones sold, so we know that it’s more than that.<p>“NPD Group: PS4 is #1 again for the month, and cumulative …
LeBron James tweets Samsung phone fail, then deletes it
King James may rule the basketball world, but he’s just as susceptible to Android bugs as the rest of us.<p>Samsung had to wince when its highly paid spokesperson tweeted out the following yesterday to his 12 million followers: ”My phone just erased everything it had in it and rebooted. One of the …
How Lego Become The World's Hottest Toy Company
They will add to the already gigantic heap of Lego bits: 86 for every person on the planet. The toymaker has enjoyed ten years of spectacular growth, almost quadrupling its revenue.<p>In 2012 it overtook Hasbro to become the world's second-largest toymaker. The number one, Mattel, is now seeking to …
LegoThe Flight of the Birdman: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out
How did a chain-smoking geek from Hanoi design the viral hit Flappy Bird - and why did he walk away?<p>Last April, Dong Nguyen, a quiet 28-year-old who …