Toshiba's new 7-inch Encore is a familiar-looking budget Windows tablet

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Underwater Iron Man to search for world's oldest computer

A submersible exosuit is going to be deployed searching the wreck of the Antikythera in the Aegean Sea to search for ancient technology.





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Happiness is a well-designed API

The API director at Ancestry.com shares his secret to successful API delivery -- consistency.



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Woman's hair catches fire when she poses for a selfie

Poor girl. She was having a good ol' time with her friends when someone decides to take a video selfie of the good ol' time everyone was having. As any good ol' time having person would, she leans in to be included in the good ol' time documenting only to have her hair catch fire for the entire Internet to see. Whatever! She still looks like she had a good ol' time.

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Guitar player grabs GoPro from a fan and uses it as a slide for a solo

Brad Paisley was playing on the stage when he decided to use the GoPro camera of a fan as slide for his guitar solo. This resulting footage from the sliding camera is truly unique.

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Refueling an F-16 in the middle of the night looks scary as hell

This video doesn't show much—and that's why it's so damn scary: Two US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jets approach a KC-135 tanker for refueling in the middle of the night. With no moonlight, the pilots and the fuel boom operator can only see the lights as they get closer and closer until they connect.

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Dyson's Motorhead cordless vacuum challenges your classic upright

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NASA announces technology experiments to fly on SpaceShipTwo

Science and space tourism shook hands this week with NASA announcing 12 technology experiments that will fly on the SpaceShipTwo spaceplane under a charter agreement with Virgin Galactic. The payload is a mixture of government, academic, and private microgravity experiments that will form the first commercial research flight for the spacecraft... Continue Reading NASA announces technology experiments to fly on SpaceShipTwo



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Man saves squirrel's life by giving it CPR

This cute little squirrel has a pool repairman to thank for saving its life. When the little critter was found floating in a pool in Phoenix, Rick Gruber, the pool guy, resuscitated it back to life by performing a little bit of CPR. After a few minutes of pumping its lungs, the squirrel was breathing again.

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What happens when smart guns mix with Google Glass

An upcoming Glass app created by rifle-maker Tracking Point lets shooters hit targets "around corners, from unsupported positions, behind the back, to the side, and over barricades."

















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