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Startram is Cheap Alternative to Rocket-based Space Travel
Toshiba to Release Copier with Erasable Prints
Engineers Develop Optimal Path Predictor for Underwater Robots
Sprint iPad Shows Up In Best Buy Listings
PayPal Details New Digital Wallet Tech
Robotic Refueling With Space Station Robotics
Google Pays Apple $1 Billion To Be Search Default
SAFFiR to be Navy’s Shipboard Robot Firefighter
Tether App for iPhone is Back
Sony Not Done With The PSP, Will Launch A Blue Version In Japan By April
Buy a Marvel Comic, Get the Digital Version Free
Scanner Recognizes Groceries Without Barcodes
Apple To Close iWork.com Service In July
Veggie Cutlery Proves To Be Really Yummy
Origami Paper Sensor Can Detect Malaria and HIV
New iPads Start Shipping In The UK

Startram is Cheap Alternative to Rocket-based Space Travel

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:54 AM PST

Rocket propulsion is no longer the only way to get into space. Other existing technology like magnetic levitation can be utilized, and that is what the Startram orbital launch system maximizes for space travel.

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Toshiba to Release Copier with Erasable Prints

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:50 AM PST

Toshiba Tec takes earth friendliness to the next level with their latest innovation: a copier that uses erasable toner.

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Engineers Develop Optimal Path Predictor for Underwater Robots

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PST

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a software to predict the fastest way for underwater vehicles to get to one point to another, and it might not always be through a straight line.

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Sprint iPad Shows Up In Best Buy Listings

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:40 AM PST

Sprint may be finally getting an iPad if a discovery on Friday pans out. 14 entries for a “Sprint iPad new” were found in the inventory database and revealed by an Engadget tipster. We don’t have much info to go on and there is no hint of any release dates.
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PayPal Details New Digital Wallet Tech

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:21 AM PST

In February, PayPal provided some details on how it planned to roll out its in-store payment services. They plan to demonstrate at the SXSW conference in Austin how it hopes to distinguish its consumer-side digital wallet service from the competition, which includes Google Wallet and Isis. PayPal hopes to gain users by offering more payment flexibility, the ability to generate wish lists, and by providing greater account control for the user.
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Robotic Refueling With Space Station Robotics

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:07 AM PST

NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) began on the International Space Station with the Canadian Dextre Robot and RRM tools last March 7-9 2012. This is a milestone for the world since the Canadian Robot will be declared as the coolest gas buddy… in the universe. (kidding!)

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Google Pays Apple $1 Billion To Be Search Default

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:03 AM PST

Talk about a mega blockbuster mammoth of a deal! According to one analyst, Google could be paying as much as $1 billion to be the default search engine in Safari on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac systems. I guess they really do have more money than God. In fact, God probably bugs them for lunch money at this point.
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SAFFiR to be Navy’s Shipboard Robot Firefighter

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:53 AM PST

Shipboard fires? U.S. Naval Research Laboratory got that handled with humanoid firefighter robots, now on the design stage.

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Tether App for iPhone is Back

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:49 AM PST

Award-winning app Tether continues to solve WiFi connectivity problems with its relaunched version specifically for iPhones.

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Sony Not Done With The PSP, Will Launch A Blue Version In Japan By April

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:36 AM PST

You might think that Sony is finished with the PSP, what with the PS Vita, but that’s not the case. It’s still pretty popular in Japan. This new version of the PSP will be blue with yellow text on the front. Obviously there is no enhanced hardware, but in the bundle you will also get a 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo storage card, a soft shell zipper case, blue cleaning cloth and a few more extras.
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Buy a Marvel Comic, Get the Digital Version Free

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:15 AM PST

Comic books, as we know it, are getting on with the digital age. Every printed comic book now has its digital counterpart you can view on your smartphone.

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Scanner Recognizes Groceries Without Barcodes

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:13 AM PST

With Toshiba Tec's supermarket scanner, it would only be a matter of time before we say buh-bye to barcodes. Toshiba Tec's newly developed Object Recognition Scanner recognizes the object itself by identifying it via a camera.

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Apple To Close iWork.com Service In July

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:12 AM PST

Fans of Apple’s iWork will be sad to know that the web service will be shut down in July. This comes after Microsoft announced that its Windows Mobile Marketplace will be taken offline in May. Web services seem to be dropping like flies. The exact date that they will shut down the iWork.com beta service is July 31st, 2012. The choice was simple since Apple now iCloud which can do pretty much the same things.
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Veggie Cutlery Proves To Be Really Yummy

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:10 AM PST

Vegetarians rejoice! A new meat substitute has been developed to look, feel and (most importantly) taste like real meat!

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Origami Paper Sensor Can Detect Malaria and HIV

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 07:09 AM PST

A pair of chemists at the University of Texas developed an origami-style sensor that can detect diseases such as malaria and HIV. What’s even greater news? These sensors cost only 10 cents a piece.

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New iPads Start Shipping In The UK

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 12:32 AM PST

In preparation for an expected delivery date next Friday, on March 16th. Apple has now started shipping their new iPads to UK customers, sending out confirmations via email. So if you have pre-ordered your new iPad expect to receive a shipping confirmation shortly.

Unfortunately though for some UK customers, Apple has also sent out emails stating that some shipments will not arrive on its originally scheduled delivery date. But be delayed to somewhere between March 16-20th.

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