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- Bondsy Brings Back the Barter System
- Apple I Sells for $670,000
- NASA Maps Titan
- Scientists Find New Use for Graphene
- Lost Moon Dust Found
| Bondsy Brings Back the Barter System Posted: 26 May 2013 06:10 AM PDT Bondsy, a new mobile app, has brought the barter system back from the grave. While sites like Ebay are great for getting rid of stuff you don't want or need, it only allows you to get rid of items people are willing to buy. Usually things people are already looking for. Bondsy makes it easier for people to barter goods for goods instead of using currency. For example, one of the trades being talked about is a bunch of bacon for coffee beans. With Bondsy, you can literally trade anything for anything. It doesn't have to be a physical item either. Someone has already traded T-shirts for plumbing services using Bondsy – just don't trade to barter services that are currently illegal. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Bondsy Brings Back the Barter System appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Posted: 26 May 2013 06:08 AM PDT There are only about six working Apple I computers still left in the world. Earlier this week, one shattered the record of the Apple I at auction by over $30,000 dollars when it sold for $671,400. The previous record for the Apple I's price at auction was set just last December at $640,000 They are the first Apple machines ever built. So new, in fact, that they were built inside Steve Jobs' parents garage back in 1976 when the company was little more than a vision trying to be turned into a reality. The computer was sold along with the original owner's manual and a signed letter to the original owner of the machine, Frank Hatfield, from Steve Jobs. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Apple I Sells for $670,000 appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Posted: 26 May 2013 06:05 AM PDT NASA scientists have tons of telescopes and the top-of-the-line imaging technologies at their disposals, but we hardly ever get to see what they see. Recently, NASA gave us a little glimpse by creating a topographical map of Titan, which is the largest moon around Saturn. How'd they map something they've never even set a drone onto? They used the Cassini-Huygens, a robotic spacecraft sent to Saturn to study the planet and its moons, over the course of nine years to get all the data they needed. The reason this is such a monumental accomplishment, other than the fact that it took a lot of time and effort, is because it could've very well lead us to understand the early stages of life's evolution process. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post NASA Maps Titan appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Scientists Find New Use for Graphene Posted: 26 May 2013 06:03 AM PDT Graphene, a pure carbon material, is used to make a variety of items that span from solar cells to cans. Before now, it was mostly used as a metallic mineral for its carbon; but scientists have found a new use for the thin flat layer of graphite. It can now be used to create lasers. It works incredibly well as a laser because it can absorb a wide spectrum of wavelengths easily. Graphene actually absorbs light and then releases it in quick bursts that last one millionth of a billionth of a second. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Scientists Find New Use for Graphene appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Posted: 26 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did more than just step on the moon. They also brought back a bunch of moon rock and dust samples for scientists to study. However, when they got back from their trips, a bunch of the vials went missing. Now, over forty years later, those samples have been found in storage in California. Karen Nelson, an archivist for Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, discovered the vials. Nelson was going over random artifacts when she stumbled upon twenty vials of moon rocks that are dated from 1970 and tightly packed within a vacuum sealed container. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Lost Moon Dust Found appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
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