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China's tallest building to get world's fastest elevator

China's tallest building to get world's fastest elevator

Come 2014, the world's tallest building — the Ghost Protocol-famous Burj Khalifa — will no longer be able to also claim that it has the world's fastest elevators. That honor will go to the Shanghai Tower in China, which will stand 2,073 feet with 128 floors, and have bullet-shaped elevators built by Mitsubishi that zip around as fast as cars. MORE
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The best looking solar charger ever also happens to be a car

The best looking solar charger ever also happens to be a car

Cars that run exclusively on solar power make no claims about being the most comfortable vehicles out there, but they're unquestionably some of the coolest looking, and this concept from designer Omer Sagiv is up there with the best of them.

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Putting on this magic hat makes you a surgeon

Putting on this magic hat makes you a surgeon

In space, no one can hear you scream. This is a problem, since if you're screaming in space, there's a good chance you desperately need surgery for one reason or another. To address this, the ESA has come up with the fancy little hat that uses augmented reality to turn just about anyone into a skilled surgeon, even in spaaace. MORE
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What to expect from the Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' on Feb. 29

What to expect from the Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' on Feb. 29

Just so you know, Windows friggin' 8 is coming out this year, and Microsoft just announced it's going to be releasing a "Consumer Preview" (beta) version of it for all to download and test out. Here's what you'll be looking forward to. MORE
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Laser-powered magnetic HDDs hold 15x the data, write 1,000x faster

Laser-powered magnetic HDDs hold 15x the data, write 1,000x faster

You know how we keep saying that everything works better with lasers? It looks like our trusty old magnetic platter hard drives are no exception, since blasting them with laser pulses instead of magnetic fields can apparently make them perform about a thousand times better. MORE
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Neuroscience advancements could lead to mind-controllable weapons

Neuroscience advancements could lead to mind-controllable weapons

They say the brain is the most powerful weapon. If new advancements in neuroscience are any indication, we could be seeing soldiers plug into weapon systems — Matrix-style — to control things like drones and vastly improve training sessions. MORE
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Distract yourself while taking a placebo and trick your brain out of pain

Distract yourself while taking a placebo and trick your brain out of pain

Next time you find yourself in excruciating pain, you should take a pill you think will make you feel better while solving a puzzle! At least, that's what a new study shows, debunking the idea that the placebo effect is a high-level cognitive function. MORE
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LG teases new 'Optimus Vu' smartphone with wide 5-inch 4:3 screen

LG teases new 'Optimus Vu' smartphone with wide 5-inch 4:3 screen

Here's one way to differentiate your smartphone from the swarms of Android smartphones out there — make your screen even larger than the biggest smartphones currently available and change gears from a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio display to a 4:3 one. That's LG's plan for the Optimus Vu. MORE
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Over the top coffee table is like a giant Etch-A-Sketch

Over the top coffee table is like a giant Etch-A-Sketch

When you become an adult, it seems most people switch from Etch-A-Sketches to zen gardens. Finally, someone has combined the best of both — doodling on a large scale — with a dose of technology added in for all us geeks. MORE
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North American PS Vita owners won't get PSP 'UMD Passport'

North American PS Vita owners won't get PSP 'UMD Passport'

Better keep that aging PlayStation Portable around if you want to play your old games. Sony has confirmed that North American PS Vita owners will not be getting the "UMD Passport program" that allows PSP games to be transferred to digital form for a small price.

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Odd tech pairing: salmon DNA and nanoparticles

Odd tech pairing: salmon DNA and nanoparticles

It sounds like a joke, but it's not. Nanoengineers and biologists are working on a memory device from salmon DNA and silver nanoparticles.The non-volatile memory device is of the write-once-read-many (WORM) variety, like an optical disc that you can't record over. MORE
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Yes, please: Hot Wheels get iPhone-controlled

Yes, please: Hot Wheels get iPhone-controlled

Be on the lookout for the latest speed demon on the block — Hot Wheel's iNitro Speeders. These Hot Wheels are controlled via an app for your iPhone. The mini cars are remote controlled via an infrared signal from your iPhone, which gives you five different options for controlling the cars. MORE
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Image of the Day: interactive LOTR family tree

Image of the Day: interactive LOTR family tree

Emil Johansson of Gothenburg, Sweden decided to create an interactive family tree of LOTR characters in his spare time — and it took this dedicated fan six years to complete his project. But, behold, the awesomest catalog of Middle Earth residents all in one accessible spot (check it out here). MORE
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Stuntman plans dive from stratosphere to break sound barrier

Stuntman plans dive from stratosphere to break sound barrier

I think we have the perfect stunt for Tom Cruise's next installment of Mission Impossible, and it involves skydiving from space. Luckily, there's already a guy out there insane enough to try it first, to make sure it works. MORE
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Solar steampunk mechanical watch runs off a mechanical turbine

Solar steampunk mechanical watch runs off a mechanical turbine

Solar powered watches are a dime a dozen, but most are just electronic watches with a solar panel to boost the battery. Not this steampunk inspired pocket watch: it uses the sun to spin a mechanical turbine that provides the power. MORE
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Retro cases bring Apple nostalgia to the iPhone

Retro cases bring Apple nostalgia to the iPhone

Based on its current world domination strategy, it's hard to believe that a little over a decade ago Apple was struggling to survive. If you have nostalgia for the days when Apple was just a blip on Microsoft's radar, you can dress up your iPhone 4S to look like one of the products that eventually turned the company around. MORE
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Breathtaking video shows Earth at night from the ISS

Breathtaking video shows Earth at night from the ISS

The lucky astronauts up on the ISS have one heckuva view. These recently released videos (put together from series of still images) show the space station flying over Mexio, the central and eastern United States, and Canada and the Aurora Borealis at night. MORE
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Hands-on with the Olympus OM-D E-M5: the most retro digi cam ever

Hands-on with the Olympus OM-D E-M5: the most retro digi cam ever

If there is one trend sweeping the camera world, it's going mirrorless and designing hardware that looks and feels like the film cameras your parents owned. We didn't think Olympus could top its PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds camera, but they just did.

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 takes its styling after the company's OM film cameras from the 1970s. Light, strong and — most important — fast, the E-M5 feels like a digital camera you'll want to keep until you're old or pass on to your kid, and that's a weird feeling to get from digital.

The E-M5 is the first in what Olympus hopes is a family of OM-D series of digital cameras based on its enduring optical heritage. The reality is that the E-M5 is more akin to the E-5 DSLR tossed under a shrink ray.

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'Fracture putty' may quicken the bone-healing process

'Fracture putty' may quicken the bone-healing process

Broken bones are never fun, but they're a little more serious for men and women serving in the active military, which is why the University of Georgia-discovered "fracture putty," which can speed up the healing of bone fractures, is so important. Though it may mean spending time in sweet casts like this one. MORE
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Unmanned drones to invade U.S. airspace in 2015

Unmanned drones to invade U.S. airspace in 2015

It's been a long time coming, but the U.S. Congress just handed two orders to the Federal Aviation Administration: to upgrade its radar system to GPS and to open up manned airspace to unmanned drones. The latter is causing some concern, but both of these things, if done right, could mean some great things for aviation. MORE
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