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Project Gemini through the eyes of the astronauts, part 2

Project Gemini through the eyes of the astronauts, part 2

This is the second half of our article on the Gemini Project, featuring some incredible newly-scanned images that the astronauts themselves took in orbit, straight from the original film. Previously, we looked at the first batch of manned missions, Gemini III through VII, and now we've got the stories of Gemini VIII through XII, featuring the debut of Neil Armstrong, an emergency in space and one very angry alligator.

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With their powers combined, four VLT telescopes form 130m mirror

With their powers combined, four VLT telescopes form 130m mirror

Each of the four individual telescopes in the ESA's Very Large Telescope are, by themselves, very capable. But by working together, they're supposed to be able to link up to effectively form one single massive telescope, and for the first time, this has actually worked. MORE
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Video: using Skyrim to predict the Super Bowl winner

Video: using Skyrim to predict the Super Bowl winner

I'm with Ray in that I don't really care all that much about the actual football played during the Super Bowl. You know what? If the Giants were actual giants and the Patriots were Skyrim-loving freedom fighters, well, that would get me interested. MORE
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Double-sided, foldable touchscreens should be the future of books

Double-sided, foldable touchscreens should be the future of books

As awful as paper is to use, it still has some things going for it: it's thin, it's light, and it can be folded into complex structures that predict the future. Instead of trying to cram paper books into digital e-readers, we should instead force our digital content to behave more like paper, and this prototype foldable touchscreen is exactly how it should happen. MORE
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Study: Twitter more addictive than alcohol and smoking cigarettes

Study: Twitter more addictive than alcohol and smoking cigarettes

As the robots would say, "Resistance is futile!" A new study fresh out of Chicago University's Booth Business School claims that Twitter and email are harder to resist than drinking and smoking. Agree or disagree? MORE
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Gaudy Xapper turns your smartphone into an app-ready pistol

Gaudy Xapper turns your smartphone into an app-ready pistol

Nowhere does there exist such a disparity in function as there does between the different kids of smartphone apps. They can be used to save your buns from driving too drunk, and now they can be used to shoot people. Of course. Laser tag for our post-laser age, the Xappr or Micro-Zappr Gun can attach to your smartphone and turn any place into a battlefield, at any time. MORE
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The Internet ruined the only reason I'd watch the Super Bowl

The Internet ruined the only reason I'd watch the Super Bowl

Even if you hated football, the Super Bowl used to be something to look forward to. After all, it's an excuse to round up your friends, put out a sweet spread of snacks and get so drunk you miss work the next day.

Beyond the game, the chips and dips and the drinking, there was always an entertainment provided to the rest of us one that, thanks to the dear ol' Internet, has now been ruined.

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Horror movie-type mushroom found that devours plastic

Horror movie-type mushroom found that devours plastic

You may have heard, but there are some folks out there who aren't too pleased with all the plastic we have in clogging our landfills and killing our wildlife. Luckily, now all these anti-our-giant-and-oh-so-necessary-3-friggin'-liter-bottles-of-sugar-water might be able to throw a party replete with tofu cubes and spring rolls: a mushroom has been found in the Amazon that might simply eat it all. Yep. MORE
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Plasma torch is effective for destroying bacteria on raw chicken

Plasma torch is effective for destroying bacteria on raw chicken

Nobody wants to eat poultry with Salmonella and die. Good thing some food researchers at Drexel University have figured out how to use plasma to blast the bacteria off raw chicken so that not only is your food safe, but so is your kitchen. MORE
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RIM tries to entice Android developers with free PlayBook tablets

RIM tries to entice Android developers with free PlayBook tablets

Desperate times call for desperate measures. For RIM, things are so rocky, the company's now resorted to begging Android developers to port their apps to BlackBerry App World in exchange for free PlayBooks. MORE
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Smart headphones know left from right; switch audio for you

Smart headphones know left from right; switch audio for you

For some of us, mixing up the left and right headphones doesn't really register. For hardcore music lovers, gamers and those with more discerning ears, the idea of mixing up left from right headphones is sacrilege. The problem of an accidental switch while distracted is a soon a thing of the past with headphones that automatically switch channels when placed in the wrong ear. MORE
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Image of the Day: headache worthy optical illusion

Image of the Day: headache worthy optical illusion

Here's yet another brain-bending optical illusion. Take a gander at this image — are there are four, perfectly round concentric circles or are they all jumbled together? I really can't decide. MORE
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Motorola's patent win in Germany forces Apple to remove iPhones

Motorola's patent win in Germany forces Apple to remove iPhones

Apple just scored its first major black eye. A German court just ruled in favor of Motorola concerning a patent dispute, promptly forcing Apple to remove the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 3G iPads from its online store in the country. Uh-oh? MORE
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SpaceX takes their latest rocket engine out for a spin

SpaceX takes their latest rocket engine out for a spin

If you plan to make a space capsule that can land softly on Earth without using a parachute, you're going to need some pretty reliable rocket engines. So the privately funded SpaceX has just tested their brand spanking new SuperDraco engine, designed just for this task.

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Super insulation is fire retardant and as edible as oatmeal

Super insulation is fire retardant and as edible as oatmeal

Remember those dire warnings years ago from you parents to avoid touching that pink fluffy insulation in your home? Well if one company has its way, such warnings will become a thing of the past. MORE
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Scientists suck power from cockroaches, Matrix-style

Scientists suck power from cockroaches, Matrix-style

Just when you thought cockroaches had no possible useful reason to exist, scientists have figured out a way to extract power from their bodies kind of like they did with humans in The Matrix. MORE
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Mini 3D mill is like a mini 3D printer, except the exact opposite

Mini 3D mill is like a mini 3D printer, except the exact opposite

With a 3D printer, you can create anything you want by adding multiple layers of material one on top of another. With a 3D mill, you can create anything you want by removing multiple layers of material, one after another. It's the other half of your desktop DIY kit, and it's now affordable, more or less. MORE
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One of the oldest organisms on Earth just died in a fire

One of the oldest organisms on Earth just died in a fire

For us humans, 100 years is a long time. 100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire was still going strong, and we'd only just discovered vitamins. Some trees, however, can live for thousands of years, and one of the oldest single organisms on the entire planet died in a fire in Florida just a week ago. MORE
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Ubisoft's insufferable DRM will score one for piracy next week

Ubisoft's insufferable DRM will score one for piracy next week

Ubisoft is responsible for some damn fine games. Unfortunately, the company is also responsible for just about the worst DRM solution imaginable to protect said great games on the PC, and because of the system in place, the only people who will be able to play the majority of Ubisoft's games on the platform next week will be the pirates. Good job, Ubi!

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Sprint goes for the cheap end, sells ZTE Optik tablet for $100

Sprint goes for the cheap end, sells ZTE Optik tablet for $100

The iPad 2, Amazon Kindle, Transformer Prime, or Galaxy Tab might be the best tablets available right now, but they aren't cheap by any stretch. Sprint's new ZTE Optik is a pretty decent spec-ed tablet that only costs 100 bucks and has 3G. MORE
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