Monthly Archives: June 2014

How the most poisonous fish on Earth can kill humans

The stone fish is the most poisonous fish in the sea and one of the most dangerous in the world. It can easily kill you if you step on it, injecting its venom deep inside your foot. If not treated … Continue reading

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iFind – The World’s First Battery-Free Item Locating Tag by WeTag — Kickstarter

Have you ever wondered where your items are?People have trouble finding their things all the time. An average person spends nearly 10 minutes before leaving their home looking for keys, wallets, or handbags. This can make people late for interviews, … Continue reading

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World Cup Security Team Accidentally Shares Its Awful Wi-Fi Password

What’s the bigger security crime: having your Wi-Fi password displayed on a big screen, or using tired old internet speak to have “b5a2112014” as the password for the Brazil 2014 event security team network?The above photo came via local newspaper … Continue reading

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‘The Daily Show’ Examines Social Persecution of Google Glass

Ever Since its release last year, Google Glass has had its share of both praise and critiques. Those that love the technology consider it the future, while the other side of the coin argues that it at the very least … Continue reading

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Get Ready for College Football’s Bitcoin Bowl

Next season, the college football bowl season will welcome the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl thanks to a sponsorship deal from Bitcoin processing company BitPay and ESPN Events. Yes, they’re serious about this.The Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, as the … Continue reading

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Future NASA Mothership Will Disperse Data Collecting Microchips

Suppose you’re a planetary scientist. You operate an unmanned spacecraft, surveying a distant moon in our solar system. Years of funding, engineering work, and long-distance space travel have all come together and at last this machine — to which you … Continue reading

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Harley-Davidson Livewire Electric Motorcycle | Uncrate

It’s okay. Re-read the headline. We’ll wait. Yes, it’s true: the American brand most associated with disturbingly loud two-wheeled vehicles is making one that’s essentially… silent. The Harley-Davidson Livewire Electric Motorcycle is unfortunately not for sale yet, but it will … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico is burning oil to generate electricity: It’s completely insane.

PREPA, the troubled Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, is having difficulty coming up with the money to pay for its latest petroleum delivery. As Caribbean Business reported, the utility last week decided to take cash from its capital works fund—up … Continue reading

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Why does Prepa ignore the idea of an undersea cable from Florida to Puerto Rico??? – Caribbean Business

The Puerto Rico Legislature’s pursuit of much-needed energy reform is a commendable first step forwarded by Senate President Eduardo Bhatia and House Speaker Jaime Perelló in helping to bring down electricity rates. There is no question that Puerto Rico’s astronomical … Continue reading

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What a space settlement would actually look like in real life

We are used to see space settlements in sci-fi illustrations and movies, but these are not realistic. Bryan Versteeg—from Spacehabs—uses scientific principles to develop concepts that can actually happen one day. The Kalpana One Space Settlement is one of them. … Continue reading

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