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Thinking Tech
Archive: 08-2012
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Disabled Chinese farmer builds his own bionic arms
After losing his arms in a bomb explosion, Sun Jifa pieced together a pair of functioning limbs using scrap metal.
August 22, 2012, 5:13 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen
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3 things we still don’t know about U.S. broadband
The FCC reports that 19 million Americans lack access to broadband. But even with that data, there’s still a lot we don’t know.
August 22, 2012, 3:15 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey
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Ride of the future? Start-up shows off new ‘hoverbike’
The test video of a Star-Wars inspired personal aircraft may mean that the technology is on its way to becoming a reality.
August 21, 2012, 4:00 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen
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U.S. Army designing nasal spray to suppress suicide
Nasal spray may soon do more than fight hay fever.
August 20, 2012, 10:43 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson
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Your body double is an iPad on a Segway
It’s not warm and fuzzy, but the new Double Robotics iPad on wheels can act as your telepresence virtual body.
August 20, 2012, 5:41 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey
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Live every week like it’s shark week with new tracking robots
Solar-powered surfing robots will track Great Whites in the Pacific Ocean and transmit data back to shore.
August 19, 2012, 7:44 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson
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For $600,000, you can live in a glass house
Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? Well, if you’re spending the night in one of Carlo Santambrogio’s specially-designed houses, you better get used to it.
August 17, 2012, 4:01 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen
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HDMI stick turns your dumb screen into a smart TV
The IMJ Corporation introduces MGS, an HDMI Wi-Fi stick that promises to turn almost any television with an HDMI port into a smart TV.
August 16, 2012, 3:03 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey
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Do photos show the lost pyramids of Egypt?
Using Google Earth, an amateur archaeologist believes she has discovered a mysterious ancient site.
August 16, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen
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6th Circuit rules that tracking cell data requires no warrant
Got location data on your phone? You’re fair game.
August 15, 2012, 11:16 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson