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These Japanese robots move around on balls and dance to J-pop

Murata Boy rides a bicycle. Murata Girl rides a unicycle. But the Murata Cheerleaders, the latest iteration of androids from Japan’s Murata Manufacturing, are another proposition entirely, an army of...

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The Microsoft Cube is the company’s Kinect-powered art installation

Third-party developers have grown very fond of building neat stuff with the Kinect, so it's no surprise that Microsoft itself would create projects using this technology. Enter the Cube, a...

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Samsung;s Galaxy Gear S smartwatch is coming to the US this fall

Samsung’s 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4 isn’t its only new product headed for the sales aisles soon, the Korean company just revealed that its Gear S smartwatch is headed to the...

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Japanese company wants a working space elevator by 2050

In February earlier this year, we brought you word that there might be a more affordable way to transport people to space and back which does not require a spacecraft,...

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Microsoft has doubled the amount of free cloud storage on OneDrive

Apple released its iOS 8 update earlier this week, but a number of iPhone and iPad owners ran into problems with the amount of free storage required to install the...

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Sony is taking on Google Glass with the SmartEyeglass

It looks like Sony themselves are about to make the jump to the world of smartglasses, too, with their latest effort being the transparent lens eyewear that they call the...

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BlackBerry has another Porsche Design smartphone

BlackBerry is launching its next Porsche Design-branded smartphone, the P'9983, in October. Unlike the P'9982, its Porsche-emblazoned predecessor, the new P'9983 has a QWERTY keyboard — but just like a...

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MIT has developed a squishy robotic tentacle

A squishy robot from MIT that looks, feels, and even blows up like bubble gum is an expert navigator that can snake its way through a tricky maze without human...

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This Chinese city has a sidewalk just for smartphone addicts

Tools like hands-free kits and Siri might mean that you don’t have to have your face constantly buried in your iPhone, but for most people the reality is that using...

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NASA is building the largest rocket in the history of mankind

The head of America’s space program came to New Orleans Friday, and joined legendary performer Irma Thomas to stare in awe at one of the biggest machines either had ever...

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Those excavated ET video game cartridges are being auctioned off

Remember when Xbox Entertainment Studios and Lightbox Entertainment spent a weekend digging up a bunch of Atari cartridges from a landfill? Both studios may have gotten the documentary footage they...

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Nikon has announced its new D750 high-tech camera

What would happen if you pulled some of the best features from Nikon’s D810, and others from the company’s flagship D4S, and put them all inside a smaller, lighter body?...

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