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70% of LG’s 2014 smart TV lineup will be powered by web-OS

LG apparently plans on resurrecting web-OS, the mobile operating system that the company purchased from Palm. LG says that 70%  of the company's 2014 smart TV lineup will be powered...

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Roku will be releasing its own line of smart TVs

Roku, the company behind the popular digital media players, has announced that it will be entering the smart TV market with its own devices in the near future. This makes a...

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Control your car using Google Glass with this new app from Hyundai

Google Glass owners buying a new Hyundai will soon be able to control basic functions of their car straight from their headset. Hyundai announced that some of its next-generation vehicles...

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Paralyzed teen to kick off World Cup with mind-controlled exoskeleton

Using the most advanced mind-controlled exoskeleton in the world, a young teenager, who's paralysed from the waist down, will be kicking off the 2014 World Cup in BRazil this year. Electrodes on...

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iMpulse is the smallest portable controller out there

iMpulse is a tiny portable controller for touchscreen devices that connects through Bluetooth. Despite its size, the controller still manages to squeeze in a directional pad, seven buttons, and a rechargeable...

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New York Botanical Garden uses jewelry photography method to digitize plants

In the past, the New York Botanical Garden was only able to digitize about 20,000 to 30,000 of its 7.3 million specimens every year. However, ever since they began using a light...

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Soviet’s spent over a billion dollars trying to research mind control technology

According to Russian publications and recently declassified documents, the Soviets spent over a billion dollars trying to research "unconventional" science and mind control technology. The interest in government-funded paranormal research rose and...

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Samsung Smart TVs to accept “finger gestures” for 2014

Samsung's 2014 Smart TV line will be a step up from the 2013 models. The company described a few of the details in an announcement today, one of which is...

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NASA’s Valkyrie robot is a six-foot ‘superhero’ designed to save you from disasters

NASA has created a robot for DARPA's upcoming Robotics Challenge Trials. The Valkyrie is a six-foot two humanoid machine with detachable arms, sonar sensors, mounted cameras, and a glowing, Tony Stark-esque circle in the middle...

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Tongue piercing allows patients paralyzed from the neck down to control their wheelchairs

An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Users have their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewelry and...

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Small gel-implant could remove the need for vaccine booster shots

German researchers have devised a new method of vaccine delivery that potentially eliminates the need for vaccine booster shots. The new method uses a hydrogel implant containing the desired vaccine as...

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Nokia announces its new Lumia 525 handset

Nokia has announced its new Lumia 525 handset. The new device looks almost identical to the Lumia 520 but boasts some slightly more powerful hardware than its predecessor.  Nokia has...

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