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Chimps, Cats and Honey Badgers: Best of ‘Impenetrable Forest’ Camera Trap
• http://www.wired.com, By Brandon KeimThanks to camera traps, researchers have taken an unprecedented look at animals in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a fantastically dense, tangled and vibrant jungle in the heart of equatorial Africa.
India Unveils New Version Of The 'World's Cheapest Tablet'
• Agence France PresseIndia has launched a new version of its ultra-low-cost tablet computer with a quicker processor and an improved battery, on sale to students at the subsidised price of $20.
Solving the Smartphone-Dashboard Disconnect With Developers
• http://www.wired.com, By Doug NewcombAutomakers are racing to get apps in the dash, with varying degrees of success.
The Island of Lost Apple Products
• http://www.wired.com, By Roberto BaldwinEven with the somewhat muted (by Apple standards) demand for the iPad mini, Apple still had a fantastic weekend of iPad sales. It seems that even the company’s non-hits are hits. That’s not the case.
Microsoft Brings Star Trek’s Voice Translator to Life
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom SimoniteSoftware turns English into synthesized Chinese almost instantly.
An Xbox Gaming Tablet?
• http://www.technologyreview.com, David ZaxSecrecy shrouds what could be a gaming-specific tablet.
Gadget Lab Show: Nook HD and Samsung Galaxy Note II
• http://www.wired.com, By Christina BonningtonThis week on the Gadget Lab Show, the team checks out the Nook HD tablet and Samsung Galaxy Note II and has a few goodies to give away to a pair of lucky viewers.
ELON MUSK: 'If We Published Patents, It Would Be Farcical'
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kim BhasinThe patent system has been getting a lot of heat lately, especially with the high-profile fight between Apple and Samsung.
Brain-Reading Bike Helmet Shows How Stressed You Are
• http://www.wired.com, By Madhumita VenkataramananIf only cyclists and motorists could read each other’s minds. Think how much better it would be out on the road.
The Fastest Supercomputers In The World
• http://www.businessinsider.com,Randy AstaizaWe are often surprised by the speed of the latest computer or smartphone, but the supercomputers that do the world's craziest calculations will always put our dinky consumer electronics to shame.
Why Living Cells Are The Future Of Data Processing
• http://www.popsci.com, By Adam BaerBiocomputers make maps, run logic gates, perform binary calculations and more.
How I Hacked An Electronic Voting Machine
• By Roger Johnston (as told to Suzanne LaBarre)What do you need to rig an election? A basic knowledge of electronics and $30 worth of RadioShack gear, professional hacker Roger Johnston reveals. The good news: we can stop it.
Scientist Wants To Fly A Blimp Over Mountains To Search For Bigfoot
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherIdaho State University's Jeffrey Meldrum is looking for private donations to build the remote-controlled vessel.
7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You
• By The Staff of Danger RoomRobotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president's behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale.
'I Can't Tell You Who I Voted For': Obama Casts Early Vote on 100% Unverifiable E-Vote S
• http://www.bradblog.com, By Brad FriedmanPresident Barack Obama may have voted for Mitt Romney yesterday when he cast his Early Vote at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Chicago's 4th Ward. Nobody knows for sure. Even him.
Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Co
• http://www.bradblog.com, cross-posted by SalonWhy Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Counties Just Days Before Presidential Election?
The Only Smartphones Worth Buying Right Now [RANKED]
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve KovachIt feels like the holidays are already here.
Apple Is Looking At Dropping Intel
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jay YarowApple is exploring how to drop Intel chips in favor of its home grown chips, Adam Stariano, Peter Burrows, and Ian King at Bloomberg report.
How close are we to holographic gaming?
• howstuffworks.com, by Wesley FenlonStarships! Warp drive! Teleportation! "Star Trek" has given real scientists more futuristic technologies to strive for than any other piece of science fiction
KOLOS: the world's first iPad racing wheel
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Jonathan FincherThe KOLOS attaches to an iPad and turns it into a steering wheel for racing games, complete with a detachable base that attaches to most surfaces
OLED data glasses controlled with eye movements
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben CoxworthFraunhofer's OLED data glasses
A Music Player You Can Hear Through Your Skull
• http://www.popsci.com, By Elbert ChuHere's to listening to music while staying grilled out nicely.
High-Res Curiosity Rover Self-Portrait Is Mind-Blowing
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannThe image was taken by Curiosity’s MAHLI hand-held camera, which sits on the end of the rover’s extendable arm. MAHLI snapped 55 pictures from different locations.
The Blessings of Technology
•Thanks to the free market of the internet, capitalism, and social media, I am able to be me, and profit from it. It is truly something that makes me thankful.
Whittling With Lasers: Constructable Brings Handheld ‘Pew Pew’ Power to your Workshop
• http://www.wired.com, By Tim MalyHere’s the thing about contemporary rapid prototyping tools — while they’re rapid compared to sending your designs off to a factory, they still aren’t all that rapid.
Intel Wants to Put a Supercomputer in Your Pocket
• http://www.wired.com, By Klint FinleyFive years from now, says Intel, your phone could double as a supercomputer.
The Goods: November 2012's Hottest Gadgets
• http://www.popsci.com, By Amber WilliamsThe apocalypse edition: Featuring a tiny hand-turbine that's good in a pinch, a jacket for firestorms or nuclear winter, and a stove that can burn almost any fuel.
Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power
• technologyreview.comA startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications.
Here's Everything Google Announced At Today's Android Event
• popsci.comEast Coast: Hurricane. West Coast: A whole bunch of new gadgets, including a new Nexus tablet and smartphone. Enjoy it, you dirty Californians.
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