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Cold Fusion Verified. Kind of.

Adam Kaslikowski — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:30 +0000

A team of independent scientists have observed, investigated, and confirmed that a cold fusion device has operated successfully in Italy. The reactor has apparently outclassed mankind’s most compact available energy source (gasoline) by more than 10X. That awesome (in the very literal sense of that word) news is about the[...]

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3D Printing Food with NASA

Adam Kaslikowski — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:16 +0000

Thinking about mechanized food creation in space, comparisons to Star Trek‘s replicator immediately spring to mind, but it’s worth noting that in this case both the printer and the software are relatively old hat (by the standards of the spanking-new 3D printing industry). Contractor is planning to use the RepRap[...]

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Public Trusts Driverless Cars, Experts Don’t

Adam Kaslikowski — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:49 +0000

Autonomous, or “driverless” cars are on our horizon. Whether you like it or not, they are coming and they may be coming sooner than many people realize. Is the world ready to give up the reigns and passively be shuttled to and fro? According to a recent study by Cisco[...]

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Google’s Cognitive Science Inspired Designs

Adam Kaslikowski — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Google’s design chops have come a long way from the infamous test of 41 shades of blue. For much of its history, the company was not well known for any particular design motifs other than their minimalist search page. But with the release of their Android operating system, Google[...]

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It’s Friday, Enjoy a Garbage Truck Smashing a Car

Adam Kaslikowski — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:22 +0000

I could wax poetic about how even garbage truck manufacturers have to continually innovate to stay ahead of their increasingly international competition, or I could tell you how our desire for fuel efficiency has given cars made out of lightweight materials more easily capable of being crushed. Hell, I could[...]

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Paypal Here Processing Free For 2013

Adam Kaslikowski — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:49 +0000

Paypal’s Here service is serious about taking the mobile payments war straight to Square, and yesterday’s announcement was a major escalation in that war. You can now get your Paypal Here processing free for the remainder of 2013. No processing fees for the rest of the year. That’s a big[...]

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Why Outlook Enabled Google Talk

Adam Kaslikowski — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:55 +0000

Yesterday Microsoft announced that they have enabled Google Talk functionality on their Outlook mail service. This means live messaging with your Google contacts while you are anywhere inside the Outlook or even SkyDrive services. To say the least, this is an unexpected move for Redmond to make. The blogosphere has[...]

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What Batman Knows About Branding

Adam Kaslikowski — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:49 +0000

That Batman is the greatest hero ever invented in the history of great heroes is an undebatable and widely known fact. It’s basically science. What is less well known is that he is also a branding genius. Batarangs, the Batmobile, the Batcave – Batman has done what any good branding[...]

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YouTube Paid Subscriptions Are Targeted at Hulu

Adam Kaslikowski — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:24 +0000

The YouTube paid subscriptions announcement last week ruffled quite a few feathers in the blogosphere and many predictions on the impending death of cable TV. In short, YouTube is now allowing a select group of 53 premium video channels to erect a paywall of at least .99/mo for their content.[...]

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Tesla Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet

Adam Kaslikowski — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:22 +0000

Neo-EV automaker Tesla is the toast of the town this week. The company released news that they have achieved their first quarterly profit ever, and as a result the stock price soared $20 to $72.30/share in after-hours trading. Yesterday, notoriously fickle magazine Consumer Reports gave the Model S a score[...]

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