At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, scientists are building RoboEarth, a sort of Wikipedia for robots that will let them independently share instructions for tasks they’ve mastered. Needless to say, Oh shit! More
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Scientists Building Robots an Internet of Their Own [Robots]
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3D Royal Wedding a No-Go [Royalty]
Buckingham Palace expressed that the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton won’t be broadcast in 3D as rumored . It was noted that the limited space and demand for 3D in the UK were among the deciding factors. ZDNet More
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What We All Hate Most About Facebook [Comics]
It’s not the pokes.
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The Navy Spent $450,000 Flying F-18s Over the Closed Dome of the Super Bowl [Idiocy]
Everyone loves a great jet flyover! Except when you can’t see the jets, because you’re underneath a retractable dome. That’s retracted. Which is exactly what the Navy spent $450,000 of your tax dollars to do on Sunday.
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Google Translate for iPhone [Video]
While perhaps not quite as HOLY CRAP futuristic as Word Lens , Google Translate is a tool that can actually help you when you’re travelling abroad. The new iPhone app lets you translate phrases both talked and typed in dozens of languages.
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Happiness Is a Slow-Motion Kitten [Video]
However rough your day, week, month, or life has been, I promise that the next two minutes of a kitten frolicking at 800fps will make it all better. Shot on a Phantom HD camera by TPS Film Studio , which really need to start doing many, many more of these. [ Metafilter ] More
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Happiness Is a Slow-Motion Kitten [Video]
However rough your day, week, month, or life has been, I promise that the next two minutes of a kitten frolicking at 800fps will make it all better. Shot on a Phantom HD camera by TPS Film Studio , which really need to start doing many, many more of these
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98 Incredible Photos of Levitation [Photography]
Man can fly, but he can’t yet levitate. Maybe that’s why these 98 photos of levitation—using Photoshop only to remove the strings—are so striking. More
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