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Finally, a Digital Camera That Lets You See Like a Bug
What might you do with a camera with hundreds of tiny lenses on a half-sphere, designed to function like a bug’s eye?
Five Noteworthy Startups from TechCrunch Disrupt NY
Here are five startups from TechCrunch’s Disrupt event in New York that you’re going to want to keep your eye on.
Could Nanowire Transistors Rescue Moore’s Law from Obsolescence?
Researchers in France suggest they may have found a way to extend Moore’s Law through the 2020s after all.
Tiny Toon: IBM Makes a Movie Out of Atoms
Big Blue’s researchers have set a Guinness record with their new cartoon — every pixel’s an atom.
Living History: Computing Pioneer Harry Huskey Is Honored at 97
The Computer History Museum honors a distinguished scientist who worked on the first computer, and just kept going.
Yay? Facebook-Connected Beer Glasses Let You Friend Randos with a Quick Clank
The Buddy Cup connects to your Facebook account, and when you clank it against someone else’s Buddy Cup, the two of you become friends on Facebook.
What If Your Smartphone Could Shape-Shift into a Stress Ball?
Imagine your phone physically transforming into a gamepad…or a stress ball.
LISTEN: What Did Alexander Graham Bell Sound Like?
Contemporary listeners have never been able to hear what telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell sounded like — until now.
Polaroid’s SX-70, the Greatest Gadget of All Time, Is 41
A remarkable American invention celebrates its birthday today.
You Can FINALLY Order Pizza Hut Using Your Xbox 360
For those times when you’re lying on the couch and your cellphone, tablet, landline, laptop and desktop are just out of reach, but you happen to be playing Xbox 360, you can now order pizza from Pizza Hut.
Hey, Word Geeks! Now There’s a Website for You
Vocabulary.com could actually make speaking well cool again.