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Robot That Connects to Neurons Could Provide Key to Understanding the Human Brain
Suhasa Kodandaramaiah was one of about 30 people on Earth who could perform something called whole-cell patch-clamping, a technique for studying the inside of a cell developed back in 1981. By hand, it is a painstaking process …
How to Create Your Own Healthy Eating Plan with Pinterest
Remember the days of cooking alongside Mom as you read the ingredients from a much-loved, oil-stained recipe book? Ah yes, the glory days (and stained recipes) will hold a nostalgic place in our hearts, but things have since …
The 10 Best Minecraft Mods
One thing Minecraft for Xbox 360 won’t have at launch is mod support, so here are the 10 best reasons — including werewolves, backpacks and lasers — to keep playing Minecraft on your trusty PC
You Are Not an IP Address, Rules Judge
An IP address is not a Social Security number or a fingerprint. It, in the words of Judge Gary Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, “provides only the location at which one of any number of …
6 Reasons Apple Is So Successful
One of the more interesting questions I get asked about as an industry analyst who’s followed Apple since 1981 is why Apple is so successful. It’s an honest question because to those unfamiliar with Apple, the company’s rise and …
New iPhone Rumors Are Boring Already
Remember when the littlest iPhone rumor would send the tech blogosphere into a frenzy? Those days are apparently over, as a recent scoop by iLounge demonstrated.
iLounge’s story about Apple’s next iPhone seemed juicy enough. …
Video: The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week
Important developments concerning dorm room automation, ’80s sitcoms turned video games and poo-funded Wi-Fi projects.
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This Is What The Elder Scrolls Online Looks Like: 17 Leaked Screens
The Elder Scrolls Online will combine the series’ already massive exploration dynamic with the social angle of an MMO. The game will take place a millennium prior to events in Skyrim and strike an apocalyptic Oblivion-esque …
8 Tools for the Online Privacy Paranoid
It’s hard to use the Internet anymore without being watched. Tracking cookies follow your every move, so advertisers can figure out what to sell you. Social networks keep you constantly signed in, in part so they can see what …
Meet HERB, the Robot Butler That Knows How to Use a Microwave
People, we’ve been microwaving our own Hot Pockets for too long. It’s about time we delegated that responsibility to machines, so that we might spend our time doing more important things like watching re-runs of Wings and …
92 Teen Text Terms Decoded for Confused Parents
Not so long ago, most teenagers’ text messages read to other people like a jumble of seemingly disconnected letters, numbers, and odd punctuation. Using a combination of shortened words, creative spellings, and a liberal …