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Scientist Send Text Message Using Vodka
Researchers at York University have managed to send a text message which read “O Canada” using Vodka, or as I prefer to think, they’ve found a great way to thinly disguise one of their drinking games as research. Using a sprayer, a fan and a sensor the team were able…
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$2,000 Will Buy You A Replica Iron Man Mark III Suit… Awesome!
Fancy kicking it up a notch at your next fancy dress party? A company in China is offering custom full-body Iron Man costumes, complete with glowing lights. The aptly named Iron Man Factory is charging $2,000 for the suits, sure that’s a lot of money, but this isn’t your usual…
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“No More Woof” Hits Indiegogo, Aims To Translate Dog Thoughts Into Human Speech
We love nothing more than tech news about high end graphics cards, new processors and gaming to name but a few, but every now and then something comes along in the tech world that makes you giggle, this new piece of tech however has me laughing far more than it…
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Prepare Yourself For The Videogame Music Tribute Band “Critical Hit”
Today marks the announcement of Critical Hit, an all-star band headed by composer Jason Hayes, best known for his work on the acclaimed World of Warcraft soundtrack, and featuring award-winning performers and recording artists with a staggering list of videogame, film, and live performance credits, including The Annual Primetime Emmy’s,…
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Michael Bay Assaulted While Filming Transformers 4
Turns out gigantic robots are no means of defence when it comes to the real world, no doubt a shocking reminder that CGI just isn’t as good as the real deal and I’m sure Michael Bay and his team would have loved to have Bumblebee on hand to kick some…
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Indian Army Tracks Spy Drones For 6 Month, Turns Out They Were Just Planets
This sounds a little too silly to be believable but it seems the Indian Army have spent roughly six months watching, tracking and documenting the movements of what they believed were two Chinese spy drones, when they were in fact watching the planets Jupiter and Venus! The level of incompetence…
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Norwegian Town Creates ‘Artificial Sun’ To Light Up Dark Winter Days
Rjukan is a small town located in Norway, but unlike many towns in this world Rjukan misses out on much of the years sunlight as for a large portion of the year their town is in the shadow of a mountain. The town is fed up, literally, of being stuck in…
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South Carolina University Testing Iris Scanner Security
Do you ever worry about how secure something might be, say your personal data that companies, or maybe even schools that you have attended have on file. Of course not, most people just assume that information that is kept on file is kept under lock and key. Unfortunately that is…
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Why Take A Picture When You Could Capture The Smell Instead
The scent of something can be just as powerful a tool at making you remember something as an image, the smell of flowers or fresh cookies could be all it takes to remind you of a place or person, but what if you could capture those scents, those moments, well…
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Lego Build 1:1 Scale X-Wing Fighter From Star Wars
It doesn’t matter how old I get (I’m 28 in case you’re wondering), but I am still always fascinated by LEGO, it really is one of those timeless inventions that you’re never too old for and it’s just as much fun for kids, or adults, to play with today as…
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Stealing Is Bad, But Stealing A NASA Laptop Full Of Porn & Getting Caught Is Funny
Today just seems like it’s going to be one of those days, first a law suit over internet cat memes and now we hear that a man has been arrested for stealing porn from NASA, but of course it’s not as simple as that, so let’s try explain this one…
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Warner Brothers Taken To Court Over Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat?!
The weekend is approaching and everyone is winding down for a long sunny week here in England, so what better way to start today than with a completely daft news story that Warner Brothers is facing a federal lawsuit because of internet cat memes! The two (seperate) authors of “Charlie…
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