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Bitcoin-based casino rakes in more than $500,000 profit in six months

Bitcoins are completely digital, so you can’t spend actual ones like these (non-digital ones) at a digital casino.

As various tech companies report their fourth-quarter 2012 earnings numbers this week, so are two gray-market, Bitcoin-based casinos—and one is turning profits in the hundreds of thousands of dollars after only six months of being in business

Recently, both SatoshiDice and bitZino released their financials. If these self-reported earnings are to be trusted (and the companies say they are, given that a Bitcoin block chain can be read by anyone), then running a Bitcoin-based casino yields a tidy profit.

“These tiny startups are hitting some major online casino pain points, they’re crushing it on those fronts and as an entrepreneur, I think that’s rad—they are leveraging a disruptive technology to try and kick a large-scale industry in the balls,” said Peter Vessenes, the CEO of CoinLab, a Bitcoin-based business, which got $500,000 of venture capital last year.

 

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Analysis, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Researchers achieve temperatures colder than absolute zero

When heated atoms can move with different levels of energy, from low to high. With positive temperatures (blue), atoms more likely occupy low-energy states than high-energy states, while the opposite is true for negative temperatures (red).

The coldest temperature possible is most often thought to be absolute zero.  Researchers have now shown they can achieve even lower temperatures for a strange realm of “negative temperatures.”

 

 

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Business, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

A little algebra promises to boost bandwidth on wireless networks tenfold

The new technology is known as coded TCP.

Wireless bandwidth has been improved by academic researchers.  They didn’t do this by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to eliminate the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets of data.

 

 

 

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App, Breakthrough Thinking, Education, Entertainment, Internet, New Discoveries, New Inventions, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Megathread adds new relevance to people’s interests and information

Megathread is an intuitive plug-in that can be applied to any blog, forum, discussion platform, or social network, without changing anything about the existing site.  Our proprietary process uses an ethical, 3rd-person approach to recognizing the social influence and relevance of key contributing factors, such as keywords, people, posts, discussions, groups, communities, and more.

 

 

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Analysis, Brain, Food, Health & Fitness, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

How diet affects brain function revealed in studies

Your brain on food

New studies just released explore the neurological component of dietary disorders, uncovering evidence that the brain’s biological mechanisms may contribute to significant public health challenges — obesity, diabetes, binge eating, and the allure of the high-calorie meal. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

 

 

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Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, New Discoveries, New Inventions

iExpander will expand your iPhone experience

Imagine your iPhone actually taking great low light images like a good point and shoot/video camera. Imagine transferring those video, pictures, movies, or any other Apple supported files from your iPhone to an internal microSD card so you’re not limited by your iPhone memory anymore. Imagine doing all of this as well as running a bunch of apps and not worrying about your iPhone battery dying at 4:00 PM when you aren’t going to be back home to charge it until 10:00 PM.

STOP IMAGINING, IT’S HERE!

The iExpander does all this and more!

iExpander is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to find out how this iPhone Expander Device works plus see a tantalizing variety of other amazing products and innovations!

Recently, inventor Chareles Corry took a moment to answer some questions about solving the iPhone’s low light image problem, finding financing on Kickstarter and trademarking the term Expansion Device…

 

 

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Breakthrough Thinking, Ecological Products, Great New Product, Green Friendly, Medical Breakthrough, New Discoveries, New Inventions, People Making a Difference, Plant Life

Eliminate the worry of harming the environment or beneficial insects with Dragon Juice®


Dragon Juice naturally helps eliminate many common plant problems.

Dragon Juice®is a natural plant spray conditioner. It is the most effective foliar spray available for your plants! It provides trace nutrients to your plants as well as giving them what they need (foliarly) to be healthy. Properly maintained plants make happy & healthy plants, therefore helping them eliminate most common problems on their own.

Dragon Juice® is an “all in one” product meaning it helps your plants to take up more nutrients in it’s existing system or medium. It effectively eliminates the need for additives and many other toxic and ineffective products.

Dragon Juice® is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to find out how Dragon Juice® work and see a wild variety of other amazing products and innovations!

Recently, inventor Juan Diaz took a moment to answer some questions about non-pesticide plant products, targeting the organic conscious people, and becoming a household name…

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Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, New Discoveries, New Inventions, People Making a Difference

Detangle your earbuds and view your phone in style with PopSockets

 

 

 All wound up with PopSockets.

PopSockets is an iPhone case with expanding buttons for propping, gaming, holstering, headset management, and looking good.

The case has two expanding sockets that function as a kickstand, a headset management system, a pocketless clip, a gaming cradle, a shoulder stand, and a one-hand stand. The sockets are replaceable and come in a range of designs, so it’s easy and fun to control the look of the case. (more photos after the jump…)

PopSockets is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out how PopSockets work and see a wild variety of other amazing innovations!

Recently, David Barnett took a moment to answer some questions about the frustration of tangled knots of headset cords and using insurance money to finance a business…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Entertainment, Great New Product, Human Behavior, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints

ClearShot frees your hands for fantastic phone photos

Advanced phone photo taking capabilities are yours with ClearShot.
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ClearShot was designed to improve smart phone photography. It is an expandable credit card sized stand that acts as a tripod, and is compatible with every smart phone. YES, this includes iPhone 5!
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The reason for the ClearShot is simple – everybody wants to take better photos, but nobody wants to carry more stuff. The mini tripod+phone adapter has no place in the pocket of a cell phone photographer. ClearShot is wafer thin measuring only 0.09″ (equal to 3 stacked non-embossed credit cards) and slightly shorter than a standard credit card to ease insertion into a wallet.
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ClearShot is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out ClearShot and oodles of other amazing innovations!
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Recently, inventor Mike Carney took a moment answer some questions about the phone camera revolution, product design revisions and smartphone trends …

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Analysis, Business, New Discoveries, New Inventions

Dura-Tent keeps the bugs off your grub

Dura-Tent is the tabletop “food tent.”  It is great for picnics, parties, BBQs, banquets, camping, RVs, and all your outdoor dining needs. Dura-Tent will provide you with peace of mind for all your party and picnic food safety concerns.

Dura-Tent is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. This is your chance to check out a Dura-Tent and many other amazing innovations.

Recently, inventor Dan Rothweil took a moment answer some questions about food safety, eating near a pool, and house fly transmitted pathogens.

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New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

DNA from a crime scene could help police create an image of suspect’s face

The genes researchers found only have small effects, and are only linked with a limited number of features.

One day, police may be able to reconstruct the shape of a suspect’s face from their DNA. Thanks to identification of five genes that contribute to facial shape and features that possibility is getting closer.

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