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OK Go’s new music video is high-tech and awesome. Typical.

July 28, 2011

OK Go has done some neat stuff in the past 13 years, but this new music video makes “Here It Goes Again” look like amateur hour.
The guys that brought you music videos with Rube Goldbergs and trained dogs, OK Go has released a new music video that uses a glass stage and a whole bunch of unitards to create what can only be described as a human kaleidescope. A look behind the scenes shows how one glass pane captured all of the images which were then combined to create effects like a cascade of bodies or florid designs…

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Hotels use RFID chips to keep linens from travelling to new destinations

July 28, 2011

To keep robes and towels from checking out, a small but growing number of hotels are starting to use new radio frequency chips to keep track of their inventory.
The RFID technology — which stands for radio frequency identification and requires an installed chip that can be read by an electronic reader — has been used by various industries for several years to organize product storage and tally shipments…

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Oliver and Olivia most popular baby names in 2010

July 28, 2011

Do you want your baby name to be part of the popular crowd?

Oliver and Olivia are the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running, it was revealed today.

Jack held on to second place in the boys’ name category after slipping from the top spot last year after a 14-year reign.

Sophie jumped three places up the rankings, making it the second most popular name for girls, according to figures published today by the Office for National Statistics on first names given to babies born in 2010…

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Guitar string oscillations from the inside

July 26, 2011

A guy wanted to see what it was like filming from inside a guitar. He placed his Phone 4 inside the guitar with the camera on. Here is what the phone recorded.

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Tattoo body modification gets futuristically functional

July 25, 2011

Doctors will be utilizing special nano-tattoos for heath markers in the near future.

One day, in the not so distant future because it’s actually being used in a testing environment today, people will use invisible nano-tattoos to give doctors an instant snapshot of their body’s inner workings.

The prototype, developed by Heather Clark of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern University, consists of a special nanoparticle solution injected into the skin…

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The Internet of Things

July 21, 2011

Cisco has designed an impressive infographic detailing how the ‘Internet Of Things‘ will affect everyday life. Or rather, how it won’t. As of 2008, the number of ’things’ connected to the Internet surpassed the number of people on earth. By 2050, there will be 50 billion things, ranging from your smartphone to believe it or not, cattle. Wireless sensors (transmitting 200 MB of data per cow each year) have been affixed to cows, instantly notifying a farmer when one is sick. (pic)

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Happy Moon Day!

July 21, 2011

An icon of achievement.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon.

And there was much rejoicing!

From the Smithsonian, this image:

In celebration of the first man on the moon, we share with you the Apollo 11 Command Module, “Columbia” – the living quarters for Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins…

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The world’s largest Lite Brite image

July 20, 2011

A brite artistic statement.

Rob Surette send us this image of his latest art project: the world’s largest Lite Brite creation! The work is titled “World Peace” and features American faces on the left and faces the rest of the world on the right, gazing at each other in friendship. The piece is 20 feet long and 10 feet high, and contains 504,000 Lite Brite pegs!

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QR Code on tombstone creates dynamic memorial

July 15, 2011

QR Codes are an inventive way to memorialize a loved one.

When Yoav Medan’s mother Judith passed away in June, the Israel-based medical technology executive couldn’t decide what he wanted to write on her tombstone. After deliberating with his family, Medan decided to turn to technology for the answer and attach a QR code to the grave in Haifa, Israel…

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DaVinci Institute unveils eight competitions for mankind

July 15, 2011

Thomas Frey, futurist and executive director at the DaVinci Institute.

Thomas Frey, a futurist and executive director at the DaVinci Institute, has been drawing inspiration from the success of large-scale incentive-based prize competitions as he announced a series of eight massively difficult competitions during his keynote July 10th at the World Future Society’s “WorldFuture 2011″ event in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Mongolia Unicycle Tour claimed “half as difficult as biking”

July 13, 2011

All for one and one for all!

If you ever shied away from the challenge of a long distance bike trip, well here’s a trip that really isn’t for the faint of heart — or the unskilled.

Last summer, Adventure Unicyclist, Bike Asia and Grasshopper Adventures teamed up to host a tour of Mongolia by unicycle.

The 12-day tour (with seven days of one-wheeled biking) covered 150 miles and gave athletically inclined and adventure-tuned travelers a unique way to get from point A to point B, while creating quite the spectacle in pictures. The Monguni tour group jokingly claims that unicycling is only half as difficult as biking — you only have half as much to worry about…

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Will you flunk your social media background check?

July 10, 2011

Will your social media habits impact future employment?

Your next job application could require a social media background check. Odds are, you have no clue what that means. Nobody does. It’s new and scary and probably scours the Web for pictures of you puking on the beach.

But screw speculation. We wanted to know. So Gizmodo ran background checks on six of their employees.

Here’s what they found, and why you should both freak out about and embrace it…

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