TVGuardian
There have been tools over the years for skipping the sexy or violent parts of movies, or sanitizing the bad words coming from your TV’s speakers. But HDTV viewers who didn’t want to restrict viewing to G-rated shows remained exposed to nasty curse words and other offensive language. Until now. (Videos)
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Mobile filtering software is limited or non-existent.
Parents who want to prevent their children from accessing pornographic material online normally only worry about traditional PCs, but what’s the use of installing filtering software now that kids can get porn on their phones? Internet-enabled smartphones can access any pornographic website, but mobile filtering software is limited or non-existent. And with the rise of sexting, children can even share their own indecent images.
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Smog is a HUGE problem in India.
Officials in Delhi have unveiled a radical solution to tackle the increasingly noxious smog hanging over the city: a giant public air freshener that scrubs the atmosphere clean. The seven-tonne Systemlife Citta costs about 25 million rupees (£357,000). It sucks in 10,000 cubic metres of dirty air an hour, subjects it to a filtering process, and then emits clean air…
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At the beginning of the famously-terrible movie Waterworld, we see Kevin Costner peeing into a machine that converts his urine into drinkable water. It was futuristic in that movie, but it’s actually a realistic concept.
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A Tweet of Ones Own or a Tweet Beater??
Moments ago, John Battelle and the team at Federated Media launched the beta of ExecTweets, a new service for folks to find and follow business execs on Twitter. It’s an interesting model, essentially a lens on Twitter that’s further organized by specific industry, like tech, media, healthcare, etc. Continue reading… “Federated Media launches ExecTweets”
Xray vision is now a reality! This specially-designed X-ray filter turns an ordinary video camera into a super-stealthy X-ray vision camera. It sees right through clothes, dark windows and sunglasses as if they weren’t even there! (Pics)
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This unique bicycle won the 2008 Innovate Or Die contest and was created by five IDEO engineers and designers. The Aquaduct allows a person to carry a large amount of water while filtering it into clean drinking water at the same time.
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