Urban Cultivator compact garden

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Fresh herbs taste better than their dried counterparts, and there is no denying that garden-fresh veggies are preferable to ones that have spent the past several days in a truck or on a supermarket shelf. People who are lucky enough to live in warmer climates can keep the fresh greens coming year-round, if they plant a garden. For those of us in colder regions, however, things get a bit more challenging come winter. We can rig up indoor herb gardens on windowsills or using full-spectrum fluorescent lights, but that can sometimes get a little complicated. If you can justify its price, however, there is an alternative – the Urban Cultivator. (Pics)

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Self-guided bullet can hit targets more than a mile away

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A new bullet from Sandia Labs is self-guided — and it can hit targets more than a mile away, the inventors say.

If you are a fan of science fiction movies of the 80s you might remember “Runaway,” in which Gene Simmons plays an evil scientist who invents “smart” bullets that seek out specific human targets. (video)

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Surveillance video becomes a tool to help business owners study customer behavior

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Software from Prism Skylabs processes surveillance footage to show how busy a place is without compromising customers’ privacy.

Giants like Amazon and Google have led the huge success of online shopping and advertising thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pages and what you click on.  Prism Skylabs is a startup that offers brick-and-mortar businesses the equivalent—counting, logging, and tracking people in a store, coffee shop, or gym with software that works with video from security cameras.

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It’s the year of social media for Super Bowl ads

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Advertisers are falling over themselves to get their ads out on YouTube or as part of online contests, like Volkswagen has done this year.

A big social event every year is the Super Bowl.  During this year’s battle pitting the New York Giants against the New England Patriots, getting social will happen on screens and the sofa. (video)

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