MIT Soft Rocker Chair Charges Gadgets with Solar Power

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With the warm weather coming in the Northern Hemisphere, more people will want to go outside. And if you’re like us, you’ll want to use your gadgets as yu lounge around. Unfortunately, the batteries only last so long. One MIT project has come up with a cool way to get ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: The One that Wins Back the Crowd?

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For years, Canonical has been attempting to build a “Linux for the rest of us” with their popular Ubuntu distribution, and their latest attempt is with their version 12.04. How well does it stack up as a Linux for non-geeks?

For years, Ubuntu users have dreamed of a free an open ...
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Amazing Satellite Imagery From GeoEye

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We’re fans of great photography here at Walyou, either on the ground or much higher up: 425 miles above in the case of GeoEye.

The Daily Mail has once again provided the story. GeoEye provides data for Google Earth and Google Maps from their satellite, the GeoEye 1, orbiting the Earth ...
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10-pound Nikon Camera Lens From 1970

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It seems the bigger a camera you have, the more seriously you are taken as a photographer. If you want to prove how serious you are, then you’ll definitely want to check out this 10-pound Camera that Nikon made in 1970.

This story comes to us from The Daily Mail. Nikon ...
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Magnetic Cello

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There’s nothing quite like the sound of stringed instruments, and the cello has one of the most evocative sounds in all of music. An electronic version, therefore, is inevitable.

This cool project comes to us courtesy of Gizmag. The Magnetovore Magnetic Cello is the brainchild of musician and electrical engineering student ...
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Robot Octopus Project

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Of all the sea creatures, the octopus is probably the coolest, because they move pretty fast for invertebrates. It’s inevitable that some people would want to build robots out of them.

The Octopus Integrating Project, which comes to us courtesy of Technabob, is a collaboration by several universities in Europe and ...
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