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| Usher Picks Songs for Empire State Building's Big July 4 Light Show | | 4:54:53 AM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| If you're still looking for a way to spend your Fourth of July, consider putting the Empire State Building's televised light show at the top of your list. For Independence Day, the behemoth of a building is teaming up with the 37th Annual Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks for an explosive celebration, in which the skyscraper's LED tower lights will mirror New York City's pyrotechnics with a choreographed light show.
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| Interactive Installation Captures Viewers in Snowy Expanse | | Monday, July 01, 2013 9:02 PM | PSFK |
| In the interactive installation "Ghost," you can watch yourself and other viewers get caught in a virtual snowstorm. "Ghost" consists of a large screen depicting a raging snowstorm in an empty landscape. Viewers can see a line of human forms caught in the snowstorm. These figures are basically short recorded sequences, or the "ghosts" of previous visitors who came to see the installation.
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| Computer Program May Save Power Grid From Blackouts | | Monday, July 01, 2013 8:01 PM | Discovery News |
| Power failures aren’t that common in the U.S., but they are more likely to happen in the summer, when people crank up the air conditioning. Back in August 2003 a blackout covering much of the northeast happened because the control systems for the grid system did exactly what they were designed to do — but they didn’t account for a combination of failures that was unusual.
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| Your Hand Heat Powers This Flashlight | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:32 PM | Discovery News |
| Running out of flashlight batteries may be one of life’s small annoyances, but plunging into the darkness can be dangerous, especially if you’re trying to find a fuse box in a dark, cobwebbed basement. Luckily, Ann Makosinski has a solution that could put an end to getting left in the dark. The 15-year old from British Columbia has invented a thermoelectric Hollow Flashlight that shines simply from the heat of your hand.
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| Why NASA Redesigned Its Website | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:27 PM | Amanda Wills |
| The new NASA.gov has a color palette you may not associate with deep space: light blue. The change is part of the agency's redesign that rolled out this weekend.
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