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LG to Launch Smartphone With a Flexible Screen Late This Year | | LG plans to launch a smartphone with a flexible OLED display in Q4 2013, the company has announced during its financial results call. No details about the device were disclosed. Making an entirely flexible smartphone is a daunting task; instead, its screen could extend over the device's edges, similar to a recent Samsung prototype.
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Augmented Reality Brings 3D Street Art to Life | | Artist Leon Keer has worked on a large number of 3D street paintings in the last couple of years at events around the world. Because these street paintings have to be viewed from an exact vantage point, Keer is looking for ways to create a bigger visual impact for the spectators and add information. On Lost At E Minor, he writes that his solution is augmented reality with new object recognition technologies.
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Zynga Launches 'Draw Something 2' With New Tools, Social Features | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:21 PM | Emily Price |
| Zynga has officially launched Draw Something 2, the followup to its highly-successful Pictionary-like mobile app Draw Something, which was released last year. Unveiled during the company’s earnings call Wednesday, the latest version of the popular game brings new ways to play, a number of new drawing tools, as well as patterns and textures that can be incorporated into drawings.
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A Look at the 'Inside 3D Printing' Conference in New York | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:30 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| For two days, New York became the center of the 3D-printing world, with some of the industry's leading companies gathering at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Monday and Tuesday. 3D Systems, Makerbot, Stratasys and many more attended the Inside 3D Printing Conference.
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You've Got 99 Problems and They're All First World | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:03 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Admit it — you've had your fair share of "first world problems." Whether you ran out of sriracha sauce or have too many smudges on your glasses, you've complained about trivial situations that pale in comparison to struggles in other parts of the world. We'd say it's nothing to be ashamed of, but ... it kind of is.
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JBL Charge Speaker: Size of a Beer Can, Sounds Like a Keg | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:57 PM | Charlie White |
| If you're looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker, JBL just rolled out its JBL Charge, a beer-can sized speaker that promises great sound and plenty of battery life. The speaker's 6000 mAh lithium-ion battery can also be used to charge any gadget that uses USB for power. The company sent us one for review, so let's give it a listen and decide if it's worth its $149.95 price.
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Baby Sea Turtles Inspire Flippered Robot | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:00 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Flippered robots inspired by sea-turtle hatchlings could shed light on how the ancestors of terrestrial animals first evolved to crawl on land, researchers say. Such research could also lead to amphibious robots that can tackle both land and sea. Scientists are designing robots that can go where humans cannot or should not go, and often rely on inspiration from nature to do so.
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BlackBerry Q10 Details Coming From T-Mobile April 29 | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:14 PM | Christina Warren |
| T-Mobile customers interested in the BlackBerry Q10 can sign-up for notifications of the device's availability starting on April 29. Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal called the Q10 "the best keyboard phone you can buy today" and it features not only the iconic BlackBerry keyboard, but also the latest version of the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
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This Luxury Laptop Costs $1 Million | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:15 PM | PSFK |
| Luvaglio's laptop is a customized product that can feature diamond-encrusted keys and top-of-the-line materials.
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Sony's Digital Binoculars Get Smaller, Better, Cooler | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:45 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Binoculars may seem archaic in the era of superzoom cameras, but they're still extremely useful in specific situations, such as observing wildlife. That's why Sony sees a bright future for its line of digital binoculars, which just got a big upgrade, and can even take photos and video. The DEV-50 is Sony's second-generation digital binoculars, much smaller and lighter than the first generation at just 1.6 pounds and 6.3 inches long.
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Get Lost in These 19 Fascinating Maps | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:42 PM | Lauren Drell |
| In the simplest sense of the word, a map is a spatial representation of something. It provides us with a sense of context, scale and location. Maps began as 2D depictions, but technology and data enable maps to become dynamic, real-time and compelling visualizations of how we live and move. Below, we've rounded up 21 awesome maps from around the web.
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NASA Fires Cellphones Into Space | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:09 AM | National Journal |
| NASA this week took a handful of cheap but powerful smartphones, slapped them to a gigantic rocket and blasted them into low-earth orbit to see how they'd fare. The project, called PhoneSat, is one of those wacky experiments that seems at first to have nothing to do with science. But it's not a stunt.
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