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| Google Pays Tribute to Franz Kafka With a Buggy Doodle | | Today's Google Doodle celebrates Franz Kafka's 130th birthday, referencing one of his most famous novellas, "The Metamorphosis." Born on July 3, 1883 in Prague to a German-speaking, Jewish family, Kafka is recognized as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. In the Metamorphosis, the protagonist Gregor Samsa one day realizes he has turned into a giant insect.
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| This Raspberry Pi Robot Will Make You Coffee | | 1:59:31 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Rapiro is a humanoid robot that can be programmed to do various tasks — Including make you coffee. The kit was created by a Japanese company as a “catalyst between robotics and Raspberry Pi.” The credit-card sized, Linux-based PC known as Raspberry Pi is designed to work with the basic hardware of Rapiro, allowing you to program it to do many things, such as manage your calendar or tell you the weather, in addition to making the coffee.
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| This Bluetooth Keyboard Puts the Office in Your Pocket | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 10:44 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| The more wireless our world gets, the more connected we seem to become. One Kickstarter product, which has made a lot of noise not even one week into its campaign, is exploiting this paradox, putting you "one fold away from work." The portable keyboard called myType is spearheaded by keyboard evangelist and MIT graduate Brunn W. Roysden.
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| Jumbo 3D Holograms of Human Anatomy Enliven Med-School Lectures | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:48 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| PowerPoints? Forget it. Instructional film? Nah. White board? Boring. Instead, two UK teachers are experimenting with a more interesting way to spice up in-class lectures. Kapil Sugand and Pedro Campos, junior doctors from St. George's University of London, presented holograms of life-like images to students in their latest seminar.
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| Telescopic Contact Lens Gives You Terminator Vision | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:56 PM | Discovery News |
| A new contact lens is being developed that would allow wearers to zoom in and zoom out on focal points, just like the Terminator. SEE ALSO: New Platinum Age of Maps The telescopic lens is just over a millimeter thick and is composed of a central unmagnified optical path, surrounded by a ring of movable components that magnify the view 2.8 times.
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| Which DIY Hack Stole the Show at Social Media Day? | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:05 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Social media is such an intrinsic part of our lives these days that it's hard to remember a time without it. What once was a niche medium solely for the tech-savvy, is now a way for billions of people to communicate all over the world. In 2012, Mashable launched Social Media Day as a way for the connected generation to celebrate the digital revolution we're all a part of.
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| Nike Sets Up Laser Soccer Fields Across Madrid | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 1:05 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Nike Football Spain is putting an innovative spin on the concept of pick-up soccer games. Its method? Laser beams. As part of its #MiPista ("my track" in Spanish) campaign, Nike is promoting street-specific soccer shoes, the FC247 line, with insta-soccer fields.
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