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| New Selling Point for Gadgets Is How Quiet They Are | | Noise pollution costs Europe $30.8 billion a year. It increases blood pressure, shortens lives, reduces office productivity by 66%, interferes with learning and concentration and — along with open-plan offices — has contributed to a boom in headphone sales. The UK's Noise Abatement Society, an advocacy group for combating "antisocial noise," has responded with a new certification for quiet consumer goods, known as the Quiet Mark.
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| Does This Infographic About 'Little Things' Confirm the HTC One Mini? | | Rumor has it that HTC is building a smaller version of its flagship Android smartphone, the HTC One. And while HTC hasn't addressed any reports directly, the company just released an infographic called "Little Things That Pack a Big Punch," which hints that something may indeed be in the works.
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| The World's Tiniest 3D Jigsaw Puzzle | | 12:32:41 AM | Discovery News |
| Puzzles that comprise pieces the size of sand grains have debuted at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. These puzzle pieces haven't been designed to frustrate jigsaw puzzle lovers but, rather, to demonstrate a new process for reducing the size of injection molds. It may sound esoteric, but it's a precise process used on making things from jet engine parts to LEGO bricks.
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| What If Your Smartphone Could Bend Into a Smart Watch? | | Monday, July 15, 2013 9:59 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| As technology advances, the list of gadgets we own grows longer: laptops, music players, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and Google Glass — it's endless. Now, with the buzz around smart watches, you may be wondering whether you want yet another gadget to charge, sync and carry around. Earlier this year, South Korean designer Jeabyun Yeon showcased his concept for a bendable smartphone that could transform into a watch.
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| Report: Microsoft Surface Smart Watch Will Launch in 2014 | | Monday, July 15, 2013 7:30 PM | Emily Price |
| It looks like Microsoft may be close to completing its own Surface-branded smart watch. Sources inside the Redmond-based company told AmongTech that prototypes of the smart watch are reportedly already being used by some Microsoft employees.
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| Create a Rhythmic LED Light Show Using a Guitar Pick | | Monday, July 15, 2013 3:43 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| A new Kickstarter project helps musicians perform a new kind of light show. The Firefly is a motion-activated guitar pick that responds to picking and strumming motions, creating a portable light show with synchronized LED flashes. Watch the video above to see how it works.
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| Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite Offers Polish on a Budget | | Monday, July 15, 2013 3:13 PM | Christina Warren |
| Samsung is now taking preorders for its low-cost, ultrathin ATIV Book 9 Lite notebook. The Ativ Book 9 Lite was first announced at Samsung's big ATIV event last month. Samsung is now uniting its notebook products under the ATIV brand, just as its mobile products use the Galaxy brand. See also: Samsung Mocks Apple in Peculiar Ad It also renamed its flagship Series 9 Ultrabook line as the Book 9 Plus.
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| Elon Musk: Hyperloop High-Speed Transport Design Coming Soon | | Monday, July 15, 2013 2:46 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Elon Musk is trying to conquer space travel. He's spearheading a new class of electric vehicles. And now the entrepreneur is planning his next venture: a high-speed transportation system that some say could rival planes, trains and automobiles. Musk — a co-founder of PayPal — tweeted Monday that the alpha design for his "Hyperloop" system will be published by Aug.
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| The Real Tech Behind the Mind-Controlled Robots of 'Pacific Rim' | | Monday, July 15, 2013 1:55 PM | Pete Pachal |
| In the movie Pacific Rim, humans build giant robots to fight enormous monsters that emerge from the ocean depths. Only they're not strictly robots: Each enormous machine is controlled by the brains of two pilots, since the mind of a single pilots can't properly control something so gigantic. It turns out that idea isn't as far-fetched as the rest of the movie.
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| Microsoft Cuts Surface RT Price to $349 | | Monday, July 15, 2013 11:07 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Microsoft has reduced the price of its Surface RT tablet by $150. Originally priced at $499, the 32GB Surface RT now costs $349, while the price of the 64GB model is reduced from $649 to $499. The price cut signals that Microsoft is probably sitting on a large amount of inventory of the device, which the company wants to sell before the next generation of Surface products arrive, likely this fall with the release of Windows 8.1.
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