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It seems nobody complains or even jokes about … [From Comments] 11 January 2010 at 11:08 am by admin

It seems nobody complains or even jokes about 20 something or even 30 something year old adults rocking out with little toy guitars and little toy drums, but god forbid someone puts on a pair of 3D shutter glasses, coolness comes to an end.

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+ Can Your Body Be A Battery? [This Cyborg Life] By admin 15 November 2009 at 10:30 pm and have No Comments

What if machines ran off biological fuel—blood sugar—from our bodies? Could we basically power gadgets on America’s increasing supply of body fat and Snickers bars? The questions were thrown at me by our dear Brian Lam with a disclaimer of “I may have been under narcotic substances when I came up with this idea.” But, despite that disclaimer, he’s onto something.

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Can Your Body Be A Battery? [This Cyborg Life]

+ NeuroStar TMS Depression Therapy System First To Be Given FDA Approval [This Cyborg Life] By admin 13 November 2009 at 12:40 am and have No Comments

Last year, Neuronetics’ NeuroStar TMS ( Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ) Therapy system became the first device of its kind to be cleared by the FDA for treating depression.

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+ Tales of Human Upgrades: Magnetic Fingertips [Thiscyborglife] By admin 11 November 2009 at 1:20 pm and have No Comments

So, why would you ever want to make your fingertip magnetic? Well, how about being able to feel your laptop spinning up

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+ Apple Ad God Lee Clow’s Work — A Look Back [Apple] By admin 30 October 2009 at 3:18 pm and have No Comments

Lee Clow stepped down as the chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab, Ad Age reports . Clow and TBWA/Media Arts were responsible for many of Apple’s most popular advertisements

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+ LG Says OLED Panels Will Cost Less Than LCD in 2016 [Oled] By admin 30 October 2009 at 6:14 am and have No Comments

LG has outlined its OLED roadmap, and there’s good stuff coming up. Its 15-inch OLED panel takes on Sony in November, followed by 20- and 30-inch versions in 2010 and 2011. Oh, and 40-inch OLED TVs are coming in 2012.

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+ How a Paid Hulu Would Work [Hulu] By admin 23 October 2009 at 2:06 pm and have No Comments

AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka is busy dousing concerns that recent statements by News Corp ’s Chase Carey—that “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”—mean that Hulu is going to die, dead . He makes a good point: Hulu, the joint venture between News Corp.’s Fox, GE’s NBC Universal and Disney’s ABC, doesn’t plan on charging people to watch the stuff it’s currently airing on the site–a mix of first-run shows from broadcast TV, a limited number of cable TV shows and a smattering of movies.

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+ How a Paid Hulu Would Work [Hulu] By admin 23 October 2009 at 2:06 pm and have No Comments

AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka is busy dousing concerns that recent statements by News Corp ’s Chase Carey—that “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”—mean that Hulu is going to die, dead . He makes a good point: Hulu, the joint venture between News Corp.’s Fox, GE’s NBC Universal and Disney’s ABC, doesn’t plan on charging people to watch the stuff it’s currently airing on the site–a mix of first-run shows from broadcast TV, a limited number of cable TV shows and a smattering of movies.

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+ Sword Illuminates a Pumpkin by Impaling It [Halloween] By admin 21 October 2009 at 11:20 am and have No Comments

Obviously any jack-o’-lantern has already been mutilated mercilessly by children with knives and ice cream scoops, but something about permanently sticking a $10 light-up sword in its head just feels like salt in the wound.

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Sword Illuminates a Pumpkin by Impaling It [Halloween]

+ MacBook Polycarbonate Unibody Ripped Apart [Apple] By admin 20 October 2009 at 6:51 pm and have No Comments

Over at iFixit, there’s a teardown of the new MacBook Polycarbonate unibody going on and we’re keeping an eye out for any fun innards, but so far it appears quite similar to previous models. [ iFixit via Engadget ]

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MacBook Polycarbonate Unibody Ripped Apart [Apple]