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iPad Orchestra is the Symphony of The Future

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:21
The iPad Orchestra shared this video with us that shows off the sounds of Amidio's latest App, Seline HD.


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2011 Toyota Avalon: Easier Homelink Lets You Forget About Remotes

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:15
The refreshed 2011 Toyota Avalon is the first Toyota vehicle—and one of the first from any brand—to offer a new, much easier-to-use version of Homelink. If you're not sure what we're talking about, it's the built-in universal garage-door opener system that's been quite widely available in luxury cars and some well-optioned family vehicles.


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Google’s September 8th Announcement Is About Search

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:12
Google has announced a press event for tomorrow, September 8th, to discuss searching. It seems obvious, except recently Google has been about almost everything except search, so it’s worth stating out in the open.


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Speed Bumps of the Future: Creepy Optical Illusion of Children

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:12
West Vancouver officials will roll out a new way to keep drivers alert and slow them down: a little girl speed bump. The girl’s elongated form appears to rise from the ground as cars approach, reaching 3D realism at around 100 feet, and then returning to 2D distortion once cars pass that ideal viewing distance. Its designers created the image to give drivers who travel at the street’s recommended 18 miles per hour (30 km per hour) enough time to stop before hitting Pavement Patty–acknowledging the spectacle before they continue to safely roll over her.


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17 amazing Superhero bodypaint costumes (NSFW)

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:08
Superhero costumes in comic books are often drawn as so impossibly tight and form fitting that they basically look painted on. These 17 daring people have brought that concept into the real world by "wearing" superhero costumes made out of nothing but bodypaint.


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We sat through a parody movie marathon (& lived)

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:06
How bad are these movies? We recently decided to watch all of these movies back to back, and see if they were really as terrible as the critics warned. Spoiler warning: they are. In fact, they're worse than you've ever imagined.


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We sat through a parody movie marathon (& lived)

Tue, 2010-09-07 13:06
How bad are these movies? We recently decided to watch all of these movies back to back, and see if they were really as terrible as the critics warned. Spoiler warning: they are. In fact, they're worse than you've ever imagined.


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Google Scribe

Tue, 2010-09-07 12:23
Google launched a very interesting tool that offers suggestions as you type: Google Scribe. It's not exactly the service I anticipated 3 years ago, but Google Scribe works surprisingly well. For example, I started to type "This works sur" and Google suggested "This works surprisingly well", which is exactly what I wanted to type. Instead of typing 14 characters, I could only type "1" or press Enter to select the first suggestion. "Google Scribe provides text completion service. Using information from what you have already typed in a document, Google Scribe provides related word or phrase completion suggestions. In addition to saving keystrokes, Google Scribe's suggestions indicate correct or popular phrases to use," explains Google.The nice thing about this service is that you don't need to use Google's editor. You can add a bookmarklet to your browser and use Google Scribe in Gmail, Blogger, Google Docs or on any web page that includes text fields.Google Scribe only works for English right now, but I'm sure that Google will add many other languages in the future. If you don't like to see suggestions for all the words you type, enable the on-demand mode (Ctrl+Shift+J) and you'll only see suggestions when you press Tab.


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Google Scribe

Tue, 2010-09-07 12:23
Google launched a very interesting tool that offers suggestions as you type: Google Scribe. It's not exactly the service I anticipated 3 years ago, but Google Scribe works surprisingly well. For example, I started to type "This works sur" and Google suggested "This works surprisingly well", which is exactly what I wanted to type. Instead of typing 14 characters, I could only type "1" or press Enter to select the first suggestion. "Google Scribe provides text completion service. Using information from what you have already typed in a document, Google Scribe provides related word or phrase completion suggestions. In addition to saving keystrokes, Google Scribe's suggestions indicate correct or popular phrases to use," explains Google.The nice thing about this service is that you don't need to use Google's editor. You can add a bookmarklet to your browser and use Google Scribe in Gmail, Blogger, Google Docs or on any web page that includes text fields.Google Scribe only works for English right now, but I'm sure that Google will add many other languages in the future. If you don't like to see suggestions for all the words you type, enable the on-demand mode (Ctrl+Shift+J) and you'll only see suggestions when you press Tab.


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Dairy Chooses Cooling Over Cow Shit to Green Its Data Center

Tue, 2010-09-07 11:24
Müller Dairy has announced its new UK data center will green up by incorpating energy efficient APC InfraStruXure In-Row cooling systems, which focus on cooling specific hardware rather than the entire server room. The company is not yet ready to use food and animal waste to power its computing facilities, a move that Hewlett-Packard has suggested as a means to save energy.


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Retro Car Goes From Canada to Mexico On a Single Tank

Tue, 2010-09-07 11:22
Energy efficiency has only recently become a popular concern among vehicle owners, but some people have been thinking about it for a long, long time. Craig Henderson and Bill Green designed the Avion, a fuel-efficient sports car, in 1984. Two years later, the vehicle set the Guinness World Record for fuel economy, getting an average of 103.7 mpg all the way from the Mexico border to the British Columbia, Canada, border. Now Henderson has revived the Avion for another jaunt from Canada to Mexico.The latest iteration of the vehicle is just 1500 pounds and features an aluminum monocoque frame, a carbon fiber, kevlar and fiberglass body, and Goodyear "Fuel Max" tires. After receiving a sponsorship deal from Goodyear, Henderson decided to go from border to border once again--this time, on a single tank of gas. Jalopnik reports that Henderson began his latest journey on August 29th. He stopped only to go to the bathroom, grab food, and catch a night's rest. The result: Henderson burned only 12.4 gallons on his journey to the Mexican border for a fuel economy of 119.1 mpg, breaking his own Guinness World Record from 1986. (He drove at a pretty constant 55 mph.) Henderson is gearing up for limited commercial production of the Avion. If our fascination with fuel economy is any indication, he won't have any trouble selling it. Below, check out a video about the Avion from 1982.[youtube umDk0_01nmY] Ariel Schwartz can be reached on Twitter or by email.


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PAX 2010: The Ultimate Cosplay Gallery - gamrFeed

Tue, 2010-09-07 11:22
The only PAX cosplay gallery you'll need. Nearly 150 pictures!


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Video: Kevin Rose talks about the New Digg V4 on DiggNation TV | hewreck

Tue, 2010-09-07 10:41
First, this Diggnation Response was a Bad move in my opinion. Kevin doesn't realize that it's not about the bugs and issues he talks about. The problem is


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Video: Kevin Rose talks about the New Digg V4 on DiggNation TV | hewreck

Tue, 2010-09-07 10:41
First, this Diggnation Response was a Bad move in my opinion. Kevin doesn't realize that it's not about the bugs and issues he talks about. The problem is


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Tumblr’s soaring traffic brings growing pains to blogging platform

Tue, 2010-09-07 10:05
Tumblr, a social media network made up of millions of personal and business blogs, is seeing massive traffic growth, but is undergoing equally big growing pains. Activity on the network of Tumblr blogs skyrocketed over the first half of the year and reached about 1.7 billion page views in the month of August.


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Lady Gaga Stirs Controversy Over Raw Meat Photo

Tue, 2010-09-07 10:00
Lady Gaga's latest outfit is one you can sink your teeth into, literally. The pop superstar is wearing nothing but strategically-placed hunks of raw meat on the cover of September's Vogue


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