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Catch up on green technology with eco-friendly computing, gadgets, electronics, research & innovations news.

  • Crystal 'flowers' bloom in Harvard nanotech lab

    Fri, May 17, 2013 2:00 PM

    by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    Harvard researchers have found a way to shape microscopic crystals into complex and often beautiful structures.

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  • 5 brilliant mathematicians and their impact on the modern world

    Wed, May 22, 2013 6:20 PM by Shea Gunther

    We owe a great debt to scores of mathematicians who helped lay the foundation for our modern society with their discoveries. Here are some of the most important.

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  • Are Google Glass privacy concerns overblown?

    Wed, May 22, 2013 4:40 PM by Mike Wall, TechNewsDaily

    A prominent early user of Google Glass argues that the new technology threatens no additional violations of privacy compared to smartphones.

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  • Google Faces finds human features on Earth's surface

    Wed, May 22, 2013 4:40 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    Berlin-based design team Onformative uses facial recognition software to find human likenesses among Earth's formations.

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  • Teens tire of Facebook, turn to Twitter

    Wed, May 22, 2013 1:38 PM by Lisa Eadicicco, LAPTOP

    Teens feel more free to express themselves on Twitter and Instagram than they do on Facebook.

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  • How evolution will help us build a better robot

    Wed, May 22, 2013 11:47 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    Most robots currently in use in the real world are precisely engineered to work in highly constrained environments, and cannot adapt.

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  • Could science hatch the perfect fake egg?

    Wed, May 22, 2013 11:30 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Innovative CEO Josh Tetrick is working to develop a plant-based substitute for the industrially produced, environmentally taxing staple food.

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  • Mystery cause of Irish potato famine finally solved

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:42 AM by John Platt

    After 168 years, the pathogen that created the blight has been identified — and it may never be seen again.

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  • 5 reasons to be excited about the Xbox One

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:35 AM by Lisa Eadicicco, LAPTOP

    The features for Microsoft's latest gaming console emphasize the system's connection to TV viewing.

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  • What happened to abandoned 'ghost ship' Lyubov Orlova?

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:00 AM by Marc Lallanilla, Life's Little Mysteries

    The unlucky cruise ship may have finally sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

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  • NASA funds 3-D pizza printer

    Wed, May 22, 2013 9:33 AM by Denise Chow, SPACE.com

    The proposed pizza would be topped with 'a layer of protein' from animals, milk or plants.

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  • Fire ants inspire ideas for life-saving search-and-rescue robots

    Tue, May 21, 2013 2:39 PM by John Platt

    How do you save people who have been buried by rubble or cave-ins? Fire ants might provide the answers.

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  • Justice! Girl arrested after tweeting about hit and run with cyclist

    Tue, May 21, 2013 2:20 PM by Shea Gunther

    The swift hand of Lady Justice reached out this week to a driver who Tweeted about striking a bicyclist while she was out in her car.

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  • The 7 weirdest things made by 3-D printing

    Tue, May 21, 2013 10:57 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    3-D printing offers lots of DIY opportunities, but also models of dead kings' faces and stem cells.

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  • Fake forest converts sunlight into chemical energy

    Tue, May 21, 2013 10:40 AM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    Mimicking photosynthesis, these nanowire trees absorb light to generate oxygen and hydrogen.

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  • Yahoo’s new Flickr app comes with a terabyte of free storage

    Tue, May 21, 2013 9:47 AM by Lisa Eadicicco, LAPTOP

    The redesigned Flickr reads more like a social network than a photo hosting website, with a recommendation engine that suggests people you may know.

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