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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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  • Zap a cocaine addiction ... with a laser?

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 12:50 PM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    The laser treatment can also make those who don't use the drug into addicts.

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  • Survey shows no one wants a Facebook phone

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 12:32 PM by Molly Klinefelter, LAPTOP

    Despite its immense popularity, a survey shows that a phone with Facebook-based OS and phone service would probably tank in the market.

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  • Everything you need to know about buying a smartphone

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 12:12 PM by LAPTOP

    It's best to know what you want in a cellphone, and how you much you're willing to spend to get it.

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  • What are the stats on car recycling? [Infographic]

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 10:13 AM

    About 10 million cars were recycled in the United States in 2010.

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  • Ringing in 40 years of mobile phones

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 9:53 AM

    Video: From the giant brick-like phones of the past to the sleeker touchscreens we’re accustomed to today, the cell phone has undergone a huge evolution both in terms of style and popularity.

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  • Facebook's next frontier: A phone?

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 9:47 AM

    Video: The social media giant is reportedly announcing a new android OS product today. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long denied the launch of a Facebook phone, telling Matt Lauer in October that that option was off the table.

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  • How will scientists confirm dark matter discovery?

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 4:06 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    To definitively expose dark matter, physicists must look deep beneath the Earth instead of in outer space.

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  • Physicists nudge electrons, move toward crazy-fast computers

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 3:50 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Manipulating electrons is important for computing since most data storage these days is magnetic and relies on aligning the spin of electrons in a material.

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  • To cut L.A. traffic woes, city installs synchronized traffic lights

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 2:48 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Los Angeles is aiming for a 20 percent improvement in its legendarily bad traffic with smart lights that work together. Other cities are doing this kind of thing, too, with dedicated busways, improved biking lanes and cellphone incentives for taking transit.

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  • Robocalls be gone: FTC contest takes aim at annoying (and often illegal) phone calls

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 2:15 PM by John Platt

    The contest's two winners will share a $50,000 prize for their technologies to block robocallers.

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  • Apple celebrates the iPad's 3rd anniversary

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 11:46 AM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    The first Apple iPads were sold on this date in 2010, forever changing the face of the tablet market.

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  • Bubba gets a hovercraft golf cart

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 10:40 AM by Shea Gunther

    Bubba Watson has a sweet life — he's a professional golfer, lives in Tiger Woods' old house, and now he has a hovercraft golf cart to get him around the links.

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  • Cheap drones made in China could arm U.S. foes

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 9:40 AM by by Jeremy Hsu, TechNewsDaily Contributor

    China makes drones that don't quite match up to U.S. military drones, but are a fraction of the cost.

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  • Los Angeles syncs more than 4,000 traffic lights to ease gridlock

    Wed, Apr 03, 2013 9:34 AM

    Video: The city of L.A., long notorious for terrible traffic, launches an ambitious attack on gridlock by synchronizing every one of its 4,398 traffic signals.

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  • Mother Nature's Pop Science Guide to Cycling [Infographic]

    Tue, Apr 02, 2013 4:36 PM

    From the penny-farthing to the pedicab, bicycles are some of humanity's most versatile vehicles. In honor of their pedal-powered practicality, here's a pop-science guide to the wild world of cycling.

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