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Zombie Outbreak Simulator: Sim City Plus Google Maps Plus the Undead [Games]
The RTS web game Zombie Outbreak Simulator plops you down into a Google Maps -provided area of DC swarming with zombies. The outbreak's details are up to you: How many civilians? Are they armed? It's a killer timewaster (GET IT?). Basically, it's a zombie invasion in our nation's capital. You ...
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"Ufizzi in a Touch" Brings Cover Flow to Renaissance Masterpieces [Art]
The central guideline of museum going has long been "do not touch." Soon, the Ufizzi will flip that rule on its head by allowing visitors to flick and pinch their way through the museum's works of art. The Ufizzi Galley, a museum in Florence boasting one of the world's most famous collections ...
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Brain Scan Finds Man Was Not in a Coma—23 Years Later [Neuroscience]
Rom Houben has been trapped in a series of worst nightmares, including trying for 23 years to alert those around him that he was not in a coma. A new report suggests he's not alone in his experience. In 1983, Belgian engineering student and martial arts enthusiast Houben, then 20, was in a ...
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Girl Smashes Her Boyfriend's Xbox 360, Clearly in a Great Relationship [Bad Ideas]
Nothing says "functional relationship" like destroying someone's property rather than talking things out. I'd like to think this is fake, but this girl has a whole bunch of other videos where she's equally horrible. She's not worth it, buddy.
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DIY Laptop Etch-A-Sketch is Almost Worth Destroying a Hard Drive [DIY]
I think my hard drive flinched in fear when I pulled up these instructions for turning a laptop into an Etch-A-Sketch. How could it not when the project is a freakin' awesome Arduino-powered Hack-A-Sketch that you actually shake to erase. The shake-to-erase action works because of a ...
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NewEgg Black Friday Deal Update [Black Friday]
We've had a sneak peak at NewEgg's Black Friday deals and now we've got more on the offers along with a listing of the pre-Black Friday specials (which you can get right now). Pre-Black Friday (Active Now) HP MediaSmart LX195 1.6GHz Atom 640GB Home Server $199.99 (list: $399.99) Microsoft ...
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Ocean-Powered Generators Mimic Fish To Produce Cheap, Renewable Energy [Alternate Energy]
Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy is a mouthful of a name. Let's stick to calling this new method of generating renewable energy VIVACE, and say that it could change our world, despite it's fishy inspiration. VIVACE is a machine that harnesses energy from vortex-induced ...
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According to Apple It's Your Own Fault if You Catch an iPhone Worm [Blockquote]
We've told you over and over again that you need to secure your jailbroken iPhone. If you still haven't listened and were affected by the latest iPhone worm then it is kinda your own fault. Even Apple thinks so. Aside from blaming the victims, I don't exactly entirely agree with Apple's ...
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Ride The Subway Towards The Light [Image Cache]
Next stop heaven? Actually, it's the Bund in Shanghai. On the short trip between Pudong and the Bund, commuters are treated to one hell of a underground light show . The image is actually part of National Geographic 's International Photography Contest 2009—one of 25 examples collected ...
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Travel Gifts For People Who Sleep On Airplanes More Than In Beds [Giftguide]
There's a certain type of person for whom airports and airplanes cease to be novel, and start to feel like home. This is depressing, on many levels! Which is why these people need gifts. Lots and lots of gifts. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click ...
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Travel Gifts For People Who Sleep On Airplanes More Than In Bed [Gift Guides]
There's a certain type of person for whom airports and airplanes cease to be novel, and start to feel like home. This is depressing, on many levels! Which is why these people need gifts. Lots and lots of gifts. If you want to view the gallery as a single page, click here. A good pair of ...
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Wind-Sensitive LED Dandelion Dress Is Made for Pretty Night Fairies [Led]
I like this dress embroidered with dandelion lights. Called Flare, it was created by designer Stijn Ossevoort. The LED flowers glow up gently when the wind or your breath touches them, causing much swooning and sighing in the process. Less spectacular than the Galaxy Dress , but classier. ...
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Name Your Own Forum Section [Announcements]
As you know, our comments recently got overhauled to allow you to contribute and make commenting pages of your own. Now we're making an entirely new section just for you guys to talk. And we want you to name it. Which comment tag would you like to have your discussions under? For example, we ...
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Motion-Sensing Transtube 360 Shower Puts You On Display [Showers]
The Transtube 360 isn't as packed with features as the Aquapeutics shower, but it does have one thing that's impressive: a motion-sensing door. The whole shower is like a glass go-go cage designed to make you feel like you're washing yourself for other peoples' enjoyment, but in a classy, ...
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Best Buy's Holiday Carolers Make Me Want to Murder [Badvertising]
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but already Best Buy seems to have won the "most annoying holiday ad of the season" award. Seriously, try to sit through one of these without squirming around uncomfortably and wanting to punch the screen.
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Electric Rolls Royce Phantom Coming in 2010, Priced Just Around Half A Million Dollars [Automotive]
While we don't have the official price, we're reading that the electric Rolls Royce Phantom will run just a bit higher than the current $380,000 gas-powered model. Let's round that to about half a mil and daydream together. If you're having trouble getting over the price tag long enough to ...
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Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus [Ai]
The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a "PR stunt" by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it's all a "mass deception of the public." Henry Markram, the Blue Brain guy, says in an email to IBM's CTO, that the project is not even close to ...
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This Is How Multitasking Should Work On the iPhone [Btw]
In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps show how it could—and should—be done. What you're seeing here is really the combination of two apps, standby ...
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The iPhone Already Has Multitasking, And It's Awesome [Btw]
In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps shows how it could—and should—be done. What you're seeing here is really the combination of two apps, ...
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Star Wars USB Drives Hands On Gallery [Star Wars]
Tyme Machines ' Star Wars sculpted USB drives might not have your favorite characters available yet, in its first series, but they do have Vader, Boba Fett, Yoda and a Storm Trooper, and they're quite good. The drives are available in 4, 8 and 16GB capacities for $30, $40 and $60, ...
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