TWC Maxx: The extra “x” means it’s better. At least, that’s what Time Warner Cable would have us believe about its thusly named new initiative to improve the quality of its pay-TV and internet offerings in Los Angeles and New York. The plan is to …
Despite the US military’s robust budget, not every design makes it onto the battlefield. In fact, only a select number of the very best designs ever actually fly. So what the hell was the USAF thinking choosing the defect-ridden F-22 Raptor over this gorgeous jet?
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Meet the wearable technology I'm most interested in this year.
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Last year, Japan’s Sagawa Electronics released a powered exoskeleton, the Powered Jacket MK3, with the potential to bring lots of our science fiction and anime fantasies to life. But somehow, being able to see the tiny and frail human at the center of the outsized metal skeleton just doesn’t seem imposing enough.
Fortunately, another Japanese company — Dai-Nihon Giken, manufacturer of lots of anime merchandise — has stepped in to fill that intimidation gap with armor designed to fit on the MK3 modeled on the Landmate power suits from Shirow Masamune’s 22nd century manga saga “Appleseed.”
The result certainly helps bring visions of a dystopic future to life. While the armor is made from urethane that isn’t li… [Read more]
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Apple has filed for a new patent related to iPad smart bezels. The idea is to transform the bezels on its tablet into areas that are capable of recognizing touch input, thus extending the range of functions and gestures available to users. This would certainly make the bezels much useful, though in the filing indicates that the tablets will have larger bezels. The iPads have had larger bezels in the part, but in recent models Apple has made them thinner. Either it would find a way to make this functionality work with significantly thinner bezels, or this is going to be one of those patented technologies that never see the light of day.
iPad Smart Bezels Patent Filed original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Attenshun, Lego and Bill Murray fans all over the world! Start saving because the Keymaster has finally met the Gatekeeper and Gozer the Gozerian has materialized at Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark: The 30th Anniversary Ghostbuster set—designed by Lego fan Brent Waller— is going to be an official Lego product.
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It would appear that the idea of capturing every single thing you do – aka “life logging” has permeated the likes of Samsung. They’ve had an app leak today that’s … Continue reading
Researchers in Japan have developed an incredibly thin wire—just half a micrometer in diameter—made from a new composite material composed of traditional copper and those new fangled carbon nanotubes. But what makes this creation particularly awesome is that the new wire allows over 100 times more current to flow than a traditional copper thread.
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Not too long ago it was rumored that Apple is working on a new mobile payments service that will facilitate the purchase of physical goods through millions of its mobile devices. It was also said that Apple executives have already met with several key players in the industry to discuss plans, concrete proof of its mobile payment service plans is yet to surface though. According to a new report by re/code, apparently eBay owned mobile payments juggernaut PayPal is interested in joining forces with Cupertino on this project.
PayPal Wants In On Apple’s Rumored Mobile Payments Service [Report] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Super Bowl XLVIII is just around the corner, and the NFL’s taking advantage of the week leading up to it by using it as a platform to reveal its next venture: NFL Now. Today, at a press event in New York City, the National Football League introduced …
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