Today Facebook began rolling out a new feature called Nearby Friends. It does exactly what it sounds like: tells you when your friends are nearby so you can get in touch with them.
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The Best At-Home Coffee Making Gear
A good cup of coffee starts with the right beans , but from there you also need the right tools to get the best possible result. Sure, we have our favorite coffeemakers , but we want to build a solid list of the best coffee-making gear you could have at home. Let’s get started.
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Self-Stacking Building Blocks Are Nothing Short of Magic
Deciding that the lowly building block was due for an upgrade, researchers at MIT have created something amazing. The simple-looking M-Blocks are made from an aluminum frame filled with electronics, an electric motor that can spin up to 20,000 rpm, and a flywheel. And they can perform some amazing feats without any human intervention.
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Google Camera Is a Standalone Photography App for Android
Google is now offering a standalone camera app for Android that’s very similar to the standard app that ships with the stock version of Android. TouchWiz users rejoice.
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Walmart Is Downsizing Its Superstores and Putting Apartments on Top
Walmart, the leviathan of the U.S. retail economy, has had a tough year. So tough that the company’s new CEO is prescribing a surprising strategy to slow decaying sales: Build smaller stores. And, in at least one case, put housing on top of them.
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Tiny Magnetic Robots Might One Day Work On Equally Tiny Assembly Lines
We’ve successfully engineered giant robot arms for building cars on an assembly line. But smaller mass-produced items—like electronics—still mostly rely on the nimble hands and fingers of a human. Building and controlling robots on a very small scale is still very difficult, but a company called SRI International may have found a clever solution using magnets.
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Guy trying to take a selfie gets kicked in the face by train conductor
Perhaps this should be the punishment of all selfie takers. Or at least all selfie takers who put themselves in potentially dangerous situations just to take a damn picture of their mug blocking everything behind it. Jared Michael, the foolish guy in the video, paid the price. He tried to take a selfie in front of a passing train but instead got kicked in the head by the train conductor.
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