PayPal Here is new app and mobile credit card reader for smartphones from the makers of PayPal, the online payment system. Square just got some pretty stiff competition. More »
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From Gizmodo: This Is What Three Years of One Person’s GPS Data Looks Like
There are plenty of cool GPS data projects in existence, but this is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen: three whole years of location data, taken from an iPhone. More »
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From Gizmodo: In the Future, Maglev Cannons Will Shoot Us Into Space
Am I the only one that thought of “Galaxy Express 999” anime show from my childhood when you read this?!
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Today in grandiose space ambitions that would make even Newt Gingrich balk: a $60 billion, 1,000-mile long, 12-mile high, 20,000-miles-per-hour maglev train that starts on the ground and arrives in low Earth orbit. The minds behind the Startram project think it could reduce the cost per kilo (that’s like 2.2 pounds American) for cargo from roughly $10,000 to just $50. More »
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From Gizmodo: Half-Price Solar Panels Thanks to An Ion Cannon
Twin Creeks Technologies is a new startup that says it has sliced the price of producing solar panels in half—using an ion cannon. According to the company, it can produce solar cells for about 40 cents per watt compared to the 80 cents it costs now. More »
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From Geeks are Sexy Technology News: DIY Stirling Engine [Video]
A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas, the working fluid, at different temperature levels such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.
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