This is corn. No, it’s not photoshopped. Yes, it’s real. It’s a corn variety called Glass Gem Corn and though it may look like jelly beans or beads, it’s real, actual, edible corn. What in the world? More »
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From Technology Review RSS Feeds: Chinese Physicists Smash Distance Record For Teleportation
The ability to teleport photons through 100 kilometres of free space opens the way for satellite-based quantum communications, say researchers
Teleportation is the extraordinary ability to transfer objects from one location to another without travelling through the intervening space.
From Gizmodo: Dancing Dragon Towers Will Have a Breathable, Scale-Like Skin
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, an architecture firm that is arguably one of the world’s leading designers of skyscrapers, has just unveiled plans for a pair of towers that will grace the skyline in Seoul, South Korea with an absolutely stunning dragon-like facade. More »
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From Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com: Turning natural gas into diesel fuel
Near-record low natural gas prices have hurt the industry, but a technology that can turn cheap gas into more profitable diesel could keep demand high and mitigate the impact of falling costs.
From Droid Life: Nevada Gives Google License to Test Driverless Cars in Their State
Google isn’t giving up on their vision of seeing cars driving themselves and passengers in the near future. After Nevada passed legislation regarding the requirements for driverless cars, Google has been granted a license to test their new pet project out in the desert. There are a few rules however, to make sure that these Priuses (Prii, Prioria, Priores?) don’t go rogue and cause some major damage.
Nevada has said that if you want to test these cars you need to have an insurance bond of $1 million and that the testing time and area for these cars must be laid out thoroughly. Don’t expect to be driving down the highway and seeing one next to you in rush hour anytime soon. The cars even get their own license plate, featuring a red back with an infinity symbol on it. Nevada DMV Director Bruce Breslow says, â€I felt using the infinity symbol was the best way to represent the ‘car of the future.’†Anyone ready to give up their lead foot to let the car drive itself?
Via: Arstechnica
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From The UberReview: One Wheel Electric Micro-Cycle Requires Less Than 1.21 Jiggawatts
Straight out of an 80′s flick comes the RYNO Micro-Cycle: A one-wheeled, electric motorcycle that is set to revolutionize the scooter industry.  You may have thought you wanted a Vespa to get around the overpriced metropolis you live and work in, but with the Micro-Cycle you look less like a pretentious European, and more like a Terminator-style Matrix villain.  The brainchild of RYNO Motors, this badass unicycle is powered by a zero-pollutant electric motor that allows you to travel at speeds of up to 15 mph.  Unlike an actual unicycle, the bike was built to maintain it’s balance by housing the entire power plant in the hub of the giant tire.  At only 125 lbs., the Micro-Cycle is ultra portable and perfect for wheeling in and out of your $4000, 350 square foot studio, or carrying up a few flights of stairs if you actually are a Terminator-style Matrix villain ™. I know what you’re thinking: “Concept, right?† Wrong.  The futuristic half-hog is set for release later this year, and should start at around $4200, which still leaves you enough money left over to afford a few things made of black leather, and a sawed-off shotgun.
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From Gizmodo: Kid Invents Candy Cure for Historically Incurable Ailment
A 13-year-old girl from Connecticut named Mallory Kievman has come up with a pretty clever cure for hiccups: vinegar lollipops! She developed the idea after researching various at-home remedies—a teaspoon of vinegar, hard candy, etc—as well as the physiological reason for a bout of hiccups. More »
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