CNN reports that poison tap water “in major US cities affects 41 million Americans, including over the counter pain medications, mood stabilizers and hormones in major city’s drinking water supplies.” Continue reading for the news report.
Here’s a rare look at a canceled Ubisoft game that involves London, a guy running around the city, and giant robots. It was supposedly a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Continue reading for a short gameplay video. Click here for more pictures.
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If math geeks designed ATMs, you wouldn’t have to enter a PIN number after inserting your card, but rather solve a randomly generated math problem in under 30-seconds. For those able to solve each and every problem, this would definitely be the ultimate in ATM security…if you throw in a few world problems too that is.
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Simply put, the Coilgun — aka magnetic / gauss guns — is “a type of projectile accelerator that consists of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a synchronous linear electric motor which accelerate a magnetic projectile to high velocity.” Continue reading to see five of the coolest homemade examples.
Amazon is selling the Seagate Barracuda 7200 1.5TB hard drive for just $79.99 shipped, originally priced at $199.99. This drive “features a fast 7200-RPM drive that delivers sustained transfer rates of up to 125MB/s.” Product page.
Delivers the optimum mix of performance and energy efficiency thanks to perpendicular recording technology, a SATA 3Gb/s interface, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and up to 32MB cache.
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Waterloo Labs has created Super Eyeball Bros, the world’s first eye-controlled Mario game. It essentially uses “electrodes placed around each eye, then mapped through a custom circuit and a Single-Board RIO system to convert eye movements into joystick movements on the NES.” Video after the break.
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Ever wished you could win rock, paper, scissors every time you played? Wish no more, as this infographic will tell you how and more. Did you know that the earliest form of the game was found in 18th century Japan, and called Jan-ken-pon? If not, continue reading for more facts and some strategy.
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Aside from the beautiful scenery, this amazing time-lapse video of the world’s largest Gundam robot (1:1 scale) in Shizuoka, Japan is great for meditation and relaxation too. Continue reading to watch.
It was built to mark the 30th anniversary of the Gundam plastic figurines at the end of July.
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The hit arcade game VAMF X 1 / 2 has hit the iPhone and iPod Touch, priced at $0.99. Featuring iOS4.0 multitasking, four different comic-style characters (each with a Mega Strike attack), multi-touch controls, and even hidden techniques. Best of all, this game has game save support. Continue reading for a gameplay video. Click here for more pictures.
If one of the earlier Nokia phones needed a bumper for reception issues, the packaging would probably look something like the example above (image by Rob Shapiro). That’s not all, Gizmodo users concocted a total of 55 Photoshopped examples, and we’ve selected 12 of our favorites for your viewing enjoyment. Click here to see them all.
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