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Biophotovoltaic table harvests electricity from moss
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By temp. Under DVICE Tags: apparel, facebook, green, green tech, iphone, lists, microsoft, software
In keeping with the old proverb that rolling stones gather no moss, this stationary table not only gathers plenty of moss, but gathers plenty of electricity as well, hacking into the photosynthesizing plants to harvest enough power to keep small devices like clocks charged up and happy.
Gallery: This entire office space is made from stiff cardboard
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By admin. Under DVICE Tags: advertising, dvice, facebook, green, hdtv, javascript, lists, microsoft, military, office, polls
Nothing Advertising Agency's office is undeniably brown. That's because its entire spacial occupancy is made of cardboard. Just like Lego, there is undeniably nothing that can't be made with cardboard.
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3.2 billion pixel space cam gets go-ahead from U.S. government
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By temp. Under DVICE Tags: advertising, android, dvice, green, hdtv, iphone, lists, microsoft, science, space
The camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope just got its approval for a final design phase this week, which is exiting news for all you space fans out there. When it's finished, the LSST camera will be the largest digital camera ever made, and it'll be able to image the entire visible sky every single week.
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These laser cut sushi seaweeds are too pretty to eat for lunch
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By temp. Under DVICE Tags: advertising, apple, dvice, electronics, facebook, galleries, gaming, hdtv, internet, lists, microsoft, military, software, vehicles
The art of sushi is complex. On the one hand, you've got cheap sushi and then you've got skilled artisan sushi
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Realistic robotic ExoHand to use its powers for good not evil
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By admin. Under DVICE Tags: advertising, apple, electronics, gaming, lists, microsoft, polls, science, software, vehicles, video
This prototype robot hand is uses eight double-acting pneumatic actuators on each finger that can simulate an almost perfect range of human finger movement.
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It drops books not bombs: "Book Tank" trumps normal bookmobiles
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By admin. Under DVICE Tags: apparel, apple, design, dvice, electronics, facebook, galleries, green, iphone, lists, microsoft, military, security, vehicles
This is the tank you want rumbling through your town. Built on the back of a 1970 Ford Falcon, the Book Tank houses some 900 books on its frame and travels through the streets of Argentina making these books available — for free — for all who care to take one.
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A Godzillus lived in Cincinatti 450 million years ago
Posted On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 By temp. Under DVICE Tags: advertising, android, apple, dvice, gaming, google, green, internet, lists, polls, software, university, vehicles
Citizens of Cincinatti, be grateful that none of you were alive 450 million years ago, because if you were, you'd have to deal with a monstrous Godzillus. Not a Godzill a , but a Godzill us , and an amateur paleontologist has just dug up a fossil of one of these fearsome creatures.
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Gamer win: students turn building into giant Tetris game
Posted On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 By temp. Under DVICE Tags: apparel, apple, design, dvice, facebook, gaming, google, lists, microsoft, military, polls, security, software, vehicles, video
By day the building is the MIT's Green Building; by night it turned into a giant game of Tetris. Like a normal game of Tetris, players could move, rotate and drop blocks only in this case the blocks being entire windows.
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Effortless security with door handle finger scanners
Posted On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 By admin. Under DVICE Tags: android, apparel, apple, art & design, design, dvice, hdtv, internet, iphone, lists, military, science, software
The use of biometric scans as a security measure is on the rise. We've recently talked about palm print scan enabled ATMs, and now there is a prototype door handle with a built in finger scanner.
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