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Ca-razy-Cool Kickstarter Picks

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, NY Press Exclusive, Technology

Look. I love Kickstarter. I think that giving people the ability to choose what’s made and marketed will be the end of social ills like Beanie Babies, dog leashes with no built-in poo-bag dispensers, and all contents of the Sharper Image catalogue. So I’ve rounded up a short list of awesome stuff that is trying
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Google Wants to Go Steady: The New Privacy Policy and You

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, NY Press Exclusive, Technology

Google-Privacy-Policy-uppdate Lately, you may have seen a tab pop up while using your everyday Google Services: “We’re changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters. Learn more.” Indeed. The new Google Privacy Policy, taking effect on March 1st 2012, matters. To even mention how deeply Google has permeated our lives seems silly. For a whole ton of
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Right-Hemisphere for Options: Brain Controlled Computing with NeuroSky

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, Technology

minorityreport So Minority Report came out in 2002 and everybody got stoked on how Tom Cruise was controlling that computer with nothing but exaggerated hand gestures and that squinty brow of his. Well screw that! Brain-Computer Interface, guys! Let’s not beat around the science bush here and just come out with it: these things let you
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SOPA PIPA People! The Bright Side of the Bleak

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, Technology

sopa On the morning of Jan. 18, 2012, America woke up to a digital reenactment of Real Life as experienced by humans at the turn of the century. We were shook. We called and emailed and berated our elected representatives. Surprisingly—given the recent string of questionable legislation passed well within earshot of public clamor—they listened. With
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The Possible of Mission: Impossible, Part TWO

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, Technology

bmw In my last post, I looked at what was up with the HUD Contact Lenses and Electroadhesive ‘Spiderman’ Gloves featured in Mission:Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Today we’re going to see the Magnetic Levitation Suit used by The Hurt Locker star, Jeremy Renner, and the real star of M:I-GP, the BMW i8 concept car. Item 3:
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The Possible of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Part ONE

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, Technology

mission Movies like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol are certainly entertaining. But for those of us stoked on living in “The Future”, they also provide a great public service. If companies don’t think they can sell it, they won’t front the money for R&D, and we won’t get awesome stuff to play with. So when we see
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3D Printing Saves the Universe: Only 300 Years to Go

Written by Carib Guerra on . Posted in Breaking News, Technology

3d The process of 3D printing is called additive manufacturing, and it’s a pretty simple idea: A machine squirts some material in layers based on a 3D computer model until the design has become a real life object. There’s a few different methods and processes to choose from, but here I’m just focusing on “Fused Deposition
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