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Car Service App Uber driver is found guilty in India Rape Case

Uber, a car service app, driver Shiv Kumar Yadav was accused for raping a woman who only requested for a ride home in December. The 26-years-old passenger stated that she had fallen asleep in the back of the vehicle and …

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Solar Panel Roadways Of The Near Future!

Julie and Scott Brusaw of Sandpoint, Idaho has been working on a solar power road. This road would be made of glass and will be just as strong as the asphalt that’s being used right now. Back in 2009 the …

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Mazda Creating Better Gas Engines

Mazda has been working on creating a better gas powered engine rather than focus on hybrid and electric vehicle market. Their thoughts are about the average persons income and what they can really afford. Most hybrid and electric vehicles cost …

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Facebook Creates High-Tech Facial Recongnition Program

Facebook has been working on a facial recognition system called DeepFace. This program identifies faces of people from pictures almost as well as a regular person. It correctly identified faces 97.25% of the time. Humans scored around 97.53%, which is …

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Infrared Used As Renewable Energy Source

A team of Harvard physicists have been brainstorming a way to harness infrared radiation.  They’re trying to harness the heat Earth and Sun and converting it into a renewable power source (DC power).  With the advancements in nanotechnology and smaller …

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CES – The Birth of Future Technologies

 

 

Since 1967, a congregation of betters and creators of new technologies has been celebrated each year in the city of Las Vegas. And I say better because in this congregation is where producers come up with their new …

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ARE YOU READY FOR APPLE TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY?

Earlier this week, it was announced that Apple would hold it’s highly anticipated conference on September 10th, 2013. I, myself, am a supporter of Apple and all its products. So you can only image how excited I am …

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Bad Facebook Friends Equals Bad Credit

Several new companies have emerged that will judge how “trustworthy” a person is from their online accounts. These companies are being used to determine a persons creditworthiness. A person’s accounts on eBay, Paypal and even Facebook have been scoured to …

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I Feel I’m Tech Inept!

As I move further through my degree, I keep finding certain shortcomings that bother me like a small cut doused in lemon juice. These aren’t social, educational or grade faults but one that I feel may be even worse, feeling …

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The Internet: Our Second Brains

The truth is that I couldn’t imagine a world where technology didn’t act as our second brains. And when I think of how my parents grew up without such conveniences, I shudder. Of course, they say that you can’t miss …

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