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Hardware Dev

The Dash Builds Wearable Fitness Sensors Into The Headphones You’re Using Anyway

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington We’re finally starting to see some real consolidation around wearable tech, and Kickstarter project The Dash is a great example of that trend in action. It’s a pair of Bluetooth in-ear headphones that also offer up performance tracking via in-built health and body sensors. With passive noise cancellation, pass-through audio transparency when you need it, and an ear bone transduction microphone, these really do seem like gadgets that take existing gadget…

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HealthCare Tech

Researchers develop smartglasses that help surgeons see cancerous cells

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON If you think cancer removal surgery is but a one-time procedure, you’d be wrong. Doctors don’t always cut out all affected tissues in one go, but a new pair of high-tech eyewear could help make that happen. The device, developed by a Washington University research team led by Samuel Achilefu, can make cancer cells perfectly visible to surgeons as they operate. It’s loaded with custom software that makes cancerous cells glow…

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Art Automotive

At $130,000, This Classic Honda Motorcycle Is a Steal

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As reported Wired. BY DAMON LAVRINC Photo: Sandcast2/eBay   It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Honda CB750. Simply put, it was the world’s first superbike and a milestone in motorcycling. And one of just four handmade prototypes can be yours — if you’ve got something north of $130k in your bank account. A gorgeous blue prototype is up for sale on eBay, and it’s prompted one hell of a bidding war. Ninety bidders have pushed…

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Android SmartPhone

Samsung teases the power of 5 in new TouchWiz icons

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As reported on The Verge. New icon set for 2014’s flagship Galaxy By Vlad Savov A week ago, Samsung sent out invitations to its first big Unpacked event of 2014— taking place on February 24th — with the prominent inclusion of the number 5 in the title. Today, the company’s buildup steps up with the revelation of a new icon set, hinting at a redesigned TouchWiz interface and extending the theme of 5. Each of the newly rounded…

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Business

Here Are The Tech Companies Goldman Sachs Wants You To Meet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Jonathan Shieber The Crunchies isn’t the only star-studded tech event in town this week. On Tuesday Goldman Sachs kicks off its “Technology and Internet Conference” and the attendees read like a who’s who of the industry biggest and brightest public and private companies. Goldman’s tech version of hot-or-not includes presentations from Marissa Mayer atYahoo; Sheryl Sandberg and David Ebersman fromFacebook; a venture capital perspective from Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale from Formation 8; and a send-off with John Chambers…

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Google

Google to take over huge NASA hangar, give execs’ private planes a home

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON You might get zero hits now when you search for pics of a giant fleet of Google zeppelins, but that could change in the not-too-distant future. Planetary Ventures, one of the company’s subsidiaries, just got into an agreement to take over a humongous NASA hangar (named Hangar One) in Mountain View that’s big enough to house a slew of dirigibles. To be exact, Google will lease Hangar One and its surrounding land,…

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Flappy Bird’s creator says he pulled the app for your own good

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN If you were hoping Flappy Bird would find its wings and fly back onto the App Store or Google Play, its creator has some tough news for you. Less than 48 hours after he pulled the explosively popular game, developer Dong Nguyen briefly emerged from his self-imposed exile to talk to Forbes about why that little bird will flap no more. According to Nguyen, the game was designed to help people relax, let players blow…

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Games

Freezing Sochi: how Russia turned a subtropical beach into a Winter Olympics wonderland

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As reported on The Verge. By Duncan Geere Organizers have hustled to transform a hub for beach holidays into a snow-filled athletic venue The Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia, on the shores of the Black Sea. ( Wikipedia) Sochi is not the most obvious place to host the Winter Olympics. The Russian resort, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, is humid and subtropical. Temperatures average out at about 52 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter,…

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Google

Google Hopes Its Roadshows Will Help Normalize Glass

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois Google Glass is still months from its public launch, but after the initial hype, most of the recent news around Glass has been negative. It seems like for every positive round ofpublicity Glass gets, it soon gets hit by something negative soon after. Just a few days ago, for example, word spreadthat the New York Police Department was testing Glass. Google itself isn’t working with the NYPD, as far as I can tell, but somebody…

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My Secret Life

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ryan Lawler Open the app to see what’s new. Check updates that have been posted on the secrets I’ve commented on first. Click through each of them. Go into the main feed, read down to where I last left off. Scroll back to the top, pull down to refresh. Head back to updates. Lather, rinse, repeat. That’s been my life over the past week, as Secret has become all-consuming devourer of my time…

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