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France is the first team to benefit from goal-line tech at the World Cup

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH  Well, the above image might look pretty straightforward, but when the shot from France’s Karim Benzema bounced off the far post and deflected off the keeper into goal, in the midst of a World Cup match, there was more than a little confusion. The referee asked for clarification through the newly instituted goal-line technology, which initially (and confusingly) ruled ‘No goal’. However, that was for the initial rebound, not when it bounced…

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Galileo Got Game: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Physics of Basketball

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As reported on Wired. BY AATISH BHATIA In a way, a game like basketball is a physics geek’s delight. It’s a playground where you can apply physics principles to try and get some added insight to the game. You’ve got the interplay of projectile motion and collisions, energy and momentum, and so on. To get you started, here’s a list of five neat pieces of physics that you may not typically think about when watching a game. 1.…

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#Love: Thanks, Porn

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As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs As a modern married male, the times spent alone with my computer and a box of tissues are, in some ways, the best times. That is not to say the manifold pleasures of family life and the wild menagerie of mere existence aren’t amazing, but a body likes to be alone. For this I thank porn. While there is no doubt that there are dark corners of this industry…

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Hidden camera in a bathroom forces plane to make emergency landing

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick An American Airlines flight between San Francisco and New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City on Sunday after a device was found “ominously taped” to a bathroom wall. The device was initially thought to be a flash drive, but after investigation, appears to be “a camera disguised as a flash drive.” The 215 passengers on board American Airlines flight 24 were reportedly told an issue with the plane’s…

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Google Offers now lets you clip coupons without paying in advance

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Mountain View wants you to know that Google Offers isn’t another Groupon copycat, that’s why the service is now taking a different approach. Whereas you’ve previously had to pay for discount vouchers in advance, you can now clip them for free and thenpay for purchases in-store, making Offers more convenient to use. The company’s also introducing coupons outside the main Offers app, adding them to Wallet, Maps and Search, as well as programming Google Now to flash…

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Man Pieces Together Historic Train Cars for High-Speed Cross-Country Journey

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As reported on Wired. BY DOUGLAS WOLK Musician Eleanor Friedberger acts in a short video piece the Station to Station crew is directing during a pitstop in the town of Raton, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Musician Tim Koh and music curator Henrietta Tiefenthaler work on their various devices in the dining car on the train ride to Santa Fe, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Enigmatic switches on the Station to Station train. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED Chef Leif…

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Zuckerberg’s Manifest Destiny: Connecting The 5 Billion People Without Internet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE Facebook didn’t stop when it hit 1 billion users. And it won’t stop even if it connects everyone with web access. ”To make the world more open and connected” really means the world — every human regardless of location or income. That’s why CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “retooling the company to take on a lot of harder problems” — specifically spreading the Internet itself. Last month, Zuckerberg launched Internet.org with a 10-page whitepaper…

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Apple Working On Intelligent Brightness Control And Automated FaceTime Camera Selection

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Ideally, your smart device of the future anticipates your needs and adjusts itself to suit them without requiring input on your behalf. Two newly published patent applications (spotted by AppleInsider) from Apple describe systems that could help do just that for future iPhones and iPads, viaselective screen brightness control and auto camera switching during FaceTime video calls. The first patent application describes a way for a user to selectively adjust brightness and…

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NASA halts efforts to repair Kepler space telescope

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As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley It’s had a good run, but it seems like NASA’s Kepler telescope is down for the count — the space agency says it has stopped repair efforts. The 0.95 meter diameter space telescope launched four years ago, tasked with seeking out Earth-sized planets suitable for habitation. All was going well until the rig’s gyroscopic reaction wheels began to fail, robbing it of the precision aim needed to continue its task. After months of…

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Solar Impulse’s Solar-Powered Coast-To-Coast U.S. Flight Touched Down Safely This Weekend

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As reported on TechCrunch. by COLLEEN TAYLOR Solar Impulse made history this weekend when its HB-SIA airplane touched down late Saturday night in New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, completing an entire cross-country United States flight relying solely on energy from that big old star in the Earth’s backyard. The Switzerland-based Solar Impulse organization, founded by Swiss scientist/pilotsBertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, described the milestone thusly: “For the first time a plane capable of flying day and night powered exclusively by…

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