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While debate rages over using 3D printers to make guns or gun parts, technologies for other possible abuses are emerging — including the ability to cheaply copy and reproduce works of art and jewelry.
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[TND] Joe Landolina may have invented a cure for bleeding. He claims that his creation, a substance called Veti-Gel, jump-starts the clotting and healing process so quickly that even wounds to internal organs or major arteries are able to close up instantaneously. And Joe has accomplished all this by his third year of college at NYU.
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“We’re making it so your friends can look over your shoulder virtually and interact with you as you play,” said David Perry, co-founder of Gaikai, a company that Sony bought to build its cloud-gaming network.But not only friends will be watching. Sony will.
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As frigid weather continues to pound the East Coast and the Plains, fingers go numb, noses go red and cellphones go out. “We remind customers that their electronics operate best in the same temperatures that people like, too,” said Jazmin Hupp, director of marketing at Tekserve, a popular Manhattan Apple reseller.
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LAS VEGAS—Outside the Mandarin Hotel, Annie Lien pushed a button on an iPhone app. A few seconds later, an Audi A7 drove out of the parking garage to pick her up. With another button press, the car drove back into the garage and found its own parking place.
This robotic valet service is part Audi’s 10-year program to develop cars that can take the wheel whenever the driver wants a break.
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[FOX] In “The Hobbit,” Jackson pushes technology further, with eye-popping 3D. He also uses “high frame rate” (HFR) video that flashes twice as fast as a standard film — 48 instead of 24 frames per second — to portray movement fluidly. While the technologies are brilliant in some parts of the film, for most of it they fit no better than sneakers on a furry-footed hobbit.
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At least 1.3 billion people have no access to a power grid, according to the International Energy Agency. And many others can’t count on 24/7 electricity service.
A New York City startup called Mpowerd is trying to change that — not with giant power plants, but with a little $16 combination solar-powered lamp, cellphone charger and Wi-Fi hotspot called Luci.
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The days of techies hiding in their basements or thinking only about stock options and foosball tables are long gone in New York City. Instead, they are organizing en masse to help small businesses, schools and nonprofit organizations get up and running after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. And they are spreading beyond the Big Apple to offer assistance in Long Island, New Jersey, Upstate New York and Connecticut.
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] Residents of the city that never sleeps also loathe letting their gadgets sleep. But for the lower third of Manhattan, and a great deal of the Tri-State area, getting power requires an expedition. And with electrical service expected to be out for several more days in many blackout neighborhoods, it’s an ongoing struggle.
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How could Apple nail it so well with the iPhone 5 (some Wi-Fi and possible battery problems notwithstanding), but blow it so badly with Maps? A lot of it came from failed negotiations with Google, but Apple also has a long history of messing up online services. And global mapping is an especially complex service.
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