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Jun 1

Co-Founder of Google Sergey Brin live demos Project Glass on TV

On The Gavin Newsom Show, Google co-founder Sergey Brin brought along with him the top secret Google Glass (not glasses since it’s one lens only). In the hour long interview, Brin let Gavin Newsom try on the glasses and test them out on live TV. So far the glasses have been pretty hush-hush with images only, and one recent video that was a short clip of someone on a trampoline. Well now, we get more of a tease with a better up close and personal look at them.

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May 31

The state of the Internet and Internet trends

At the annual D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, tech and industry analyst Mary Meeker did her now famous slide show of Internet Trends. Last year in her slides at the Web 2.0 Summit she told us how the future is all about mobile. This year, she came up with some more interesting stats, but nothing too mind-numbing. 

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How to turn a banana into a piano

If you think it would be impossible to turn a banana into a piano, you may want to think again. Or maybe try turning Play-doh into a game controller, and being able to actually play a game with it? The possibilities are endless with this new amazing and fun invention kit called Makey Makey.

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May 24

Code from Kazaa is resurrected in nefarious scheme to block pirated content

Who remembers Kazaa? It was only a few years ago that Kazaa and Napster were running the Internet with peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Then things got crazy as the RIAA and others cracked down on file sharing networks, and life changed for all of us. Now the same people who helped create and share pirated content, are working on software that will block it, and the way it will be done might get you upset and thinking this has bullshit written all over it.

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May 22

New tech claims to make your dreams a reality

In the movie Vanilla Sky starring Tom Cruise (pictured inset), Cruise’s character suffers an accident leaving his face deformed. To cope, he signs up for a futuristic program that does cryonic suspension placing people in a lucid dream state, meaning, their minds are are in a controlled dream which feels like reality. New technology called Remee claims to be able to do something similar; allowing people to control their dreams.

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May 17

Update: Facebook’s IPO brings in a valuation of $104 billion

As expected, Facebook completed it’s Initial Public Offering today raising a staggering $16 billion, bringing the total valuation of the uber social network to $104 billion, which makes it one of the biggest IPO’s filed ever.

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Google’s new search results will focus on facts, using the Knowledge Graph

Google announced an exciting new change coming to the search engine which will bring tons of factual results to the forefront of Google searches. The new search feature is called the Knowledge Graph, which will tap into database facts to present relevant snippets of information based on your searches.

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May 16

Good or bad idea: Implanted magnets under skin for strapless iPod Nano

Body piercer Dave Hurban thought it would be an interesting idea to mesh body modification and technology. He decided to use an iPod Nano, with the idea of not having a wrist strap as used on a more conventional wrist-watch version of the iPod.

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May 14

Google Report: Search results should be protected by the First Amendment

In a recent report by Eugene Volokh, which was commissioned by Google, he claims that Google Search results deserve the same free speech rights as articles that appear in newspapers and news websites, for example the New York Times.

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May 11

22 cool objects you can print with a 3D printer

Being able to replicate a three-dimensional object that you hold in your hands by printing it on a printer might seem like a far fetched idea from the future, but it’s actually becoming a reality. It’s called 3D printing, and you may have heard of it recently, and is becoming increasingly more popular these days by hobbiysts.

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May 8

10 reasons technology is vital to education

Does technology hurt or benefit the classroom? That is the question in an ongoing debate as more innovative advances in technology are coming to schools and classrooms, and most importantly to our students around the country. 

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May 7

Facebook social readers appear to be taking a nose dive

Back in September 2011, social readers were introduced onto the Facebook platform, and ever since then it’s pretty much been non-stop app after app, road block after road block on Facebook; and in order to read an article or watch a video, you need to install a social reader app.

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This decked out Escalade has 4G Wi-Fi, HDTV and an exercise bike

Even in an SUV your space is limited, but Becker Automotive Design was able to create a luxurious hideout inside of this Cadillac Escalade. The Daily snapped some photos of the SUV, which glows in all it’s glory. There is an exercise bike, so you can hit the gym on the go. You also have full access to a mobile 4G Wi-Fi hotspot, including a huge HD television. The inside of this thing looks like Air Force One, but on wheels, all for the low-low price of $250,000.

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May 2

Concept design lets you drag files from your computer to mobile device

Passing files from your computer to your mobile device is a pain, but with services like Dropbox, it has gotten a lot better. Sometimes, I just email myself a file that I need on my phone, but at times large files are problematic. However, Ishac Bertran came up with a plausible concept for transferring files that looks like an awesome way to get the job done.

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Apr 26

TLC is going on tour, with Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes as a hologram

The trio that made up the hit group of the 1990’s TLC ended after the untimely death of one of the group members, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who passed away in a car accident in 2002. However, since through new technology, the group may be making a come back and going on tour.

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