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Mini-Drones to Night-Vision Phones: 5 Cool Military Tech Gadgets

July 22, 2014 | Article

Electronics that dissolve on the battlefield and tiny, hummingbird-size drones that perform aerial reconnaissance are just a few of the sophisticated technologies the U.S. military is developing these days.
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New Widgets Let You Snap, Crackle … and Think

July 15, 2014 | Article

If you had never-ending Bubble Wrap, would you ever stop popping it?
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Shape-Shifting Robots Could Have 'Melting Muscles'

July 15, 2014 | Article

A new kind of robot muscle — made out of materials that could be found at a craft store — goes soft when heated and hardens when cooled. Researchers say it could be used to make shape-shifting bots for surgery and disaster response.
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Digitized Bubble Wrap Popping - They've Finally Done It | Video

July 14, 2014 | Video

The Game Innovation Lab at NYU-Poly has developed playful digital interaction devices that they call the "Fidget Widgets".
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5 Visions That Showed Nikola Tesla Was Ahead of His Time

July 10, 2014 | Article

Over the course of his life, Nikola Tesla registered some 300 patents under his name, and traces of his inventions can be found in many modern-day devices, including in some unexpected places.
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Wireless Electricity? How the Tesla Coil Works

July 10, 2014 | Article

Nikola Tesla dreamed of creating a way to supply power to the world without stringing wires across the globe. The inventor came close to accomplishing this when his "mad scientist" experiments with electricity led to his creation of the Tesla coil.
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