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38 min ago | INDOlink

Indian-American Teen Invents 20-Second Phone Charger

Washington: An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge your cellphone in less than 20 seconds.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Saratoga, CA, Cell Phones, Electronics, Inventions, Science / Technology

4 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Leap Motion Gesture Controller Windows 8 Preview Ahead Of Beta

Leap Motion, the device built to bring touch-like gesture controls -without a touch screen- will enter into its beta phase soon.

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8 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Grounded United Airlines 787 Dreamliner Finally Takes Off Today

Some four months ago the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was grounded by the FAA following a number of safety related incidents that had been caused to the battery system.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

13 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Lego Railway Is Longest Plastic Toy Train Track In The World

I have yet to come across the path of someone who loathes all things Lego. Who can resist these precise fitting plastic bricks that get the job done, unraveling the imagination of the masses? Well, on May 10th and May 11th, eighty Danish Lego devotees actually got together and assisted Henrik Ludvigsen in creating history, as Ludvigsen had in mind ... (more)

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14 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

CastAR Glasses Turns Everywhere Into A Gaming Environment

There might have been plenty of buzz surrounding Google Glass for quite some time already, but it will not hit the market for quite some time down the road, and here we are with something which could very well take off in a big way, too - the CastAR glasses that were developed by team which comprises of former Valve employees, where the CastAR ... (more)

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14 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

HTC One Android 4.2.2 Update Expected Soon

HTC One, the Taiwanese manufacturer's flagship Android smartphone , is certainly one amazing device.

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Related Topix: Android, Galaxy

14 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

New Google+ App With Auto-Awesome Launched For Android

Google showed off an impressive list of 41 new features for Google+ at the I/O conference.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

15 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Rumored To Have Slower Processor

As if the Galaxy S4 didn't spend much time in the limelight any way, these days a "rugged" version of this smartphone is being heavily rumored.

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Related Topix: Cameras

15 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Chinese Cyberattacks Against U.S. Allegedly Begin Again

It was reported back in February that the Chinese Army apparently has a whole cyber-wing with the ultimate purpose of launching cyberattacks on the U.S ., specifically targeting government agencies and major companies.

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15 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Kartelec 2013 Brings Electric Go Kart Racing To France

So you think that you have what it takes to be the next legend on the track? Well, your surname might not be Schumacher, and neither do you have the slick skills of a Sebastian Vettel, but you figure out that the lack of natural talent, skill, and pure guts can be compensated by sheer passion alone.

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Related Topix: Sports, Formula-1 Racing, Racing, Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing Team

16 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Windcatcher Augments Your Breath

How many of you grew up on a steady diet of comics, and came upon instances where there was this huge are that is engulfed in flames, only to have a superhero like Superman fly by and blowing his lungs out, or to have the Incredible Hulk do the same .

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16 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

32GB Nokia Lumia 925 Launch Rumored

Earlier today we reported that T-Mobile CEO might consider offering the 32GB Lumia 925 smartphone without carrier branding .

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Related Topix: T-Mobile, Vodafone

16 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Flickr Users Get 1TB For Free + New Design [Marissa Mayer]

Marissa Mayer has announced some big news around Flickr today: starting right now, Flickr users get 1TB of storage for free, "enough for a lifetime of photos" she says .

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17 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

3D Printer Kit From Cooking Hacks

Hmmm, the name Cooking Hacks might be one that you would want to keep a keen eye peeled open for, where this open hardware division of Libelium has just announced the immediate availability of a new 3D Printer Kit which comprises of all the hardware components required in order for you to mount a 3D printer device from scratch.

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Related Topix: Printers

17 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

T-Mobile Galaxy S3 LTE Expected Release Date 5th June

Yesterday we picked up a rumor that T-Mobile LTE Galaxy S3 model is on the way , and that they are expected to be released in the very near future.

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Related Topix: Yesterday, Pendulo Studios, Focus Home Interactive, Cameras

17 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

AT&T Assures Support For All Video Chat Apps By Year's End

Soon after Google I/O 2013 in which the company announced Hangouts , we reported that video calls initiated through Hangouts app while on AT&T's data network were not going through.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Google, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, AdMob

Mon May 20, 2013

Engadget

LG to demo 5-inch unbreakable and flexible plastic OLED panel at SID

LG's got quite a bit in store for us this week at SID's annual display exhibition in Vancouver.

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Related Topix: Televisions

Gizmag

Fusion Plate works with both camera shoulder straps and tripods

The Fusion Plate is a camera accessory designed to allow photographers to quickly and easily switch between a shoulder strap and tripod.

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Related Topix: Cameras

Gizmag

Ricasol's bra dryer 2.0 dries those expensive bras safely and quickly

When it comes to drying those delicate and expensive bras, there are generally two options - risking damage in a conventional dryer, or waiting hours while they hang dry.

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Gizmag

Record 40 Gbit/s wireless data transmission rate matches it with optical fiber

Micrograph of the 240 GHz transceiver chip, which measures only 1.5 x 4 mm If you thought 5G wireless was fast at one Gbit/s, how does 40 Gbit/s sound? That's the new wireless data transmission record set by a team of engineers in Germany using integrated solid state mm-wave transceivers.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany,