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When was the last time you used a pencil sharpener?


So true.
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Growing New Teeth

image  Don’t you love science & technology? Scientists are growing human teeth complete with roots from adult human gum cells combined with cells from mice.  

-Photo from TheScientist, Wikimedia, Dozenist, March 12,2013

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34679/title/Teasing-Out-New-Teeth/

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Veti-Gel Stops External & Internal Bleeding

A college student, Joe Landolino, developed a gel that is amazing. 

-From Tech News Daily, March 7, 2013, photo from Sebastian Kaulitzki. 

http://www.technewsdaily.com/17202-veti-gel-stops-bleeding.html

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NIST Quantum Refrigerator

imageAmazing prototype technology where even the project leader describes the results as “flabbergasting”. This compact technology with cooling abilities has performance implications for information systems, telescope cameras, and many other areas. -Photo from NIST, posted March 5, 2013. 

http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/refrigerator-030513.cfm

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Small gestures, big impact: hands-on with Leap Motion’s latest games and apps
The last time we checked out the Leap Motion Controller (then known as “The Leap”) we referred to it as “a Kinect on steroids.” Since then, Leap has attracted an impressive amount of developer support and has announced a full retail launch on May 13th for $79.99 through major channels like Best Buy. We just had a chance to use the final hardware and some of the early third-party apps and games, and frankly, we’re still very impressed — but it’s still in its infancy.
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sOccket, The Power of Play

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sOccket (soccer balll) captures energy to charge a lamp at night. How ingenious!  -Photo from soccket.org

http://us.soccket.org

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3D Printed Solar Cells

The problem is energy storage and these 3D printed solar batteries may be the solution.  

-Photo from Andy Newman/AFP/Getty Images which appeared in The Guardian article, February 22, 2013. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/feb/22/3d-printing-solar-energy-industry

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Is This Tumblr?

Tumblr actually became huge because it is the anti-blog.”  

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Les codes les plus en vogue pour 2013