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  Drones that capture infrared orchard pictures could spell an end to ugly oranges

  By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 02:12 pm + 9 comments

  A new method for managing irrigation with drones may be easier and more effective than anything used Continue reading…

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  Five decades of NASA 'Blue Marble' photography in 16 images

  By Andrew Webster on March 12, 2012 11:52 am + 2 comments

  NASA's recently released "Blue Marble" images managed to capture our collective imaginations (the f Continue reading…

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  Hector Xavier Monsegur: LulzSec leader, FBI informant, and cyberpunk antihero

  By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 09:42 am + 10 comments

  With the arrest of several alleged members of Anonymous offshoot LulzSec, court documents have r Continue reading…

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  Colossus: how the first programmable electronic computer saved countless lives

  By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 04:00 am + 15 comments

  Google has posted a look back at Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer. Continue reading…

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  Ant colony living in a scanner for five years: time lapse video

  By Laura June on March 9, 2012 10:35 pm + 34 comments

  Ant colonies are amazing, beautiful, complicated things. Flatbed scanners, on the other hand, well, Continue reading…

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  Instapaper Placebo alleviates your link-saving guilt

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 9, 2012 07:18 pm + 14 comments

  Instapaper is our go-to method for saving articles to read later on a Mac, iPad, or iPhone. It Continue reading…

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  James Cameron and his Deepsea Challenger submarine set solo diving world record

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 9, 2012 09:15 am + 14 comments

  Mention James Cameron and the first thing most people probably think of is Avatar, or perhaps the Continue reading…

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  Nokia's SEC filing: slow Symbian sales and Windows Phone uncertainty

  By Adi Robertson on March 8, 2012 07:09 pm + 62 comments

  Nokia has filed its annual financial report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Continue reading…

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  Barcode-free supermarket scanner recognizes different varieties of apple

  By Adi Robertson on March 8, 2012 12:08 pm + 4 comments

  A Japanese supermarket scanner is able to recognize subtle differences in produce without barcodes Continue reading…

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  An ode to the pocket calculator, one of the first mobile computing devices

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 8, 2012 11:33 am + 29 comments

  In this day and age of tablets that have screens with over three million pixels, it's easy to forget Continue reading…