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  Does using your cellphone make you selfish?

  By Adi Robertson on February 21, 2012 12:38 pm + 26 comments

  One of the benefits of technology has been the ability to communicate with others, but a preliminary Continue reading…

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  Joe Paradiso's modular synth finds a new home at the MIT Museum

  By Jamie Keene on February 21, 2012 11:20 am

  Having exhibited his enormous analog modular synthesiser around the world, MIT Media laboratory Continue reading…

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  How Wikipedia deals with competing factual claims

  By Sam Byford on February 21, 2012 12:35 am + 15 comments

  Wikipedia is a huge repository for information that millions of people constantly rely on, but its Continue reading…

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  Scientists working on lab-grown, $300,000 hamburger

  By Laura June on February 20, 2012 11:47 am + 67 comments

  Scientists have long agreed that farming methods for breeding animals has not been able to keep up Continue reading…

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  Disgusted iPhone 4 user turns to humongous Galaxy Note

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 20, 2012 08:06 am + 157 comments

  Apple versus Samsung, iOS versus Android, closed versus open, big versus small — everyone's got Continue reading…

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  Relive the glory of arcade years through the medium of A3 poster

  By Sam Byford on February 20, 2012 06:41 am + 5 comments

  Finding a decent arcade in the US is largely a lost cause these days — but hey, what you do with Continue reading…

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  iPad helps voiceless comedian perform very first stand-up routine

  By Andrew Webster on February 17, 2012 06:03 pm + 38 comments

  Earlier this month Lee Ridley got up on a stage in Sunderland and performed a stand-up comedy Continue reading…

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  Sculptor Sean Avery turns technological refuse into works of art

  By Bryan Bishop on February 17, 2012 05:43 pm + 2 comments

  From old compact discs to used motherboards, we're increasingly surrounded by the detritus of our Continue reading…

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  Arcosanti: a vision of the future from 1970

  By Jamie Keene on February 17, 2012 09:22 am + 9 comments

  Perching atop a hill high in the Arizona desert, the "urban laboratory" of Arcosanti looks more like Continue reading…

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  'Everything is a Remix Part 4' looks at social evolution and patent law

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 17, 2012 07:56 am + 18 comments

  The long-awaited conclusion to Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series has finally been posted Continue reading…