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Julie Samuels EFF Thanks to the open hardware community, you can now have a 3D printer in your home for just a few hundred dollars, with dozens of printer models to choose from and build upon. Community-designed printers already outclass proprietary printers costing 30 times as much. This incredible innovation is possible because the core patents covering [...]

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Radiocarbon dating that proves the Bosnian Pyramid Complex dates back at least 25,000 years has been revealed by an international team of scientists led by Dr. Sam Osmanagich. Discovered in 2005, the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Archaeological Park, which houses the largest pyramid in the world, is now the most active archaeological site on the planet. The [...]

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Curiosity’s telephoto camera snapped shots of three rocky outcrops not far from the rover’s landing site inside Gale Crater. One of them, called “Goulburn”, had been excavated by the rover’s own landing gear. The other two were natural outcrops dubbed “Link” and “Hottah”. All three, and Hottah in particular, were made of thin layers of rock [...]

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Steven Paglierani, Guest Writer Waking Times  So what is a “fractal”? And what do fractals tell us about the nature of truth? Begin by knowing that a fractal is one of the two kinds of geometry present in our world. And yes, no matter what people say, in our world, there are only two major categories [...]

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Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Last week Apple was awarded a troubling patent, originally filed in June of 2008, which would enable a feature many users likely wouldn’t want: the remote disabling of the camera on one of Apple’s many devices via infrared signal. Allowing for the cameras on cell phones to be remotely disabled [...]

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For the first time ever, scientists have given a previously blind woman sight by way of a bionic eye. The Australian-designed implant, which resembles the model worn by Arnie in The Terminator, is likely to transform the lives of millions worldwide.Dianne Ashworth, who is suffering from the incurable condition retinitis pigmentosa, had lost almost all [...]

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US firm announced an ambitious project to build a lunar space elevator that could transport both robots and humans using an existing technology, in less than a decade. Fundraising efforts are already underway. ­Firm’s founder and former NASA researcher Michael Laine stated that LiftPort Group is capable of building a lunar space elevator within this [...]

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A hover bike resembling the ones from ‘Return of the Jedi’ has been developed by a US firm, bringing science fiction to life. ­California-based firm Aerofex created an aerial vehicle with two ducted rotors instead of wheels, which originates from a design abandoned in the 1960s because of stability and rollover problems. The aerospace firm [...]

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