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Electrical fields deemed potentially harmful to your health

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We’ve already heard that electricity could cause all sorts of fatal side effects, and it’s all but conclusive that stray WiFi can warp your brain, but how come magnetic signals are helping people [...]

Electrical fields deemed potentially harmful to your health

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We’ve already heard that electricity could cause all sorts of fatal side effects, and it’s all but conclusive that stray WiFi can warp your brain, but how come magnetic signals are helping people get their lives back together? If you haven’t already guessed, here we have yet another [...]

Conway Stewart Isaac Newton Pen

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The latest limited edition pen from Conway Stewart celebrates Sir Isaac Newton. The pen features hand painting on the cap and barrel of Newton and one of his most famous mathematical theories. The barrel shows the laws of motion and universal gravitation on the barrel and the cap has a likeness of [...]

Ricoh unveils bizhub that understands QR Code

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Here in the US of A, a do-it-all bizhub that cranks out caffeinated beverages would do us a whole lot more good than one that speaks QR Code, but we can certainly see the relevance when marketed in Japan. Ricoh’s uber-snazzy MP C4500it can not only fax, scan, copy, e-mail, and print [...]

340 On The Park

Filed under: Estates
More eco-friendly building news, this time out of Chicago. The development, 340 On The Park, which is nearing completion, is set to be the first residential high-rise in the Midwest scheduled to meet the LEED Silver certification standards of the United States Green Building Council. The 62-story building has floor-to-ceiling windows with lake, [...]

Hoe te vermijden Home Theater Ziekte

Phil Taylor asked: "Wat? - Home Theater Ziekte?", Vraagt u … "My home theater kan maken me ziek?" Het kan als je het allemaal aangesloten, en het ziet er niet uit of het geluid net als je dacht dat het zou of zou moeten zijn. Als u met dumping veel dollars in de nieuwste [...]

NC State researchers working up longevous capacitors

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If being able to recharge your future collection of batteries “a thousand times more” than your existing stockpile sounds enticing, a team of NC State physicists now have your attention. Thanks to their research on the electromechanical properties of the commonly used polymer polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), they have discovered that when combined [...]

Sony Ericsson Bluetooth-less watch

Filed under: Peripherals

Ideal for a slow day here at Engadget Mobile, friends, feast your eyes on the Sony Ericsson watch sans Bluetooth. This little green gem is a perfect example of the type of swag that can be picked on trade show floors, that is, if you speak to the right person. Some people collect [...]

‘Refrigerator-sized’ device to be heaved into space

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If you thought hoisting a giant banana above Texas was outrageous, you may indeed chuckle to learn that a 1,400-pound refrigerator-sized container of ammonia will be jettisoned from the International Space Station next week. On July 23rd, to be precise, Expedition 15 crew member Clayton Anderson will have the, um, privilege of [...]

UK canine equipped with prosthetic paw

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Although we’ve certainly come across prosthetics with names similar to that of a fun-loving canine, we don’t believe we’ve ever seen a pup actually become the receipiant of one. Nevertheless, the Surrey-based Belgian Shepherd (named Storm) had to undergo a leg amputation due to an agreesive tumor, but rather than allowing it [...]