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Barbie's new career by popular vote: Computer Engineer

But that’s not all! Consumers loudly campaigned for another Barbie® career. The winner of the popular vote is Computer Engineer. Computer Engineer Barbie®, debuting in Winter 2010, inspires a new generation of girls to explore this important high- [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Neato introduces the $399 Roomba Killer - how will it do?

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The Roomba is the reigning champ of the vacuum robot industry. iRobot has sold more than 5 million units in the last seven years and they show no sign of stopping. For those who have never watched one in action, the Roomba doesn’t see where it’s g [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Researcher Creates Strongest Metal Foam Ever

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pongy metal sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, but it’s actually a real material that is capable of absorbing large impacts without damage. Metal foams have been around for some time, but new research by Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei of North Carolina State Uni [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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The NASA Puffin: a one man electric helicopter/plane

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A super-quiet, hover-capable aircraft design, NASA's experimental one-man Puffin could show just how much electric propulsion can transform our ideas of flight. It looks like nothing less than a flying suit or a jet pack with a cockpit. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Lonely AI engineer invents high tech sex doll

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''She can't vacuum, she can't cook, but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean,'' said her inventor, Douglas Hines, of the company TrueCompanion. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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USEFUL

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Transparent toaster sees end of burnt toast

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Engineers have spent 15 years perfecting the £160 Magimix Vision Toaster, which has double insulated clear glass on both sides giving a panoramic view of each slice as it cooks.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Negligence ruling in Katrina floods may cost feds billions

NEW ORLEANS – The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Crazy Or Brilliant? Plan To Build Giant Floating Airport

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San Diego desperately needs a new airport. It has needed one for years. The existing facility, San Diego International, is crowded onto a puny 675 acre parcel. That’s a lovely size for a horse farm, but it’s infinitesimal for an airport serving a  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Students Send Model Airplane to 7,000 Feet

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One of the team, Zouhair Maboubi, launched the first plane, throwing it into the air much like you or I would throw a paper-dart, and it behaved just the same, crashing to the ground a few seconds after launch. The second plane was more successful, an [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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A Manmade Mountain, Covered in Apartments

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Bjarke Ingels Group, a Danish architecture firm, usually just goes by its initials: BIG. Which is fitting, because they're famous for some pretty wild design proposals--including a glittering new design for the City Hall of Tallinn, Estonia and a beau [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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World's most perfect spheres

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These silicon spheres, manufactured by metrologists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) as part of efforts to alleviate dependence on the International Prototype Kilogram, have properties that are as clo [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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This building fell over

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click the link to enter the wonderful world of chinese construction. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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