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Timelapse footage shows the Costa Concordia cruise ship being raised upright off the coast of Tuscany in Italy. Monday’s salvage operation continued into the night, using cables and metal boxes filled with water to roll the ship onto six submerged platforms. 
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Researchers accidentally discovered the world’s thinnest sheet of glass, just two atoms thick.

Their chance finding — now immortalized in the 2014 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, out this week — gives scientists a glimpse into the puzzling properties of glass, which behaves like both a solid and a liquid.
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Already reaching 70 percent of a $100,000 funding goal on Indiegogo, the Hexoskin is a sensor-filled smart shirt that offers significantly more health data than a basic fitness tracker like a Fitbit Flex. For instance, the Hexoskin tracks heart rate, heart rate variability, heart rate recovery, breathing rate, breathing volume, step count, step cadence, calories burned and the intensity of activities. Ideal for anyone that likes a good sweat at the gym, … Read More → "Packed with sensors, Hexoskin shirt replaces wearable fitness trackers"

Colombian artist Diana Beltran Herrera creates exquisite bird sculptures from paper. She’s constructed more than 100 species, all life-size. Her papercraft aviary is currently on display at the Rollins College’s Cornell Fine Arts Museumin Winter Park, Florida.
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The SFGate reports that California governor Jerry Brown signed a new law today that will require internet companies to pull down online activity from their services should a minor make the request. While the law is a step forward it has more than a few … Read More → "New California law will let minors digitally erase their online past"

Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a new technique to rechannel memories while subjects sleep—by blasting them with various odors. It’s like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in Smell-o-Vision.

For the experiment, scientists conditioned patients to be afraid of a certain face by showing them a picture of the face along with a specific smell and then administering an electric shock. Patients would eventually learn to fear not only the image of the face but also the … Read More → "Scientists successfully “erase” fear using scent therapy"

But a new project from Horatio Yuxin Han, a recent graduate of the Pratt Institute, and his professor Kevin Crowley, is totally re-imagining how shoes could be manufactured. Called Unifold, Han used the principles of origami to build a cheap and relatively sturdy pair of shoes.

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The amoeba has a lot in common with a RepRap 3D printer. Why? Amoebas are able to self-replicate, just like a RepRap 3D printer can print parts of itself and essentially create a whole new RepRap machine. The RepRap project, short for “replicating rapid prototype,” was first started in 2005 by British engineer Adrian Bowyer. It has since sprouted into a massive, open-source community of RepRappers who continue to create, innovate and refine with each … Read More → "Here come the 3D-printed 3D printers"

The Federal Aviation Administration will strongly consider relaxing its rules on the use of electronic devices during flights.

The F.A.A. is facing pressure from tech-savvy passengers and the press. The agency is likely to allow digital devices, including e-books, as well as videos and podcasts. However, the ban on making phone calls, and sending text messages, is expected to remain in place.
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