Category: Gadget

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Xerox Photocopiers Can Now Translate Whatever You’re Copying

Thanks to the paperless office that will never arrive, you can still find photocopiers in almost any corporate setting. They’re a necessary hassle, but Xerox is making its machines slightly less of a burden to have around with new functionality...
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A Matchbook Full of Tiny Disposable Flashlights Is a Brilliant Emergency Tool

Matches are a great way to start a fire when you don’t want to rub a bunch of sticks together, but their short burn time makes them terrible when you just need a little light. Here’s a better idea: a...
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The Nightmare That Is Backing Up a Huge Trailer Just Got Easier

Backing into a parking spot is an impossible challenge for many drivers. How about backing up while also towing a trailer? That could get at least a little easier with a nifty feature on the upcoming 2017 Ford Super Duty...
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Samsung Says Its New S7 Is Waterproof, So We Threw It in a Fish Tank

The best part about the big bold claims tech companies make about their products? You get to test those claims. Which is why we abandoned a Samsung S7 to a fish tank for a little over thirty minutes in this...
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In a Past Life, Domino’s Delivery Bot Was a Rolling Practice Target for the Military

Their new gigs might not pay any better, but the robots powering Domino’s pizza delivery bots must be happy about their recent promotions. Because in a past life, they served as moving practice targets for military smart-shooters using live ammunition......
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New Realtime 3D Modeling Can Turn You Into Any Celebrity on Camera

A university research team recently developed a new method for real-time facial reenactment that works with a regular web camera, overcoming several challenges in computer vision technology. It’s also creepy as hell. In a paper, the researchers lay out s...
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Giant Multi-Headed 3D Printer Can Create Massive Objects in One Pass

The trade-off of an affordable 3D printer is that they’re usually small and can only produce small objects. To make something big, you have to break it down into smaller parts first. But Autodesk has come up with a better...
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We Made Our Co-Workers Finger the LG G5’s Magic Slot

LG’s new G5 is a shiny metal phone from the future. One of the reasons we love it is the removable expansion slot that lets you trick out the phone with add-ons. But is the thing actually easy to remove?...
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Tesla Is Using Google Glass to Build Cars Better

Google Glass has thus far been a flop for regular people doing normal things. But for more boring tasks enhancing productivity and increasing profit, there’s still promise. A report from Electrek claims that Tesla is using the new Enterprise Edition...
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Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

iRobot’s Roomba vacuum cleaners are about the closest thing you can get to having a real Star Wars droid at home. In fact, many Roomba owners are happy to pretend their robovac is just a shorter version of R2-D2 while...
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