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  • New GEICO App takes everything you love about GEICO and makes it mobile

    New GEICO App takes everything you love about GEICO and makes it mobile

    Posted on November 16, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Shrimp shells may be used to repair spinal injuries, glass can help rebuild bone

    Shrimp shells may be used to repair spinal injuries, glass can help rebuild bone

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    A report released in the Journal of Experiment Biology today talked about how scientists have discovered a way to use chitosan to repair nerve damage. Keep in mind that chitosan is a material made from the shells of shrimp, and is not that far from the shells of insects.

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  • LTE Connected Car redefines the ‘mobile’ in mobile broadband (video)

    LTE Connected Car redefines the ‘mobile’ in mobile broadband (video)

    Posted on November 6, 2009 | No Comments

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    If you think cellphones have become overbearingly complex, look away now. A partnership of tech companies and content providers, known as the ng Connect Program, has revealed a prototype "LTE Connected Car," which, as you might surmise, combines 4G mobile broadband connectivity with a bunch of cloud-sourced facilities, such as video on demand, audio libraries, and multiplayer gaming. It can also serve as a Wi-Fi hotspot, connect directly to home automation or monitoring systems, and probably cook you scrambled eggs if you ask nicely. A Toyota Prius serves as the guinea pig for this new concept, and we've got video of the whole shebang after the break.

    Read - ng Connect Program Puts Connectivity in the Fast Lane with the LTE Connected Car Concept Vehicle
    Read - ng Connect Program Reveals the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Connected Car

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  • The big Xbox 360 Dashboard update is waiting for you

    The big Xbox 360 Dashboard update is waiting for you

    Posted on August 11, 2009 | No Comments
    When you get home from work today, or get out of bed, the Xbox 360 Dashboard update will be ready to go. (I'm holding out on updating for a few days; I'm no man's guinea pig!) It's pretty exciting.

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  • Blast from the Past: Robotic tattoo machine running Palm OS [Update]

    Blast from the Past: Robotic tattoo machine running Palm OS [Update]

    Posted on June 25, 2009 | No Comments
    This is probably the oldest bit of news you’ll ever see get posted on CrunchGear, but I came across this today and just had to share. See, it’s a robotic tattoo machine that’s being powered by a Palm IIIxe (maybe?) that’s simply running Palm OS. Update: We now have video of the tattoo machine in action.

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