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  • MIT’s teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you

    MIT’s teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you

    Have you ever wanted to reach out and strangle someone during a conference call? Well now you can. MIT's crazy MeBot is a tiny robot that sits on your desk and moves around, allowing remote communication partners to roam around your office when you're talking to them.

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  • Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Ford and MIT studying driver stress levels

    Your next Ford might have flowers, pastel colors, or calming scents coming from the interior. All of this will be aimed at reducing stress, and allow the driver to better connect with their vehicle.

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  • MIT students build $150 space camera

    MIT students build $150 space camera

    If I had $150 dollars (I don't), I would probably buy a new hard drive. But I'm not MIT quaility. You see, two MIT students decided to spend $150 "to see what the world looked like from the sky." And apparently they didn't want to use this thing called the Internet. So they assembled a contraption made up of a weather balloon, helium, Styrofoam cooler, hand warmers, a cell phone, and a camera. Short story: it worked.

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  • Samsung has a new home theater in a box coming at you next month

    Samsung has a new home theater in a box coming at you next month

    This is Samsung's latest 5.1 home theater in a box, the HT-BD3252. It comes out next month for a cool $799.

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