Daily Archives: 07.01.2015

Absolutely Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Airplane Controls

By Tim Morgan, Commercial Pilot – Quora

Absolutely Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Airplane Controls

All of them? If you’re talking about a commercial airliner, then there’s hundreds and hundreds. There are big, fat manuals describing what they all do. But, since you asked, buckle up.

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Spin Master’s Meccanoid G15 KS Will Let You Build Your Own Johnny Five

By Andrew Liszewski

Spin Master's Meccanoid G15 KS Will Let You Build Your Own Johnny Five

If you were a child of the ’80s, at some point in your life you saw the movie Short Circuit and realized that a sass-talking robot would be far superior to the friends you had at school. And with its new Meccanoid G15 KS building kit, Spin Master will finally let you build and program your own robotic sidekick, complete with whatever sarcastic comments you want it to say.

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This Crazy Machine Wants to Be a ​Keurig For Complete Meals

By Andrew Liszewski

This Crazy Machine Wants to Be a ​Keurig For Complete Meals

Say what you will about the quality of coffee that comes out of pod-based machines like the Keurig, the machines have caught on like wildfire. They’re fast, they’re easy to use, and you can instantly brew up almost flavor or type of coffee you like. And soon, dinner prep might be just as easy as using a Keurig machine, if the ambitious creators of the Cooki are able to make their machine a reality.

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Self-lacing ‘Back to the Future’ shoes still due this year, says Nike designer

By Amanda Kooser Nike designer Tinker Hatfield says the shoe giant still expects to deliver Nike Mag shoes with “power laces” before the year is out.
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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/421839a0/sc/4/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cpower0Elacing0Eback0Eto0Ethe0Efuture0Eshoes0Estill0Edue0Ein0E20A150Esays0Enike0Edesigner0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

Self-lacing ‘Back to the Future’ shoes still due this year, says Nike designer

By Amanda Kooser Nike designer Tinker Hatfield says the shoe giant still expects to deliver Nike Mag shoes with “power laces” before the year is out.
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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/421839a0/sc/4/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cpower0Elacing0Eback0Eto0Ethe0Efuture0Eshoes0Estill0Edue0Ein0E20A150Esays0Enike0Edesigner0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

An Extra-Long MicroUSB Tip Lets This Flash Drive Circumvent Phone Cases

By Andrew Liszewski

An Extra-Long MicroUSB Tip Lets This Flash Drive Circumvent Phone Cases

If you’re OK with doubling the thickness of your svelte Android smartphone with a chunky case, you’ve probably realized that the myriad of OTG microUSB flash drives out there won’t actually attach to the bottom of your device. So SanDisk is throwing a bone to those of you paranoid about breaking your phone with a new USB 3.0 flash drive featuring a cartoonishly-long microUSB port that can reach past the thickest case.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/-aP3lCtUufw/an-extra-long-microusb-tip-lets-this-flash-drive-circum-1678032374

      

NASA Is Sending This Little Bot to Explore Inside a Volcano

By Sarah Zhang

NASA Is Sending This Little Bot to Explore Inside a Volcano

When volcanoes erupt, magma usually comes pouring out of fissures—deep, narrow crevices that plunge into the Earth. But fissures are difficult for clumsy humans to explore, even when the volcano is inactive. Enter …

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