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Engadget Podcast 223 - 12.31.2010

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

What are you doing tonight? How about..................listening to all 100 minutes of the 2010 wrap-up edition of the Engadget Podcast? The Engadget Podcasters reminisce and predict as we peer into the void of yet another year of exciting and flawed technology. They just keep coming, and rest assured -- we'll just keep podcasting.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: 99 Luftballoons

14:30 - Engadget's biggest stories of 2010

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Engadget Podcast 223 - 12.31.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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21 National Monuments Under Construction [Architecture]

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

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Lady Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge—they didn't just appear there one day. Here's a look at what some of America's greatest monuments looked like before they became the iconic images we know today. More »

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Reserve Power: Paper 2010, The Inkgadget Review

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

Over the past two weeks we've been incorporating a lightweight flexible technology into our workflow. Usually, of course, just about everything we write is routed through a processor, operating system and application and immediately reflected on an LCD using some multitasking user interface. However, we have been seeking a way to organize to-do lists on a separate display so that they are not lost in the course of a day's work or taking up undue screen real estate. As it happens, we were invited to an exclusive press event extolling the latest version of paper.

Paper is a thin, foldable substance that can accommodate a wide array of styli to produce words and graphics. The catch is that, much like printer cartridges, these styli must be refilled with ink or replaced. But there is a wide ecosystem of these devices that are broadly available.

The developers of paper have really put a lot of forethought into a wide array of uses. The tool has almost no learning curve and data entry is so simple that young children will have no problems mastering its basics. Paper yields high contrast when used with the appropriate ink and consumes no power. And, simply put, there is no display on the market that can fold as flexibly as paper, allowing us to slip a small sheet imperceptibly into a shirt pocket or wallet.

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Reserve Power: Paper 2010, The Inkgadget Review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BRING IT, 2011! HAAAAAAAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Cool Stuff, Interesting News

Well folks, it's officially the second to last new year before the apocalypse. Let's go ahead and make it a good one, k? Gosh, looking back, 2010 was filled with so many amazing new experiences! Just kidding, I got drunk at the same bar everyday trying to erase my memory. I think it's finally starting to work! Everybody have fun tonight BUT BE SAFE. Read: get a cab. Also, wrap it up before having sex in the back. The last thing you need is a New Year's baby cartwheeling out of your vagina/your girlfriend's vagina/your wife's vagina/your boyfriend's butt come October. Trust me. You already missed the window to have a child born on my birthday, so you might as well wait till next year. Then the world'll end and it won't matter anyways! And if it doesn't, well, don't come looking to me for child support. I can barely afford my own vaccines and adult diapers. HAPPY NEW YEAR, SEE YOU IN 2011! (2050 if my time machine works and I decide to murder the future you) Suck it, 2010 -- let's do this thing! Your Geekologie Writer

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This Is the Best of Lifehacker 2010 [Best Of 2010]

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Uncategorized

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2010 was a huge year at Lifehacker, and we spent the month looking back at the biggest and best posts of the year. Here's one last look back at the best of 2010 in case you missed anything along the way. More »

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Device may stop dengue fever by slaughtering pregnant mosquitos [Madscience]

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

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Put this one in the "We'd feel bad about it if they were mammals" files. With dengue fever infections on the rise and two fifths of the world's population at risk, scientists devise a scent trap that kills pregnant mosquitos. More »

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The Best Science of the Year [Bestof2010]

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

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2010 was a great year for Science. NASA's space plane (and the Dolly lineage) were resurrected while a ~~secret laboratory~~ Neturino observatory was built under the South Pole. Check out our best science stories of the year! More »

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FTA awards $16.6 million in grants for fuel cell bus research

Posted by Ry on Dec 31 2010 | Technology

While we were jealously hung up on South Korea's working electric bus system, Christmas apparently came early for a couple of lucky US fuel cell bus research projects -- in the form of $16.6 million in Federal Transit Administration grants. Pasadena based Calstart snagged almost $10.2 million and will funnel 70 percent of the funds to developing the first phase of a low-cost, longer lasting fuel cell power system. Calstart will then spend its remaining $2.9 million in partnership with the Chicago Regional Transit Authority to develop and test the viability of fuel cell bus fleets in cold climates. The Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta was the other project to hit the federal money gravy train. It received a hefty $6.4 million to spread across six different projects that dabble in everything from developing fast-charging 35-foot fuel cell buses, to similar lithium ion versions, to improving existing hybrid bus platforms. Federal pork for fuel cell DSLR development regrettably missed the cut. For the full scoop hit up the press release after the break.

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FTA awards $16.6 million in grants for fuel cell bus research originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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