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In Soviet Russia, Chefs Will Use Lasers, Not Knives
In the future we may no longer need knives in the kitchen, at least not food prep knives. That is the idea behind the “Innnovative Laser Device for Cutting of Foodstuff” — entered by a Russian design student into this year’s James Dyson Award competition for problem-solving inventions.
Giz Explains: What Do Those Mysterious Lumps On Your Cables Do?
You have some sense of what the wires going to and from your computer do. Some bring power; others transmit information from one device to another. But some of these cables look a bit…off.
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Gates, Myhrvold To Patent Crazy Electromagnetic Combustion Engine
Bill Gates may love his Ford Focus, but he’s got plans to improve on age-old combustion, applying—along with Nathan Myhrvold and others from the Intellectual Ventures gang—to patent a smart engine with electromagnetic pistons.























