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Popular Science: Here's How Police Officers Can Seize Your Money Electronically
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 2:05pm | 224Read More...According to Popular Science, police officers in Oklahoma are using a device that can seize money from prepaid credit, debit and gift cards by using Electronic Recovery and Access to Data (ERAD) card readers. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported that it is uncommon for criminals to be...
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Scary Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Chase Humans to West Virginia
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 2:38pm | 618Read More...When terrified, people will go anywhere and do anything. According to the BBC (via Popular Science), dozens of Americans have “flocked” to the town of Green Bank, West Virginia. To put this story into perspective, let's take a look at the specifics of what BBC had to say: Diane Schou is unable...
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Domino's Pizza Coming to Outer Space?
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 2:12pm | 281Read More...Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) hopes to grow beyond its international efforts. Waaaay beyond. In an announcement that Popular Science jokes will never come true, Domino's Japanese branch has announced that it is “driving forward” with its plans to open a store on the moon. The concept images (taken...
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How'd You Like to Store 24 Billion MP3s?
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 9:31am | 278Read More...IBM is building a new data drive that will allow its buyer to do just that. The client has not been announced, but according to Technology Review (via Popular Science), IBM (NYSE: IBM) is constructing a data storage array that will consist of 200,000 individual (interlaced) hard drives. When...
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Your Box of Girl Scout Cookies Could be Worth $15 Billion
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 10:55am | 394Read More...Proof that you can never have enough baked goods. In a strange turn of events, researchers at Rice University discovered that a box of Girl Scout Cookies (among other things) can be turned into graphene. If you think this is too good to be true, then get this: one box of Girl Scout Cookies could...
