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Imagine snapping a panoramic picture from the top of the Empire State Building, then zooming in on a speck to reveal a quarter lying on the sidewalk. That’s the promise of single-shot gigapixel cameras--cameras that shoot images composed of at least one billion pixels, or picture elements
Read More »From iPhones to SciPhones
1. BirdsEye Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdsEye has entries on hundreds of the most frequently seen North American bird species and includes images and bird sounds
Read More »iFive: iPhone 5 NFC, Spacecraft Orbits Mercury, Microsoft Kills Spam, Friendfinder to IPO, Is Groupon Worth $25 Billion?
1. Reports of the demise of wireless payment NFC tech in the upcoming iPhone 5 may be exaggerated: A new rumor has surfaced , purporting to come from an entrepreneur working on a "secret" NFC project, that suggests Apple will indeed support the contact-free system in its new edition. This backs up moves by Apple in January to hire an NFC/RFID expert
Read More »GolfChannel video: Tiger talks Masters, and his game
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Read More »Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Disease
By Ewen Callaway An experimental gene-therapy treatment for Parkinson's disease has eased the movement problems of a small number of patients and raised no major safety concerns.
Read More »Video: Remembering Japan’s nuclear nightmares
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki was 2 years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
Read More »Casey fires 64 to dominate in Tampa
PGT: Paul Casey fires a 7-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead in the delayed Transitions Championship in Tampa.
Read More »LPGA Tour plays for free in U.S. opener
The LPGA Tour found a way to return to the Valley of the Sun and add another U.S. event.
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video
01 / YouTube For transforming itself from Google's folly into a global network.
Read More »Map Reveals Status of Japan’s 54 Nuclear Reactors
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Read More »Tell TODAY: What do you say in awkward situations?
Have you ever found yourself in one of those awkward social situations where you didn’t know what to say? Who hasn’t?
Read More »How Much Spent Nuclear Fuel Does the Fukushima Daiichi Facility Hold?
Helicopters and fire trucks proved unsuccessful at replenishing damaged nuclear fuel pools at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant on Thursday. The spent-fuel pools contain a large amount of radioactive material that is not contained as well as that in the reactor cores. And although information has been spotty, nuclear experts worry that this fuel--which should be submerged in circulating water to keep it from overheating--has been at least partly exposed in the pools belonging to reactors Nos.
Read More »Lara, Dodd lead at Sicilian Open
Jose Manuel Lara of Spain overcame an early double bogey to finish tied for the lead with Welshman Stephen Dodd on the opening day of the Sicilian Open.
Read More »New York Times Releases Digital Subscriptions on Apple’s Terms, Print Still Cheaper
The long-awaited New York Times digital subscriptions paywall has been revealed and, at first glance, it seems to be exactly how Apple would like it to be. Print purists will be pleased it's more expensive than the paper edition.
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