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	These Smartshoes Were Designed to Help the Blind Navigate City Streets
	This is the world's first ever smartshoe called Le Chal. It means "Let's go" in Hindi and it was designed by Anirudh Sharma from MIT's Media Lap, and Krispian Lawrence. They work as haptic navigation devices that you can connect to your smartphone. ...
	Scientists Essentially Create Tractor Beam Using Light to Grab Nanoparticles [VIDEO]
	Is this, in other words a working tractor beam? Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences have come up with optical nanotweezers that use light to move tiny particles in three dimensions. Imagine if this were to be scaled in size! Optica...
	Twitter Can Be Used to Detect HIV Outbreaks in Real-Time
	Researchers from UCLA found that Twitter and other real-time social media can be used to track HIV outbreaks as well as drug behavior. The platforms can be used to potentially help detection and prevention efforts in the future. The team's study is ...
	This Ring Lets You Control Things by Gesturing in the Air [VIDEO]
	Your ring is a piece of jewelry to signify something, or simply to spice up your look. But this ring is different. This Ring gets things done for you. Ring is a project on Kickstarter. It's basically a ring: a chunky silver piece meant to be worn...
	Inspiration Mars Will Slingshot Past Venus and Mars Before Returning to Earth
	A new private mission called Inspiration Mars is planning to be the first manned mission to Mars and BACK. They will accomplish this using a slingshot trajectory to send a spacecraft by Mars and Venus before returning to Earth. The mission is the id...
	Flying is Still The Safest Way to Travel If Airplanes Are Equipped With Missile Deflecting Lasers [VIDEO]
	Flying is still the safest way to travel, statistically speaking. And passengers flying on commercial aircraft traveling to and from Israel will soon feel more secure thanks to an invisible shield made of MUSIC. It stands for MUlti-Spectral Infrare...
	Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Come With $500 in App Subscriptions
	Samsung's Galaxy S5 will be shipping with more than $500 worth of premium app subscriptions and services. The program is dubbed Samsung Galaxy Gifts, and it will include long-term subscriptions to fitness, productivity and lifestyle apps, premium ap...
	This is What Apple CarPlay Looks Like in Action [VIDEO]
	Apple showed off a few screenshots of its CarPlay in-car system earlier but here's a video of it in action. It will turn your car's dashboard into one giant iPhone of sorts. This Volvo demo shows it being used on a larger portrait sized display. Th...
	Microsoft's Latest Ad Shows How They Know Women Just Love Weddings [VIDEO]
	Microsoft's latest effort to zing Apple is pitched to the ladies and it focuses on the fact that Mac Laptops don't have touchscreens. The company decided to explain it in terms of wedding planning, because, you know, ladies love weddings. "It's m...
	Data From Three US Rating Agencies Control the World's Economy [VIDEO]
	Three rating agencies in the US practically control the entire economy. They rate everything from organizations to companies and currencies and give it a score. Sometimes it can be fairly arbitrary and have a massive effect on national economies. A...

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