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3D printing is something that is already possible, but those printers are currently commercial-only solutions with the absolute cheapest coming in at a little over $10,000. In late 2013, we can expect the technology to significantly drop in price to the point where it will enter the consumer market. So how does it work? The material is gradually deposited through a controlled nozzle, layer by layer, building up to a fully formed product, made of plastic or metal. Imagine being able to draw a case for your phone in Photoshop then printing out!

There are few ways to accomplish it, but I’ll show you the best and easiest. Before we go any further though, you’ll need to be using either Google Chrome or Firefox as your internet browser. Both are today’s fastest and most popular browsers. You should already be using one of them, even if you decide not to change the look of Facebook. Changing your Facebook theme with Stylish Stylish is a browser extension that really sets itself apart from the competition for a number of reasons. It’s highly customizable, there’s a lot of themes available, it’s easy to use, and it can also be used to change the look of many other popular sites including YouTube, Twitter, MySpace and Google, should you wish to do so. Using Stylish in Google Chrome STEP 1 – First you will need to install the Stylish extension from the Chrome Web Store. Just click the “Add To Chrome” button as shown in the picture bellow. A confirmation box will appear, click “add”. STEP 2 – You’ll now see a little button with the le...

In the very near future your smartphone, tablet, or potentially your HDTV will be even more flexible than they are today – quite literally! Flexible screens are something that a lot of us have already read about after concep t models were showcased at CES 2012. However, Samsung is expected to unveil flexible display technology at CES later this year that’s a lot closer in terms of technical specifications to what we’re currently using in our smartphones. The rumour mill has it that we’ll be seeing a flexible display of 5.5-inches with a high definition resolution of 1280 x 720 (267 PPI). It is believed that the technology is currently without a touch-screen lens at present, which leaves some doubt as to whether it can be realistically used in place of current technology inside of 2013, unless Samsung has something up its sleeve that is. More on:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Technology/234012196726829

Mixing up your left and right earphones might be one of the most minor annoyances in modern life, but think of the precious few seconds you'd save if it didn't happen. Such stress-free lis tening could be just around the corner, thanks to researchers at the Igarashi Design Interfaces Project in Tokyo, Japan, who have come up with a pair of "Universal Earphones" that automatically switch audio channels when placed in the wrong ear. Ensuring the correct stereo match is important for audiophiles who want to hear music as it was originally mixed, as well as film buffs or gamers who enjoy 3D sound to go with their on-screen visuals. It turns out that ear side detection is surprisingly simple, thanks to a proximity sensor attached to one earphone that measures the distance to your ear. Place the earphone on the right and the sensor points to the back of your head, detecting the ear behind it, while swapping to the left ear means the sensor points in front of you into t...

Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is  not the terminal event we think. One well-known aspect of quantum physics is that certain observations cannot be predicted absolutely. Instead, there is a range of possible observations each with a different probability. One mainstream explanation, the “many-worlds” interpretation, states that each of these possible observations corresponds to a different universe (the ‘multiverse’). A new scientific theory – called biocentrism – refines these ideas. There are an infinite number of universes, and everything that could possibly happen occurs in some universe. Death does not exist in any real sense in these scenarios. All possible universes exist simultaneously, regardless of what happens in any of them. Although individual bodies are destined to self-destruct, the alive feeling – the ...

Measurements of the chemical composition of Moon rocks suggest that Earth was born with its water already present, rather than having the precious liquid delivered several hundred million years l ater by comets or asteroids. And in finding a common origin for the water on Earth and the Moon, the results highlight a puzzle over the leading theory for the formation of Earth's satellite. Geochemist Alberto Saal of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and his colleagues built on recent studies, including their own, that have revealed a substantial amount of water in the Moon’s interior. To find the source of the water, the team relied on a chemical fingerprint — the relative amounts of hydrogen and deuterium, a hydrogen isotope that has one extra neutron in its atomic nucleus. In investigating primitive lunar samples carried to Earth by the Apollo 15 and 17 missions, the team found a deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio that matched the isotopic ratio in carbonaceous chondrites, ...

SAN FRANCISCO—This incredibly detailed 360-degree view of Earth at night was unveiled during a December 5 presentation at the American Geophysical Union conference. NASA stitched together  two months of imagery taken by the new Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite to create a completely cloud-free view of the nighttime planet. The resolution of VIIRS is six times finer than any previous light-sensing satellite. VIIRS can discern not just city lights but also light from industrial sites, fires, gas flares and boats at sea. NASA and NOAA have begun testing a long list of applications that the satellite will make possible. The observatory will help to improve weather forecasts by mapping nighttime cloud cover; track the movement of wildfires at night; and chart ice, snow and clouds across the Arctic during the long dark winter.