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Infinite Jukebox plays your favorite songs forever

Infinite Jukebox plays your favorite songs forever | Science News | Scoop.it


You know those songs that you love so much that you cry because they're over? Well, cry no more with the Inifinite Jukebox by Paul Lamere. Inspired by Infinite Gangnam Style, the Infinite Jukebox lets you upload a song, and it'll figure out how to cut the beats and piece them back together for a version of that song that goes forever.

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[VIDEO] Ninja Blocks Pitch

Each Ninja Block is a powerful mini computer with a built-in accelerometer and thermometer complete with multiple USB ports and an ethernet port to connect the physical world to a host of web services.

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Can an app help you craft the perfect dream?

Can an app help you craft the perfect dream? | Science News | Scoop.it

Whether it is a stroll on the beach, sitting in a tranquil garden or a trip in the space shuttle researchers are testing a new iPhone app in a mass experiment to see if it is possible to craft the perfect dream.

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Researchers Say Facebook Could Be Used to Detect Friends with STDs

Researchers Say Facebook Could Be Used to Detect Friends with STDs | Science News | Scoop.it
Facebook and other social network sites may soon have an app that can determine which one of its users has what sort of sexually transmitted disease, according to researchers.
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Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone | Popular Science

Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it

Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can take a look at it for you and let you know if it does in fact harbor any E. coli bacteria.

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Concert 2021: Will Live Music Be Like This in the Future?

Concert 2021: Will Live Music Be Like This in the Future? | Science News | Scoop.it

In one possible dystopian future, a single ticketing company has come to dominate the live music space to the point that concertgoers have no choice but to attend virtually.

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Software Tells Politicians What People Really Want

Software Tells Politicians What People Really Want | Science News | Scoop.it
New software could tell Washington exactly what social network users are really thinking, collectively.
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Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner

Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner | Science News | Scoop.it

Botanicalls Kits let plants reach out for human help! They offer a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates to your mobile phone. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love. It comes as a kit so that you can hone your soldering skills (or teach someone else) while you build a line of communication between you and your houseplant!
This kit comes with everything you need to get your plant tweeting in no time. The ATmega328 comes pre-programmed, but you can customize it with your own messages. The only thing you need to provide is a plant, network connection (and ethernet cable), and a power outlet.

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Plants 'talk' to owners via app

Plants 'talk' to owners via app | Science News | Scoop.it
A wi-fi sensor on a plant allows owners to find out via an app exactly how much water and light it requires. (Talking plants...
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Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones

Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones | Science News | Scoop.it

It gives the term skeleton key a whole new meaning: a prototype system from AT&T Labs that beams a unique vibration through a user’s bones to be picked up by a receiver in a door handle, automatically unlocking the door at the touch of the handle. Using piezoelectric transducers, the system could someday be embedded in smartphones or wristwatches to create doors that automatically unlock when the right person touches them and stay firmly dead-bolted when anyone else tries to gain entry.

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Saving Right Whales? There's an App for That

Saving Right Whales? There's an App for That | Science News | Scoop.it
A new app relies on whale calls to help mariners avoid hitting endangered right whales.

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Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub

Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub | Science News | Scoop.it

Two recent grads of the MIT Media Lab, John Kestner and David Carr, had an idea for a handheld device packed with sensors that could email, text or tweet you if your basement was flooding, for example.

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Best time for a coffee break? There's an app for that

Best time for a coffee break? There's an app for that | Science News | Scoop.it
(Medical Xpress) -- Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and soda are the pick-me-ups of choice for many people, but too much caffeine can cause nervousness and sleep problems.
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Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan

Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan | Science News | Scoop.it
The elite forces of the U.S. military think they've found a new way to sway opinion in the Pentagon's preferred directions: a voice-based so...
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Microsoft Does Minority Report

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