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Before J.F. Daniell develops a much improved battery, the devices were impractical and downright dangerous. His innovations enable the telegraph and other technology to take off.
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Shortly after the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the new organization sent 100 photographers out to document the human and natural environments. After a lively few years, the Documerica project was canceled and the photos were archived. Now, this incredible portrait of America in the mid-1970s is making its way onto Flickr.
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Out with the CD, in with USB drives, maybe in the form of a cassette tape or spork?
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With a 45,000-foot cruising altitude, the world's biggest airborne telescope will begin collecting data this spring.
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With 3-D making a comeback, it's time to dig into Hollywood's history and excavate other cinematic technology that was groundbreaking for its time.
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Minnesota seeks to distinguish itself in the increasingly reality TV-esque race to convince Google to build a high-speed fiber optic network there with a video featuring junior US Senator (and former comedian) Al Franken. It's funny stuff, but also serious business as Google shakes up the notoriously uncompetitive ISP business just by showing up.
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The key to your health may be the feedback loop that a lot of new health data-gathering gadgets can create. It's like a game where your stats are the score, and a better score means better health.
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A co-conspirator in the TJX hack was sentenced Thursday to 3 years and 10 months in prison for laundering money on behalf of TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez.
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After a second jury is hopelessly deadlocked, hate blogger Hal Turner is granted a another mistrial in the government's quest to imprison him on accusations he threatened to "kill" judges.
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Quantum systems may need a little disorder to effectively couple light with matter. The discovery eventually lead to simple quantum computers.
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Real Estate
The Helmsley Carlton House is being sold to a partnership between private-equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Extell Development for about $170 million.
Kennedy Funding, a New Jersey lender to cash-strapped real-estate developers, has plenty of experience going after debtors who fall behind on their payments. But now it's Kennedy's turn to get squeezed.
With European property markets beginning to recover from the market downturn and global recession, there are signs that the REIT revolution could be at hand.
A handful of investors dug to the bottom of the discount bin and snapped up General Growth's convertible bonds at three cents on the dollar. They now trade at 103 cents.
Forty thousand more hotel rooms on the Continent would have Marriott brand names in the next few years under the company's plan.
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