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Japanese researchers are one step closer to an extraordinary discovery that could make common books end up in museums while playing with the popularity of tablets and other high-tech gadgets. Their finding has also more than a few environmental benefits. Kohei Tsuji and Akira Wakita from Keio University in Japan th... |
21 December 2011
03:06 GMT |
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We wrote yesterday about the new Kyobo e-reader, but people may have missed it or skipped over it because they didn't know just how big a player it could turn into.
This is the world's first Android device to use the Mirasol display, which captures ambient light and uses it to create color the same way bu... |
23 November 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Nintendo has just presented yet another color for its 3DS handheld console, called 'Ice White' which goes on sale in its native Japan on November 3.Nintendo made quite a lot of decent efforts in the last few months to spur the sales of its 3DS, cutting the price back in August and offering free games for pe... |
6 October 2011
04:30 GMT |
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Besides confirming quite a lot of games for its 3DS console, Nintendo also detailed some big hardware and software changes that will be arriving for the portable device before the end of the year, including the recently revealed circlepad cradle, a new color option called Misty Pink and the addition of 3D video recor... |
13 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Designed by former Apple employee Bill Nguyen, the man behind Lala.com, Color is a new ambitious project that aims to get people to share photos with one another whenever they’re in close proximity running the app. Albeit rather intrusive, the app warns that you share the information at your own risk. “... |
25 March 2011
05:08 GMT |
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A group of British children in primary school have set up a new record by having their school science project accepted for publication in Biology Letters – an internationally recognized peer-reviewed Royal Society journal.The paper reports new findings in the way that bumblebees perceive colors and patterns, an... |
22 December 2010
09:10 GMT |
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While some e-readers already have color, they use an LCD to achieve it, but E Ink has been working on a new e-paper solution capable of color, one which Hanvon might just be the first to make use of.For those that do not know, E Ink is one of, if not the greatest supplier of electrophoretic displays and was formerly... |
20 December 2010
06:47 GMT |
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A new Queen's University study found, for the first time, that there are differences in the way males and females of the same species of vertebrate see things, and that they use their sight to choose their mates.PhD candidate Shai Sabbah, a Vanier Scholar, and leader of the team, along with his colleagues, studi... |
14 December 2010
05:19 GMT |
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After an “absence” of a few months this summer, Jennifer Aniston is back to work again, shooting scenes for her latest film “Wanderlust” in NYC – and rocking a longer and definitely much lighter ‘do.Fans (and not only) must be well aware that, if there’s anything Aniston gets... |
19 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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While e-readers still haven't surpassed the age of grayscale E Ink displays, this leap in quality appears to be drawing closer, especially now that a certain e-reader seller in China is getting ready to announce what is arguably a “world's first” device.Despite how consumers keep wishing for co... |
8 November 2010
06:08 GMT |
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A new study carried out by Juan Amat, from the Estación Biológica de Doňana in Seville, Spain and colleagues, shows that flamingos add natural color to their feathers during mating season, in order to look their best and attract mates.The researchers observed the Phoenicopterus roseus flamingo in Spain,... |
25 October 2010
11:16 GMT |
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Not too long ago, Amazon unveiled its latest iteration of the Kindle e-reader, and Sony even said it wouldn't engage in a price war with its rival because it prefers to not sacrifice functionality in favor of affordability. Neither of the two, however, have actually come very close to the goal of providing a sui... |
30 July 2010
08:33 GMT |
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ColorWare, a company focusing on gadget customization, is now offering its services to iPhone 4 customers who may want to add a splash of color to their device. Notably, ColorWare doesn’t just give iPhone 4 a spray and off-it-goes, but actually paints individual parts in different colors, to achieve a trul... |
14 July 2010
11:02 GMT |
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Though critics were quick to label her latest studio material, “Bionic,” a flop for underperforming in the charts, Christina Aguilera continues to promote it and has consequently started working on a new video, for her second single off it, the ballad “You Lost Me.” On the occasion, the singer... |
2 July 2010
15:31 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Softpedia was happy to inform its readers that developer Vais Salikhov had created an iPhone application that added a "find in page" feature to the iPhone’s web browser. Appropriately called "Find in Page," the app earned Softpedia’s respect, which is why we went and had a look at othe... |
5 March 2010
10:57 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 has received several other controllers along the years, besides the standard black and white models. Now, it looks like a brand-new set of clothes will come for the device. Appearing only in the GameStop schedule, Microsoft seems to be preparing a red and black controller for the Xbox, expected to become... |
23 September 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Blondes have more fun and brunettes are usually seen as more intelligent, these are two of the stereotypes that still stand as regards the color of a woman’s hair. Until just recently, redheads were believed to be the most passionate of the lot but, as it turns out, they’re not just that, as they’re... |
14 August 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Acuity is one of the handful of free iPhone apps I've had the pleasure of testing this week. Developed by a company called Intellicore, Acuity is a powerful questionnaire-based application that can accurately tell you whether or not you have good eye sight. Ever had the impression you might have trouble distingu... |
12 May 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Man has always been fascinated with the age-old question of whether blondes really do have more fun than brunettes. Sadly, given the economic downturn, an answer to that is no longer needed, since more and more women with blonde hair choose to darken their locks to be taken seriously at the workplace and, at the same... |
19 March 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Once Apple's store was back online, the new silver iPod shuffle was not that observable at first. However, the more colorful old shuffles were listed as “still available,” catching our eye. We then realized Apple had introduced a new iPod. As we headed over to the main Apple web site, the mystery was... |
11 March 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Apple has released an update to Color, the company's professional color grading application and part of the Final Cut Studio professional video and audio production suite developed by Apple for Mac OS X.On the Mac segment of its web site, Apple reveals that the part adding color to Final Cut Studio 2 has reached... |
9 March 2009
07:30 GMT |
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It’s not unusual for a woman to want to do something for herself after a bad breakup. Be it going shopping or getting a pedicure, a woman needs, and should get some time on her own after splitting from her man – even psychologists know this and recommend it. Garnier Nutrisse now reveals in a new study tha... |
2 February 2009
07:57 GMT |
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If you're a shooter fan, then you might have noticed that in recent games, particularly the ones that use the Unreal Engine, there aren't quite a lot of colors present. Usually it seems that gray and almost all of its shades are used in order to paint the environment, as developers claim that they do such a... |
13 January 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Despite the fact that there are thousands of magazines out there telling us about the new pastel colors or strong, almost incandescent shades that are causing hysteria on the catwalks, black is undeniably the color of fashion. We may buy new clothes in pink, purple, or whatever other shade the industry tells us is tr... |
6 January 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Brown University researchers, scientist Michael J. Tarr, a Fox professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences at the University, and graduate student Adrian Nestor, discovered that men have more red pigment on their faces, whereas women tend to have more green. The d... |
8 December 2008
20:01 GMT |
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Finding the right color for the perfect color scheme is never easy. Most of the applications provide a color browser window by default, but if you are a web developer, what you need are the HEX, RGB and HSL color values. And if you have already found the color but you still have to experience in order to get the corr... |
12 November 2008
02:41 GMT |
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With NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX, all bringing their HD content to the iTunes Store, what else could possibly sound better than Apple's set-top-box hooked up to Mitsubishi's laser-enabled flat TV set?Mitsubishi, as some of you may know, announced earlier this year a revolutionary TV set, called LaserVue. As its n... |
30 October 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Known by the original name of “Madonna del Cardellino”, Rafael's 107 by 77 cm (42 by 30 inches) painting is perhaps one of the masterpieces with the most violent past. But now it is safe and sound thanks to the joined efforts of a large number of technicians from the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure in Flo... |
28 October 2008
06:19 GMT |
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The milestone of 25% efficiency for solar cells has now been reached by the researchers from the ARC Photovoltaic Center of Excellence at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Kensington, Australia. Actually, it's not a new product or technology used for silicon solar cells that has enabled them to break t... |
24 October 2008
10:35 GMT |
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iPod shuffle, “the world’s most wearable music player,” is now available in new vibrant blue, green, pink, and red color versions. Apple decided to put the old color models behind it, as they were starting to look a little pale, what with “nano-chromatic” out in the wild.Apple's sim... |
11 September 2008
08:35 GMT |
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Together with the N85 dual-slider, Nokia has also presented today the N79, its other new Nseries smartphone. This one comes in a candybar form factor, looking like a mix between the N78 and N82 models (which are both available for purchase). While the N85 will be available in only one color version (black), Nokia w... |
26 August 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Most of you might not know this, but 3-D glasses have actually been around ever since the 1920s, reaching their peak of popularity throughout the 1950s. They are still in use even today, although not as much as they used to be. 3-D glasses rely on a technique known as stereoscopic imaging, in which 2-dimensional imag... |
24 July 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Want to win a contest against an equally skilled opponent? Wear red clothing! That should give you a satisfactory advantage. During a study destined to establish how humans perceive the color red in certain situations, Norbert Hagemann of the University of Munster discovered that referees are more likely to unwilling... |
10 July 2008
11:03 GMT |
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The bow-tie blouse is yet another mark of the latest fashion trend for women - the gender bending boyfriend-dressing trend. Its name basically says it all, and we ladies know very well what that's all about, given that we've all asked ourselves at some point "do I look good wearing his shirt"? The answer to... |
24 May 2008
05:25 GMT |
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Blue or almost black, slate-gray, golden or violet or fainted green. Our eye color depends on that of our parents or grandparents. This is one of the strictest genetically inherited traits. No matter the hues, eyes are divided in two types depending on their color: dark (brown or black) and light (blue or green). The... |
4 April 2008
21:21 GMT |
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Although today is April Fools' Day, not all the unusual news let loose on the Web in this period are jokes. Engadget, a popular tech-oriented website, member of Weblogs, Inc., yesterday posted an article (click here to view it) in which it's said that T-Mobile, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and well-known ... |
1 April 2008
11:04 GMT |
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Which is the most powerful creature in the world? You may think of the largest beasts, like elephants or whales, but the Hercules Beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world, can pull a weight up to 850 times its own weight. Can you imagine a lion dragging a 180-tonne blue whale? But the creature has even more tr... |
12 March 2008
06:31 GMT |
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The rose is by far the flower most charged of symbolism and meaning. 25 Ma years old petrified fossils of roses (Rosa sp) have been found. The oldest known human representation of a flower is that of a rose. It appears on a silver medal found in a tomb from the Altay Mountains region (southern Siberia) and it seems t... |
29 February 2008
09:46 GMT |
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It is simplistic to differentiate people in races based on the skin tones. What we call Blacks can be separated in many races, equally or not related between them and other races; the term White is misleading too. In the case of the so-called Mongoloid race, skin tones vary significantly. But no matter what, skin col... |
27 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Just finished writing about a too-good-to-be-true story and while this here image would have you thinking the same thing, I can assure you that this is not the case. You can indeed pimp out your MacBook Air to look like the one in the image to the left, or even better, but it's gonna cost you. Oh, it's gonn... |
19 February 2008
07:02 GMT |
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Colors have various physical and psychical influences on the body, and they can manipulate our mood. A common rule says an individual prefers the light wavelength (colors are nothing more than different values of the light wavelengths) retrieved in its energetic structure. Different energetic structure are impacted d... |
5 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Light clearly influences human behavior. But the white light we see around is made of a ROY G. BIVspectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). Other colors are hues of these ones. Each color represents a radiation of a specific wavelength with different molecular effects. Chromotherapy attempts to bal... |
4 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Researchers from University of Rochester have turned aluminum gold just with the help of a laser, meaning they changed its color into gold. Not only that, but they have been able to recreate a series of other colors in several other metals such as platinum, tungsten and gold. Almost one year before, Chunlei Guo had d... |
1 February 2008
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Nature played with one of our ancestors, and it caused the blue eye color to appear; and now, women are in love with the blue eyes of Brad Pitt and men with those of Kristanna Loken. And that ancestor lived 6,000-10,000 years ago, as found by a research carried out at the University of Copenhagen. "Originally, we all... |
31 January 2008
03:46 GMT |
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There is a widespread opinion that the chameleon changes its color in order to imitate the environment, as a defense against predators. Those jerks at work, or anywhere, who shift their behavior in accordance to their interests are compared to a chameleon, but this does not happen in the case of the animal. These liz... |
29 January 2008
04:33 GMT |
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We already knew this without science. But science now has just proven it: hot males can have more sex. Especially if they are from the ambush bug species. These predatory bugs are famous for their color pattern that camouflage the insects against flowers. This way they can lie in wait to ambush insects stopping on th... |
27 December 2007
17:06 GMT |
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First humans might have been black, but once they started the migration out of Africa about 100,000 years ago, their skin color gradually paled, in the new colder climes. 10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, marine stickleback fish started to colonize lakes and streams in Europe, Asia and North America, and t... |
14 December 2007
14:11 GMT |
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This end of the year was bombed by some fashion games. Usually we barely have one/year, but not now. Anyway, from games like Fashion Fits, Fab Fashion, Fashion Story and others I chose Fashion Craze.First, because I thought that it is a little tiny bit different than the others and second I liked the graphics better.... |
7 December 2007
08:57 GMT |
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We all know that the colors impact the human mood. No wonder that along the history, people gave textiles a color by dyeing them. And the search has been always for more resistant pigments, so that the color of our clothes will not fade in time. Till the middle of the 19th century, colorants employed for dyeing the f... |
27 November 2007
09:49 GMT |
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You must be very familiar with the old style YouTube player and by now you must have come to terms with it and perhaps even love it (not the marriage type of love, let's get things straight). It was like an old dear friend you knew you could rely on to be there and support you whenever you needed him to do somet... |
13 November 2007
08:31 GMT |
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