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  • PhysOrg.com
    Eureka! Kitchen gadget inspires scientist to make more effective plastic
    PhysOrg.com
    This is a cross-section of an organic transistor with vacuum-applied polymer insulator. Credit: HT Yi, et. al., Rutgers University One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a kitchen gadget that vacuum-seals

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  • Chrysler turns to high-tech gizmos to raise workers' skills
    Belleville News Democrat
    By BRENT SNAVELY - Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Chrysler workers are using tools normally found at film animation studios - such as 3D videos and computerized motion sensors - to reshape the way they assemble a car or build an engine.


  • Go-to Kitchen Gadgets
    KEPR 19
    By Jackie Watanabe You could spend hundreds of dollars on kitchen gadgets. How about a crinkle cutter for veggies or goggles for cutting onions? When it comes to cooking, it's a lot easier to get the job done when you have the right tools.

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  • DailyTech
    Gadgets Report: Microsoft Gave Nokia a $250M USD Windows Phone Payday in Q4
    DailyTech
    The story is in the spotlight today after Nokia revealed in an earnings conference call that it had received $250M USD as part of a series of "platform support payments". The revelation pulled back the cloak that Microsoft had been keeping over the

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  • Pentagon Robot Program: Government To Help Bay Area Students Build Tech Gadgets
    Huffington Post
    By Andrew Becker With an eye toward revolutionizing how defense systems and vehicles are made, the Pentagon has tapped a team of Bay Area-based scientists, engineers and hackers to create a program that will enlist California high school students to

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  • New gadgets shown off at electronics show
    Morgan Hill Times
    Each new year brings the introduction of new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And several MHAT-19 members attended this year's show to see the latest in high-tech gadgets. What really stood out at the CES 2012 show was the

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  • Gadgets: cool ski gear from SIA
    9NEWS.com
    KUSA - This edition of Gadgets included items from the SIA Snow Show, one of the largest snowsports trade shows in the world. Gary and Kyle looked spiffy modeling Obermeyer's latest designs. Gary wore the men's Kenai Shell, while Kyle sported the

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  • Cool new kitchen gadgets
    Windsor Star
    By Ted Whipp, The Windsor Star January 25, 2012 8:07 AM Distinctive designs and colours dominate trends in kitchen gadgets, says Joel Beneteau with Williams Food Equipment. He's holding a silicone egg poacher, from Kitchen Basics, $7.99 for two.

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  • The Chosun Ilbo
    Electronic Gadgets Top Items Lost on Subway
    The Chosun Ilbo
    Smartphones, laptops and other electronic gadgets topped the list of items left behind on subway trains in Seoul last year. Some 19842 electronic devices accounted for 23 percent of items left behind, according to Seoul city government statistics on


  • High-tech gizmos need high-tech 12-year-old
    Waterbury Republican American
    BY BILL DUNN | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Well, it's been about a month since Christmas. This year the most popular gifts were electronic gizmos, such as iPhones, Droids, Kindles, flat-screen TVs, Nooks, DVRs, and iPads. (By the way, if you don't recognize