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Seniors May Be As Hooked to Smartphones As Their Grandkids
Ridiculous History: SHOUTY CAPS Are a Much Older Invention Than You Think
The Transforming Gun Meant to Resemble a Smartphone
How to Use a Ring Light (Even If You're Not an Influencer)
What's the Difference Between Raw and JPEG Files?
How to Scrub Identifying Info From Your Digital Pics
Steganography: The Art of Hiding Messages in Plain Sight
Times Science Fiction Movies Accurately Predicted Future Technology
We're Getting Closer to the Quantum Internet, But What Is It?
People Still Use Fax Machines, But, Um, Why?
How Rolex Came to Rule the Wrist
New MIT Headset Can 'Hear' Your Thoughts and Respond
Run, Jump & Climb Your Way Through Our Roblox Quiz
Can You Survive Our Minecraft Quiz?
How Tetris Went From Soviet Mind Game to Smash Hit
How Netflix's Password Crackdown Will Stop Moochers
How to Cancel Netflix
What's the Most-disliked Video on YouTube?
How to Cast to Roku TV
How to Download Music From YouTube
How to Factory Reset Your iPhone
How Walkie-talkies Work
7 Best Ways to Charge Your iPod Without an Outlet
Inside an iPod Image Gallery
Are Burner Phones Really Untraceable?
Gen Z Is Ditching Smartphones for 'Vintage' Flip Phones
Think That's Your Kid Calling for Money? It Could Be a Voice Deepfake
Does Your Home Need a Whole-house Surge Protector?
Inside an Electric Motor
What’s the Difference Between LCD and LED?
Why You Still Can't Make a Cellphone Call on a Flight
5 Myths About Mark Zuckerberg
Top 5 Myths About Bill Gates
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RGB, also known as additive color mixing, represents red, green and blue, the three components essential to any interactive technology we use today.
By Mitch Ryan
Time flies in the age of the internet. How did we ever live without these 10 things?
By John Donovan
We need lithium for electronics and batteries. Global supplies are running short, but domestic supervolcanoes might hold the U.S. lithium motherlode.
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Who's up for a company microchipping party?
Why does a parking garage display a sign saying it's full when it's not, and vice versa?
By Dave Roos
Can such a simple communication technology still be of use? To people in these professions, the answer is yes, even in the 21st century.
As we live out our lives in these modern times we have access to an unprecedented wealth of technology. Things like robot vacuum cleaners, video phones and 3D printers that were considered science fiction just 20 years ago are now commonplace in many developed countries. But even though today’s technology didn’t exist in its precise […] The post 15 Modern Technological Marvels That Have Been Around A Lot Longer Than You Think appeared first on Goliath.
By Wes Walcott
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Remember how amazing it was to cradle your first smartphone in your hand? Kids don't; they've always had them, and they have no idea how to work a flip phone.
If you're reading this, you're using a disruptive technology – one that's completely changed how we do things. In fact, you're using an assortment of these game-changers all the time.
Are you a fan of a certain kind of product or gadget? Well, don't get too attached to it. There's probably a disruptive technology on the horizon that will send that gadget to the dustbin of history.
By Beth Brindle
The modern farm has more in common with Silicon Valley than you might think. Here's a look at some of the top technologies advancing the agriculture industry.
By Chris Opfer
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It sounds like a complicated process doesn't it? But once you remember a little about centrifugal and centripetal forces, you can easily understand the swirling, whirling world of cyclonic separation.
That tube you put your check or deposit slip in at the bank drive-up window is called a pneumatic tube. This was cutting edge 19th-century technology and is still in use today.
We all like our gadgets, especially those that make live easier or just plain fun. Take a look at some of the most sold electronics out there to see if your favorite made the list.
Technology can help cheaters connect with paramours -- but it can also leave a trail that gets them caught. How does our connection to the digital world make it easier to expose infidelity?
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Simple DIY devices can profoundly affect people's lives, improving their health and living conditions. We've gathered 10 homebuilt technologies that can be put together using easy-to-find resources and limited science and engineering know-how.
Touch-screen technology makes navigating devices like smartphones and tablet PCs easy as pie, but there's a dirty downside. Is there a way to avoid the smudges and prints that our fingers leave behind?
5 Ways to extend the life of your household batteries. Learn the 5 ways you can extend the life of household batteries.
Some surge protectors use gas to protect your appliances. Learn about the purpose of a gas discharge arrestor from this article.
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Touch screens are useful, assuming you don't drop and break them, or scratch them up in your pocket or purse. How do you make abuse-resistant glass? Ask Corning.
These days, information is coming at us from all directions -- it can be hard to stay focused on the task at hand. Some say modern communications methods will permanently change the way we think.
The days of the cell phone are numbered. Superior technology has already surpassed it and is now moving on to the next level. Which cutting-edge technologies are here to stay and which are flashes in a pan?
Every year there's a brand new wave of hardware and software that hits the market. Some products go boom, others go bust. As 2009 drew to a close, what technological trends turned out to be the year's biggest hits?
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As electronics become smaller and more functional, you can do more things with fewer devices. But is putting all that technology in one device a good idea?
Your appliances use electricity all day, whether you're there or not. Some manufacturers are helping consumers out by making their electronics more efficient.
By Dave Roos