Jun 30 2016
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People of the West Coast, get ready for faster internet. After two years of building, the undersea cable Google…
May 26 2016
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Investing in undersea internet cables has been a big part of data strategy plans for tech giants in recent years.…
May 10 2016
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Nov 5 2013
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Journalist Andrew Blum's deep spelunking tour through the geography of the internet—the crawlspaces and warehouses where the wires and cables really go, the actual, physical "tubes" of international data transfer—is on sale today at Amazon for only $1.99 (the Kindle edition). Consider whispersyncing a copy of your own… Read more
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Aug 14 2013
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You might think of pneumatic tubes as an arcane means of pushing letters around big buildings—but there's a quiet…
Nov 17 2010
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You could describe Charlie Bucket's Fluid Dress as "flowing," but not in the usual sense—it's a garment made from…
Oct 27 2010
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On Monday, Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper will go on sale in Walmarts and Sam's Clubs across the Northeast…
Sep 24 2010
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In the 1950s folks didn't have snazzy LCD displays, but they did have cold cathode neon readout tubes. Let's take a…
Sep 24 2010
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France really does have the best thieves. This time, a group of bandits known as the "vacuum gang" has on a 15-store…
May 12 2010
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On Roosevelt Island, a narrow strip of land in New York's East River, no one takes their trash to the curb. They…
Jan 12 2010
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In today's remainders, the big and the little. A big quantum computer simulates a little molecule. A big series of…
Oct 23 2009
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Images have revealed a hole on the Moon's surface that is at least 260 feet deep and may lead to an underground…
Mar 25 2009
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Just imagine, if everything that used transistors today was actually powered by beautiful vacuum tubes of old.…
Mar 5 2007
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We're getting bored with iPod docks, but not with this MC4 Music Cocoon from Roth Audio. Look at that blend of the…
Jan 23 2007
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Wish we could say this is the latest Swatch that's on sale now, but not yet. It's a concept by British designer…
Nov 21 2006
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The Zvex Nano Head is the world's smallest tube guitar amplifier, bound to be a favorite of electric git-box…
Oct 19 2006
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We don't get much subway entertainment (aside from that homeless guy who always plays the accordion for us) so…
Jun 26 2006
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Nixie tubes, otherwise known as numicators, were hawt stuff back in the pre-LED/LCD 60s if you wanted to display…