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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Music Customized For Your Heartbeat

Streaming music services could match your tunes to your heart rate. Continue reading →

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Comic Round-Up: January 22, 2014

River's Dream by DSillustration

Portrait of River Tam, for the cover to 'Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #3', by Dan dos Santos. 16x28 inches, Acrylic and Colored pencil on illustration board.

Interview: Flickering Myth chats with comic book artist Chris Burnham about his work on Batman Incorporated and his upcoming projects, including the creator-owned horror title Nameless with Grant Morrison....

Interview: How Fear Agent Brought Sci-Fi Back To Comics – The Bleeding Cool Interview With Rick Remender and Tony Moore

Interview: Unwritten: Apocalypse: Mike Carey, Peter Gross begin Tom’s finale

News: 51% of Comixology Users are Outside the US

News: The executive committee for the seventh Manga Taisho awards has announced this year's 10 nominated works on Monday

Marvel Censors Miracleman for Some Digital Readers

"One of the best Superman moments never appeared in a Superman comic. A 2008 issue of Nightwing included a scene of Superman and Nightwing talking in a dark, after hours Central Park."

Torsten Adair crunches some numbers from The New York Times 2013 bestseller lists, looking at each category and, in some cases, each publisher separately and breaking down the charting books into easy-to-follow pie charts.

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Link Round-Up: January 22, 2014

"Who do you want to be today?" by Alicia-MB

"Step into the whodrobe!"

Fanboys: Have you ever loved something so much it hurt?

I am a Mad Scientist: Using Real Science to Help Write Science Fiction

Infected author Scott Sigler: "A tattoo is the ultimate love letter from the fan"

Real-Life Locations That Would Make Badass Supervillain Lairs

Steampunk Without Steam: What’s Left?

These Star Wars Love pillowcases by SatMorningPancakes are up for sale on Etsy.

This Joker medieval armor will make you wish Gotham had a Ren faire.

Total Film counts down the 50 Greatest Geek Culture Movie Moments

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One-Quarter of Sharks and Rays at Risk of Extinction

A quarter of the world's sharks and rays are at risk of extinction, according to a new assessment.

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Very Large Telescope Dives Deep Into the Lagoon

The ESO's VLT Survey Telescope has captured a jaw-dropping view of the Lagoon Nebula -- a star-forming interstellar cloud incubating baby stars enshrouded in knots of gas and dust.

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Do Plants Feel Earth's Magnetic Field?

Plants have the same protein that allows birds to navigate using Earth's magnetic field. But does that mean plants feel the magnetic field too?

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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

The weird Bluetooth logo is really the initials of Danish King Harold Bluetooth, the tech's namesake

Bluetooth is one of the modern age's most wonderful technologies. You might be surprised to know that it was named after a King from a very long time ago. The name comes from Ericcson's—Bluetooth's parent company—Viking heritage.

Legend says that Danish Viking Harald Blatand had a gift for bringing people together and fostering communication. He even united Norway and Denmark as a single territory.

So, since Bluetooth is intended to connect people and allow them to communicate easily, what better person to name it after then Blatand? In English, Blatand translates to "Bluetooth."

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