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Tech NewsFlash Flood of Fruit Juice Terrorizes Russian Town
Disasters aren’t funny. But sometimes they’re kinda silly. Such is the case in Lebedyan, a town in southern Russia, where a roof collapse at the local Lebedyansky beverage factory, owned by PepsiCo, lead to a flash flood of fruit juice. Two people were injured in the roof collapse (not funny). The town does seem amused … Continued
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SciencePhysicsEurope’s First Spacecraft to Jupiter Will Be Taking a Crazy Route
They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but for JUICE—a European Space Agency-led, Jupiter-bound probe scheduled to launch in 2022—the quickest route will involve a rather convoluted journey requiring four gravitational assists with three different planets. Announced back in 2012, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, is set to … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Only Thing Dumber Than Buying a $700 Juicer Is Investing In It
The latest startup to “catch Silicon Valley’s eye” is a company called Juicero that’s selling, essentially, a $700 Keurig for organic cold-pressed juice. Even though it offers the kind of overpriced, niche gizmo you’d find in a Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, the company is flush with $120 million in investment capital. Silicon Valley giants are betting … Continued
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Tech NewsThe $700 Juicer Keeping Silicon Valley Regular
Juicero—billed as a Keurig for fresh juice—is the talk of the Valley. The company launched today after raising $12o million. It also looks like a Nest Protect that shits juice. A New York Times profile of Doug Evans, Juicero’s founder and juice-fanatic, follows the startup’s strange beginnings from a failed juice company to Silicon Valley … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
This week had no dearth of great apps to download, which are the best kind of weeks. We got a new one from Facebook of arguable usefulness (as is tradition), job hunting gets app-ified, and the live streaming craze comes to Windows Phone. There’s lots to get through. Let’s get to it. Multiplatform Infinit Need … Continued
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io9Mars Will Test Our Capabilities, But Europa Is The Prize
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is perhaps the most tantalizing destination in our solar system. Scientists have been trying for years to kickstart a mission to Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, with very Earth-like concerns over costs keeping missions grounded until now. Above: The prize, Europa, a watery world. NASA The European Space Agency’s ambitious mission to … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch vegetables get turned into juice with underwater shockwaves
Screw juicing or making kale smoothies, here’s the next big trend in what to drink: turning fruit and vegetables into juice with underwater shockwaves. The outside of the vegetable look the same after the explosion but the inside has turned into juice. Just stick a straw in and enjoy. It’s a stunt ad for Japanese … Continued
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Pomegranate-Inspired Batteries Hold 10x The Juice
A team of Stanford scientists recently made a breakthrough. After years of trying to create a new generation of lithium-ion batteries that use energy-efficient silicon to hold a charge, they found the secret to the winning design in an unlikely place: pomegranates. The problem with using silicon in batteries is two-fold. For one, the fragile … Continued
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The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moons
Could there be life on one of Jupiter’s moons? The European Space Agency is hoping to find out. The ESA will send the JUICE space probe to Jupiter to study three of its moons, Europa, Calliso, and Ganymede. A key objective of the mission is to study the potential for life, and because these three … Continued
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The Sombrero Bottle Juicer Will Zestify Your Spring Water
I hate hydrating, and I’m getting fat from all the Sierra Mist I’m drinking. Bottled just water isn’t refreshing enough. That’s why I want this cheap, practical gadget that makes adding all-natural juice flavors to my Evian a cinch. For only five bucks the convenient Sombrero Bottle Juicer can be yours. Apparently it was invented … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat Jack LaLanne Did For Your Body
Jack LaLanne wasn’t just a fitness guru. Mere fitness gurus don’t tow 70 rowboats—while handcuffed—at age 70. Jack was a powerhouse. He died today, at 96. But not before eating and lifting his way through exercise gear history. Jack LaLanne started off life as an unhealthy, junkfood-addled mess of a child. He was “a miserable … Continued
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HyperMac Micro And Mini Updated To Charge Your iPad And iPhone 4
HyperMac, our favorite external batteries, just updated the Hypermac Mini and Macro with charging support for the iPad and iPhone 4. Batteries are boring but HyperMacs are great. Plus you can express yourself through 10 different color choices! The big boy HyperMac has already been compatible with iPad but now its little brothers, the Micro … Continued
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Turn Your Juice Into Booze In 48 Hours Flat
You know what’s infinitely better than a carton of Tropicana? A carton of boozy Tropicana, of course. And if you’ve got $10 and two days, Spike Your Juice’s magic powder will make that happen. The process of getting from juice to happy juice is stupid simple: take a 64 oz. bottle of your favorite juice … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
HyperMac Batteries Updated For iPad
HyperMac, our favorite brand of precious-extra-juice-giving external batteries, has updated their line to offer 10W USB charging of the iPad. The four capacities will give your tablet a total run time ranging from 34 to 99 hours. Yes, that’ll do. If you were stuck on a steamboat with just your iPad and the beefy, 222Wh … Continued
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Who Would’ve Guessed We’d Ever See A Stylish Phone Charger?
With more smartphones being sold than ever before, it’s not surprising to see plenty of innovative chargers being designed for the battery-guzzlers. This “Juice” model not only charges phones, but AA and AAA batteries too. On either side of the device is an “air holder,” where batteries can be recharged, and there’s also a USB … Continued
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You’ll Never Guess What the Juice Camera Looks Like/Does
If I told you I was going to buy you a Juice Camera, what would you expect to see under the tree at Christmas? A camera shaped like a juice box? How did you know? The 35 mm cameras come in five bright flavors, including Strawberry, Sunny, and Supermarket Mania. If getting the latter juice … Continued
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