Polish town builds a $14,000 statue in honor of Wikipedia

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/11/poland-wikipedia-statue/?ncid=rss_truncated
nicely done :)
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Drone racing in the woods evokes more than a few Star Wars memories

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/08/drone-racing/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Nigeria rolling out eID cards

http://secureidnews.com/news-item/nigeria-rolling-out-eid-cards/

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The scientists behind blue LEDs earn this year's Nobel Prize for physics

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/07/nobel-prize-blue-leds/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Dead Man Zero will let you blow the whistle beyond the grave

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/23/dead-man-zero/?ncid=rss_truncated

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08/27/14 PHD comic: 'A Guide to Academic Neologisms'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1738

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09/01/14 PHD comic: 'Why Postdocs are always sweating'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1739

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Stanford Engineers create tiny radio for IoT

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/iW4UNSI-RPM/

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Dead Milkmen raise hell at Laurel Hill Cemetery

http://www.topix.net/music/gothic/2014/09/dead-milkmen-raise-hell-at-laurel-hill-cemetery?fromrss=1

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09/10/14 PHD comic: 'Academic Auto-Pilot'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1742

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Coahuila approves same-sex marriage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29028305#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Ecuador to bring in digital currency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28992589#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Dame tu mano!
Y venga con migo!
Vamonos al viaje para buscar los sonidos magicos de Ecuador!
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Supersonic subs cross the Pacific in under two hours

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/26/supersonic-sub-tech/?ncid=rss_truncated

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White House cybersecurity chief is proud to know nothing about cybersecurity

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/22/white-house-cybersecurity-chief-is-not-a-coder/?ncid=rss_truncated

An F1 racer burning rubber in infrared is trippy

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/22/an-f1-racer-burning-rubber-in-infrared-is-trippy/?ncid=rss_truncated

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New dates rewrite Neanderthal story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28693371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
This is actually consistent with folk memory from european mythology (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/troll, http://www.adrianberry.net/art33.htm)

Ghostbusters ECTO-1 LEGO Set Review

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/0osWgAH4AIo/

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08/13/14 PHD comic: 'Provable Vacation'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1736

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NASA successfully tests microwave thruster, paving the way for speedier space travel

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/nasa-microwave-thruster/?ncid=rss_truncated

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WWI centenary

http://www.1914.org/why_remember/