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Smart beer mat fills you up.

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The disc-shaped mat can be attached to a normal beer mat so that it still soaks up spilt liquid and displays an advertisement. But it also contains a pressure sensor and radio transmitter to alert bar staff of the need for a refill.


Clothing that pushes you.

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Eventually, sensors in the garments will measure the speed at which the rower moves and how they coordinate their leg and body movements. If the rower deviates from the optimum speed or rhythm, pads worn at the ankle and waist start vibrating at the correct stroke intervals to help the rower recapture the winning action.


Google and NASA. Google is getting too big for their own good.

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The new campus could have an impact similar to the Xerox Park in Palo Alto, which served as an epicenter for industry innovation until Xerox significantly cut staffing and investment in the area in recent years, said Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society.

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