Flight Attendants Will Soon Stop Asking You To Turn Off Your Game Boy
It's official: by the end of 2013, flight attendants will stop asking you to turn off your Game Boy during the first and last few minutes of plane rides.
How Many Games Systems Do You Have Hooked Up?
Ultimately we want to own all of the game consoles, but how many do we keep hooked up at one time? Commenter Rumbrave_Remy wants to know in today's installment of Speak Up on Kotaku.
China is Holding the World's Supply of Rare Earth Metals Hostage
You may not care the China controls over 95% of the world's supply of rare earth metals, but you might want to.
Gaming Before Bedtime Could Be Ruining Your Sleep
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Texting, watching television, and playing games before bed could be responsible for 63 percent of Americans not getting enough sleep. The latest study from the National Sleep Foundation has experts suggesting an electronics curfew an hour before bedtime.
The World's Smallest Computer Wants To Be Inside Of You
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With computer technology forever striving towards smaller and smaller form factors, it was only a matter of time before engineers created the first millimeter-scale computer system, ready for implantation in the human body.
Light-Absorbing Anti-Lasers Could One Day Rule Your Computer
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Scientists at Yale University have created the world's first anti-laser, a device in which two beams of light clash together, ultimately cancelling each other out. How could such a device change the way we do our computing?
This Is Why Your Batteries Die
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No matter how strong the rechargeable battery in your portable device is, it will eventually die. Why must they die? You'd die too if someone regularly twisted your innards up in knots.
Consoles From Cashews?
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It may sound nuts, but a new bioplastic being developed by Japan's NEC Corp. using cashews could change the way electronics are manufactured in the future.
Rest In Peace, Circuit City
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After closing 155 stores and filing for bankruptcy last year, the nation's second largest electronics retailer Circuit City is now planning to liquidate its remaining 567 U.S. stores.
CES 09: Audiovox Puts PlayStation 2s In Your Car, Dawg
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Yo, dawg, Audiovox heard you like the PlayStation 2 and car ownership. So it co-branded with Sony on a PlayStation 2 for your car so you can play games while you drive.