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Whether you’re a a chivalrous hero or a dastardly black knight, CatapultKits.com sells the right siege weapon for you, from onagers to catapults, trebuchets to ballistae. Many items are available in pint-sized desktop format, so you can lob projectiles over cubicle walls at your co-workers. They’ll never know it was you — unless […]

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Travelex, the world’s largest currency exchange company, wants to see its newly minted Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination (QUID) become the money of choice for spacefaring tourists.
The cutesy name might be a bit of a stretch — intergalactic? — but with space tourism starting to take off, thrill-seeking billionaires from all over the world may well […]

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Dove’s much-ballyhooed “Real Beauty” advertising campaign makes a point of showcasing “real women” — love handles and all — as opposed to the scrawny models and twenty-somethings that typically prance around in beauty product ads. As it turns out, the Dove models may not be so real after all.
The New Yorker’s Lauren Collins recently […]

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Computerworld reports that Xerox is showcasing its new reusable paper — an eco-friendly innovation with special molecules that automatically erase text after 24 hours, leaving the paper blank and ready for printing once again. This sounds great for those executive types who still feel they absolutely must print out every single e-mail they receive.
No […]

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Probably not. But a tech company called Emotiv is putting the finishing touches on its “Epoc,” a wireless hands-free device that lets you control a computer using the power of your mind.

The image above is of the super-spiffy prototype, while the one at right is a shot of the consumer version.
From Kotaku:

“At Emotiv our […]

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Reuters reports that Raul Castro, Fidel’s cousin and the new president of Cuba, has fulfilled his promises to lift bans on many electronics — including computers, which could previously only be purchased by the government and foreign-owned corporations.
Says Reuters:

Cubans crowded shops on Tuesday to buy DVD players and electric bikes that went on sale for […]

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