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| SPACE |
| SpaceX Falcon 9 makes landing on drone barge ... then tips over |
 | Elon Musk's goal of the first power landing of a reusable booster had a close brush with success today as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket narrowly failed to survive a touchdown on the deck of a drone barge of the US east coast. read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Sustainable brewery turns Guinness green |
 | Guinness, the Irish stout, is famously dark with a creamy head. It is also increasingly green. A newly-opened Guinness brewhouse has been awarded LEED Platinum certification. Brewhouse No. 4 at St. James’s Gate in Ireland was also awarded BREEAM Outstanding certification last year. read more |
| DIGITAL CAMERAS |
| Panasonic wants you to wear its HX-A1 action camera |
 | The HX-A1 is the latest action camera from Panasonic. The diminutive but tough HD camera is designed for shooting point-of-view footage and is waterproof to 1.5 m (5 ft) without the need for an external housing. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| MIT-developed sensor can detect spoiled meat |
 | A team of MIT chemists has developed a small sensor that's capable of telling consumers whether the meat in their refrigerators is safe to eat. The team believes that the inexpensive device, which makes use of modified carbon nanotubes, could help cut down on food waste. read more |
| SPACE |
| Dawn's color map of Ceres suggests it was once an active body |
 | The Dawn spacecraft was able to gather some insightful informationduring its approach to the dwarf planet Ceres. The probe mapped the surface of the body, with the new imagery suggesting that the dwarf planet may once have been an active body. read more |
| AROUND THE HOME |
| 54th edition of Salone del Mobile kicks off in Milan |
 | The 54th Salone Internazionale Del Mobile opened yesterday and will run until the 19th April. The epic event is showcasing a huge collection of the latest home-furnishing designs from Italy and around the globe. read more |
| SPACE |
| A preview of the Bonhams 7th annual Space History Sale |
 | The seventh annual Bonhams space auction is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first American spacewalk on April 21. Rare memorabilia and items flown on Apollo, Mercury, Gemini, and Soyuz along with components and souvenirs from a range of unmanned missions will be on sale. read more |
| SCIENCE |
| "Google Maps for the Body" zooms in from whole organs down to individual cells |
 | The algorithms used for zooming in and out on Google Maps and Google Street View have made it possible to visually traverse through layers of the body using real scans stitched together, with huge potential implications in medicine as it reduces the difficulty of comparative analysis read more |
| MUSIC |
| Guitar Wing now supports Apple's Bluetooth to MIDI wireless connectivity |
 | After working closely with Apple engineers, Livid Instruments has announced that its Guitar Wing wireless controller now supports the new Bluetooth LE MIDI protocol for Yosemite OS X and iOS 8. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Modified Salmonella eats away at cancer, without a side order of food poisoning |
 | Certain Salmonella strains have been shown to kill off cancer cells, but to use them as a form of treatment on humans without inducing its nasty side effects has proven difficult. But now, researchers have developed genetically modified Salmonella that turns toxic only after it enters a tumor. read more |
| MARINE |
| The 3 boats-in-1 Van Diemen Sports Limousine super yacht tender |
 | The Van Diemen Sports Limousine goes a step beyond the basic electric hard-top convertible, adding an electrically raised glasshouse to create three distinct body styles for a myriad of on-water uses. It's a cozy fishing boat, a roomy, semi-enclosed limousine, and a compact tender in one. read more |
| AIRCRAFT |
| 3D Robotics gets Solo "smart drone" off the ground |
 | 3D Robotics, the company that grew out of the popular DIY drones website and the imagination of Wired Magazine Editor Chris Anderson, has announced a new consumer level quadcopter drone called the Solo, which 3DR is touting as "a breakthrough in intelligent flight".read more |
| BICYCLES |
| Bontrager's Transmitr system lets cyclists wirelessly control their lights |
 | Headlights, tail lights and even turn indicators certainly make cycling safer, but operating all those devices at once could be a bit awkward. That's why Bontrager has announced its new Transmitr system. It allows multiple lights to be wirelessly controlled from one handlebar-mounted remote. read more |
| SPACE |
| New Horizons probe snaps first color image of Pluto |
 | As it edges ever closer to its landmark flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft has returned its first color image of the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon, marking the first ever colored photograph of the dwarf planet taken by a spacecraft on approach. read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| 2015 Smartphone Comparison Guide |
 | With the first round of 2015 flagship phones hitting store shelves, we thought this would be a good time to revisit our Smartphone Comparison Guide. Join us as we run down the features and specs of some of the top phones you can buy today. read more |
| WEARABLE ELECTRONICS |
| Wearable AWIRE radio delivers quick, accessible two-way communications |
 | The AWIRE wearable two-way radio promises to keep short, simple conversations short and simple. It also pairs with your smartphone to route calls and music directly to your ears. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| Medtronic announces world's smallest pacemaker |
 | Two years ago we heard about the Nanostim, a pacemaker that's less than 10 percent the size of a regular model. While it's pretty darn small, Medtronic's just-announced Micra TPS (Transcatheter Pacing System) is reportedly even tinier. read more |
| BICYCLES |
| Babel Bike is claimed to be the safest bicycle ever built |
 | While inclement weather and exertion are certainly factors, one of the big reasons that many people don't commute by bike is the fear of getting hit by cars. London-based Crispin Sinclair Innovation has set about addressing that fact, with its new Babel Bike. read more |
| DIGITAL CAMERAS |
| Sony puts a big zoom and pop-up viewfinder in new compacts |
 | Sony has announced its latest travel-zoom Cyber-shot compact cameras with the HX90, HX90V and WX500. All boast a big 30x zoom lens and an 18-megapixel sensor, but the HX90 and HX90V also cram in a pop-up OLED viewfinder and better physical controls. read more |
| MEDICAL |
| New technique puts two branches of the immune system to work fighting cancer |
 | A team of MIT researchers has developed a new approach to attacking cancer, creating a method that allows two major branches of the immune system to work together. The new technique, which is known as cancer immunotherapy, has already proved successful in tests on laboratory mice. read more |
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