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Your next nurse may be powered by Kinect

Okay, open wide. Wait, I can’t see clearly. Could you step a little closer to the Kinect? That imaginary dialogue may… Read More

Modern Family’s MacBook Masterpiece: A privacy nightmare for modern teens

Wow, can Claire Dunphy work a computer! Last night’s episode of ABC’s Modern Family was a technology masterpiece, full of familiar… Read More

There is absolutely no way to Let It Go: Trailer for new Frozen short released

Just when you thought the last strains of “Let It Go” had faded from retail background music, the holiday Olaf stuffed… Read More

Flexible 3-D printed heart prepares Seattle woman’s doctors for difficult surgery

Not sure how tricky an operation with be? Practice surgery with a three-dimensional replica. That’s the approach being taken by… Read More

These augmented reality ski goggles might improve your skills on the slopes

There’s next to no snow in the Cascades, making this an especially tough year on the slopes for ski and… Read More

The next frontier for marketing: Competitive video games

Major competitive gaming events like Valve’s annual Dota 2 tournament grab headlines because of massive prize purses and blockbuster attendance,… Read More

Connecticut ranked first in U.S. dating app “love league” downloads

If you’re in Connecticut, odds are you won’t be lonely — if you’re looking for others who have installed smartphone… Read More

Netflix, Pee-wee Herman partner for exclusive new film

Pee-wee’s big adventure apparently isn’t over yet. Netflix has announced it will premiere a new feature, starring Paul Reubens as… Read More

Geeks Assemble! Marvel reveals official Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Talk about amping up the expectations. In a simple tweet, Marvel has unveiled the official poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron. https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/570267577189937152… Read More

Landline death watch? Wired phones now in only half of U.S. households

The landline telephone may be about to join the cassette tape, VCR and floppy disk in the technology memory book.… Read More

Pacific Science Center helps visualize climate change since 1880 – in seconds

Understanding how climate change is reflected in global temperatures can make one’s head spin. So the Pacific Science Center is… Read More

Edward Snowden on Reddit: ‘I would have come forward sooner’

“I would have come forward sooner.” Edward Snowden, between the awarding of the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award to Citizenfour… Read More

Microsoft’s Oscar win: Prediction model nails 20 out of 24 awards

It was a big night for Hollywood, and also for Microsoft. A prediction model developed by David Rothschild, an economist… Read More

New poll shows that most Americans wouldn’t take a free trip to space

Enthusiasm for going beyond the great beyond doesn’t seem to resonant with most Americans, according to a new poll by Monmouth… Read More

New Dr. Seuss book to be released this summer

In more news about literary gems uncovered, a new Dr. Seuss book has been discovered and is slated to come out… Read More

NBC drone captures incredible footage of frozen Niagara Falls

Baby, it’s cold outside if you’re on the East Coast. NBC affiliate WGRZ sent a drone out to catch some shots… Read More

Time Warner one-ups Comcast in nastiness, calls woman a ‘C**t’

Holy crap, cable giants! Get a hold of yourselves already. Today in unbelievable of unbelievable, a Time Warner customer got… Read More

MacGyver 2.0: Makers of iconic show looking for a woman to reboot the show

If we can have an all-lady Ghostbusters, we can certainly have this: A lady MacGyver. That’s right. Creators from the… Read More

From Twitter to vegan burgers, Alex Payne returns to Portland to focus on doing good

Here’s an interesting twist you don’t hear every day about those who succeed in Silicon Valley. One of Twitter’s first… Read More

‘Exploding Kittens’ blows up Kickstarter as most-backed project of all time

When the card game “Exploding Kittens” hit Kickstarter a month ago, it was gaining funding at a clip that was… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate planning apartments on Seattle site where he learned to program

Talk about life coming full circle. The site of the University of Washington’s old computer lab, where Microsoft co-founders Paul… Read More

Rosetta makes ‘closest-ever’ flyby of comet, more spectacular pictures to come this summer

The European Space Agency has reported that spacecraft Rosetta has made its “closest-ever encounter” with a comet. Rosetta came within… Read More

Socrata has turned the 2016 federal budget into an interactive experience

Can a person have fun with the federal budget? If you can, this is probably as close to it as… Read More

Next stop, Red Planet? Why this Microsoft programmer wants to help colonize Mars

Earlier this week, the Mars One Mission announced that it had narrowed its candidates from an initial 200,000-plus down to… Read More

Carnegie Mellon accidentally accepts 800 applicants after computer error

Imagine getting an acceptance letter to the top computer science masters program in the country. Then imagine being told that… Read More

That sexy LG G Flex 2 smartphone is coming to Sprint

Remember that new curved LG smartphone everyone was raving about at CES? Well, the LG G Flex 2 will be… Read More

Watch how good this guy gets after playing ping pong for a year

Malcolm Gladwell already covered this premise in Outliers that if you practice something significantly on the regular, you’re bound to… Read More

Nearly a third of Canadians fake being American to get our Netflix

Sure they have government-supported health care, but when it comes to more modern-day conveniences, we Americans simply have more choice than… Read More

Regret that tattoo you got at CES? A topical removal cream is in the works

Wow, today in an amazing advancement that our tattoo-friendly streets of Seattle might appreciate: A tattoo-removal topical that costs as… Read More

NASA launches new video on next era for Kennedy Space Center

Today, NASA released a video showing how it’s “retooling for the future” by remaking the Kennedy Space Center into a… Read More