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NASA to Pay an Absolutely Ridiculous $70 Million Per Seat to Fly to the International Space Station
Hitching a ride usually only costs some gas and toll money.
But you’ll have to dig really deep into your pockets for a ride into orbit.
Technology
Technology
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Abilene’s Morgan Jones Planetarium Offers Fun and Education For Everyone
Did you know Abilene has a Planetarium? If you have elementary aged kids then you might; but did you know it's also open to the public? Only a handful of planetariums exist in Texas so this is a treat for Abilene. You don't have to be on a school 'field trip' in order to visit the planetarium either. It's very inexpensive and a great learning experience for the young and old.
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Tennessee Football Using Drone To Film Practices
The University of Tennessee football team could be a lot more dangerous this fall. The Volunteers and new head coach Butch Jones have a drone. For now, Tennessee claims it's just using the hovering drone to record different angles of pla
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Keychain-Friendly Micro Charger Provides Emergency Power For Your Phone
Is there anything as panic-inducing as when your cell phone battery starts giving you warnings that it's about to, gulp, DIE? Enter the Fuel Micro Charger, a tiny cell phone power source that's like Viagra for your phone.
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Urine-Powered Video Games Coming to Minor League Park
Interested in pissing away your summer? Head to a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game.
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Band Together — Free App of the Day
According to Duane Stinnett, Art Director on Starcraft and Diablo, Band Together is like Little Big Planet meets Lemmings. He couldn't be more on target with that combination. That's reason enough for us to make Band Together today's Free App of the Day!
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Funny Tweets By Parents the Week of March 18
Parents + Internet = Awesome. Don't believe us? Check out some of the funniest things tweeted by parents this week, including Melissa Joan Hart's son's funny incident with childproof medicine bottles and Jim Gaffigan's vow regarding kids and restaurants:
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iPotty Lets Pottytraining Toddlers Use the Bathroom Like Grownups
Pottytraining can be frustrating, not to mention time consuming, cutting into precious minutes a toddler could be spending watching Dora the Explorer, but not anymore! Meet the iPotty, a training toilet with a built-in holder for an iPad so your toddler can use the restroom just like a grownup -- while playing Angry Birds and watching Netflix.
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Wal-Mart Testing New “Scan & Go” iPhone Checkouts
I'm on the fence with technology sometimes; it can be great and time saving but it can also put people out of jobs. Take for example this new idea that Wal-Mart is trying in about 200 of it's more than 4000 stores. It's called Scan & Go and it allows you to use your iPhone to scan your purchases as you go and simply pay when you leave. However, I have a feeling that it will eliminate peoples jobs too.
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Icon Motorsports Car vs. Motorcycle Drift Battle 2 Will Send You on an Adrenaline Rush
I recently saw the movie 'Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift' and although I'm not much of a fast car aficionado it was pretty impressive. I have no idea how they keep the tires on the track/street. Now add motorcycles to that same scenario. I don't know if these guys are stupid, crazy, brilliant or a little of all of it.
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Crazy Snowboard — Free App of the Day
Winter may be winding down, but that doesn't mean you still can't head out and hit the slopes! All you have to do is boot up Crazy Snowboard and you may as well be in Aspen ... where the beer flows like wine. That right there is reason enough to make Crazy Snowboard today's Free App of the Day!
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New Google – Adidas Sneaker Talks Trash To You
Adidas and Google revealed a new talking sneaker prototype at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas last weekend. The motion-sensing kicks feature a speaker on the tongue that can make commands, give encouragement and post online status updates based on what the wearer is — or isn't — doing while wearing the shoes.