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Good news! Xbox One (kind of) doesn't require an internet connection (maybe)

Target is now offering the 8GB white Nintendo WIi U console for $239.99, which equals to a price cut of $60. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.

This schematic shows how the 3D food printer would function. (Credit: Systems and Materials Research) "Star Trek" food replicators will always be the holy grail of space-snack technology, but we could be edging a step closer to the dream thanks to the work of mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor with Systems and Materials Research in Austin, Texas. Systems and Materials Research recently received a $125,000 grant from NASA to make a pizza. OK, it's a little more complicated than that. Contractor already created a proof-of-concept printer that can print chocolate onto a cookie. His next goal is to print out dough and cook it while printing out sauce and toppings. Contractor isn't just planning to use cartridges full of red sauce, but rather the building blocks of food products. Cartridges full of powders and oils could be combined to make different foods. These cartridges would have extremely long shelf lives, making them appropriate for feeding astronauts during long-distance space travel. "The way we are working on it is, all the carbs, proteins and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form. We take moisture out, and in that form it will last maybe 30 years," Contractor told news site Quartz in an... [Read more]Related Links:

Humans see the world through a pair of high resolution, single lens eyes that allow us to adjust focus and pinpoint fine details. But simpler creatures, like insects, instead rely on compound eyes that have lower resolution but offer a much wider distortion-free field-of-view that's actually better suited for lightning fast motion perception. And as researchers work towards designing autonomous drones that will behave like futuristic artificial bugs, it's only fitting that they also work to replicate how an insect sees.Read more...

@SenRandPaul Is Mostly Right In Defending Apple's Obligation To Minimize Taxes by @ferenstein

The LG Optimus F3 for Sprint has been rumored. This affordable LTE smartphone is expected to be released in the next few weeks. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.

Call Of Duty: Ghosts, the flagship Xbox One title, has been outlined in more detail at the Xbox One launch in Seattle. And oh boy does it look amazing. Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning writer of 2000's Traffic, is on board to deliver a Hollywood-esque...

The Xbox One games console is now official and we've managed to get eyes-on with the new console fresh from the launch at Microsoft's HQ in Seattle.  The new box is very angular in design, with clean lines, and a very black glossy pain job.  What do...

When Microsoft introduced Kinect three years ago, it brought pervasive computing into many homes for the very first time. Today, with the announcement of Xbox One, it's poised to pull millions of Americans into the era of the truly connected home. And we're all going to look damn good getting there.Read more...

Destin, our friend over at Smarter Every Day, has expanded our brains once again. Did you know that dragonfly wings work differently than nearly every other insect, utilizing a direct flight mechanism? Did you know that they can operate each wing independently, enabling them to glide like a bird? Even if you did know all that, you've probably never seen that complex musculature in action.Read more...