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  • How Nintendo Bankrolls Guerrilla Warfare in Congo

    That Nintendo Wii you got for your birthday sure is fun. But it's also built with the spoils of one of the deadliest wars the world has ever seen. Historically, "conflict minerals" like coltan, tin, tantalum and tungsten, which are pulled from mines in...

  • Kids Are Robbing Each Other at Gunpoint For Virtual World Cash

    We learn this weekend that a 19-year-old college student is looking at 15 years in jail after robbing one of his classmates at gunpoint. He wasn't after money or jewels or anything like that, though. Humza Bajwa just wanted more "magic" coins for his...

  • Indiana Drones: Piloting the New Robot Archaeology Over Peruvian Ruins

    It may not crack whips and fight Nazis, at least not yet. But it still sounds pretty badass: An interdisciplinary research team out of Vanderbilt University is using a semi-autonomous SUAVe - their very own micro Indiana Drone (sorry) - to map the...

  • How to Survive a 1,000-Pound Direct Kick to the Balls

    It's an incredible sight to see _Sport Science_ star Kirby taking 1,100 lbs of force from Justice's shin on rapid-fire repeat. More incredible: he just stands there, like a _Mortal Kombat_ or _Street Fighter_ character, completely unfazed, not even...

  • If They Couldn't Come Back from the Moon

    ''Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay to rest in peace," Nixon says to the camera. "For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world...

  • Hack This $99 Android Game Console

    Up until now, multi-billion dollar electronics companies like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have dominated the video game industry. With the help of hundred-person video game studios and massive marketing campaigns, they've been consistently successful...

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