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Did you know that the first vibrator in history may have been invented by Egyptian Queen Cleopatra? Apparently, she had the idea to fill a hollow gourd with angry bees. The violent buzzing caused the gourd to vibrate and then… well, then, the rest is history. More »

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Some haircuts are so iconic that you already know who the person or character is from just seeing their hair. It’s like a brand logo, an identifier, a part of who those characters are. More »

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Wouldn’t it be nice if we were free to surf the web free from fear of having our traffic monitored and emails scraped by the NSA? Well, if Nicholas Merrill has his way, we won’t have to rely on anonymous browsers or proxy servers — we’ll have a new ISP built from the ground up to protect customer privacy. A non-profit, the Calyx Institute, will run the ISP that’ll employ end-to-end encryption on web traffic, plus encrypted emails to prevent anyone other than the user, including the ISP itself, from seeing people’s internet activity. Because of this structure, Calyx, quite literally, won’t be able to comply with governmental requests to obtain customer traffic data under the Patriot or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Acts. The best part is, such online privacy may cost as little as a month, and Merrill has hopes to provide a similarly secure VoIP service at some point as well. Of course, the venture will only be possible if Merrill can raise the million needed to get it going — which is why he’s pitching the idea to venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and the general public through crowd-sourced funding site IndieGogo. Want to help out? Hit the the source below to make a donation.

Calyx Institute to create ISP that keeps customer traffic private, away from prying governmental eyes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In the market for a beastly portable gaming rig that won’t break the bank? Origin PC today announced availability of its EON15-S and EON17-S gaming laptops, with pricing starting at ,525 and ,576, respectively. You’ll of course still be able to hand over an arm and a leg depending on how you opt to build out your system, but considering that the base model is priced at nearly half the amount its predecessor was when it was announced this time last year, we imagine additions will wield a softer blow than they did in 2011. Both systems include Intel HM77 Ivy Bridge chipsets, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M, 670M or 675M graphics with Optimus power-conservation technology, and a 5.1 ONKYO surround sound system. Both cases offer unique designs, with black, red, silver or custom finishes, and a colorful backlit keyboard. What else could you possibly need? Perhaps a press release and a few more pictures — and we’ve got both for you right here.

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Origin PC EON15-S and EON17-S gaming laptops available now, priced from ,525 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’re gonna want to turn the lights down low and pour some Champagne before you hit play on this one. Think, Barry White crooning to a unicorn on a rainbow—in space. More »

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This is the bizarre tale of how a Scottish composer recovered some locks of Beethoven’s hair from a garment that survived the holocaust, and then used the hair as the basis for a new work of music. Brilliant? Creepy? Both. More »

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The Chevy Volt isn’t prone to catching fire after all, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The all-electric car came under scrutiny last year after one caught fire following a side-impact crash test. GM offered a buyback program for Volt owners concerned their cars might suddenly immolate, then the company made “enhancements” to the Volt’s battery coolant system. That set things right, as far as the NHTSA is concerned: it says “no discernable defect trend exists” in the Volt, and that GM’s revisions “reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts.” Chevy dropped the Volt’s price by ,000 for 2012, too. So what do you think? Is a ,000 starting price and less of a chance of burning to death enough to make you go electric?

Chevy Volt safe from fire hazard after all, says government originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s time for the iPad 2 to get off its high horse because there’s a new leader in the burgeoning market of covers that don’t just cover: The completely self-explanatory SolarKindle which harnesses the sun to keep Amazon’s eReader powered for up to three months. More »

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Nature has published a fascinating paper that solves a seemingly silly but very interesting question: why do Western and Asian foods taste so different? After analyzing 56,498 recipes the answer is in the way they pair 381 ingredients. More »

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To root or not to root? For savvy PlayBook owners running beta 2.0, that should no longer be a question. With the recent release of DingleBerry, users comfortable with command lines have been enjoying superuser privileges on the slate, but the fun could’ve been short-lived. RIM moved swiftly to issue an update that addressed the security hole, effectively crippling the exploit. But as hacker Chris Wade made known via Twitter last night, a new workaround has already been finagled. Full Android Market access has, once again, been restored to the tab, although there’s still no fix for Hulu just yet. So, if you’re keen to reap the unintended fruits of Waterloo’s 7-incher, you’ll likely want to sidestep any further OTA updates. Or, y’know, you could actually just buy a proper Honeycomb tablet.

DingleBerry breaks PlayBook free from RIM’s chains (again), Android Market access makes a comeback originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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