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Plot Jewelry Is Neckwear for Data Fiends

A couple of employees of ad agency W+K have come up with one of the kookier ideas in recent memory: data-driven jewelry. After scores of meetings, planner Lisa Prince noticed that data was being packaged up in ever ...READ»

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2010 Olympic Medals Are Made From Old Electronics

The winning designs for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic medals have been revealed: the gold, silver, and bronze medals will all be made from melted-down electronics. Canadian designer Corrine Hunt's medals are laser-etched, so no two ...READ»

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Gold Coin Vending Machine Offers Profit in Case of a Bank Run

One German entrepreneur has begun selling gold from vending machines.READ»

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Nanotech Invention May Be Golden Bullet for Controlling Drug Addiction

Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found a new use for nanotechnology--as an extremely precise way of delivering chemicals to the right part of the brain to combat drug addiction. And, pleasingly, the science really does ...READ»

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Mining Poop For Gold

This is one bizarre way to ride out the current economic lull: A treatment plant in Japan has been processing effluent to recover small quantities of gold contained in sewage. And in one year it's produced a higher yield than you ...READ»

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Vertu's Solid-Gold Boucheron 150 Cellphone

Vertu's high-end cellphones always mix luxury components with off-the-beaten-track designs and luxuriously high price tags, but with this latest product you have to wonder if Vertu's company dictionary even includes the word ...READ»

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