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While the Energy Aware Clock ticks away the hours of your day, it's also graphing your power usage patterns in electric blue. So if you notice that you use a lot of energy around 7pm, maybe it's time to turn off the TV, lower the thermostat or eat that steak raw rather than using the Earth's dwindling natural resources to char it all fancy-like. [...more]
![Why Your Team Sucks: Baltimore Ravens [Balls Deep]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/86940567e7610x.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Some people are fans of the Baltimore Ravens . But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Baltimore Ravens. [...more]
![No Rest for NASA Astronauts This Labor Day Weekend [Space]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/226ac3e48deus564.gif&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Ironically, Labor Day was created to encourage Americans to work more . Nowadays, most of us take the day/long weekend off, but not NASA astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang. Instead, as seen in this condensed video, they wrap up the last of the EVAs for mission STS-128 (completed Saturday) [...more]
![Google Chrome OS to Feature Single Sign-In, Ban Other Browsers? [Google]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/feaede5915711569.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
In a line of code in Google's Chromium, a reference was found to a "login manager," which is being taken to mean a single sign-in for all programs on the OS. But what does that mean for non-Google software? [...more]
![This Little Guy Might Grow Your Tomatoes on Mars [Taste Test]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/6a8ce67b4cmars-1.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
The solar irradiance on Mars is about half that we have on Earth, making it that much harder to sustain plantlife. In other words, we're gonna need some robots. [...more]
![Why Your Team Sucks: Atlanta Falcons [Balls Deep]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/1d323536e3a681-o.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Some people are fans of the Atlanta Falcons. [...more]
![iHMP5U Headphones Transform to Blow Ears, Minds [Audio]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/23afdf06ddeheads.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
We don't want to call it cheating, but headphones that can double as speakers? Doesn't this sort of paradox generally open a black hole that swallows Earth? [...more]
![This Bridge Is Alive [Architecture]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/bef4eff037eroots.png&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
In Cherrapunji, India, one of the wettest places on Earth, the locals mold the roots of the Ficus elastica tree into stretching across rivers and taking root on the other side, forming amazing natural, living bridges. Locals use hollowed-out trunks of the betel tree to prop up the roots of the Ficus elastica (basically a rubber tree), pointing them across whatever body of water they want to cross, until the roots reach the other side and dig in. After awhile (a long while—think 10-15 years), the bridge becomes strong and sturdy enough for people to comfortable walk across [...more]
![CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table [Multitouch]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/images/no-img-thumb.jpg)
CRISTAL is a research project that moves the universal remote to a Microsoft Surface -type table with incredibly intuitive gestures. Want to watch a movie? Drag the cover to your TV. [...more]
Did you think that Ares facing delays or cancellations was bad? [...more]
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