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Skyscraper lights up to show tomorrow’s weather across 6,000 windows

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Why check your smartphone for the weather when you can look at 6,000 windows lit up with 72,000 LEDs? If you’re anywhere near the Dexia Tower in Brussels, a glance at its various colors immediately lets you know what the weather will be like the next day.

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OLED iPad on the way? One good reason why you should care

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The rumors are all over the place: The next iPad will be here by the end of this year, it’ll be available in two new screen sizes, including a 5.6-inch, a 7-inch, and its current 9.7-inch screen size. Best of all, those displays will be organic LED (OL…

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Terahertz tech lets you see through clothes from a mile away

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Dreading those full-body scanners popping up at airports across the world? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Now scientists have figured out how to see through your clothes from a mile away. The secret lies in tiny terahertz waves.

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What Apple should do about the iPhone 4 reception problem

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Apple is still trying to weasel out of that reception problem with the iPhone 4. Now the company’s stooped to a new low, deleting any information in its user forums about the Consumer Reports article released yesterday, where engineers confirmed a rece…

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Is this the worst engagement ring ever?

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Look how a small circular configuration perched atop this ring casts a shadow as a lovely heart. Thanks to clever design, the trough shape of the rest of this rhodium-plated sterling silver ring turns a circle into a heart from almost any direction.

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Secret liquid armor instantly hardens to stop bullets

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Even the best bulletproof vests can’t keep the fastest projectiles from getting through, but now there’s a custard-like goo that does an even better job than Kevlar. It works by making molecules lock together when they’re hit.

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Finally, a customizable Gmail signature

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Gmail users, rejoice! Now you can place graphics or rich text in your signature. Place a little picture under your name, use crazy typefaces, and do a lot more with the signature area in your Gmail messages. Knock yourself out.

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Miraculous display tech goes way beyond Minority Report

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