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| If you're reading this, you may have already taken the first step towards getting really good at a new skill. How exciting! (Image courtesy extremetech.com.) |
Learning Is Earning: 8 Online Courses That Improve The Richness Of Your Life (And Maybe Your Wallet)
Do you like learning things, but don't want to spend thousands at college? Do you have an insatiable lust (or even mild affinity) for knowledge, but you dislike the classroom or tutor dynamic, and you don't like even just waking up in time to stuff stuff into your head? Now, you can use the Udemy website to become more intelligent on a variety of topics so vast, you'll be smarter just knowing that it's possible to study these things. Here are just a few of the new things we recently learned we could learn online...
Impersonal Shopper: New Robo-Stockboy Tallies Up Inventory
It's time once again for the Robot Replacement Roundup, in which we assess the viability of a seemingly-harmless robot taking over your job. Bartenders, pizza cooks, fast food folks, factory workers, personal chefs, and hotel staff have already been considered candidates for replacement, and now, the 'bots are taking their style to the aisles...
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| The Terminators arrived not with a bang, but with a whisper. Namely, "You need to order more Pop-Tarts." (Image courtesy zamazingodergi.com.) |
A Win For Things Lost: New TrackR Device Hunts Down Your Stuff
Quick, where are your keys? Phone? Wallet? Remote control? Dog? If you don't know the answer immediately, technology may now be able to help you fill in the blanks...
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| Did you misplace something important today? Can't quite think of where it is? Now, you don't have to. (Image courtesy curiousportraits.wordpress.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Some Downtime At 250 Miles Up
Good afternoon, space fans! Welcome back to the week's news from outside the atmosphere.
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| Astronaut Scott Kelly said it best when posting this image this morning: "Today is a new day with limitless possibilities to do great things. Good morning from the International Space Station!" (Image courtesy Scott Kelly / NASA.gov.) |
Like Uber For Slobber: New Matchmaking App Sets Up Dogs And Humans
They say that dogs are man's best friend. So with all of the social media platforms used to make friends, why shouldn't there be one that includes canine companions?
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| This could be you. Or your dog. (Image courtesy mymodernmet.com.) |
A Wonder For Down Under: New Kegel Exerciser / Videogame App (Seriously)
Ladies, we know that "playing with yourself" is not the most delicate way to describe an aspect of maintaining healthy sexual function, but in this case, it's the literal truth...
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| We also know it's uncouth to steal other publications' headline imagery, but the Britons really nailed this one. (Image courtesy www.mirror.co.uk.) |
Mining And Shining: Updated SPACE Act Passes Congress, Bound For The Stars
Many people believe that America's space program would be greatly augmented if only we could find a space-based resource to mine for materials and subsequently sell. Well, we haven't had a gold rush for the red planet yet, but now some new guidelines for being a space prospector are in place...
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| Thar's gold in them thar hills! Well, at least, minerals in them thar asteroids. (Image courtesy ibitimes.com.) |
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