January was a fascinating month for technology. Check out drones that scan for rhino poachers, self-repairing wires, hedgehog robots on the moon, explore disillusionment with gadgets, make a battery with pennies, and more!
1. 10 Tech Resolutions You Can Make for 2013
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Have your gadgets all become a blur? Now you can streamline your gadgets, lighten your environmental footprint, and even save money.
2. Robotic Hedgehogs to Explore Moons and Asteroids
Spiky rolling robots are under development as the next tool in space exploration.
3. CES 2013: The World's Largest Electronics Trade Show, Buddhism, and the Illusion of Choice
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We have more choices than ever in the consumer electronics sector, but at what cost does all this "choice" come?
How do consumer electronics actually improve our lives? I ask this question in all seriousness. The answer I pose is that for any "improvement" we gain from electronics, we also lose something that connects us to ourselves, to being human, to being part of our immediate surroundings, to being part of the natural world, even to our own minds... As gadgets give us access to other gadgets, we lose access to more important things.
4. Stretchable Electrical Wires Are Self-Healing
The new technology has multiple benefits for repairing or rewiring circuits.
5. Drones Watch Out for Rhino Poachers in Kenya
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The Ol Pejeta Conservancy has raised enough money to buy their first drone to keep an eye out for poachers and protect the park's 110 endangered rhinos.
6. Kevin Russ's Stunning iPhone Photos Prove Technology Won't Make You an Artist
The impressive work of Kevin Russ proves a bigger point: you don't need to have fancy gear to create amazing photographs.
7. First-ever Giant Squid Caught on Camera Using Amazing Deep-Sea Tech
Two thousand feet below the ocean's surface, scientists used bioluminescence to lure a never-before-seen creature in for a close-up.
8. 9 Crowd-funded Solar Powered Gadgets: Where Are They Now?
Credit: WakaWaka via Kickstarter
We like to feature innovative ideas for solar powered gadgets that are crowd-funded on sites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, but do you ever wonder what happens after the campaign is over? Let's take a look at how nine are doing now.
9. New Fabric Absorbs 340% of Its Weight in Water from Fog or Mist
Credit: Brett Jordan at Flickr
A new treatment for cotton fabric allows it to absorb an incredible amount of moisture from mist or fog, and then easily release it as pure water.
10. Make a Battery with Spare Change
This great, short instructable shows you how to make a battery out of a few pennies that can power a small calculator or a couple of LEDs.
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