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children
News
Are Your Children Addicted to Smart Phones and Other Screens?
Post date:This week is Screen-Free Week, an annual effort by children's advocates to get kids free from the grip of electronic devices, even if only for a few days.
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Apps
News
Problems, Bills, and Info: L.A. Launches 311 Smartphone App
Post date:On-the-go Angelenos can now use smartphones to report potholes, pay their utility bills, and look up everything from nearby dog parks to police stations, thanks to a new mobile app released by the city.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
Keep Your Google Glass Away From Me
Post date:Take off your Google Glass before you come near me. I mean it. And I'm not the only one.
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SoCal Connected
Want a Gun? There's a Printer for That
Post date:With 3-D printing machines, you can make everything from a chair to a heart valve...to a gun. This is not just an idea. It's a game changer.
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drones
SoCal Connected
As Drone Use and Technology Grow, So Do Concerns of Privacy
Post date:By 2020, there may be up to 30,000 flying over U.S. skies. What does that mean for your privacy?
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gmo debate
Food
Lasers Are Coming To Protect Our Food
Post date:And it's all thanks to space exploration
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Redefine
Belgium May Build Hole In The Ocean To Store Energy
Post date:It's an interesting idea, with obvious potential applications in California.
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Barack Obama
Redefine
M.I.T.: Obama Must Change Course To Fix Climate Crisis
Post date:The editors of the MIT Technology Review have a message for President Obama: "You've got four years to set us on track to fix the climate, and your own administration's policy is one of the problems."
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Beneath the Skin: The Paintings of Justin Bower
Post date:Orange County painter Justin Bower's oversized faces are steeped in a future dystopia where humans appear to be being subsumed by technology.
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SoCal Connected
Driverless Cars and Snooki Headphones: A Preview of Consumer Electronics Show 2013
Post date:USC's Andrew Lih gives us a preview of what to expect at this year's Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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diet
Food
Lose Weight With Your Own Personal Stomach Pump
Post date:A new marvel of medical science.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
It's a Drone!
Post date:In downtown San Diego, a series of recycled and modified steel containers create a temporary structure where art and public culture is presented, produced and embodied. Military drones become muses for local artists.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
It's a Drone!
Post date:In downtown San Diego, a series of recycled and modified steel containers create a temporary structure where art and public culture is presented, produced and embodied. Military drones become muses for local artists.
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Food
We Are All Eating Nanotechnology
Post date:Get scared, people.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Man in the Machines: Matthew Hebert's Craft Technology
Post date:Matthew Hebert brings together contemporary technology and more traditional ideas of craft.
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Apps
SoCal Connected
Need a Job? There's an App for That
Post date:Brian Rooney takes a look at how the un- and under-employed are finding ways to make money using their smartphones.
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Food
The Most Vital Food Apps to Download
Post date:The food future is now.
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Safety
SoCal Wanderer
A Dangerous Pairing: Apple's New iPhone Maps and the California Desert
Post date:For those of us who regularly try to find our way around the California desert the flaws in the iOS 6 Maps app could well prove extremely dangerous.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
The Ability to Register to Vote, Coming to a Computer Near You
Post date:This strikes me as a terrific way to use technology to enhance civic engagement.
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technology
SoCal Focus
The Mars Curiosity Landing (Live Updates)
Post date:Live updates for the landing of Curiosity, the roving Mars Science Laboratory.