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The free Popular Science archives includes the following "I'd Like To See Them Make" series from their January 1956 issue (page 116). An item you won't see in today's publications:

Popular Science has partnered with Google to offer their entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements.Read More

The EdgeCenter supports up to four TV tuners and 7.1 audio surround. It's configurable, with processor options ranging from Core2 Duo to two-way Core i7's.Read More

Robotic "Better Mousetrap" Project Launched by Telovation.com

Hide your pets - the new robotic mousetrap was designed to exterminate everything in sight. The concept project, developed by innovation news site Telovation.com, features a variety of pneumatic and electronic sensing technologies to quickly detect and eliminate its target.Read More

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Want a radio that will run perpetually without having you to concern about it running out of juice? The Flexio FM radio ought to fit the bill nicely, where it unfortunately comes with only one fixed FM channel.Read More

77 Percent Of Facebook Fan Pages Have Under 1,000 Fans

In this age of instant Internet celebrity, anyone can become famous for 15 seconds (to rework Andy Warhol’s oft-quoted maxim). But what does famous mean exactly when anyone can have a Facebook fan page—those public pages on Facebook set up by brands, media outlets, celebs, and wanna-be celebs. As it turns out, being popular is not as easy as it looks. A full 77 percent of Facebook fan pages have less than 1,000 fans, according to an upcoming report by Sysomos, a social media monitoring and analytics firm.Read More

In the December issue of "W" Magazine, Demi Moore appears to have a portion of her hip missing

In the interview she says she'd rather be a "puma" than a "cougar" - but apparently, the clumsy Photoshop artist decided she was looking too strong in the cover shots - and awkwardly chopped off part of her left thigh. Note how the upper part of her left thigh/hip is basically missing (our right).Read More

These front page headlines summarize a few of the major historic events that have occurred since newspapers became popular and accessible to people worldwide.

John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Five years later, his brother Robert Kennedy was shot dead in a Los Angeles Hotel.Read More

Webdesignerdepot has put together a large collection of magazine covers that have stirred up a lot of controversy over the years. While some controversial covers have worked and sold more magazines, others were embarrassments that the publication had to either apologize for - or fire the editor.

Time Magazine, Jan 2, 1939: Hitler as Man of the Year

This cover featured an elaborate illustration of Hitler playing “his hymn of hate in a desecrated cathedral while victims dangle on a St. Catherine’s wheel while the Nazi hierarchy looks on.” Time has had to defend this choice throughout history, and at the time defended it by stating that the “Man of the Year” was a title bestowed on the person who had most influenced events of the previous year.Read More