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Nintendo: Nintendo Switch game console to launch in March

March 2, 2017 0

Nintendo: Nintendo Switch game console to launch in March 3rd 2017! President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) The …

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Review: Nintendo Switch is impressive, but needs more games

March 2, 2017 0

Review: Nintendo Switch is impressive, but needs more games When you’re deep in a video game, the last thing you want to do is leave home. If only you could take the game with you for your commute to work or your bus ride to school, or to liven up your lunch hour. Nintendo’s new Switch console tries to address …

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Light beam replaces blood test during heart surgery

March 2, 2017 0

Light beam replaces blood test during heart surgery Light introduced through an optical fiber can determine whether a patient’s blood is coagulating by measuring the vibration of red blood cells. Credit: Andrii Pshenychnyi A University of Central Florida professor has invented a way to use light to continuously monitor a surgical patient’s blood, for the first time providing a real-time …

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When Amazon’s cloud storage fails, lots of people get wet

March 2, 2017 0

When Amazon’s cloud storage fails, lots of people get wet Usually people don’t notice the “cloud”—unless, that is, it turns into a massive storm. Which was the case Tuesday when Amazon’s huge cloud-computing service suffered a major outage. Amazon Web Services, by far the world’s largest provider of internet-based computing services, suffered an unspecified breakdown in its eastern U.S. region …

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Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see!

March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see!

Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see!   In t     In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Yvonne Felix wears eSight electronic glasses and looks around Union Square during a visit to San Francisco. The glasses enable the legally blind to see. Felix was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease after being hit by a car at …

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