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Facebook Announces A New Look For News Feed

Facebook has unveiled a new look of the News Feed, radically redesigned to give the site a much-needed overhaul.  Clutter has been reduced, bigger images are now incorporated and greater customisation is possible, which the company hopes will keep user attention and attract advertisers.

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'Monsterous Murders.' A Stop-Motion Short with Real Potential

Sarah Davidson and Sarah Duffield-Harding from the University for the Creative Arts have been developing stop-motion animation for a number of years. Their projects have been relatively low budget, and have taken time and dedication for them to complete. At the moment they are currently looking to complete one of their largest works yet: Monsterous Murders.

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Researchers Say Action-Packed Videogames Help Dyslexia

According to a new study in the latest issue of Current Biology, action-packed videogames with absolutely no reading or linguistic elements whatsoever can actually improve the reading ability of children with dyslexia. Using Rayman Raving Rabbids as the game of choice, the study suggests that dyslexia not only effects the linguistic centers of the brain, but also areas of the brain which govern attention and motor skills as well.

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NASA Finds A Space Invader In The Deep Cosmos

NASA's Hubble Telescope found a Space Invader in this massive cluster of galaxies, known as Abell 68.  The gravitational field surrounding it acts as a naturally distorting lens. This produces a fun house mirror effect, and created this shape similar to that of a simulated alien from the classic 1970s game.

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Terrifying 'BigDog' Robot Sports Herculean Throwing Arm To Doom Us All

 

Meet BigDog, a horrific robotic crab-like abomination with wires and cables protruding from its metal skeleton like something straight out of your most eldritch nightmares. This rough-terran "mule" robot is terrifying enough to look at, but now, with the addition of a front-mounted arm, it can throw a cinder block at your face the way us weak, fleshy humans would fling a tennis ball.

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'CodeOrg.' Will.i.am, Mark Zuckerberg, And Bill Gates Show Support For Coding Lessons In Schools

Non-profit 'CodeOrg' has released a video in which a huge amount of celebrities have voiced their support for growing education of computer programming in schools.  The likely stars such as Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates make an appearance, alongside those you wouldn't necessarily assume has coding skills, like NBA All-star Chris Bosh. The basic premise is placing emphasis on coding being a simple set of skills to pick up, leading to huge career opportunities.

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Full Playstation 4 Specs Revealed

So Sony has announced their next generation console, the Playstation 4, set for release at the fall of 2013.  Alongside this, they have also released detailed hardware specs for the console, the Dualshock 4 controller and the Playstation 4 eye.

The console was unveiled at Wednesday's 'Playstation Meeting' in New York, where Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House called it Sony's "most powerful platform ever".  The following are detailed specs released by the company.

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New Retinal Implant 'Alpha IMS' System Restores Sight For The Blind

Advances in the restoration of vision have been fascinating to see, pardon the pun.  Argus II relies on an external camera mounted to a pair of glasses, powered by an external processor.  However, the Alpha IMS system, Developed by researchers at the University of Tübingen, Germany, uses electrodes placed within the patient's retina, re-engineering the human eye into a prosthetic.

 

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