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Google Street View heads underwater to map the Great Barrier Reef

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 8:03am

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It is a complex and vast eco-system that is the subject of an ambitious new project taking Google Street View underwater to photograph and map the reef in detail starting this September.

LED Waterpebble keeps track of your shower water usage

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 7:00am

Taking really long showers is a great way to waste a whole lot of water. But it's so easy to lose track of time in there, what with it being so warm and nice. You just need a reminder to...

SHIFT: How I became a power-vampire slayer

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 2:26pm

DVICE writers take a closer look at the latest tech trends in our weekly column, Shift. A few years ago, I had a problem roommate. She was pathologically messy and would sometimes lock herself in her room for days at...

In case of apocalypse, Norway's got the seeds

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 2:52pm

Food. We need it. It comes from seeds. But what if there's a nuclear war and all of our seeds get weirdly mutated? What if global warming kills off all of the world's cranberries? Most countries prepare for such...

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Google Street View heads underwater to map the Great Barrier Reef

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