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Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel? - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “Hugh Pickens writes "Wheels are the archetype of a primitive, caveman-level technology, and we tend to think that inventing the wheel was the number one item on man's to-do list after learning to walk upright. But LiveScience reports that it took until the bronze age (3500 BC), when humans were alre...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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OtisBRickman Otis B Rickman, D.O. Physician, Doctor, Internist, and Pulmonologist

Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel? Turns out the axle was the hard part! I'll have to change my lectures http://t.co/lmSOjG83

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3D Printer For Your Kids - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “kkleiner writes "Two developers from Shapeways and i.materialise have designed a 3D printer for your ten-year-old . The prototype, named Origo, would allow children to easily design objects in 3Dtin and then print them safely in their home with minimal adult supervision. Could be the last toy you ev...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “First time accepted submitter tech4 writes "Despite users' curiosity around Google+, it seems like most Google+ users just wanted to see the platform before returning to Facebook. 'Google has lost over 60 per cent of its active users on its social network Google+, according to a report by Chitika In...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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audunhealthcare social media - www.symplur.com -" /> Audun Utengen Health Social Media

Is it dead already?? Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users #hcsm #hcsmeu http://t.co/UfEPGTgK

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Probing Insulin Pumps For Vulnerabilities - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “Several readers have sent in news of a presentation at the Black Hat security conference from a diabetic security researcher, Jerome Radcliffe, who is looking into the security of automated insulin pumps. While most of the headlines are sensationalist, referencing "lethal attacks from a half-mile aw...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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Probing Insulin Pumps For Vulnerabilities http://ow.ly/5Wfpx #diabetes #mhealth

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Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “ianpm writes "Mark Zuckerberg has decided to leave Google's new social network because he 'doesn't want to be tracked.' In other news, the Internet's irony meter has just exploded. Robert Scoble is now the most followed person on Google+ according to The Inquirer." Most of the article is about the ...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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Most Recently Shared on July 13, 2011 at 7:51 pm By:

markshea Mark Shea Health Advocate

Irony prevails >>> Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns: http://t.co/kLvsw7n #privacy

11 months ago...

Google Kills Wave Development - Slashdot

tech.slashdot.org — “We've mentioned several times over the past two years Wave, Google's ambitiously multi-channel, perhaps plain overwhelming entry in the social media wars. Now, reader mordejai writes "Google stated in its official blog that they will not continue developing Wave as a standalone product. It's sad, be...View full resource at tech.slashdot.org

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