In case you didn’t know, home printers are doing a lot more than adding ink to paper these days. This article talks of printing human organs and entire cars. Clearly, the world is changing at pace that seems to be quickening.
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I’ve written before how the ‘this will revolutionize education’ trope has a poor track record of delivering, but when you see the direction this new app is taking on learning and interaction, you may start to wonder if sometime soon the statement may actually come true.
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Valley City Officials are considering a law that would ban the sale of E-Cigarettes to minors, and health officials want the law to go further by completely banning all sales within the city. As health concerns regarding these devices rise, we’ll probably see more of this.
Read & Share sourced from: WDAZThe Minot Voice featured a quote from Richard Feynman a few days ago; then this article filtered though so it’s being shared. There’s a bit of math and science context here, but the lessons can and should be applied to any problem or circumstance.
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If your job requires a computer, you can probably relate, and you’ll probably laugh. If your job does not require a computer, feel free to laugh at those of us who have jobs that require a computer.
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We’ve always been a agricultural state, so we don’t we have any server farms? It turns out the ND Department of Commerce is working to attract the industry which houses large-scale computer information and hardware.
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There’s been a lot of news surrounding Measles outbreaks around the country, and in response the ND Department of Health issued a news release on the issue and the importance of getting your kids vaccinated. — Official News Release, ND Department of Health — The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) is reminding North Dakotans
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A small spacecraft powered entirely by the sun and funded by people like you and me will take flight in May. Get the details and a video animation that shows the design concept from Science Alert.
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If we can turn sewage into drinking water and then into beer, it begs the question — why are we pumping our used fracking water underground? 
Ever wonder where the myths and wild stories of the sea came from? Here’s the science the explains the mirage phenomenon in an easy to understand article from Wired.
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Over the past 15 years, the number of annual deaths caused by drug overdoses has grown dramatically. And the scary part, we don’t really know how bad the problem is or where to begin fighting it because Department of Health is not tracking the data.
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The Minnesota legislature is looking at forgiving or reducing student debt to newly trained health professionals who are willing to practice in rural areas.
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It’s simpler than you might imagine, and it can be done with a simple piece of modern yet intentionally antiquated technology. Meet Vexbox, the router that slows your connection to circa 1999 speeds. Your kids will be so bored waiting, they’ll quit the Internet.
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We all know the old saying, “You can’t buy happiness,” isn’t entirely true. The best part of this article — it’s not wealth dependent — the good advice applies no matter how much you have.
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Space is big, staggeringly so, uncomprehendingly so, and NASA has just delivered a picture that hammers the point home… just in case you hadn’t thought about it in a while. The image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as
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The “Could” in the headline stems from the fact that e-cigarettes have settings, and if you set them to “high voltage”, they’ll give you a big dose of formaldehyde.
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