LiquiGlide

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Get straight to eating at your local burger joint—Dave Smith and the Varanasi Research group of MIT have created LiquiGlide, a “structured liquid” that allows for easy dispense of condiments in glass and squeeze bottles. Before adding food product, the bottles are sprayed with the innovative product which comes from an anti-icing coating used to prevent clogs in oil and gas lines.

The Streets of NYC

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The story of New York is told through 870,000 photographs taken from the mid-1800s to the present in a digital photo archive by the New York City Municipality. Glamorous stills are mixed with gritty candids in the vast database, which has been digitized for public use.

Wi-Fi Securing Wallpaper

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For those concerned about the security of private networks, newly developed wallpaper from Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble may be the perfect solution. Coated in conductive silver ink, the wallpaper secures Wi-Fi networks while preserving access to radio and mobile phones. It’s being manufactured by Finnish company Ahlstrom and should be out by 2013.