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 U.S. Army is partnering with the Georgia Tech Research Institute to develop a fully functional sensor suite that could save the lives of soldiers in battle

"The amateur iPhoneographer demographic is huge -  there are far more iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 users in the world than had already joined Foap. But the founders also wanted to keep it iPhone only. So the founding pair decided to create a greater incentive for Foap's army of iPhoneographers to get their friends to join the community too: by offering commission. Every photo license on Foap costs $10. For every one sold, the photographer gets $5, while Foap keeps $5. But now, if you invite a friend, you get 10 percent of each of their photos that are sold. Your newly invited friend the photographer still gets their $5, though - your 10 percent "commission" comes out of Foap's take."

jcpenney donates $25 to salvation army for each check-in on their store on black friday

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With only 1,372 more NAO robots we could totally beat this

Semi-finalist in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, Alexandr Kostin's concept bracelet, the Hand Tree is a wearable filter that cleans the air surrounding a person. Kostin believes that if everyone wears his invention, we will have an army of mobile air purifiers cleansing the Earth.

Analysis of shifts in smartphone ownership rates.

The Army's announced the winners of their first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some of the applications will be in the field "within a year."