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Everything From the Wheel

Technology

To the Tiny Robot Insects in Your Brain

From the Archive: Ben Franklin's Death Ball
March 1st 2013

In an effort to better society and enrich the Thing X Intellectual Property Division, we continually acquire, through every means necessary, letters, journals, and other writings of historical import. A sampling of these documents is shared with readers here. Due to the delicate nature of the original copy, the text has been transcribed below. Philadelphia, February 18, 1761. MY DEAR SON, Let me first beg your F...

From the Archive: Ben Franklin's Death Ball

I'm Half Machine, Not Half Monster
February 26th 2013

Earlier this year, when I underwent highly experimental surgery to reconstruct my body after a near fatal car wreck, I got a big surprise just as the anesthetic was kicking in: I heard voices around the operating table say they’d be replacing half of me with new cybernetic parts. It was a dream-I’d-never-had come true! As I went under, I reveled at the thought of all the superhuman feats I’d soon be able to perform. Oh, but how naïve I was. The reality is I’m a freak to all humanity. With my new c...

Tech Scoop: Microsoft Surface
February 15th 2013 | Duration: 02:41

Tech-spert Joe Garden gives the Microsoft Surface a thorough test.

Tech Scoop: Microsoft Surface

Xtunes Music of the Month: Technology
February 5th 2013

The staff of Thing X has compiled a collection of songs specially designed to keep you click, click, clicking along with our monthly theme. Enjoy our Technology playlist!

Xtunes Music of the Month: Technology

Technology: The Prime of an Era
February 5th 2013 | Duration: 02:58

There's absolutely nothing to worry about as Joe takes you to the limits of this month's theme: Technology! There's nothing to worry about.

Technology: The Prime of an Era

Tech Scoop: Apt. 5 battery
October 23rd 2012 | Duration: 02:11

Joe Garden reviews Apt. 5 AAA batteries. [When you need the scoop on today's hot tech, turn to Tech Scoop with Joe Garden.]

Tech Scoop: Apt. 5 battery

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