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Best of the Rest: Animal-Inspired Tech, Know Your GPS Device's Limits

by Thomas Houston on November 2, 2009 at 07:35 PM

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Gadget designers draw inspiration from the animal kingdom, and the Huffington Post has a gallery of 9 technologies that cull from four (or eight) -footed friends. Don't miss the artificial human heart inspired by a cockroach's heart. [From: Huffington Post]
  • Winter may be just around the corner, but there's plenty of time left for some quality hiking. If you're using a GPS device to get around, make sure you know its limits. [From: Gadling]
  • Need to know all the guns Arnold Schwarzenegger wielded in 'True Lies?' You can now check the Internet Movie Firearm Database. [From: IMFDB Via: Neatorama]
  • Simplify Gmail with the Minimalist Gmail Firefox plugin. [From: DownloadSquad]

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