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NASA touts real technologies highlighted in imminent ‘The Martian’ flick

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The upcoming movie about a NASA astronaut left for dead on Mars in the 2030s features a number of technologies NASA says are currently under development.

NASA said the book and the movie, “The Martian,” merges fictional and factual chronicles about Mars, building upon the work NASA and others have done exploring Mars and moving it into a future where NASA astronauts are regularly traveling to the red planet to live and explore.

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Indeed, as Matt Damon, who plays the central character Mark Watney in the movie says: “I have to make water and grow food on a planet where nothing grows” to basically stretch a couple months worth of food and supplies into four years becomes a modern day MacGyver in a spacesuit and uses some amazing technologies to try to survive.

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Double Fine’s Hack ‘N’ Slash entry into Steam Early Access imminent

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Hack ‘n’ Slash, Double Fine Productions hacking-themed action puzzle game conceived during the company’s annual Amnesia Fortnight game jam, is just weeks away from entering Steam Early Access for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. First revealed last …
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Mac-Only iOS 6.1.3, iOS 6.1.4 Jailbreak Tool Set For Imminent Release

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There may indeed be a jailbreak solution for iOS 7, but those running iOS 6.1.3 and iOS 6.1.4 are still waiting for a long anticipated release from iOS hackers @winocm and @iH8sn0w. Now, however, the latter hacker has announced that a Mac-only jailbreak …
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