Saturday, October 2, 2010

Giddy-Up: Half A Century Of Cyborgs

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From Discover Magazine: To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the word “cyborg,” Tim Maly of Quiet Babylon is running a 50-post tumblr of q...

The Robotic Otter: Underwater Robot That Swims With Flippers And Can Be Controlled With A Tablet Computer

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The AQUA robot uses flippers to move and now will no longer need to be tethered From The Daily Mail: Scientists have developed a remote-cont...

Best Of The Ig Nobel Prizes 2010

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From New Scientist: Are the Ig Nobels losing their edge? The venue for this year's ceremony honouring science that "makes you laugh...

Finding E.T. May Become Harder If Aliens Go Digital

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From Space.com: Scientists may have an extra challenge when it comes to detecting alien civilizations: a time limit. A new study suggests th...

First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub

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Sending Beer Into Space Original images by epicbeer and nashpreds99 on Flickr From Popular Science: With the announcement that Boeing plans...

Jaguar's C-X75 Concept: A 205MPH Electric Supercar

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Jaguar C-X75 Jalopnik From Popular Science: Happy 75th birthday to British automaker Jaguar! As a birthday present, they've actually gi...

Splitting The Check As Easy As 'Bumping' Phones

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Paypal app lets you transfer money with a cell phone 'bump'. (Courtesy ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS) From The ABC News: PayPal's New Ap...
Friday, October 1, 2010

Dinosaurs Were Taller Than Thought

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From Live Science: As if dinosaurs weren't already giant to begin with, new research indicates they were even taller than was thought. A...

The Edge Of The Solar System Is A Weird And Erratic Place

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From Discover Magazine: The edge of the solar system is not some static line on a map. The boundary between the heliosphere in which we live...

Ancient Streetview: Now Google Can Take You To The Historic Pavements Of Pompeii And Stonehenge

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Internet users can look at Pompeii's ancient streets from the comfort of their own homes From The Daily Mail: They are some of the most ...

Social Sensitivity Trumps IQ In Group Intelligence

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Greater than the sum of its parts (Image: WestEnd61/Rex Features) From New Scientist: If you're a headhunter looking for someone to work...

Darpa's Self-Aiming "One Shot" Sniper Rifle Scheduled For Next Year

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Snipers An Army sniper team in Afghanistan. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Army From Popular Science: A sniper crouches near an open window and zo...

At The Paris Auto Show, Supercars And Stylish Concepts

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Kia Pop Concept Jon Alain Guzik From Popular Science: In 1898 the world's first auto show was held in Paris at the Tuilleries Gardens. ...

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Photo: The latest launch, to test key technologies and gather data, is China's second lunar mission From The BBC: A Chinese rocket carry...

The Flintstones Turns 50: The Five Dumbest Moments

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From The Christian Science Monitor: The Flintstones is a classic. Fifty years after the show first aired, Fred, Wilma, and the gang are stil...

Faces Of Facebook: Who's Who In 'The Social Network'?

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From ABC News: Hollywood Film About Mark Zuckerberg and Friends Opens Nationally Today. Mark Zuckerberg may the biggest face attached to Fac...

It's The End Of The World: 8 Potential Armageddons

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From FOX News: Oil plumes threaten to choke the oceans and methane gas explosions shoot sky high -- and those are hardly the biggest threats...

Surprise: Solar System "Force Field" Shrinks Fast

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Shown in a Hubble Space Telescope image, the "astrosphere" around the star L.L. Orionis approximates the heliosphere around our so...

NASA's Future Looks Bleak Amid Policy Shift

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From The L.A. Times: The demise of the Constellation moon rocket means 7,000 job losses in a year. Funding for a heavy-lift rocket for aster...

Reports From The Hive, Where The Swarm Concurs

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The author, on Appledore Island, watching a swarm launch into flight from the vertical board that he uses as a swarm mount. The two feeder b...