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▼Balancing skateboard/segway - Hack a Day
[XenonJon] got a lot of attention for a skateboard/segway style balancing platform he took to the Makerfaire in Newcastle. He decided to try to build it the cheapest and easiest possible way in an attempt to help others build their own. The build is documented very well, however you have to email him to request the code for the Arduino. Maybe after enough requests, he’ll just pop it online. We ...Expand this post »
[XenonJon] got a lot of attention for a skateboard/segway style balancing platform he took to the Makerfaire in Newcastle. He decided to try to build it the cheapest and easiest possible way in an attempt to help others build their own. The build is documented very well, however you have to email him to request the code for the Arduino. Maybe after enough requests, he’ll just pop it online. We ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Print-your-own 35mm pinhole camera - MAKE Magazine
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Francesco Capponi created this handy printable template (A4, unfortunately for U.S. makers!) for creating a pinhole camera using a roll of 35mm film. Both the template and instructions are found on Francesco's Flickr page. More: - Anamorphic pinhole camera of sturdiness - $0 digital pinhole camera - RPM pinhole cameras, kits, and free plans - Ultra-slow-exposure pin...Expand this post »
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Francesco Capponi created this handy printable template (A4, unfortunately for U.S. makers!) for creating a pinhole camera using a roll of 35mm film. Both the template and instructions are found on Francesco's Flickr page. More: - Anamorphic pinhole camera of sturdiness - $0 digital pinhole camera - RPM pinhole cameras, kits, and free plans - Ultra-slow-exposure pin...Expand this post »
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Like▼Bill Buxton on making user interfaces “natural” - istartedsomething
Bill Buxton always leaves an impression when you see him talk. Recently at the closing keynote of Microsoft’s MIX10 conference, Bill explored the concept of it means to be “natural” in the context of natural user interfaces (NUI). Whilst it was an interesting presentation – Bill’s larger-than-life character is hard to miss, I don’t think some of the points came across very clear which is why t...Expand this post »
Bill Buxton always leaves an impression when you see him talk. Recently at the closing keynote of Microsoft’s MIX10 conference, Bill explored the concept of it means to be “natural” in the context of natural user interfaces (NUI). Whilst it was an interesting presentation – Bill’s larger-than-life character is hard to miss, I don’t think some of the points came across very clear which is why t...Expand this post »
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Like▼Fisco vai passar a notificar contribuintes através da plataforma da Internet Via CTT - Publico.pt - Geral
Os contribuintes portugueses vão passar receber pela Internet as notificações e citações da ...
Os contribuintes portugueses vão passar receber pela Internet as notificações e citações da ...
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Like▼Google Hands Out Web Security Scanner - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently feeling generous this week, Google has released for free another of their internally developed tools: this time, a nifty web security scanner dubbed skipfish. A...Expand this post »
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently feeling generous this week, Google has released for free another of their internally developed tools: this time, a nifty web security scanner dubbed skipfish. A...Expand this post »
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Dave Devries takes the doodles of children... - One Cool Thing a Day
Monster Superman Leonardo DoodleVinci Dave Devries takes the doodles of children and fleshes them out into mature works of art. The concept is cool enough, but the execution is even cooler. To see more click here. Submitted by Mike GainesExpand this post »
Monster Superman Leonardo DoodleVinci Dave Devries takes the doodles of children and fleshes them out into mature works of art. The concept is cool enough, but the execution is even cooler. To see more click here. Submitted by Mike GainesExpand this post »
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Like▼New Plastic Conducts Heat Better Than Metals, But Only in One Direction - Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
<!-paging_filter--> Polymers are generally put to work as insulators, but a team of researchers at MIT has devised a way to turn polyethylene - the most commonly used polymer -- into a conductor that transfers heat better than many pure metals. But the conversion of insulator to conductor is only half of the breakthrough; by coaxing all the polymer molecules into precise alignment, the research...Expand this post »
<!-paging_filter--> Polymers are generally put to work as insulators, but a team of researchers at MIT has devised a way to turn polyethylene - the most commonly used polymer -- into a conductor that transfers heat better than many pure metals. But the conversion of insulator to conductor is only half of the breakthrough; by coaxing all the polymer molecules into precise alignment, the research...Expand this post »
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Like▼GDC: Refenes’ & Saltsman’s Baffling $350 App Store Success - FingerGaming
“I absolutely fucking hate the iPhone App Store,” declared indie developer Tommy Refenes during his segment of the Indie Game Makers Rant at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week. Refenes, known for his work on Goo! and the upcoming Super Meat Boy, has philosophical objections to Apple’s mobile digital distribution platform. “The majority of people who do anything for the App S...Expand this post »
“I absolutely fucking hate the iPhone App Store,” declared indie developer Tommy Refenes during his segment of the Indie Game Makers Rant at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week. Refenes, known for his work on Goo! and the upcoming Super Meat Boy, has philosophical objections to Apple’s mobile digital distribution platform. “The majority of people who do anything for the App S...Expand this post »
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Like▼Best. Daily Show. Ever? Jon Stewart parodies Glenn Beck - Raw Story
Best. Daily Show. Ever? Jon Stewart opened his show Thursday night with a 15-minute parody of Fox News host Glenn Beck, lamenting what it means to be a progressive and capturing the exaggerated mannerisms of Beck to a 'T,' even donning the reading glasses that dangle down to the middle of his face. "I'm glad you tuned in to today's show," Stewart opened. "It's an important one. One that you an...Expand this post »
Best. Daily Show. Ever? Jon Stewart opened his show Thursday night with a 15-minute parody of Fox News host Glenn Beck, lamenting what it means to be a progressive and capturing the exaggerated mannerisms of Beck to a 'T,' even donning the reading glasses that dangle down to the middle of his face. "I'm glad you tuned in to today's show," Stewart opened. "It's an important one. One that you an...Expand this post »
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Today, I realized that if "con" is the opposite of "pro", then "congress" is the opposite of "progress". Mind. Blown. MLIA.
Today, I realized that if "con" is the opposite of "pro", then "congress" is the opposite of "progress". Mind. Blown. MLIA.
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Like▼The Video Gamer's Eternal Struggle Summed Up In One Photo [Screengrab] - Kotaku
As seen on Chris McKeever's Page, via Crass Anxiety.Expand this post »
As seen on Chris McKeever's Page, via Crass Anxiety.Expand this post »
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Like▼McDonald's Happy Meals Evidently Invincible - TreeHugger
The picture you're looking at above isn't of just any Happy Meal. It's a Happy Meal that's an entire year old. Yup, author Joann Bruso decided to undertake a little experiment with McDonald's most recognizable icon (besides that bizarre man-clown, that is). So she bought a Happy Meal, took out the hamburger, and plopped down in her office. For a year. This is what happened. ...Read the full sto...Expand this post »
The picture you're looking at above isn't of just any Happy Meal. It's a Happy Meal that's an entire year old. Yup, author Joann Bruso decided to undertake a little experiment with McDonald's most recognizable icon (besides that bizarre man-clown, that is). So she bought a Happy Meal, took out the hamburger, and plopped down in her office. For a year. This is what happened. ...Read the full sto...Expand this post »
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Like▼TED Talk: Mark Roth Says Suspended Animation Could Soon Be a Reality - Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
It used to be that suspended animation was only for people heading to Planet LV-426, and former Red Sox players. But Mark Roth, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, thinks that short-term suspended animation can be used to help stabilize trauma patients on their way to the hospital. In his new TED talk, Roth explains how his technique differs from the c...Expand this post »
It used to be that suspended animation was only for people heading to Planet LV-426, and former Red Sox players. But Mark Roth, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, thinks that short-term suspended animation can be used to help stabilize trauma patients on their way to the hospital. In his new TED talk, Roth explains how his technique differs from the c...Expand this post »
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Like▼Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine - PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.
Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.
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Like▼A Naked Engine For Cleaner Flights - Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
A jet engine shelved in the '80s could improve airplane fuel economy today In 1983, engineers at General Electric experimented with an "unducted fan" engine. Without the external casing, airflow...Expand this post »
A jet engine shelved in the '80s could improve airplane fuel economy today In 1983, engineers at General Electric experimented with an "unducted fan" engine. Without the external casing, airflow...Expand this post »
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Like▼Blog - Mosquitoes Engineered Into Flying Vaccinators - Technology Review RSS Feeds
An interesting proof of principle that's unlikely to be put into practice. Researchers in Japan have transformed mosquitos into vaccine-carrying syringes by genetically engineering the insects to...Expand this post »
An interesting proof of principle that's unlikely to be put into practice. Researchers in Japan have transformed mosquitos into vaccine-carrying syringes by genetically engineering the insects to...Expand this post »
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