It would probably look like this “Escape Machine” in Paris, which doles out free vacations (or oversized invalid tickets). It’s like HAL and the monolith had a bastard child, and it was adopted by a nice couple from Candyland. More
Samsung sees a Retina Display in your tablet future, and perhaps glasses-free 3D
Samsung gazed into its crystal ball today, and what did it see?
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Samsung sees a Retina Display in your tablet future, and perhaps glasses-free 3D
Elune Is a Simple, Beautiful Theme for Windows 7 [Downloads]
Windows 7: If you’re looking for an attractive visual style for your Windows 7 desktop, Elune is simple glassy theme by deviantART user minhtrimatrix that’ll give your computer a relaxing, natural feel. More
Could dying white dwarf stars be home to habitable planets? [Exoplanets]
In the search for Earth-like worlds, astronomers look for conditions that are roughly the same as those on our planet.
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Could dying white dwarf stars be home to habitable planets? [Exoplanets]
World’s Highest Solar Array To Be Built In Tibet
SunTech Power Holdings is planning on building a major solar power installation at one of the highest inhabited places on the planet: the Tibetan Plateau. The county of Sangri, 4000m (13,123ft) above sea level, has been chosen as the site for the latest of this company’s green power plants, and will generate around 20MWh of power yearly for the surrounding area. In areas like this, power is not always generated at a major regional installation like a nuclear or coal plant, and relying on hydroelectric power depends on weather patterns that are more prone to long-term failure (e.g.
CRT Monitors Leave Futuristic Beauty Behind When You Shut Them Off [Art]
Remember CRTs? Those big boxy things we used to stare at all day, instead of the new screens we stare at all day now? Photographer Stephan Tillmans does—and he's captured the dazzling colors they blast when switched off
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CRT Monitors Leave Futuristic Beauty Behind When You Shut Them Off [Art]
The taste of cat, donkey, dog, and rat meat
An interesting item about the flavor of pet, vermin, and work animal meat, courtesy of Futility Closet .
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The taste of cat, donkey, dog, and rat meat
Method for wiring chips with nerve cells
Research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison points to progress in creating hybrid computer chips combining silicon and neurons. Biomedical engineers demonstrated a novel technique for weaving the tendrils of mouse nerve cells into a network of semiconductor tubes. Yeah, that’s just an illustration above
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Method for wiring chips with nerve cells
A view inside the world’s largest train tunnel, now under construction
A miner climbs on excavated rocks after a giant drill machine broke through at the final section Sedrun-Faido, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel March 23, 2011. Crossing the Alps, the world’s longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. The project consists of two parallel single track tunnels, each of a length of 57 km (35 miles).
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A view inside the world’s largest train tunnel, now under construction
Read Free Digital Marvel Comics at Starbucks [Blip]
Starbucks will allow their customers to read Marvel digital comics at their stores for free. They will not give you free downloads, however. Just access to them while you are having a coffee
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Read Free Digital Marvel Comics at Starbucks [Blip]