The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the dramatic rise in pot farms in Northern California is starting to take a toll on the surrounding environment. Agricultural practices like water-siphoning, pesticide spraying, and littering are having a noticeable effect on what is a very fragile ecosystem. More »
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California’s marijuana boom is wreaking havoc on the environment
If you don’t recognize it, that’s Daft Punk’s Around the World playing off a plastic LP created with a high-resolution 3D printer . It sounds awful, even worse than AM radio ever did, but that’s not what’s really important here. The fact that it exists at all is what’s neat, and it’s another example of how we’re just barely beginning to wrap our heads around the potential of 3D printers. More »
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Yep, 3D Printed Records Sound Awful, But They’re Still Pretty Awesome
Archaeologists digging in a 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery in Mexico’s South Sonora have uncovered a series of skeletons featuring signs of cranial deformation. The practice, which is well documented among Mesoamerican peoples, has never been seen this far north before — a strong indication that their cultural influence was far more prominent than previously assumed. More »
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Deformed skulls discovered in 1,000-year-old Mexican cemetery
If you work with electronic components on a daily basis, help run a makerspace and need to keep basic parts on hand, or just do a lot of hobby electronics projects consider using EMSecrets to get the best price on basic components like capacitors, resistors, and microcontrollers. More »
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EMSecrets Helps You Find the Best Price on Electronics Components
It seems like everyone and their brother is working on some sort of smart glasses, but how about smart contact lenses? It turns out those might actually be closer than you think . More »
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This Contact Lens Puts a Display Right On Your Eye
Besides greater capacities, faster transfer speeds, and novel designs, there hasn’t been much recent innovation with USB flash drives. Which is why the Paketta from King Jim is such a welcome break. With built-in Wi-Fi B, G, N hardware it can wirelessly broadcast its contents to PCs and mobile devices. More »
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This Tiny Flash Drive Broadcasts Its Contents Over Wi-Fi
In Saudi Arabia, if a woman leaves the country, her husband or male “guardian” will receive a text message to let him know that, even if she’s traveling with him, ho boy! His woman is on the loose. Saudi Arabia: where technology and misogyny unite! More »
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Saudi Arabian Men Now Get Text Alerts When Their Women Leave the Country
In Japan, it’s been popular for the past several years to make “-tan” versions of electronics. These are cute personifications of game hardware or even computer operating systems. Most recently, Microsoft released the official Windows 8-tans ; however, most of these “-tan” creations are not official. They are fan creations, like “Siri-tan”. More »
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Why Apple’s Siri Is Personified as a Butt Lady in Japan
If you’re tired of the standard doorbell sound, you can mod your wireless doorbell to play any sound you like by utilizing a $12 Radio Shack 9V recording module . More »
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Add a Custom Ringtone to Your Wireless Doorbell
Official description: “The Zalman CNPS FX100-Cube is fanless and noiseless CPU cooler, which does not draw dust or generate vibration due to its passive operation.” Unofficial description: LOOK AT THIS FREAKING MONSTER HEATSINK! More »
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The Most Grotesque Fanless CPU Cooler I’ve Ever Seen